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METHODS FOR MAKING METAL-CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES OF CONTROLLED SIZE AND SHAPE

  • US 20080164141A1
  • Filed: 01/08/2007
  • Published: 07/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for producing metal-containing nanoparticles comprising:

  • combining a metal organic compound selected from the group consisting of metal acetates, metal acetyl acetonates, and metal xanthates with an amine to provide a solution of metal organic compound in the amine; and

    irradiating the solution with a high frequency radiation source to provide metal nanoparticles having the formula (Aa)m(Bb)nXx, wherein each of A and B is selected from a metal, X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium, phosphorus, halogen, and hydroxide, subscripts a, b, and x represent compositional stoichiometry, and each of m and n is greater than or equal to zero, with the proviso that at least one of m and n is greater than zero.

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