Patent ID: 7585474
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B82Y,C01G,C01P,C04B,C30B,H01F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of making a single crystalline ternary nanostructure having the formula A x B y O z , wherein x ranges from 0.25 to 24, y ranges from 0.5 to 40, z ranges from 2 to 100, and wherein A and B are independently selected from the group consisting of Ag, Al, As, Au, B, Ba, Bi, Br, Ca, Cd, Cl, Cm, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, F, Fe, Ga, Gd, Ge, Hf, Ho, I, In, Ir, K, La, Li, Lu, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Nd, Ni, Os, P, Pb, Pd, Pr, Pt, Re, Rh, Ru, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Si, Sm, Sn, Sr, Ta, Tb, Te, Ti, Tl, Tm, U, V, W, Y, Yb, and Zn comprising: (a) mixing an aqueous A reagent with an aqueous B reagent in an aqueous solvent to form a precursor mixture, (b) heating said precursor mixture to form a transparent sol comprising ternary oxide nanostructure precursors; (c) depositing droplets of the sol are onto a porous template surface thereby forming a nanostructure; and (d) retrieving the nanostructure.