Patent ID: 9604854
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A62D,B82Y,C01B,C01F,C01G,C01P,C08K,C09C,C09K,C25B,D01F,D21H,G02F,H01B,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A nanoplatelet comprising individual crystallites and having a platelet diameter of from about 30 nm to about 1000 nm and a thickness of from about 1 nm to about 400 nm, wherein the nanoplatelet is an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium, gallium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, cadmium, indium, tin, hafnium, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, radium, and mixtures thereof, the nanoplatelet having an aspect ratio of from about 15 to about 70 and having a BET specific surface area of from about 100 m 2 /g to about 150 m 2 /g, and a zeta potential of from about +60 mV to about −60 mV.