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Title: Nanostructures having crystalline and amorphous phases

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1178675
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The present invention includes a nanostructure, a method of making thereof, and a method of photocatalysis. In one embodiment, the nanostructure includes a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase in contact with the crystalline phase. Each of the crystalline and amorphous phases has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes a nanoparticle comprising a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase. The amorphous phase is in a selected amount. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes crystalline titanium dioxide and amorphous titanium dioxide in contact with the crystalline titanium dioxide. Each of the crystalline and amorphous titanium dioxide has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale.

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):
9,018,122
Application Number:
13/256,421
OSTI ID:
1178675
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Mar 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Supersonic cluster beam deposition of nanostructured titania journal June 2003
Preparation and properties of amorphous titania-coated zinc oxide nanoparticles journal July 2006
Conductive, powdered fluorine-doped titanium dioxide and method of preparation patent January 1997
Production method of nanoparticle patent February 2010
Core-shell polymer nanoparticles and method of making emulsion aggregation particles using same patent January 2012

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