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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Masayoshi Higuchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Ryo Shomura, Tsukuba, JP;
Dirk G. Kurth, Tsukuba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An object of the invention is to modify the surface of a metal nanoparticle with a cyclic phenylazomethine having a multi-ion sensing capability, thereby making the sensing of multiple substances possible. The metal nanoparticles of the invention are characterized by being modified with a cyclic phenylazomethine compound having a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1.