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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Ronald Walsworth, Newton, MA (US);

Jeff Lichtman, Cambridge, MA (US);

Narayanan Kasthuri, Cambridge, MA (US);

David Glenn, Cambridge, MA (US);

Huiliang Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Richard Schalek, Wakefield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ronald Walsworth, Newton, MA (US);

Jeff Lichtman, Cambridge, MA (US);

Narayanan Kasthuri, Cambridge, MA (US);

David Glenn, Cambridge, MA (US);

Huiliang Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Richard Schalek, Wakefield, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/225 (2006.01); H01J 37/22 (2006.01); H01J 37/244 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2254 (2013.01); G01N 33/54373 (2013.01); H01J 37/22 (2013.01); H01J 37/244 (2013.01); G01N 2223/403 (2013.01); G01N 2223/418 (2013.01); G01N 2223/612 (2013.01); H01J 2237/225 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2808 (2013.01);
Abstract

Multi-color CL images of nanoparticle samples may be generated, by irradiating with a scanning electron beam a nanoparticle sample that containing a plurality of spectrally distinct optical emitters configured to generate CL light at respective different color channels, then detecting the CL light from the nanoparticles to generate multi-color NP-CL images of the nanoparticle sample. In some embodiments, SE (secondary electron) images of the sample may be acquire, substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the CL images, so as to generate correlative NP-CL and SE images of the nanoparticle sample. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles may be surface-functionalized so that the nanoparticles selectively bind only to particular structures of interest.


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