Abstract: An aerosol delivery apparatus is used to deliver an aerosol into a reaction chamber for chemical reaction to produce reaction products such as nanoparticles. A variety of improved aerosol delivery approaches provide for the production of more uniform reaction products. In preferred embodiments, a reaction chamber is used that has a cross section perpendicular to the flow of reactant having a dimension along a major axis greater than a dimension along a minor axis. The aerosol preferably is elongated along the major axis of the reaction chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 1998
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2001
Assignee:
NanoGram Corporation
Inventors:
James T. Gardner, Sujeet Kumar, Ronald M. Cornell, Ronald J. Mosso, Xiangxin Bi