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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Ronald R Price, Stevensville, MD (US);
Joel M Schnur, Burke, VA (US);
Paul E Schoen, Alexandria, VA (US);
Dan Zabetakis, College Park, MD (US);
Mark Spector, Springfield, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Lipid microtubules having a controlled bilayer structure and high aspect io are formed in a methanol/ethanol/water solvent system. The lipid microtubules may then be catalyzed (e.g., with a palladium/tin catalyst) in an acidified catalytic bath having no more than about 30 g of catalytic salts. These catalyzed microtubules are then metallized using a diluted plating bath with replenishment of the plating bath as needed to obtain the desired metallization thickness.