Metal nanodisks using bicellar templates
| Patent Number: | 8,597,396 |
| Issued: | 12/3/2013 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Metallic nanodisks and a method of making them. The metallic nanodisks are wheel-shaped structures that that provide large surface areas for catalytic applications. The metallic nanodisks are grown within bicelles (disk-like micelles) that template the growth of the metal in the form of approximately circular dendritic sheets. The zero-valent metal forming the nanodisks is formed by reduction of a metal ion using a suitable electron donor species. |
| Filed: | 8/4/2008 |
| Application Number: | 12/185,153 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |