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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Douglas Kauffman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Matranga, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dominic Alfonso, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul Ohodnicki, Allison Park, PA (US);
Xingyi Deng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rajan C. Siva, Chennai, IN;
Chenjie Zeng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rongchao Jin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Douglas Kauffman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Matranga, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dominic Alfonso, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul Ohodnicki, Allison Park, PA (US);
Xingyi Deng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rajan C. Siva, Chennai, IN;
Chenjie Zeng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rongchao Jin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods for manipulating charge states of Au nanoparticles and uses for the corresponding nanoparticles are described. A preferred embodiment comprises the following steps: 1) combining at least one Au nanocluster with at least one electron accepting molecule in the presence of an excess amount of counter ion; and 2) exposing the nanocluster, electron acceptor and counter ion mixture to light creating Aunanoclusters. In one or more embodiments, an additional step of depositing the Aunanoclusters onto a catalyst support is performed.