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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventors:
Darran Robert Cairns, Morgantown, WV (US);
Wade W. Huebsch, Morgantown, WV (US);
Konstantinos A. Sierros, Morgantown, WV (US);
Matthew S. Shafran, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/06 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G01R 1/30 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); B82B 3/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C09K 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/30 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B82B 3/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C09K 19/02 (2013.01); Y10S 977/84 (2013.01); Y10S 977/932 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and systems related to stimulus responsive nanoparticles. In one embodiment includes a stimulus responsive nanoparticle system, the system includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of elongated electro-responsive nanoparticles dispersed between the first and second electrodes, the plurality of electro-responsive nanorods configured to respond to an electric field established between the first and second electrodes.