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Title: Superhydrophilic nanostructure

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1179232

An embodiment of a superhydrophilic nanostructure includes nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are formed into porous clusters. The porous clusters are formed into aggregate clusters. An embodiment of an article of manufacture includes the superhydrophilic nanostructure on a substrate. An embodiment of a method of fabricating a superhydrophilic nanostructure includes applying a solution that includes nanoparticles to a substrate. The substrate is heated to form aggregate clusters of porous clusters of the nanoparticles.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,028,958
Application Number:
13/265,377
OSTI ID:
1179232
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 May 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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