I believe George Miley has thoroughly analyzed the Patterson Cell beads. Miley had a relationship with Patterson, and I believe that he had some of Patterson's beads for analysis at the university. I think Miley's interests now are for higher temperature LENR. He has LENR as a replacement technology for plutonium RTGs for deep space probes in many of his presentations.
Patterson's original plastic beads were surplus from a NASA microgravity experiment. Thus, the beads themselves were somewhat unique. Also, when Patterson tried to reproduce the plated beads, the vendor had modified the brightner formulation for the plating solution and this was another introduced variable. The original beads still exist. If someone was truly interested in reproduction of Patterson, I believe it would be possible to get sample beads for SEM-EDS, and SIMS work. On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 4:39 PM, <pagnu...@htdconnect.com> wrote: > A new patent application -- > > CORE-SHELL CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PALLADIUM-BASED CORE PARTICLE > > Abstract: A core-shell catalyst includes a porous, palladium-based core > particle and a catalytic layer on the particle. The particle can be made > by providing a precursor particle that has palladium interspersed with a > sacrificial material. At least a portion of the sacrificial material is > then removed such that the remaining precursor particle is porous. > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2015/0372313.html > > -- may provide a way to create particles with controllable surface > micro-topographies. Perhaps a way to recreate the Patterson "beads", or > other promising surfaces? > > >
