Method of making monodisperse nanoparticles
| Patent Number: | 8,288,001 |
| Issued: | 10/16/2012 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A method of making particles of either spherical or cylindrical geometry with a characteristic diameter less than 50 nanometers by mixing at least one structure directing agent dissolved in a solvent with at least one amphiphilic block copolymer dissolved in a solvent to make a solution containing particles, where the particles can be subsequently separated and dispersed in a solvent of choice. |
| Filed: | 2/16/2010 |
| Application Number: | 12/706,003 |
| 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. |