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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Philippe Guyot-sionnest, Chicago, IL (US);
Sean E. Keuleyan, Chicago, IL (US);
Emmanuel Lhuillier, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, Chicago, IL (US);
Sean E. Keuleyan, Chicago, IL (US);
Emmanuel Lhuillier, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/09 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); C09K 11/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); C09K 11/89 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 31/035218 (2013.01); H01L 31/09 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nanoparticles, methods of manufacture, devices comprising the nanoparticles, methods of their manufacture, and methods of their use are provided herein. The nanoparticles and devices having photoabsorptions in the range of 1.7 μm to 12 μm and can be used as photoconductors, photodiodes, phototransistors, charge-coupled devices (CCD), luminescent probes, lasers, thermal imagers, night-vision systems, and/or photodetectors.