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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:
David A. Kidwell, Alexandria, VA (US);
Albert Epshteyn, College Park, MD (US);
Inventors:
David A. Kidwell, Alexandria, VA (US);
Albert Epshteyn, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/18 (2006.01); C08K 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A metron refers to a molecule which contains a pre-defined number of high affinity binding sites for metal ions. Metrons may be used to prepare homogenous populations of nanoparticles each composed of a same, specific number of atoms, wherein each particle has the same size ranging from 2 atoms to about ten nanometers.