US 7,468,413 B2
Rare earth aggregate formulation using di-block copolmers
Kazuhiko Yokota, Paris (France); Jean-Francois Berret, Sevres (France); Bruno Tolla, Paris (France); and Mikel Morvan, Princeton, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Khodia Inc., Cranbury, N.J. (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/42,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/540430, filed on Jan. 30, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0176863 A1, Aug. 11, 2005
Int. Cl. C08K 3/10 (2006.01); C08L 33/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 524—403  [524/556] 15 Claims
 
1. A method for controlling aggregation of rare earth base particles comprising:
complexing cationic or anionic rare earth base particles with block copolymers consisting of two blocks, A and B, wherein block A is anionic if the particles are cationic, and block A is cationic if the particles are anionic, to form a stable complex of rare earth aggregates.