Patent ID: 9499641
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: C08B,C08J,C08L

Claim Text:
1. An alginate monomer structure with metal crystallite embedded, comprising: a first alginate monomer composed of a first uronate molecule and a second uronate molecule linked linear to each other, wherein a first carbonyl group is formed on a second carbon atom (C2) of a main ring in the first uronate molecule, and a first intramonomer glycosidic linkage is presented between a first carbon atom (C1) in the first uronate molecule and a fourth carbon atom (C4) in the second uronate molecule; and at least a first metal crystallite associated between the first uronate molecule and the second uronate molecule, wherein the first uronate molecule and the second uronate molecule are selected from α-L-guluronate or β-D-mannuronate, respectively, and the at least a first metal crystallite has a size ranging from 50 nm to 250 nm.