ADVANCED NANO TECHNOLOGY FOR GROWING METALLIC NANO-CLUSTERS

摘要

An apparatus for growing nano-clusters includes a pair of electrodes 104 and a field generation module 106 that generates a corona discharge 112 across the electrodes 104. The corona discharge 112 generates an electromagnetic field 114. A voltage potential across the electrodes is a medium voltage. The field generation module 106 includes a medium voltage module 202 that generates a medium voltage waveform, which is transmitted to the electrodes 104 to generate the corona discharge 112. The field generation module 106 includes a broad frequency generation module 204 that generates a broad spectrum of frequencies within the medium voltage waveform. A raw material feeder module 108 feeds particles of a raw material 118 through the electromagnetic field 114. The electromagnetic field 114 with the broad spectrum of frequencies is operative to separate at least a portion of the raw material 118 fed through the electromagnetic field 114 into free atoms.