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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Scott H. Gillis, Concord, MA (US);
Paul Schechter, Dover, MA (US);
James Alexander Robert Stiles, Toronto, CA;
Scott H. Gillis, Concord, MA (US);
Paul Schechter, Dover, MA (US);
James Alexander Robert Stiles, Toronto, CA;
Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp., Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CA;
Abstract
Metal-containing materials, as well as their preparation and use are disclosed. The metal-containing material can be, for example, an antimicrobial material, an anti-biofilm material, an antibacterial material, an anti-inflammatory material, an anti-fungal material, an anti-viral material, an anti-cancer material, a pro-apoptosis material, anti-proliferative, MMP modulating material, an atomically disordered, crystalline material, and/or a nanocrystalline material. In certain embodiments, the metal-containing material is an atomically disordered, nanocrystalline silver-containing material.