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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis Gallagher, Stamford, CT (US);
Rameshwar Bhargava, Ossining, NY (US);
Jacqueline Racz, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
Philips Electronics N.A. Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428407 ; 428403 ; 428570 ; 428573 ; 428690 ; 428917 ;
Abstract
Doped encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles of a size (<100 .ANG.) which exhibit quantum effects. The nanoparticles are precipitated and coated with a surfactant by precipitation in an organometallic reaction. The luminescence of the particles may be increased by a further UV curing step.