US 11,957,133 B2
Modified 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) nanobubbles
Marlene Arismendi-Macuer, Santiago de Chile (CL); Patricio Jarpa, Santiago de Chile (CL); Danilo González, Santiago de Chile (CL); and Reinaldo Campos Vargas, Santiago de Chile (CL)
Assigned to Nanotec S. A., Santiago de Chile (CL); and Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago (CL)
Filed by NANOTEC S.A., Santiago de Chile (CL); and Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago (CL)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/818,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/818,910, filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0296978 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A23B 7/154 (2006.01); A23B 7/16 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01)
CPC A23B 7/154 (2013.01) [A23B 7/16 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Stable nanobubbles in an aqueous medium, comprising methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) as an ethylene inhibitor and at least one food grade sugar that exerts a polarizing effect on the nanobubbles as a stabilizing medium selected from the group consisting of sucrose esters, maltodextrins, various starches, hydroxymethyl cellulose, disaccharides and monosaccharides,
wherein the concentration range of the food-grade sugar in the aqueous medium varies between 0.01 ppm and 3 ppm and the nanobubbles are able to remain in the aqueous medium for a period of time up to 12 months.