NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES WITH MOLECULAR SPRINGS

• Main Authors: GOVOROV ALEXANDER, KOTOV NICHOLAS, LEE JOEBEOM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.05.2009
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CABLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDUCTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INSULATORS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

A nanoscale sensing device from different types of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanowires (NWs) connected by molecular springs. The distance between the nanoscale colloids reversibly changes depending on conditions or analyte concentration and can be evaluated by fluorescence measurements.