US 11,753,485 B2
Microfluidic assisted fabrication of polymer microparticle-metal nanoparticle composites
Lidija Malic, Saint Leonard (CA); Xuefeng Zhang, Boucherville (CA); Keith Morton, St-Bruno-de-Montarville (CA); and Teodor Veres, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
Appl. No. 16/651,067
Filed by NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Ottawa (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/051202
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/060989, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,206, filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0223948 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. C08F 2/01 (2006.01); C08F 222/10 (2006.01); C08F 2/44 (2006.01); C08F 2/48 (2006.01); C08K 3/08 (2006.01); C08K 5/053 (2006.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01)
CPC C08F 2/01 (2013.01) [C08F 2/44 (2013.01); C08F 2/48 (2013.01); C08F 222/102 (2020.02); C08K 3/08 (2013.01); C08K 5/053 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C08K 2003/0831 (2013.01); C08K 2201/011 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A polymer microparticle-metal nanoparticle composite comprising a uniform distribution of metal nanoparticles embedded in a polymeric resin microparticle, the polymeric resin comprising a plurality of metal-anchoring groups, wherein the metal-anchoring groups are derived from bi-functional thiols, and wherein the metal anchoring groups are anchored to the nanoparticles.