US 12,459,035 B2
Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles
Wei David Wei, Gainesville, FL (US); and Wenxiao Guo, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation, INC., Gainesville, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/926,510
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US)
PCT Filed May 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/032458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/236441, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,954, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182202 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B22F 9/24 (2006.01); B01J 23/52 (2006.01); B01J 23/72 (2006.01); B01J 35/45 (2024.01); B01J 37/34 (2006.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01)
CPC B22F 9/24 (2013.01) [B01J 23/52 (2013.01); B01J 23/72 (2013.01); B01J 35/45 (2024.01); B01J 37/344 (2013.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); B22F 1/0553 (2022.01); B01J 2235/10 (2024.01); B01J 2235/30 (2024.01); B22F 2202/11 (2013.01); B22F 2301/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/255 (2013.01); B22F 2304/054 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition, comprising: a nanoparticle having six pointed areas so that the nanoparticle resembles a six-pointed star, wherein a distance from opposing points of the six-pointed star is about 400 to 480 nanometers and a thickness of about 20 to 50 nanometers.