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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Excelsior Nanotech Corporation, Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Cody Youngbull, Tempe, AZ (US);
Lixin Zheng, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Excelsior Nanotech Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); B03C 1/28 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C08F 2/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/44 (2006.01); B03C 1/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/50 (2013.01); G01N 33/442 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved system for energy transfer photopolymerization which optimizes the transfer efficiency of energy from a low energy light source to a higher energy donor and then to a polymerization initiator for the polymerization of a monomer material. The energy transfer efficiency is optimized by introducing stably miscible surface treated upconverting nanocrystal donors into a monomer matrix for near infrared to blue and ultraviolet upconversion and resonantly coupling the energy stored in the donor to the initiator via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET).