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| 20100075437 | Synthesis of highly luminescent colloidal particles - The present invention includes compositions and methods for their used wherein the compositions include clusters of coated fluorescent nanocrystals having a select size formed by controlled aggregation of individual coated nanocrystals. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100105048 | FUNCTIONALIZED FLUORESCENT NANOCRYSTAL DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention include fluorescent nanocrystals which have high fluorescence intensity, are water soluble, exhibit physical and chemical stability, and whose spectral properties are detectably modified as the size of functional groups bonded to the nanocrystal surface change when contacted with target molecules in a sample. The molecules in the sample add to or reduce the size of functional groups on the fluorescent nanocrystal proportional to the activity and amount of the target molecules. The present invention may be used to detect telomerase in a sample. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100193767 | ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLES - A nanoparticle composition including a semiconductor nanoparticle encapsulated within a self-assembled layer including an amphiphilic cross-linkable multi-unsaturated fatty acid based compound or derivative thereof. In other embodiments, a nanoparticle composition includes a semiconductor nanoparticle encapsulated within a self-assembled layer including an amphiphilic cross-linkable C | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110003343 | CONJUGATES OF BIOMOLECULES TO NANOPARTICLES - Disclosed herein are conjugates comprising a biomolecule linked to a label that have biological activity and are useful in a wide variety of biological applications. For example, provided herein are polymerase-nanoparticle conjugates including a polymerase linked to a nanoparticle, wherein the conjugate has polymerase activity. Such conjugates can exhibit reduced aggregation and improved stochiometries wherein the average biomolecule:nanoparticle ratio approaches or equals 1:1. Also disclosed herein are improved methods for preparing such conjugates, and methods and systems for using such conjugates in biological applications such as nucleotide incorporation, primer extension and single molecule sequencing. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110068321 | Semiconductor nanoparticle-based materials - In various embodiment, a primary particle includes a primary matrix material containing a population of semiconductor nanoparticles, with each primary particle further comprising an additive to enhance the physical, chemical and/or photo-stability of the semiconductor nanoparticles. A method of preparing such particles is described. Composite materials and light-emitting devices incorporating such primary particles are also described. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110068322 | Semiconductor Nanoparticle-Based Materials - In various embodiments, the present invention relates to a plurality of coated primary particles, each primary particle including a primary matrix material and containing a population of semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein each primary particle is provided with a separate layer of a surface coating material. Various methods of preparing such particles are described. Composite materials and light-emitting devices incorporating such primary particles are also described. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110220844 | SULFONATE MODIFIED NANOCRYSTALS - A nanoparticle having one or more phosphonates or phosphinate ligands on their surface can be converted into nanoparticles with sulfonate ligands on their surface, by contacting the phosphonate-containing nanoparticles with a silylsulfonate reagent. Such nanoparticles are activated toward reactions with nucleophilic groups; thus the method provides activated nanoparticles, and methods of making and using them to produce modified nanoparticles. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110241229 | ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLES - In various embodiments, the present invention relates to production of encapsulated nanoparticles by dispersing said nanoparticles and an encapsulating medium in a common solvent to form a first solution system and applying a stimulus to said first solution system to induce simultaneous aggregation of the nanoparticles and the encapsulating medium. | 10-06-2011 |
