US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Nov. 4 for "Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,035, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles" was invented by Wei David Wei (Gainesville, Fla.) and Wenxiao Guo (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for metal nanoparticles, such as gold nanoparticles that have six pointed areas so that the metal nanoparticle resembles a six-pointed star. The distance from opposing points of the six-pointed star is about 400 to 480 nanometers. The present disclosure also provides for a method of making the nanoparticle, where in an aspect, the me...