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| 20080215122 | PLASMONIC ENGINEERING OF SINGLET OXYGEN AND/OR SUPEROXIDE GENERATION - The present invention provides for a method to increase the triplet yield of a photosensitizer by the coupling to metal surface plasmons which leads to increased singlet oxygen generation by electric field enhancement or enhanced energy absorption of the photosensitizer. The extent of singlet oxygen enhancement can be tuned for applications in singlet oxygen based clinical therapy by modifying plasmon coupling parameters, such as metallic nanoparticle size and shape, photosensitizer/metallic nanoparticle distance, and the excitation wavelength of the coupling photosensitizer. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090004461 | Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence from Plastic Substrates - The present invention relates to methods for functionally modifying a polymeric surface for subsequent deposition of metallic particles and/or films, wherein the polymeric surface is modified by increasing hydroxyl and/or amine functional groups thereby providing an activated polymeric surface for deposition of metallic particles to form a fluorescence sensing device. The device can be used for metal-enhanced fluorescence of fluorophores positioned above the metallic particles that can be readily applied to diagnostic or sensing applications of metal-enhanced fluorescence. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090022766 | METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising a metallic core with a surface coating, wherein the coating comprises at least an excitable radiative molecule attached thereto or impregnated therein, and wherein the excitable molecule is positioned at a sufficient distance from metallic core to enhance emissions when excited. The nanoparticles are included in compositions that may be used for surface coatings, cosmetics, assays, flow velocity measurements and targeting of tissue. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090142847 | METAL ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE-BASED SENSING METHODS - The present invention relates to metallic-surface detection systems for determining target substances including free bilirubin in neonatal serum in the presence of a predominantly high background of bilirubin bound Human Serum Albumin (HSA) or sensing and isolating target nucleotide sequences wherein a fluorescence signal is enhanced by close proximity of the target substances near metallic surfaces. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090325199 | NANOSTRUCTURES FOR POLARIZED IMAGING AND RECEPTOR/LIGAN QUANTIZATION: BREAKING THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT FOR IMAGING - The present invention relates to affinity biosensing using polarization of light scattering of aggregated noble metallic nanostructures to determine concentration of an analyte in a test sample. This new sensing system utilizes the changes in polarized plasmonic scattering from nanostructures as the nanostructures aggregate due to binding of the analyte to a binding partner attached to the surface of the metallic nanostructure. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100003695 | MICROWAVE TRIGGER METAL-ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE (MT MEC) AND SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROL OF SAME - The present invention relates to a method of imaging structures and features using plasmonic emissions from metallic surfaces caused by chemiluminescence based chemical and biological reactions wherein imaging of the reactions is enhanced by the use of microwave energy and further enhanced by using metallic geometric structures for spatially and temporally controlling the biological and chemical reactions. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100028983 | MICROWAVE ACCELERATED ASSAYS - The present invention provides for increasing fluorescence detection in surface assay systems while increasing kinetics of a bioreaction therein by providing low-power microwaves to irradiate metallic materials within the system in an amount sufficient to increase heat thereby affecting the kinetics of a bioreaction therein. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100062545 | BIOASSAYS USING PLASMONIC SCATTERING FROM NOBLE METAL NANOSTRUCTURES - The present invention relates to detecting and/or measuring scattering effects due to the aggregating metallic nanostructures or the interaction of plasmonic emissions from approaching metallic nanoparticles. The scattering effects may be measured at different angles, different wavelengths, changes in absorption and/or changes in polarization relative to changes in the distances between nanoparticles. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100209937 | FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE IN A MICROWAVE CAVITY - The present invention relates to an optical imaging system communicatively connected to a microwave energy producing source wherein the combination provides for increases in chemical reaction times and the ability to monitor the reactions in real time with sufficient resolution to view the location of intracellular components labeled with luminescent molecules as well as interaction with other biomolecules and responses to localized environmental variables in living cells and tissues during the application of a microwave field. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100297016 | QUARTERNARY NITROGEN HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS FOR DETECTING AQUEOUS MONOSACCHARIDES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - Quaternary nitrogen heterocyclic boronic acid-containing compounds are described, which are sensitive to glucose and fructose, as well as a variety of other physiologically important analytes, such as aqueous chloride and iodide, and a method of using the compounds. Also disclosed is a contact lens doped with the quaternary nitrogen heterocyclic boronic acid-containing compound, and a method of using the doped contact lens to measure the concentration of analyte in tears under physiological conditions. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110020946 | CONVERSION OF JUST-CONTINUOUS METALLIC FILMS TO LARGE PARTICULATE SUBSTRATES FOR METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE - The present invention relates to a method of producing silver films having large nanoparticles caused by cracking during anaerobic annealing to provide surfaces that exhibit increased metal enhanced fluorescence. Preferably the annealing process is conducted on a silver film having a thickness from about 14 to 17 nm for about an hour at a temperature of approximately 190° C. to about 210° C. resulting in the conversion of the just-continuous films into large particulate films, not readily assessable by other chemical deposition techniques. | 01-27-2011 |
