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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Jicang Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Yuandong Gu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Allen A. Cox, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Aravind Padmanabhan, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jicang Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Yuandong Gu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Allen A. Cox, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Aravind Padmanabhan, Plymouth, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A nanoparticle having a self assembly monolayer of molecules as a shell on the nanoparticle. The monolayer may include organic molecules working as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) reporters. Also, the core shell may include at least a receptor, and/or the like, to ensure that a target analyte can be bound for measurement with SERS. The target analyte may be organic, chemical, biological, inorganic, gas, liquid, solid, and so forth.