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Title: Multifunctional nanocrystals

Patent ·
OSTI ID:913335
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos, NM
  2. Albuquerque, NM
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Multifunctional nanocomposites are provided including a core of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, and, a shell of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, wherein the core and the shell are of differing materials, such multifunctional nanocomposites having multifunctional properties including magnetic properties from the magnetic material and optical properties from the inorganic semiconductor material. Various applications of such multifunctional nanocomposites are also provided.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,261,940
Application Number:
11/004,167
OSTI ID:
913335
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Bifunctional Heterodimers of Nanoparticles:  A Conjugate of Quantum Dot and Magnetic Nanoparticles journal May 2004
Synthesis and Characterization of Co/CdSe Core/Shell Nanocomposites:  Bifunctional Magnetic-Optical Nanocrystals journal January 2005
Modifying the Surface Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through A Sol−Gel Approach journal March 2002
Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots journal June 2003
Synthesis of Core−Shell PtCo Nanocrystals † journal July 2003
CdSe and CdSe/CdS Nanorod Solids journal October 2004

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