Nanoparticles of silicon oxide alloys (i.e., oxides of SiMo, SiPt, and SiAl) are produced by laser vaporization of a silicon target and a target of a metal (i.e., Mo, Pt, or Al), in an oxygen containing atmosphere in a diffusion cloud chamber, where the target metal vapors aggregate into novel three-dimensional...http://www.google.de/patents/US6136156?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6136156 - Nanoparticles of silicon oxide alloys