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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Richard R. Lunt, Williamston, MI (US);
Sophia Y. Lunt, Williamston, MI (US);
Deanna Broadwater, Haslett, MI (US);
Margaret Young, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Matthew Bates, East Lansing, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of exciting an organic salt in a cell is provided. The method includes contacting the cell with a composition including the organic salt, the organic salt having a photoactive ion and a counterion. The cell uptakes the organic salt, the organic salt is substantially free of a coating within the cell, and the organic salt is non-toxic to the cell in the dark. The method also includes exposing the cell to light having a first wavelength, wherein the organic salt absorbs the light having the first wavelength and the photoactive ion becomes excited.