Licensable Technologies : Materials : Nanotechnology

Production of Carbon-Coated Nanoparticles

Abstract
The invention is a method to use a low-power microwave plasma torch to produce metallic nanoparticles that are coated with a thin layer of carbon.  The carbon coating prevents the nanoparticles from oxidizing, which both increases the diameter of the particles and interferes with desirable reactions using the nanoparticles.  To date, the inventors have produced C-coated aluminum nanoparticles that have application in energetic materials (explosives and propellants).  However, only microgram quantities have been produced, which are insufficient to test the energetic properties of the material.

Application(s)

• Energetic materials such as explosives and propellants

Advantages

• More efficient energetic materials

IP Status: Available both Exclusively and Non Exclusively

Reference Number: 313

S Number: DOE reference no.(s): 102,381

Patents & Applications:
Application(s) Filed

Posted: 09-28-2004

Contact
John Mott
Technology Transfer Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MailStop C334
(505) 665-0883
jmott@lanl.gov