Inorganic colors and related nanotechnology
First Claim
1. A pigment composition comprising:
- inorganic multimetallic nanofillers with domain size less than 50 nanometers; and
wherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron.
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Abstract
A pigment with modified properties because of the powder size being below 100 nanometers. Blue, yellow and brown pigments are illustrated. Nanoscale coated, un-coated, whisker inorganic fillers are included. Stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric composition are disclosed. The pigment nanopowders taught comprise one or more elements from the group actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, chalcogenide, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, hydrogen, indium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, oxygen, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.
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54 Claims
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1. A pigment composition comprising:
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inorganic multimetallic nanofillers with domain size less than 50 nanometers; and
wherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An inorganic pigment comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise bismuth and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium; and
wherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23)
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18. An inorganic pigment comprising;
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise of cobalt and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc; and
zirconium, andwherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 24)
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25. An inorganic pigment comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise of aluminum and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of;
actinium, arsenic, antimony, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium; and
wherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An inorganic pigment comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise tin and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of;
actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium, andwherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An inorganic pigment comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise manganese and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of;
actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium, andwherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An inorganic pigment comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise of silicon and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of;
actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium, andwherein the nanofillers exhibits transparency to a visible wavelength of light that differs by more than 20% as compared with transparency to the visible wavelength of light exhibited by fillers of similar composition with fillers having a domain size of at least one micron. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An inorganic pigment nanofiller comprising:
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nanopowders with domain size less than 100 nanometers, wherein the nanopowders comprise nitrogen and at least one additional element selected from a preferred group, wherein the preferred group consists of;
actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, antimony, boron, germanium, indium, nitrogen, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.- View Dependent Claims (54)
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