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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
David Medina Cruz, Boston, MA (US);
William Tien-Street, Boston, MA (US);
Bohan Zhang, Malden, MA (US);
Xinjing Huang, Boston, MA (US);
Ada Vernet Crua, Boston, MA (US);
Thomas J. Webster, Barrington, RI (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods disclosed herein provide for an environmentally-friendly approach that employ citric extracts from fruits as unique reducing and stabilizing agents for making a tellurium nanomaterial. A particular method of making a tellurium nanomaterial includes combining citrus fruit extract with a tellurium salt to form a mixture of citrus fruit extract and dissolved tellurium salt; and heating the mixture of citrus fruit extract and dissolved tellurium salt, thereby making the tellurium nanomaterial. The resulting nanoparticles exhibit enhanced and desirable biomedical properties toward treatment of both infectious diseases and cancer.