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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:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);

Inventors:

Alexandru S. Biris, Little Rock, AR (US);

Andrew G. Kumpuris, Little Rock, AR (US);

Zeid Nima, Little Rock, AR (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54346 (2013.01); G01N 21/658 (2013.01); G01N 2800/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of making a nanocomposite includes forming at least one gold nanorod; coating a silver layer on an outer surface of the gold nanorod; assembling a Raman reporter molecule layer on the coated silver layer; coating a pegylated layer on the assembled Raman reporter molecule layer; and conjugating the coated pegylated layer with an active layer, the active layer comprising at least one of a targeting molecule configured to bind to the target of interest and a functional molecule configured to interact with the target of interest.


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