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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Applicants:
Peter Trenton Bishop, Reading, GB;
Patricia Ann Marsh, Kidlington, GB;
Bénédiete Jeanne Suzanne Thiébaut, Henly on Thames, GB;
Alison Mary Wagland, Wallington, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Trenton Bishop, Reading, GB;
Patricia Ann Marsh, Kidlington, GB;
Bénédiete Jeanne Suzanne Thiébaut, Henly on Thames, GB;
Alison Mary Wagland, Wallington, GB;
Assignee:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D001/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for decorating a substrate using novel thiol-stabilised gold nanoparticles of the general formula HSR where R is a C-Calkyl group, aryl, benzyl, alicyclic, or heterocyclic group which is substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched. The thiol-stabilised gold nanoparticles exhibit a plasmon frequency of between 480 and 600 nm.