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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:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2017
Applicants:

The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Philip Hemmer, College Station, TX (US);

Todd Zapata, Washington, DC (US);

Viktor Struzhkin, Poolesville, MD (US);

Yingwei Fei, Potomac, MD (US);

Assignees:

The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/65 (2006.01); C30B 29/04 (2006.01); B01J 3/06 (2006.01); C01B 32/25 (2017.01); C01B 32/26 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/65 (2013.01); B01J 3/062 (2013.01); B01J 3/067 (2013.01); C01B 32/25 (2017.08); C01B 32/26 (2017.08); C30B 29/04 (2013.01); B01J 2203/0655 (2013.01); B01J 2203/0695 (2013.01); C01P 2002/90 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Nanodiamonds are grown under conditions where diamond-like organic seed molecules do not decompose. This permits engineered growth of fluorescent nanodiamonds wherein a custom designed seed molecule can be incorporated at the center of a nanodiamond. By substituting atoms at particular locations in the seed molecule it is possible to achieve complex multi-atom diamond color centers or even to engineer complete quantum registers. In addition, it is possible to grow ultra-small nanodiamonds, wherein each nanodiamond, no matter how small, can have at least one bright and photostable fluorescent emitter.


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