Patent ID: 11878346
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A green body, comprising:
a shell including a polymer binder and build material powder selected from the group consisting of a metal, a metal alloy, and a ceramic; and
a core at least partially encompassed by the shell, the core consisting of the build material powder, a nanoparticle binder selected from the group consisting of AIN SiC, Si3N4, WC, Al2O3, AI(OH)3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, MgO, SiO2, TiO2, Y2O3, ZnO ZrO2, BaCO3, In2O3, SnO2, carbon, magnesium, manganese, aluminum, iron, titanium, niobium, tungsten, chromium, tantalum, cobalt, nickel, vanadium, zirconium, molybdenum, palladium, platinum, copper, silver, gold, cadmium, zinc, and combinations thereof, and one or more of a pigment, a dye, a solvent, a co-solvent, a surfactant, a biocide, an anti-kogation agent, a viscosity modifier, a buffer, and a stabilizer, a nanoparticle binder having a size ranging from about 1 nm to about 100 nm.