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Electronic devices prepared from nanoscale powders are described. Methods for utilizing nanoscale powders and related nanotechnology to prepare capacitors, inductors, resistors, thermistors, varistors, filters, arrays, interconnects, optical components, batteries, fuel cells, sensors and other products are discussed.
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Methods for discover of ceramic nanomaterial suitable for an application by preparing an array of first layer of electrodes and printing ceramic nanomaterial films on the electrodes. A second layer of electrodes is printed on the nanomaterial films of ceramics to form an electroded film array. The electroded film array is sintered. Properties of the sintered electroded film array are measured and one of the array elements with properties suited for the particular application is identified.
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Aluminium oxide powder produced by flame hydrolysis and consisting of aggregates of primary particles, having a BET surface area of from 100 to 250 m2/g, a dibutyl phthalate absorption of from 50 to 450 g/100 g of aluminium oxide powder, which powder shows only crystalline primary particles in high-resolution TEM pictures. It is prepared by vaporizing aluminium chloride, transferring the vapour by means of a carrier gas to a mixing chamber and, separately therefrom, supplying hydrogen, air (primary air), which may optionally be enriched with oxygen and/or may optionally be pre-heated, to the mixing chamber, then igniting the mixture of aluminium chloride vapour, hydrogen, air in a burner and burning the flame into a reaction chamber that is separated from the surrounding air, subsequently separating the solid material from the gaseous substances and then treating the solid material with steam and optionally with air, the discharge rate of the reaction mixture from the mixing chamber into the reaction chamber being at least 10 m/s, and the lambda value being from 1 to 10 and the gamma value being from 1 to 15. It can be used as an ink-absorbing substance in ink-jet media.
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Mesoporous aluminum oxides with high surface areas have been synthesized using inexpensive, small organic templating agents instead of surfactants. Optionally, some of the aluminum can be framework-substituted by one or more other elements. The material has high thermal stability and possesses a three-dimensionally randomly connected mesopore network with continuously tunable pore sizes. This material can be used as catalysts for dehydration, hydrotreating, hydrogenation, catalytic reforming, steam reforming, amination, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Diels-Alder synthesis, etc.
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Methods for preparing low resistivity nanocomposite layers that simultaneously offer optical clarity, wear resistance and superior functional performance. Nanofillers and a substance having a polymer are mixed. Both low-loaded and highly-loaded nanocomposites are included. Nanoscale coated and un-coated fillers may be used. Nanocomposite films may be coated on substrates.
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Biomedical nanocomposite implants having both low-loaded and highly-loaded nanocomposites. A matrix and nanofillers are provided wherein the nanofillers are dispersed in the matrix to form a composite. Nanoscale coated and un-coated fillers are used. Methods for preparing biomedical nanocomposite implants are also illustrated.
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Ferroelectric metal oxide crystalline particles are produced by first producing nanoparticles of a ferroelectric metal oxide and dispersing the nanoparticles in a gas phase. Then, the nanoparticles are processed by heat treatment with the nanoparticles being maintained in the gas phase in a dispersed state. The nanoparticles may be produced by using a laser ablation method. The ferroelectric metal oxide may have a perovskite crystal structure.
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A block copolymer, preferably a block copolymer such as poly(isoprene-block-ethylene oxide), PI-b-PEO, is used as a structure directing agent for a polymer derived ceramic (PDC) precursor, preferably a silazane, most preferably a silazane commercially known as Ceraset. The PDC precursor is preferably polymerized after mixing with the block copolymer to form a nanostructured composite material. Through further heating steps, the nanostructured composite material can be transformed into a nanostructured non-oxide ceramic material, preferably a high temperature SiCN or SiC material.
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A method of preparing ultrafine modified aluminum hydroxide, having two steps: a carbon component decomposition under ultra gravity conditions in a rotating bed, and a modifying treatment. The carbon component decomposition is carried out in porous packing layer inside of a rotating bed, where the mass transfer for the reaction and micro-mixing process are extremely enhanced. The aluminum hydroxide solution (as a precipitate or a dry powder) obtained is further converted by the subsequent modified treatment process. This method can control the particle size of the modified aluminum hydroxide crystal grains, homogenize its distribution, and shorten the reaction time. Particularly, the modified treatment greatly improves its weight loss temperature and weight loss ratio. The use field of the resulting aluminum hydroxide as a flame retardant and other is expanded. The average size of modified aluminum hydroxide grain obtained is from 50 nm to several micrometers, and can be controlled. Its grain size can be homogeneously distributed and nano-graded. The mechanical properties of polymers containing the ultrafine modified aluminum hydroxide are improved. The process of the present invention can be conveniently used in industries and can improve productivity and the product grade.
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Polymer nanocomposite implants with nanofillers and additives are described. The nanofillers described can be any composition with the preferred composition being those composing barium, bismuth, cerium, dysprosium, europium, gadolinium, hafnium, indium, lanthanum, neodymium, niobium, praseodymium, strontium, tantalum, tin, tungsten, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium. The additives can be of any composition with the preferred form being inorganic nanopowders comprising aluminum, calcium, gallium, iron, lithium, magnesium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium. Such nanocomposites are particularly useful as materials for biological use in applications such as drug delivery, biomed devices, bone or dental implants.