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Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles

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We invented supercritical hydrothermal synthesis method for the synthesis of organic modified nanoparticles (NPs). Under the supercritical state, the organic molecules and metal salt aqueous solutions are miscible and water molecule works as an acid/base catalyst for the reactions. Organic-inorganic conjugate NPs can be synthesized under this condition. This hybrid NPs show high affinity with the organic solvent or the polymer matrix, which leads to fabricate the organic inorganic hybrid nanomaterials with the trade-off function (super hybird nanomaterials). These hybrid materials of polymer and ceramics fabricated with NPs achieve both high thermal conductivity and easy thin film flexible fabrication, namely trade-off function.

Targeted Application(s)/Industry

For example, by the surface modification of BN particles by supercritical method, affinity of BN and polymers could be improved, so that high BN content of hybrid materials, thus high thermal conductivity materials, could be synthesized. Also by dispersing high refractive index NPs like TiO2 or ZrO2 into polymers transparently, we can tune the refractive index of the polymers. CeO2 nanoparticles are expected to be used for high performance catalysts. To transfer those supercritical fluid nano technologies, a consortium was launched with more than 70 companies.

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Advanced Institute for Materials Research

ADSCHIRI Tadafumi , Professor
Doctor of Engineering

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Related Information

Publication
T.Adschiri, L. Y.Woo, M. Goto, S.Takami
Green materials synthesis with supercritical water
GreenChemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource,13,6, 1380-1390,2011, DOI: 10.1039/c1gc15158d

Tadafumi ADSCHIRI
Continuous Production of Nanoparticles by Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis
—Nanoparticles Synthesis, Nanohybrid Materials, and
Surface Controlled Nanocatalysts—
THE MICROMERITICS 60, 24-32,2017
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