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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
Linda S. Schadler Feist, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dongling MA, Troy, NY (US);
Inventors:
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
Linda S. Schadler Feist, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dongling Ma, Troy, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for producing microtubes from nanoparticles includes forming a dispersion of the nanoparticles in a liquid phase and freeze-drying the dispersion to produce microtubes. The nanoparticles have surface functionality capable of self-bonding and bonding with the liquid phase during freeze-drying, particularly surface hydroxy functionality.