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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Jackie Y. Ying, Singapore, SG;
Subramanian T. Selvan, Singapore, SG;
Timothy T. Tan, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Matrix, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles are provided. The nanoparticles may include semiconductor nanocrystals. A shell may encapsulate a nanoparticle core, and the shell may include non-organic material and may be silica. The shell may also include additional species such as PEG. In some embodiments, a passivation layer is in contact with the core.