Patent ID: 9573857
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B22F,B82Y,C06B,C06D

Claim:
1. A method of forming a composite material, comprising: mixing a first metal precursor including a first metal with a chelating agent to form a first metal-chelate complex; adding said first metal-chelate complex to a polymer binder having terminating hydroxyl groups to form a polymer binder-first metal-chelate complex with said terminating hydroxyl groups, wherein said first metal is other than aluminum, and mixing said polymer binder-first metal-chelate complex with an aluminum precursor, wherein said aluminum precursor decomposes resulting in formation of a plurality of aluminum nanoparticles dispersed in a continuous phase material having a metallic aluminum core, wherein at least one of first metal-chelate complex and said first metal is dissolved in said continuous phase material.