The Inorganic Material Primarily Contains Compounds Containing Both Silicon And Oxygen, Or Both Aluminum And Oxygen, Or Combinations Thereof (e.g., Silica (sio2) Organosol*, Silica Alcosol, Talc, Clay) Patents (Class 516/34)
  • Patent number: 11439974
    Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method of high-absorptivity silica as lutein carrier. The method includes adding sodium silicate into a synthesis kettle, introducing steam for heating while stirring, adding water, stirring for reaction to obtain a reaction substrate A, and adding sulfuric acid to the reaction substrate A to obtain reaction solution B; simultaneously adding sulfuric acid and sodium silicate into the reaction solution B, performing synthesis reaction for a given period of time, stopping feeding of sodium silicate, adding sulfuric acid only for post-acidification, and aging to obtain dilute slurry D; and filtering the dilute slurry D, washing, slurrying, drying and packaging to obtain silica microspheres as lutein carrier. The invention accurately controls each process so that the prepared high-absorptivity silica as lutein carrier has high adsorption and good dispersibility and flowability after adsorbing lutein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHANDONG LINK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolin Wu, Jinxing Hu, Haiming Gao, Hongxin Xu, Xiangkai Li, Pin Li
  • Patent number: 11339318
    Abstract: Compositions herein may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous discontinuous phase, a first clay comprising an organophilic smectite clay, and a second clay comprising a magnesium silicate clay. Methods herein may include circulating such fluids downhole as well as admixing a magnesium silicate dispersed clay and an organophilic smectite clay in an oleaginous base fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam, Paulo Pauferro, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10865338
    Abstract: The organophilic clay comprises a smectite-type clay ion exchanged with quaternary ammonium ions, where at least 75 mol-% of said quaternary ammonium ions are bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium fatty acid esters and at least 90% of the fatty acid moieties of the bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium fatty acid esters have a structure RC(O) with group R being a linear alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 9 to 21 carbon atoms. The organophilic clay is useful for thickening oil based compositions, in particular drilling fluids for drilling oil or gas wells, comprising an oil phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Smith, Gary Davis, Dennis Parrish, Miyako Hisamoto
  • Patent number: 10329438
    Abstract: Disclosed are a silica sol composition including silica, an anionic dispersant, two or more epoxy silane coupling agents, and an organic solvent, and a method for preparing the same. In the silica sol composition, a uniform surface modification of silica particles may be achieved by using an anionic dispersant and two or more epoxy silane coupling agents, and it is possible to effectively enhance the compatibility between a silica filler whose surface is modified with an epoxy group and a resin which is an underfill composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jung Choi, Hyung-Kee Kim, Seong-Kyun Kang, Hyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 10064974
    Abstract: A material or biomaterial comprising silicic acid condensates having a low degree of cross-linking, and methods for its production are subject-matter of the invention. A method for the production of silicic acid structures having a low degree of cross-linking is disclosed, wherein a sol is produced, wherein further condensation is prevented when specific cross-linking of the silicic acid is reached, wherein, preferably, structures having a size of 0.5-1000 nm are produced, e.g. polyhedral structures or aggregates of the same. Further condensation can be prevented by means of mixing with a polymer. In one embodiment, this comprises nano-structured, silicon dioxide (SiO2) having a low degree of cross-linking that is embedded in a polymer matrix. The material can be used in medicine for therapeutic purposes, and can enter into direct contact with biological tissue of the body in this connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Gerber
  • Patent number: 9688856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low-molar mass condensed derivatives of silicic acid of sub-nano particle size characterized by particular structure and specific biological activities. Preparation methods and applications are presented for the here disclosed sub-nano silicic acid (SNSA) which interact with bio-molecules and modify significantly their structure and biological function. Preferred field of application of the inventive silicic acid derivatives is to modulate the structure and biological function of proteins particularly of those involved in reversible phosphorylation within biological signal transduction or membrane transport processes. Structure of the substances, methods for the preparation and stabilization, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the substances and methods of application in the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Sinatur GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Kerek
  • Patent number: 9388314
    Abstract: Surface-modified silicon dioxide particles or silica sol preparable by reacting aqueous silica sol with at least one first modifier comprising at least one alkoxysilane and with at least one second modifier selected from the group consisting of halosilane, siloxane, and mixtures thereof, with water being removed before the reaction with the first or second modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: EVONIK HANSE GMBH
    Inventor: Uwe Dietrich Kuehner
  • Patent number: 9371411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for producing abrasion-resistant and alkali-resistant layers or molded bodies having a low-energy surface, said composition comprising a) a hardenable binder system containing at least one organic polymer or oligomer comprising at least one functional group, or a precursor thereof, b) at least one fluorine-containing polymer or oligomer containing at least one functional group that can react with a functional group of the binder system, and c) inorganic particles, and to the products thus obtained. The coatings and molded bodies obtained are especially suitable for surfaces to be kept clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ertugrul Arpac, Helmut Schmidt, Murat Akarsu
  • Patent number: 8901186
    Abstract: Process for producing silica-comprising dispersions comprising a polyetherol or a polyether amine, which comprises the steps of (i) admixing an aqueous silica sol (K) having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 150 nm and a silica content, calculated as SiO2, of from 1 to 60% by weight and a pH of from 1 to 6 with at least one polyetherol (b1) and/or polyether amine (b2) based on ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide and having an average OH or amine functionality of from 2 to 6 and a number average molecular weight of from 62 to 6000 g/mol, (ii) distilling off at least part of the water, (iii) admixing the dispersion with at least one compound (S) having at least one at least monoalkoxylated silyl group and at least one alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl substituent, where this substituent may have groups which are reactive toward an alcohol, an amine or an isocyanate in an amount of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Berend Eling, Zeljko Tomovic, Stefan Auffarth
  • Patent number: 8815958
    Abstract: A skin cosmetic in which the emulsion stability can be ensured by adding a volatile hydrocarbon oil to a water-in-oil-type emulsion composition containing a non-volatile silicone oil, and which has an excellent non-oily sensation upon application. Specifically disclosed is a water-in-oil-type emulsion skin cosmetic which is characterized by comprising (A) 3 to 25% mass of a volatile hydrocarbon oil, (B) 0.1 to 15% by mass of a non-volatile silicone oil, (C) 0.1 to 1% by mass of a polyethylene glycol mono- or di-isostearate having 4 to 12 oxyethylene groups, (D) 0.1 to 5% by mass of a polyoxyethylene-polydimethylsiloxyethyl-dimethicone copolymer, and (E) an organically-modified clay mineral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sasaki, Takayuki Omura
  • Patent number: 8697757
    Abstract: A hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles and a method for producing the same. The hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol includes surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent having a water solubility of 0.002 to 12% by mass. The surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles are formed by: coating outer surfaces of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (A) serving as cores with at least one substance (B) of colloidal particles of a composite oxide containing silica and stannic oxide or silica and antimony pentoxide at a silica/stannic oxide or silica/antimony pentoxide ratio of 0.1 to 10, an oligomer of the colloidal particles, or a mixture of the colloidal particles and the oligomer to form modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (C); and bonding an organosilicon compound and an amine compound to surfaces of the colloidal particles (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomonari Shinji, Osamu Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8614256
    Abstract: A hydrophobic precipitated silica having a BET of less than 110 m2/g, a CTAB of less than 150 m2/g, a BET/CTAB ratio of less than 3, a carbon content of greater than 3.1%, a pH of 9.7 to 10.5, a DBP of less than 230 g/(100 g), and a methanol wettability of more than 50%. The hydrophobic precipitated silica is used in compositions including defoamers, silicone rubber and HTV crosslinkable silicone rubber compositions. The hydrophobic precipitated silica is also useful as a flow assistant and carrier or anti-blocking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Panz, Rene Allerdisse, Helga Obladen, Mario Loebbus, Anja Lukas, Roland Bergmann, Karl Meier
  • Patent number: 8557877
    Abstract: Anti-reflective coatings and coating solutions, optically transparent elements and improved processes for preparing AR coatings and coating solutions are described. The anti-reflective coatings are formed from at least two different alkoxy silane materials in a base catalyzed reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, Yamini Pandey, Lea Dankers
  • Patent number: 8500898
    Abstract: An yttria-based slurry composition comprising yttria, an aqueous silica binder system or an aqueous ammonium zirconium carbonate binder system and a fluorine compound, which is selected from ammonium fluoride, ammonium hydrogen difluoride, sodium fluoride, potassium fluoride, sodium hydrogen difluoride and/or potassium hydrogen difluoride and a method of stabilizing an yttria-based slurry composition comprising yttria and an aqueous silica binder system or an aqueous ammonium zirconium carbonate binder system which method comprises treating the composition, preferably treating the binder system, with a fluorine compound which is selected as indicated above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Treibacher Industrie AG
    Inventors: Sigrun Raunig, Peter Janz
  • Patent number: 8377193
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersion which comprises hydrophobized silicon dioxide particles and in each case one or more dispersing additives, a basic composition, and which is free of color pigments, inactive fillers and binders, in which the hydrophobized silicon dioxide particles have a methanol wettability of 30 to 60 and are present in the dispersion with a proportion of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lortz, Gabriele Perlet, Uwe Diener, Sascha Reitz
  • Patent number: 8362092
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic compositive dispersant and a method for producing the same. The compositive dispersant comprises a complex of inorganic clay and an organic surfactant. The compositive dispersant is produced by reacting inorganic clay with the organic surfactant in a solvent to generate a complex. The inorganic clay is layered or platelet. The organic surfactant is an anionic surfactant such as alkyl sulfates, a nonionic surfactant such as octylphenol polyethoxylate and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, or a cationic surfactant such as fatty (C12˜C32) quaternary ammonium salts and fatty (C12˜C32) quaternary ammonium chlorides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Wei-Ting Chen, Yen-Chi Hsu, Chih-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 8242181
    Abstract: An aluminum oxide dispersion comprising from 30 to 99.9% (w/w) of a solvent; and from 0.1 to 70% (w/w) of aluminum oxide nanofibers suspended in the solvent, wherein the nanofibers comprise from 0 to 99.99% (w/w) of ?-AlO(OH) and from 0.01 to 100% (w/w) of ?-Al2O3; and a method of preparing the aluminum oxide dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8211687
    Abstract: A thixotropic gel suitable for use in subsurface bioremediation is provided along with a process of using the gel. The thixotropic gel provides a non-migrating injectable substrate that can provide below ground barrier properties. In addition, the gel components provide for a favorable environment in which certain contaminants are preferentially sequestered in the gel and subsequently remediated by either indigenous or introduced microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Riha
  • Patent number: 8177901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of porous inorganic materials or a matrix material containing nanoparticles with high uniformity of thickness and/or high effective surface area and to the materials obtainable by this process. By the above-mentioned process materials with a defined thickness in the region of ±10%, preferably ±5% of the average thickness are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE Ludwigshafen
    Inventors: Patrice Bujard, Andreas Mühlebach, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf
  • Patent number: 8053479
    Abstract: This invention provides a high-purity, high-concentrated silica sol with long-term stability and low viscosity by preventing viscosity-increase after production, and method for producing the same. In one embodiment, the silica sol produced by an alkoxide method comprises at least a dispersing agent and silica, wherein the concentration of said dispersing agent is 10-3000 ppm with respect to the silica, wherein said dispersing agent may be an inorganic acid, inorganic acid salt, organic acid or organic acid salt whose degradation temperature and boiling point are both 60° C. or higher, wherein said silica sol has a silica concentration of 20% weight or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fuso Chemical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Masuda, Shinsuke Ota
  • Patent number: 8039517
    Abstract: A method of preparing an organic sol of particles is provided. Steps include: a) providing a suspension of particles in an aqueous medium; b) adding an organic liquid to form an admixture where the concentration of particles in the admixture is less than or equal to 40 percent by weight; c) maintaining the admixture at a temperature and pressure and for a time sufficient to reduce the water content to less than 30 percent by weight while simultaneously adding a water-compatible organic liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a concentration of particles in the admixture at less than or equal to 50 percent by weight; and d) adding at least one polymer while maintaining the admixture at a temperature and pressure and for a time sufficient to provide an organic sol of particles comprising 1 percent by weight or less of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence G. Anderson, Debra L. Singer, Thomas R. Hockswender
  • Patent number: 7989504
    Abstract: A method for producing a functional colloid during which particles are reactively fragmented in a mechanical manner in a dispersant in the presence of a modifying agent so that the modifying agent is chemically bound, at least in part, to the fragmented colloid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Buhler Partec GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Adam, Kai Gossmann, Helmut Schmidt, Karl-Peter Schmitt, Frank Tabellion
  • Patent number: 7989506
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of preparing stable colloidal dispersions of nanoparticulate size fumed silica particles. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of rapidly wetting and dispersing fumed silica powder for obtaining a coatable dispersion, particularly in the manufacture of inkjet media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Corbelli
  • Patent number: 7985717
    Abstract: Methods of treating a wellbore comprise displacing a drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage into the wellbore. Methods of drilling a wellbore comprise: applying torque to a bit within the wellbore and concurrently applying force to urge the bit to extend through the wellbore; and circulating a drilling fluid past the bit to remove cuttings therefrom, the drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. Methods of preparing a drilling fluid comprise: forming an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage; and combining the organophilic clay with an oil-based fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Patent number: 7914617
    Abstract: Nanoparticle dispersions, inks, pastes, lotions and methods of their manufacture are disclosed. Multifunctional, nanocomposite, hollow nanoparticles, and coated nanoparticle dispersions are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Tapesh Yadav
  • Patent number: 7909929
    Abstract: The invention provides dispersoids having metal-oxygen groups which are suitable for the production of metal oxide thin-films at a low temperature of 200° C. or below and for the production of homogeneous organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The invention also provides metal oxide thin-films and organic-inorganic hybrid materials endowed with various capabilities, particularly organic-inorganic hybrid materials having a high refractive index and high transparency. Use is made of a dispersoid having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by mixing a metal compound having at least three hydrolyzable groups with at least 0.5 mole but less than 2 moles of water per mole of the metal compound in an organic solvent, in the absence of an acid, a base and/or a dispersion stabilizer, and at a temperature at or below the temperature at which the metal compound begins to hydrolyze, then raising the temperature to at least the temperature at which hydrolysis begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto, Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Kazuo Ono, Tomoya Hidaka, Hiroyuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 7867953
    Abstract: Methods of treating a wellbore comprise displacing a drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage into the wellbore. Methods of drilling a wellbore comprise: applying torque to a bit within the wellbore and concurrently applying force to urge the bit to extend through the wellbore; and circulating a drilling fluid past the bit to remove cuttings therefrom, the drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. Methods of preparing a drilling fluid comprise: forming an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage; and combining the organophilic clay with an oil-based fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Patent number: 7767720
    Abstract: Single domain wafer-scale colloidal crystals and macroporous polymers are formed by dispersing concentrated solutions of colloids, desirably mondisperse silica colloids, in a viscous monomer, desirably ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate, and spin-coating them onto a substrate. Subsequent photopolymerization produces three-dimensionally ordered colloidal crystals trapped inside a polymer matrix. Selective removal of the polymer matrix, such as by oxygen plasma treatment, or removal of the silica spheres, such as by wet etching, produces large-area colloidal crystals and macroporous polymers, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Peng Jiang
  • Patent number: 7737187
    Abstract: A process for producing an inorganic oxide organosol that has good dispersibility and low viscosity, has excellent transparency, and shows good compatibility with resin solutions, and includes the steps (A) and (B) of: (A) adding silicon alkoxide having two or more alkoxy groups bonded to a silicon atom or having one or more hydroxy groups bonded to a silicon atom and one or more alkoxy groups bonded to a silicon atom to a hydrophilic inorganic oxide sol containing a hydrophilic solvent having a boiling point (1 atm) of 100° C. or less in an amount of 25 to 100% by weight in a dispersion medium to treat surface of the inorganic oxide particles in the sol; and (B) replacing the dispersion medium of the surface treated inorganic oxide sol obtained in step (A) with a non-alcoholic organic solvent in the presence of a primary alcohol having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Yoshitake, Yoshinari Koyama, Naohiko Suemura
  • Patent number: 7732380
    Abstract: Drilling fluids are provided that comprise an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. The quaternary ammonium surfactant may comprise a compound generally represented by the following formula: where M? is an anion such as a chloride, methyl sulfate, bromide, acetate, or iodide ion; R1 is an alkyl group such as a saturated hydrocarbon with 10 or more carbons; R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different alkyl groups such as a methyl, ethyl, or benzyl group, and x is greater than or equal to 1. The organophilic clay treated in this manner is substantially biodegradable. In embodiments, the drilling fluids comprise the foregoing organophilic clay, an oil-based fluid and a weighting agent. In still more embodiments, the drilling fluids comprise the foregoing organophilic clay, an invert emulsion, an emulsifier, and a weighting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20100096601
    Abstract: Stable dispersions of nanoparticles and microparticles in liquids and method for their preparation are disclosed. The dispersions can comprise about 0.1 wt % to about 25 wt % of at least one disodium salt monohydrate of 4-5-dihydroxy-1,3 benzenedisulfonic acid; about 1 wt % to about 90 wt % of particles; and about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % of at least one liquid. The particles can comprise nanoparticulate metals, metal oxides, silica and coated particles. The liquid can comprise at least one polar liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Frank Vito DiStefano
  • Patent number: 7683098
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing nanomaterial dispersions, such as nanomaterial concentrates, and related nanotechnology are provided. The nanomaterial concentrates provided can be more cheaply stored and transported compared to non-concentrate nanomaterial forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Tapesh Yadav
  • Publication number: 20090143490
    Abstract: (Problem) This invention provides a high-purity, high-concentrated silica sol with long-term stability and low viscosity by preventing viscosity-increase after production, and method for producing the same. This invention provides the high-purity and high-concentrated silica sol that does not undergo a viscosity-increase or gelation in spite of any particle size differences of silica. This is obtained by adding a dispersing agent at a specific concentration to the reaction solution or solvent substitution-concentrated solution in the production process. (Means to Solve Problems) A silica sol produced by an alkoxide method, wherein said silica sol comprises at least a dispersing agent and silica, wherein said dispersing agent concentration is 10-3000 ppm with respect to the silica, wherein said dispersing agent consists of one or more compounds selected from inorganic acid, inorganic acid salt, organic acid and organic acid salt whose degradation temperature and boiling point are both 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: FUSO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Masuda, Shinsuke Ota
  • Patent number: 7521399
    Abstract: Drilling fluids are provided that comprise an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. The quaternary ammonium surfactant may comprise a compound generally represented by the following formula: where M? is an anion such as a chloride, methyl sulfate, bromide, acetate, or iodide ion; R1 is an alkyl group such as a saturated hydrocarbon with 10 or more carbons; R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different alkyl groups such as a methyl, ethyl, or benzyl group, and x is greater than or equal to 1. The organophilic clay treated in this manner is substantially biodegradable. In embodiments, the drilling fluids comprise the foregoing organophilic clay, an oil-based fluid and a weighting agent. In still embodiments, the drilling fluids comprise the foregoing organophilic clay, an invert emulsion, an emulsifier, and a weighting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Patent number: 7482382
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel sol-gel methods in which metal oxide precursor and an alcohol-based solution are mixed to form a reaction mixture that is then allowed to react to produce nanosized metal oxide particles. The methods of the present invention are more suitable for preparing nanosized metal oxide than are previously-described sol-gel methods. The present invention can provide for nanosized metal oxide particles more efficiently than the previously-described sol-gel methods by permitting higher concentrations of metal oxide precursor to be employed in the reaction mixture. The foregoing is provided by careful control of the pH conditions during synthesis and by ensuring that the pH is maintained at a value of about 7 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Yuntao Li, Hung-Jue Sue, Riichi Nishimura, Nobuo Miyatake
  • Publication number: 20090018219
    Abstract: Colloidal silica having a controllable broad particle size distribution and a controllable minimum particle size is disclosed and claimed. Particles below a predetermined size are excluded from the product colloidal silica of the invention. A method for continuously producing the desired colloidal composition is disclosed comprising the steps of providing preformed silica particles having a surface area which controls the particle size of the colloidal silica product, adding a feed silica comprising an alkaline solution and silicate at a feed rate which is less than a nucleation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Dennis L. MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20090018261
    Abstract: A method for producing a functionalized silica,compositions and methods for forming curable silicone rubber compositions by using the functionalized silica are also disclosed. Compositions and methods for forming cured silicone resin compositions and products having high transparency, high tensile strength, desirable percent elongation, or a combination of the foregoing properties are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Abirami Srikanth, Vikram Kumar, Helmut Steinberger, U Senthilkumar
  • Publication number: 20090004482
    Abstract: There is provided a method of making a stabilized colloidal silica solution, the method including forming a solution by mixing a colloidal silica, a solvent, and a stabilizing agent, wherein the stabilizing agent is selected from the group consisting of siloxane-based stabilizers, polysorbate-based stabilizers, non-ionic surfactant based stabilizers, and acrylic polymer-based flow-enhancing stabilizers; and agitating the solution. There is also provided methods of using the same in coated articles, and coated articles themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Pramod K. Sharma
  • Publication number: 20080269358
    Abstract: To provide a stable water-repellent inorganic powder which is substantially free from re-dissolution of a silicon compound used for surface treatment whether an organic solvent is polar or non-polar. A water-repellent inorganic powder which is surface-treated with a silicon compound, wherein the silicon compound is one having a group reactive with the inorganic powder, and when the inorganic powder is dispersed in any of polar organic solvents and non-polar organic solvents, the retention of the silicon compound is at least 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AGC Si-Tech CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Atsunari Fujii, Takayoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20080182927
    Abstract: PIBSAs are disclosed as a dispersant for metal oxide nanoparticles in a wide range of liquids. Examples of such liquids comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, mineral spirits, hexanes, and phenoxyisopropanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Frank Vito DiStefano
  • Patent number: 7342049
    Abstract: A novel dilatant fluid which keeps fluid state within a broad temperature range, is excellent in storage stability, has large mechanical strength and shows large changing quantity of viscosity resistance accompanied by the increase of shear stress. It was found that excellent dilatancy is expressed markedly specifically in a composition comprising (B) from 0.5 to 100 parts by weight of a particle dispersing agent and (C) from 5 to 1,000 parts by weight of a silicone medium, based on (A) 100 parts by weight an inorganic fine particle having a primary particle size of from 2 nm to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Minemura, Masanao Kamei
  • Patent number: 7276556
    Abstract: An aqueous suspension of cross-linked silicone particles comprising (A) cross-linked silicone particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 500 ?m, (B) polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, and (C) water. And, in a second embodiment, an aqueous emulsion of cross-linked silicone particles comprising (A) cross-linked silicone particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 500 ?m, (B) polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, (C) water, and (D) oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Morita, Kazuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7223799
    Abstract: The invention provides a color-developing composition without using a pigment or dye and capable of being colored sustainably and stably after mixing two liquid phases which are colorless before mixing. The composition consists of two discrete liquid phases, wherein the refractive index of each liquid phase is identical to each other at a point within the wavelength range from 400 nm to 800 nm, wherein a continuous layer and a dispersion layer are formed by mixing and dispersing said two phases whereby developing a color. Alternatively, the composition is a powder dispersion consisting of a liquid phase and a silica powder-containing solid phase, wherein said liquid phase has a refractive index n1 and said silica has a refractive index n2, which satisfy Equation (1): |n1?n2|<0.05??(1) whereby developing a color on the basis of the difference in the refractive index at the interface between the liquid phase and the solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Shiseido Research Center
    Inventors: Takayuki Sakiguchi, Norinobu Yoshikawa, Keiko Sakai, Makio Akimoto, Kazuhisa Ohno, Hiroshi Fukui
  • Patent number: 7204977
    Abstract: There is provided an oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising hydrophobic powder particles, a polyether-modified silicone represented by formula (1), and an ionic water-soluble polymer compound, whereby the succulent feel originating from thickening effect rendered by the ionic water-soluble polymer compound and the effects intrinsic to the hydrophobic powder particles can be demonstrated stably over time in an oil-in-water emulsified composition obtained using an ionic water-soluble polymer compound, to which composition the powder particles are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumi Asai, Yoshimasa Miura, Satoshi Tomomasa
  • Patent number: 7192986
    Abstract: An inorganic compound sol comprises a dispersion medium and, dispersed therein, inorganic compound particulates whose surface has been modified by an organic compound exhibiting a molecular polarizability of from 2×10?40 to 850×10?40C2m2J?2. The inorganic compound sol modified by an organic compound possesses a desirable affinity with the dispersion media, providing excellent dispersion stability in solvents while avoiding aggregation of particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Catalysts & Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuguo Koyanagi, Hiroyasu Nishida
  • Patent number: 7192461
    Abstract: A high concentration silica slurry can be used for polishing of substrates, such as semiconductor materials. The slurry contains a silica powder dispersed in an solvent. The silica slurry has a silica concentration of more than 50% by weight and a viscosity of less than 1000 mPa·s, wherein the silica powder has a ratio DL/DT of less than 1.3, wherein DL is an average particle size of the silica powder measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution method and DT is an average primary particle size of the silica powder measured by a TEM photography observation, and wherein the silica powder has an average primary particle size of from 0.08 ?m to 0.8 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Morii, Paul Brandl
  • Patent number: 7049347
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making amorphous spherical particles of zirconium titanate and crystalline spherical particles of zirconium titanate comprising the steps of mixing an aqueous solution of zirconium salt and an aqueous solution of titanium salt into a mixed solution having equal moles of zirconium and titanium and having a total salt concentration in the range from 0.01 M to about 0.5 M. A stearic dispersant and an organic solvent is added to the mixed salt solution, subjecting the zirconium salt and the titanium salt in the mixed solution to a coprecipitation reaction forming a solution containing amorphous spherical particles of zirconium titanate wherein the volume ratio of the organic solvent to aqueous part is in the range from 1 to 5. The solution of amorphous spherical particles is incubated in an oven at a temperature ?100° C. for a period of time ?24 hours converting the amorphous particles to fine or ultrafine crystalline spherical particles of zirconium titanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Z. Hu
  • Patent number: 7030049
    Abstract: Polymerizable compositions that include: (a) a cationically active functional group; (b) an initiation system capable of initiating cationic polymerization of the cationically active functional group; and (c) a filler composition that includes various radiopacifying fillers in an amount sufficient to render the polymerizable composition radiopaque. Components (a), (b), and (c) are selected such that the polymerizable composition polymerizes to form a polymerized composition having a Barcol hardness, measured using a GYZJ-935 meter, of at least 10 within 30 minutes following initiation of the cationically active functional group at a reaction temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Richard P. Rusin, Bradley D. Craig, Joel D. Oxman, James W. Westberg, Matthew C. Trom, Brant U. Kolb, James A. Baker
  • Patent number: 6958362
    Abstract: A novel colloid active component, a method for manufacturing colloid aluminum silica gel, and a surfactant containing the same are disclosed, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) dissolving a mixture of aluminum oxide, silicic acid, potassium, iron oxide, sulfuric acid and water into sulfuric acid; (b) adding potassium sulfate solution into the solution, and stirring at a low temperature to produce compositions with soluble aluminum double salt; (c) purifying the compositions to obtain a very pure and dense aluminum potassium sulfate; (d) adding aluminum silicate and water to produce alkali metal polysilicate-sulfate water salt chelate; (e) polymerizing and precipitating the resultant; (f) adding Mgo, Fe2O3, Ca(OH)2, NaOH, KOH, and distilled water; (g) purifying and drying the chelate; (h) mixing the resulting microsphere, with sulfuric acid; (i) further treating the mixture and performing vapor treatment to obtain aluminum silicate molecular sieve; and, (j) polymerizing the aluminum silicate molecul
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: In Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: RE39746
    Abstract: The invention relates to phosphoric esters of the general formula I where X is 1 or 2; n is from 2 to 18; m and o are each from 2 to 100; k is from 2 to 4; R? is H or a linear or branched alkyl radical; and R? is an alkyl, alkaryl, alkenyl, or sulfopropyl radical, and to there use as dispersants for pigments and fillers in aqueous or organic media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Tammo Boinowitz, Eberhard Esselborn, Arno Knebelkamp, Christian Psiorz, Stefan Silber, Stefan Stadtmüller, Ellen Wallhorn