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Metal nanoshells

  • US 6,344,272 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/1998
  • Issued: 02/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A nanoparticle comprising at least one non-conducting core layer and at least one conducting shell layer, said shell layer immediately adjacent to and independently layered upon said core layer, wherein thickness of said shell layer is not limited to account for the bulk dielectric properties of a material comprising said conducting shell layer, said nanoparticle having a wavelength extinction maximum between 300 nm and 20 μ

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