Generation of the smallest stainless nanoballs by submerged glow discharge method

在不锈钢合金纳米球（纳米尺寸的球形颗粒）方面，对申请人已经开发的液体辉光放电法制备纳米球的基本技术进行了升级。特别是，我们能够通过改变施加电压，磁场强度和电解溶液来处理纳米球的粒径分布。由此，获得世界上最小直径为2 ~ 3nm的不锈钢合金纳米球成为可能。此外，我们发现这种不锈钢合金纳米球具有光催化效应，有望在各种设备中得到实际应用。

With respect to nanoballs (spherical particles of nanometer size) of stainless steel alloy,the basic technology for making nanoballs by using the liquid glow discharge method,which had been developed by applicants, was upgraded. In particular, we enabled tohandle the particle size distribution of nanoballs, by changing applied voltage,magnetic field strength and electrolytic solution. Thus, it became possible to obtain astainless steel alloy nanoball with the world's smallest diameter of 2 ~ 3nm.Furthermore, we found this stainless steel alloy nanoball has a photocatalytic effectexpected for practical applications to a wide variety of devices.