A method for manufacturing low effective density TiO.sub.2 includes providing a template having a surface. The template surface is coated with a titanium-containing compound that can be reduced to TiO.sub.2 at high temperature. The template is removed, thereby forming porous TiO.sub.2 particles. The effective density of the porous TiO.sub.2 particles is less than 4.

A white pigment dispersion includes 10 to 60 wt % of low effective density TiO.sub.2, 1 to 40 wt % of a latex, and the balance a dispersing medium. Inks using the low effective density TiO.sub.2 and methods for preparing the low effective density TiO.sub.2 are also disclosed.

Provided are spherical silica particles that can achieve a lower dielectric dissipation factor when used to fill a resin, and a resin composition using the same.

Spherical silica particles (X) are those having a surface fractal dimension of 1.0-2.3. The resin composition contains the spherical silica particles (X) and at least one resin selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin. The specific surface area of the spherical silica particles (X) is preferably 0.1-2.0 m.sup.2/g. The average particle diameter of the spherical silica particles (X) is preferably 1-30 m.

Provided are spherical silica particles that can achieve a lower dielectric dissipation factor when used to fill a resin, and a resin composition using the same. The spherical silica particles (X) are those in which the number of water molecules desorbed from the spherical silica particles (X) when the spherical silica particles (X) are heated from 50 C. to 1000 C. at a rate of temperature increase of 25 C./min. is 0.001-0.010 mmoL/g and in which the specific surface area is 0.1-2.0 m.sup.2/g. The resin composition contains the silica particles (X) and at least one resin selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin.

Articles including a solid porous material having a selenium nanomaterial bound to a surface of and within the solid porous material. The article may be a include no polymeric stabilizer or proteinaceous stabilizer. The solid porous material may be a sponge, a film, a fabric, a non-woven material, or a metal-organic framework (MOF), or a combination thereof. The article may be produced by treating a solid porous material with an aqueous selenous acid solution and heating the solid porous material to form the selenium nanomaterial on the surface of and within the solid porous material.

The present invention belongs to the field of preparation technique of inorganic functional material and provides a method for preparing nanometer titanium dioxide which comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving ilmenite powder using hydrochloric acid to obtain a raw ore solution; (2) eliminating the iron element in the raw ore solution to obtain a final solution containing titanium ions; (3) heating the final solution for hydrolysis to obtain a hydrolyzed product containing titanium dioxide; and (4) calcining the obtained hydrolyzed product to obtain nanometer titanium dioxide. The present invention has the advantages that the raw materials can be easily obtained, the energy consumption is low, both rutile type titanium dioxide and anatase type titanium dioxide can be produced, and the product has high purity, small particle diameter, narrow particle diameter distribution and good dispersibility.

A method for preparing two-dimensional (2D) ordered mesoporous nanosheets by inorganic salt interface-induced assembly includes the following steps: carrying out, by using a soluble inorganic salt as a substrate and an amphiphilic block copolymer as a template, uniform mass diffusion of a target precursor solution at an inorganic salt crystal interface through vacuum filtration or low-speed centrifugation; forming a single-layer ordered mesoporous structure by using the solvent evaporation-induced co-assembly (EICA) technology; and promoting, through gradient temperature-controlled Ostwald ripening, the evaporation and induced formation of an organic solvent, and removing the template in N.sub.2 to obtain a 2D single-layer ordered mesoporous nanosheet material. The assembled nanosheet material has a large pore size, regular spherical pores and orderly arrangement. By changing the type of the precursor, a variety of mesoporous metal oxides, metal elements, inorganic non-metal nanosheets are synthesized.

The present invention relates to an iron chalcogenide nanocomposite with photoluminescent properties. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the iron chalcogenide nanocomposite. The method includes (a) dissolving a Fe precursor in an organic solvent to form a Fe solution, (b) dissolving a chalcogen powder or a chalcogen precursor in an organic solvent to form a chalcogen solution, (c) dropwise injecting the Fe solution into the chalcogen solution to prepare a mixture solution in which an iron chalcogenide is formed, and (d) purifying the iron chalcogenide from the mixture solution.

The present disclosure is directed to methods for altering the surface of carbon fibers by growing carbon nanotubes thereon. Coverage of the carbon fibers by carbon nanotubes provides increased surface area and aspect ratio, as well as provides high electrical and thermal conductivity. In some embodiments, the surface of the carbon fibers are further modified via argon-ion bombardment or plasma treatment to provide controllable defects and to allow for easier growth of carbon nanotubes on the surface of the carbon fibers.

Microstructured composite particles obtainable by a process in which large particles are bonded to small particles. The composite particles are preferably used as an additive, especially as a polymer additive, as an additive or starting material for the production of components, for applications in medical technology and/or in microtechnology and/or for the production of foamed articles.