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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Wenhao Liu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Peter Matthew Allen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Numpon Insin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Moungi G. Bawendi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wenhao Liu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Peter Matthew Allen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Numpon Insin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Moungi G. Bawendi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A nanomaterial can include an outer layer including a ligand. The ligand can include a first monomer unit including a first moiety having affinity for a surface of the nanocrystal, a second monomer unit including a second moiety having a high water solubility, and a third monomer unit including a third moiety having a selectively reactive functional group or a selectively binding functional group. The ligand can be a random copolymer.