Patent ID: 9278113
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P,B82Y,C01G,C01P

Claim Text:
1. A composition for release of nitric oxide under photochemical conditions, comprising annealed titanium dioxide nanotubes, said titanium dioxide nanotubes having a nitric oxide-releasing compound deposited on the titanium dioxide nanotubes with a organosilane linker and a semiconductor material covalently attached inside of said titanium dioxide nanotubes, wherein the semiconductor material comprises a quantum dot material selected from the group consisting of PbS, PbSe, CuS, Cu 2 S, FeS 2 , CdS, CdSe, CdTe, ZnS, Ag 2 S, CuInS 7 , Rh 2 S 3 and RuS 2 and the nitric oxide-releasing compound is selected from the group consisting of diazeniumdiolate, a S-nitrosothiol and a metal nitrosyl complex and releases nitric oxide upon exposure to photochemical radiation of 700 nm to 1400 nm.