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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Yadong Yin, Riverside, CA (US);
Yongxing HU, Riverside, CA (US);
Le He, Riverside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); H01F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/207 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); H01F 1/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
Magnetically responsive photonic nanochains that have been produced by inducing chaining of uniform magnetic particles during their silica coating process and then allowing additional deposited silica to wrap entire structures. The optical diffraction of these nanochains can be switched on and off by applying magnetic fields.