Particles with suitable properties may be generated using systems and methods provided herein. The particles may include carbon particles.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a carbon mixture having high electrical conductivity. A carbon mixture according to the present invention is characterized by including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate having a length of 1 m or more in an amount of 20 wt % or more.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a carbon mixture having high electrical conductivity. A carbon mixture according to the present invention is characterized by including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate having a length of 1 m or more in an amount of 20 wt % or more.

The diamond particle according to the present invention has an ionic conductivity Di represented by the following expression of 0.8 mS/m or lower:

Di=DsDw

wherein Ds represents an ionic conductivity of an aqueous solution obtained by dissolving-out in a pressure cooker test carried out according to IEC68-2-66; and Dw represents an ionic conductivity of distilled water.

The present invention relates to particles based on inorganic, organic compounds, sulfur and/or diamond, coated with a nonampholytic, quaternizable polymer which is water-soluble at 20 C., and also to their use. The invention likewise pertains to a method for depositing these disperse particles in a metallic phase on the surface of a substrate.

The present invention relates to particles based on inorganic, organic compounds, sulfur and/or diamond, coated with a nonampholytic, quaternizable polymer which is water-soluble at 20 C., and also to their use. The invention likewise pertains to a method for depositing these disperse particles in a metallic phase on the surface of a substrate.

Bio-based materials, e.g., epoxide starting material, a beta-lactone starting material and/or a beta-hydroxy amide starting material, may be used as feedstocks in processes for making and using acrylonitrile and acrylonitrile derivatives to produce, among other products, carbon fibers and carbon black.

Bio-based materials, e.g., epoxide starting material, a beta-lactone starting material and/or a beta-hydroxy amide starting material, may be used as feedstocks in processes for making and using acrylonitrile and acrylonitrile derivatives to produce, among other products, carbon fibers and carbon black.

Particles with suitable properties may be generated. The particles may include carbon particles. The particles may be used as conductive additives and/or fillers. The particles may be used in energy storage devices such as, for example, lithium-ion batteries.

A method of exfoliating layered, shearable material is described. Examples are provided including exfoliation of graphite to form graphene nanoplatelets. Also described is a machine for preparing nanoplatelets that includes a chamber whose volume can be increased by pressure exerted by the exfoliated product. Composites of graphene nanoplatelets and polyamide exhibited improved flexural modulus compared to that of graphite composites while impact strength was unaffected.