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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:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicants:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Zhihong Nie, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Radi Masri, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignees:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/24 (2006.01); B22F 1/02 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2020.01); B22F 1/00 (2022.01); A61K 47/69 (2017.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/24 (2013.01); A61C 8/00 (2013.01); A61K 41/0052 (2013.01); A61K 47/6923 (2017.08); A61K 47/6929 (2017.08); B22F 1/0018 (2013.01); B22F 1/02 (2013.01); A61C 13/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods for preparing iron nanoparticles and to iron nanoparticles produced by those methods. The invention also provides methods for coating the iron nanoparticles with oxides and functionalizing the iron nanoparticles with organic and polymeric ligands. Additionally, the invention provides methods of using such iron nanoparticles.