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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/00 (2006.01); C09C 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/0018 (2013.01); B22F 1/0062 (2013.01); B22F 1/0088 (2013.01); C09C 1/24 (2013.01); B22F 2001/0037 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nanocages are formed by etching nancubes. The nanocubes are added to an aqueous system having an amphiphilic lipid dissolved in an organic solvent (e.g. a hydrophobic alcohol) to form reverse micelles. As the water evaporates the micelles shrink as etching of the flat surface of the nanocubes occurs. In this fashion hollow nanocages are produced. In one embodiment, the nanocage is covalently attached to a polymer shell (e.g. a dextran shell).