US 12,265,328 B2
Photoactive, inorganic ligand-capped inorganic nanocrystals
Dmitri V. Talapin, La Grange Park, IL (US); Yuanyuan Wang, Nanjing (CN); and Hao Zhang, Evanston, IL (US)
Assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,636.
Application 18/208,636 is a division of application No. 16/604,045, granted, now 11,720,017, previously published as PCT/US2018/028068, filed on Apr. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/608,839, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/486,566, filed on Apr. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341770 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C09K 11/02 (2006.01); C09K 11/08 (2006.01); C09K 11/58 (2006.01); C09K 11/62 (2006.01); C09K 11/66 (2006.01); C09K 11/67 (2006.01); C09K 11/70 (2006.01); C09K 11/74 (2006.01); C09K 11/77 (2006.01); C09K 11/88 (2006.01); C09K 11/89 (2006.01); G03F 7/004 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/30 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01); H10D 30/67 (2025.01); H10F 77/45 (2025.01); H10H 20/851 (2025.01)
CPC G03F 7/0042 (2013.01) [C09K 11/025 (2013.01); C09K 11/0883 (2013.01); C09K 11/58 (2013.01); C09K 11/623 (2013.01); C09K 11/661 (2013.01); C09K 11/671 (2013.01); C09K 11/70 (2013.01); C09K 11/7492 (2013.01); C09K 11/7716 (2013.01); C09K 11/7773 (2013.01); C09K 11/883 (2013.01); C09K 11/892 (2013.01); G03F 7/20 (2013.01); G03F 7/30 (2013.01); H01L 21/02565 (2013.01); H01L 21/02628 (2013.01); H01L 21/0273 (2013.01); H10D 30/6755 (2025.01); H10F 77/45 (2025.01); H10H 20/8512 (2025.01)] 17 Claims
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1. Ligand-capped inorganic oxide nanoparticles comprising:
inorganic oxide nanoparticles, each oxide nanoparticle having a surface; and
photosensitive ligands bound to the surfaces of the inorganic oxide nanoparticles, wherein the photosensitive ligands comprise a cation and a photosensitive S2CN3 anion.