Patent ID: 7250118
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B82Y,C01G,C01P,C08K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A composition comprising irreversibly agglomerated nanoparticles, wherein the agglomerated nanoparticles comprise Ti/Sb mixed oxide nanoparticles comprising a rutile-like crystalline phase having a tetragonal crystal structure and a space group of P4 2 /mnm(#136), wherein the Ti/Sb mixed oxide nanoparticles have an ensemble average rutile-like crystalline phase content of at least 20 weight percent, wherein the nanoparticles have at least one organic moiety bound to the nanoparticle surface, and wherein the weight ratio of antimony to titanium in the Ti/Sb mixed oxide nanoparticles is in a range of from at least 0.42 up to and including 2.93.