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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Pradeep Thalappil, Tamilnadu, IN;
Ammu Mathew, Kerala, IN;
Panikkanvalappil Ravindranathan Sajanlal, Kerala, IN;
Inventors:
Pradeep Thalappil, Tamilnadu, IN;
Ammu Mathew, Kerala, IN;
Panikkanvalappil Ravindranathan Sajanlal, Kerala, IN;
Assignee:
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 65/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); G01N 33/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6447 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/643 (2013.01); G01N 33/20 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7786 (2013.01);
Abstract
Composite materials comprising a mesoflower structure, methods of preparing the composite material, and methods of detecting heavy metal ion using the composite material are described herein. In some embodiments, a silica-coated gold mesoflower with a layer of silver quantum clusters may be capable of detecting Hgions in a sample at zeptomolar concentrations.