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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Zhongxin GE, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Harry C. Dorn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
J. Paige Phillips, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Inventors:
Zhongxin Ge, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Harry C. Dorn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
J. Paige Phillips, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Assignee:
Luna Innovations Incorporated, Roanoke, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pegylated and hydroxlated trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerene is provided comprising a plurality of hydroxyl groups and one or more polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties covalently bonded to a fullerene encapsulating a trimetallic nitride. Methods of pegylation and hydroxylation of trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerene and methods of using pegylated and hydroxlated trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerene are described.