Patent ID: 11931810
Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 16:
17. A method of zinc-comprising nanowire fabrication, the method comprising:
(a) providing a starting material comprising zinc metal or zinc metal alloy and at least one reactive metal;
(b) exposing the starting material to one or more alcohols to obtain a reaction product comprising zinc-comprising nanowires and a residual liquid comprising the at least one reactive metal and the one or more alcohols;
(c) separating the zinc-comprising nanowires from the residual liquid; and
(d) chemically reducing the zinc-comprising nanowires by exposing the zinc-comprising nanowires to a chemically reducing environment,
wherein the at least one reactive metal is more reactive than zinc to the one or more alcohols.