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US 9,145,516 · App. 13/188,963 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Illuminating device and method for preparing inorganic nano-material

Inventors: Yen Hsun Su (Kaohsiung, TW); Shen-Lung Tu (Tainan, TW); Shih-Hui Chang (Tainan, TW); Wei-Min Zhang (Tainan, TW); Shih-Wen Tseng (Tainan, TW); Yun-Chorng Chang (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
C09K11/58C09K11/87A41G1/005
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Patent No.
US 9,145,516
App. No.
13/188,963
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for preparing an inorganic nano-material is provided. The method includes steps of providing a first solution including plural metal ions; mixing the first solution with a surfactant and adding a reduction agent to generate a second solution, wherein the second solution generates plural metal atoms reduced from the plural metal ions; and adding an oxidation agent into the second solution for oxidizing the plural metal atoms so as to generate plural metal oxides and form the inorganic nano-material.

Claims (20)

1. A method for preparing an inorganic nano-material, comprising steps of:

providing a first solution including plural metal ions;

mixing the first solution with a surfactant and adding a reduction agent to generate a second solution, wherein the second solution generates plural metal atoms reduced from the plural metal ions; and

adding an oxidation agent into the second solution for oxidizing the plural metal atoms so as to generate plural metal oxides and form the inorganic nano-material, wherein the oxidation agent is an organic metal salt.

2. A method of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic nano-material comprises the plural metal oxides and the surfactant, and the surfactant covers the plural metal oxides.

3. A method of claim 1 , wherein the plural metal atoms comprise one selected from a group consisting of zinc, copper, manganese, iron, nickel, ruthenium, osmium and a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 1 , wherein the plural metal oxides comprise one selected from a group consisting of zinc oxide, copper oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, nickel oxide, ruthenium oxide, osmium oxide and a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant comprises one selected from a group consisting of a cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, a sodium lauryl sulfate and an acetic acid.

6. A method of claim 1 , wherein:

the reduction agent includes one selected from a group consisting of a sodium tetrahydroborate, a carbon atom and a sulfur dioxide.

7. A method for preparing an inorganic nano-material, comprising steps of

providing a solution including plural metal ions;

mixing the solution with a surfactant and reducing the plural metal ions into plural metal atoms; and

adding an ionic solution to cause a metal cluster to grow from a spherical shape to a sea-urchin shape to form the inorganic nano-material.

8. A method of claim 7 , wherein the inorganic nano-material comprises the surfactant and the plural metal atoms, the plural metal atoms form the metal cluster, and the surfactant covers the metal cluster.

9. A method of claim 7 , wherein the ionic solution includes a sodium chloride.

10. A method of claim 7 , wherein the inorganic nano-material includes the surfactant and the metal cluster of the sea-urchin shape, and the surfactant covers the metal cluster of the sea-urchin shape.

11. A method of claim 7 , wherein the plural metal atoms are noble metal atoms including one selected from a group consisting of a gold, a silver, a palladium, a platinum and a combination thereof.

12. A method of claim 7 , wherein the surfactant includes a sodium citrate.

13. A method of claim 7 , wherein the step of reducing the plural metal ions into the plural metal atoms is performed by adding a reduction agent to reduce the plural metal ions into the plural metal atoms, and the reduction agent includes a sodium citrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2011
From: SU, YEN-HSUN; TU, SHEN-LONG; CHANG, SHIH-HUI; ZHANG, WEI-MIN
To: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 026666/0550 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100109987 A · Mar 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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