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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Tuan Vo-dinh, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jonathan P. Scaffidi, Durham, NC (US);
Venkata Gopal Reddy Chada, Durham, NC (US);
Benoit Lauly, Durham, NC (US);
Yan Zhang, Durham, NC (US);
Molly K. Gregas, Durham, NC (US);
Ian Nicholas Stanton, Durham, NC (US);
Joshua T. Stecher, Durham, NC (US);
Michael J. Therien, Durham, NC (US);
Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Greenwich, CT (US);
Zak Fathi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jennifer Ann Ayres, Raleigh, NC (US);
Zhenyuan Zhang, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph H. Simmons, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stephen John Norton, Cary, NC (US);
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jonathan P. Scaffidi, Durham, NC (US);
Venkata Gopal Reddy Chada, Durham, NC (US);
Benoit Lauly, Durham, NC (US);
Yan Zhang, Durham, NC (US);
Molly K. Gregas, Durham, NC (US);
Ian Nicholas Stanton, Durham, NC (US);
Joshua T. Stecher, Durham, NC (US);
Michael J. Therien, Durham, NC (US);
Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Greenwich, CT (US);
Zak Fathi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jennifer Ann Ayres, Raleigh, NC (US);
Zhenyuan Zhang, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph H. Simmons, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stephen John Norton, Cary, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Immunolight, LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for energy upconversion and/or down conversion and a system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium. These systems include 1) a nanoparticle configured, upon exposure to a first wavelength λof radiation, to generate a second wavelength λof radiation having a higher energy than the first wavelength λand 2) a metallic structure disposed in relation to the nanoparticle. A physical characteristic of the metallic structure is set to a value where a surface plasmon resonance in the metallic structure resonates at a frequency which provides a spectral overlap with either the first wavelength λor the second wavelength λ, or with both λand λ. The system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium includes a receptor disposed in the medium in proximity to the nanoparticle which, upon activation by the second wavelength λ, generates the photostimulated reaction.