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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Mihai A. Buretea, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mihai A. Buretea, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nanosys, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides composite materials comprising nanostructures (e.g., nanowires, branched nanowires, nanotetrapods, nanocrystals, and nanoparticles). Methods and compositions for making such nanocomposites are also provided, as are articles comprising such composites. Waveguides and light concentrators comprising nanostructures (not necessarily as part of a nanocomposite) are additional features of the invention.