	US 12,479,998 B2
	Dyes in dye aggregate systems—engineering J, K, and dye packing
William B. Knowlton, Boise, ID (US); Bernard Yurke, Boise, ID (US); Ryan D. Pensack, Boise, ID (US); and Paul H. Davis, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Boise State University, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Boise State University, Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,373.
Application 18/340,373 is a division of application No. 16/739,963, filed on Jan. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,787,947.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,841, filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331990 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C09B 69/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6818 (2018.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01)

CPC C09B 69/105 (2013.01) [C12Q 1/6818 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); C12Q 2561/12 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method of engineering a permanent dipole coupling between dyes, described by the parameter K, comprising:

coupling two or more of the dyes to form one or more dye aggregates;

tuning an orientation between the two or more dyes within the one or more dye aggregates by controlling a charge transfer of the two or more of the dyes.