Patent ID: 7387673
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: B01J,B05B,B22F,B29C,B82B,B82Y,C01B,C01F,C01G,C01P,C04B,C08K,C09C,H01B,H01C,H01F,H01G,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pigment comprising polymetallic nanofillers, wherein the pigment is brown and wherein the polymetallic nanofillers are produced using a method comprising: providing a solution for each of one or more desired constituent elements of a desired polymetallic nanofiller; mixing the solutions containing each of the constituent elements of the desired polymetallic nanofiller to form a mix of solutions; preparing polymetallic nanofillers from the mix of solutions in a thermal plasma process; mixing the polymetallic nanofillers in a liquid matrix; coating the nanofillers with a polymer or a monomer; and wherein the polymetallic nanofillers have a domain size less than 100 nanometers.