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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Zhiguo Zhou, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert P. Lenk, Danville, VA (US);
Darren Macfarland, Danville, VA (US);
Kenneth L. Walker, Semora, NC (US);
Jing Zhang, Danville, VA (US);
Stephen R. Wilson, Danville, VA (US);
Zhiguo Zhou, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert P. Lenk, Danville, VA (US);
Darren Macfarland, Danville, VA (US);
Kenneth L. Walker, Semora, NC (US);
Jing Zhang, Danville, VA (US);
Stephen R. Wilson, Danville, VA (US);
Luna Innovations Incorporated, Roanoke, VA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are synthetically modified fullerene molecules, wherein the fullerene is preferably ellipsoid in shape with an equatorial band and two opposing poles, comprising an adduct at one or both poles, at least one adduct being a hydrophobic chemical moiety capable of anchoring the fullerene on or in a lipid membrane.