US Patent Issued to Cornell University on Feb. 18 for "Ultrasmall nanoparticles and methods of making, using and analyzing same" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,553, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Ultrasmall nanoparticles and methods of making, using and analyzing same" was invented by Thomas C. Gardinier (Raritan, N.J.), Ferdinand F. E. Kohle (Tubingen, Germany), Joshua A. Hinckley (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Ulrich B. Wiesner (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of analyzing and/or purifying inorganic nanoparticles that may be functionalized with one or more dye group. Analyzing and/or purifying the inorganic nanoparticles includes utilizing liquid chromatography, such as, for example, high performance liquid ch...