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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Evangelyn C. Alocilja, East Lansing, MI (US);
Sudeshna Pal, Okemos, MI (US);
Emma B. Setterington, Lansing, MI (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to a particulate composition formed from a conductive polymer (e.g., conductive polyanilines, polypyrroles, polythiophenes) bound to magnetic nanoparticles (e.g., Fe(II)- and/or Fe(III)-based magnetic metal oxides). The particulate composition can be formed into a biologically enhanced, electrically active magnetic (BEAM) nanoparticle composition by further including a binding pair member (e.g., an antibody) bound to the conductive polymer of the particulate composition. Methods and kits employing the particulate composition and the BEAM nanoparticle composition also are disclosed.