Patent ID: 8357424
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B05D,C01B,C08B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting nanoparticles into a multiple-nanoparticle assembly, comprising the steps of: providing at least one first nanoparticle having attached thereto at least one functional group of a first kind, wherein functional groups of the first kind do not react with one another, wherein the first nanoparticles and their respective attached functional groups of a first kind are free and not attached to a support; providing at least one second nanoparticle having attached thereto at least one functional group of a second kind, wherein functional groups of the second kind do not react with one another, and wherein the second nanoparticles and their respective attached functional groups of a second kind are free and not attached to a support; and reacting at least one functional group of the first kind that is attached to a first nanoparticle directly with at least one functional group of the second kind that is attached to a second nanoparticle in order to cause direct connection between the functional groups of the first and second nanoparticles, thereby forming a multiple-nanoparticle assembly that is free and not attached to a support.