Patent ID: 9291758
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B82Y,C08K,C09K,G02B,H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A rice-shaped colloidal superparticle, comprising a plurality of nanorods having a long axis in excess of about three microns and a length to diameter ratio in excess of about three to about ten, wherein said colloidal superparticles are aligned along the long axis of said rice-shape to form a nanorods assembly, wherein said colloidal superparticles comprise a multiplicity of nanorods aligned along the long axes of said rice-shaped colloidal superparticles, wherein an average of said long axes of said colloidal superparticle is in excess of 3 microns, wherein the length of said nanorods assembly is in excess of about 50 microns and the diameter perpendicular to said length of said nanorods assembly is less than said average of said long axes of said colloidal superparticles, and wherein a polarization ratio of said nanorods assembly is equal to or greater than a polarization ratio of nanorods in said colloidal superparticles, and wherein said nanorods comprise CdSe/CdS, CdSe:Te/CdS, Mn-doped CdSe/CdS, Au, Cu, Fe, Co, Ni, indium oxide, gallium oxide, CdSe, CdS, CdTe, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, HgS, HgSe, HgTe, InP, InAs, GaP, GaAs, PbS, PbSe, PbTe, InCuS, InCuSe, InAgS, InAgSe, InAgTe, or any combination thereof.