SBIR Phase I: A Process for Preparing Nanometer-Sized Ceramic Particles at High Production Rates

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将展示一种新方法的可行性，即雾化和反应技术（CART），用于大规模生产纳米陶瓷粉末。SBIR第一阶段研究的目的是设计和建造一个台式CART装置，以证明该方法应用于合成低熔点和高熔点金属（例如，Al、Fe、Si和Ti）。纳米颗粒材料可用于替代汽车、基础设施、海上结构、管道、容器和电子设备外壳等中的各种承重和非结构部件，这对许多行业具有商业吸引力。透明纳米晶粒陶瓷可用于广泛的应用，包括透明陶瓷器具组件、透明“玻璃器皿”和艺术品。透明陶瓷可被执法人员、安全警察和装甲车人员用作防弹装甲。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of a novel method, Combined Atomization and Reaction Technique (CART), for mass producing nanometer-sized ceramic powders. The SBIR Phase-I research is aimed at designing and building a bench-top CART apparatus to demonstrate the general technical and commercial feasibility of this method as applied to the synthesis of nano-sized oxides, carbides, and nitrides of both low- and higher-melting metals (e.g., Al, Fe, Si, and Ti). Nano-grained materials can be employed to replace various load-bearing and non-structural parts in automobiles, infrastructures, off-shore structures, pipings, containers, and electronic equipment housings, etc. this could be commercial attractive to many industries. Transparent nano-grained ceramics can be utilized in a broad array of applications including transparent ceramic appliance components, clear "glassware" and artistic artifacts. Transparent ceramics may be used as ballistic protection armors by law enforcement, security police and armored car personnel.