Fuel additive containing lattice engineered cerium dioxide nanoparticles
First Claim
1. A process for making lattice engineered crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one metal (M), said process comprising:
- (a) providing an aqueous reaction mixture comprising a source of cerous ion, a source of one or more metal ions (M), a source of hydroxide ion, at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer, and an oxidant, wherein the metal ions (M) are ions of elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth metals and transition metals, and wherein said at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkoxy substituted carboxylic acids, α
-hydroxyl carboxylic acids, α
-keto carboxylic acids, and polyacids, wherein said alkoxy substituted carboxylic acid comprises a compound of formula (Ia);
R—
O—
(CH2CH2O)nCHR1CO2Y
(Ia)wherein;
R represents a methyl or an ethyl group;
R1 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl group;
Y represents a hydrogen or a counter ion; and
n is an integer from 0 to 5;
(b) shearing said mixture, thereby forming a homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles; and
(c) providing temperature conditions in the homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a dispersion comprising metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “
x”
has a value from about 0.02 to about 0.8, said nanoparticles having a crystalline cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and wherein a size distribution of said nanoparticles has a coefficient of variation of less than 32%.
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Abstract
A process for making cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one transition metal (M) utilizes a suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles prepared by mechanical shearing of an aqueous mixture containing an oxidant in an amount effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a product stream that contains transition metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “x” has a value from about 0.3 to about 0.8. The nanoparticles thus obtained have a cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and a geometric diameter of less than about 4 nm. The transition metal-containing crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles can be used to prepare a dispersion of the particles in a nonpolar medium.
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8 Claims
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1. A process for making lattice engineered crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one metal (M), said process comprising:
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(a) providing an aqueous reaction mixture comprising a source of cerous ion, a source of one or more metal ions (M), a source of hydroxide ion, at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer, and an oxidant, wherein the metal ions (M) are ions of elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth metals and transition metals, and wherein said at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkoxy substituted carboxylic acids, α
-hydroxyl carboxylic acids, α
-keto carboxylic acids, and polyacids, wherein said alkoxy substituted carboxylic acid comprises a compound of formula (Ia);
R—
O—
(CH2CH2O)nCHR1CO2Y
(Ia)wherein; R represents a methyl or an ethyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl group; Y represents a hydrogen or a counter ion; and n is an integer from 0 to 5; (b) shearing said mixture, thereby forming a homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles; and (c) providing temperature conditions in the homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a dispersion comprising metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “
x”
has a value from about 0.02 to about 0.8, said nanoparticles having a crystalline cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and wherein a size distribution of said nanoparticles has a coefficient of variation of less than 32%. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process for making lattice engineered crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one metal (M), said process comprising:
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(a) providing an aqueous reaction mixture comprising a source of cerous ion, a source of one or more metal ions (M), a source of hydroxide ion, at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer, and an oxidant, wherein the metal ions (M) are ions of elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth metals and transition metals, and wherein said at least one water-soluble nanoparticle stabilizer comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkoxy substituted carboxylic acids, α
-hydroxyl carboxylic acids, α
-keto carboxylic acids, and polyacids, wherein said alkoxy substituted carboxylic acid comprises a compound of formula (Ia);
R—
O—
(CH2CH2O)nCHR1CO2Y
(Ia)wherein; R represents a methyl or an ethyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl group; Y represents a hydrogen or a counter ion; and n is an integer from 0 to 5; (b) shearing said mixture, thereby forming a homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles; and (c) providing temperature conditions in the homogeneously distributed suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a dispersion comprising metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “
x”
has a value from about 0.02 to about 0.8, said nanoparticles having a crystalline cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and a geometric diameter of less than 4 nm.
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