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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (US);
Chris D. Geddes, Bel-Air, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for excitable molecules positioned near metallic structures, wherein the metallic structures have a particles size from about 1 nm to 1000 nm and wherein the excitable molecules have fluorescence, phosphorescence or alpha-fluorescence emissions that are altered due to positioning near the metal structures. The emission spectra are distorted on either the blue or red edges in a range from 1 to 10 nm thereby changing the color of emissions. Further, the width of the emission spectrum is modified either by narrowing or broadening depending on the material of the metallic structures and type of excitable molecule.