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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2017
Applicants:

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);

The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Matthew C. Beard, Arvada, CO (US);

Daniel McCray Kroupa, Denver, CO (US);

Alan Sellinger, Golden, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 7/00 (2006.01); C09K 11/06 (2006.01); C09D 11/50 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 7/003 (2013.01); C09D 11/50 (2013.01); C09K 11/06 (2013.01); C09K 2211/1007 (2013.01); C09K 2211/188 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure is a nanocrystal that includes a nanocrystal core and a ligand coordinated to a surface of the nanocrystal core, where the ligand includes a functionalized aromatic molecule. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the functionalized aromatic molecule may include at least one of cinnamic acid (CAH) and/or a functionalized CAH molecule.


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