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| 20080293588 | NANODISK CODES - The invention relates to nanodisk codes and methods of using the nanodisk codes in encoding and detection schemes. In one aspect, the invention relates to nanodisk codes having a binary encoding scheme and functionalized such that the encoding of the nanodisk codes is detectable. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090145742 | ENERGY TRANSFER THROUGH SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EXCITATION ON MULTISEGMENTED NANOWIRES - Disclosed herein is energy transfer on multisegmented nanowires via surface plasmon resonance excitation of visible light, such as solar energy, absorbed by metals sensitive to visible light and transferred to metals insensitive to visible light. The nanowires are prepared with controllable gap sizes between different segments by on-wire lithography (OWL). | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100092372 | HALIDE ION CONTROL OF SEED MEDIATED GROWTH OF ANISOTROPIC GOLD NANOPARTICLES - Methods of forming nanoprisms or nanorods from gold seed particles by adding controlled amounts of iodide ion to the growth solution are disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100294952 | CONTROLLED AGENT RELEASE AND SEQUESTRATION - Disclosed are nanostructures having nanoprisms and agents, such as diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents. Nanoprisms with a surface plasmon resonance in the near-infrared convert irradiation, such as from a laser into heat selectively to allow the dissociation, such as dehybridization of oligonucleotide duplexes, of agents associated with the nanoprism surface. These nanostructures show morphological, chemical, and functional stability under hours of irradiation. Further disclosed are methods of selectively releasing agents from nanostructures after directed surface plasmon resonance mediated heating of the nanoprisms. Released agents, such as oligonucleotides, are unharmed by this process and can be repeatedly released and sequestered under spatiotemporal control. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100304173 | Plasmonic-Driven Synthesis of Nanoprisms from Isotropic and Anisotropic Gold Cores - A nanoprism having a prismatic silver shell formed about a gold core and a process of forming the same are disclosed. The process includes irradiating a mixture of gold and silver nanoparticles with a narrow band of wavelengths capable of exciting the surface plasmon resonance of the gold. | 12-02-2010 |
