PROCESSING OF NANOCRYSTALLINE METALLIC POWDERS AND COATINGS USING THE POLYOL PROCESS

摘要

Nanostructured metallic powders and coatings are processed by suspending a metal precursor in a glycol solution containing the constituent metal salts and using a millimeter wave beam as the heating source. The mixture is then heated to reduce the metal precursor to a metal precipitate. The precipitated metal may then be isolated.