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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Maria I. Rubino, East Lansing, MI (US);
Rafael A. Auras, Okemos, MI (US);
Krishnamurthy Jayaraman, East Lansing, MI (US);
Yining Xia, Lansing, MI (US);
Carlos Diaz, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Joe Hotchkiss, East Lansing, MI (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of monitoring a location of a nanoparticle within a material is described herein. The method includes the steps of providing at least one nanoclay particle, attaching a fluorescent tag to the at least one nanoclay particle, and determining a fluorescence of the fluorescent-labeled nanoclay particle. The method also includes forming the material including the at least one fluorescent-labeled nanoclay particle, depositing the material in an aqueous solution, and detecting a movement of the fluorescent-labeled nanoclay particle from the material to the aqueous solution.