Patent ID: 7829153

Claim:
A process for producing a metallic lipid microtubule comprising, (a) suspending a lipid in an alcohol-water solvent, to form lipid microtubules; (b) adding a polyanion mixture, to obtain a lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture; (c) incubating said lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture, to obtain an incubated lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture; (d) adding a polycation mixture to said incubated lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture, to obtain a polycation-lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture; (e) adding a palladium catalyst to said polycation-lipid microtubule-polyanion mixture, to obtain a catalyst mixture, wherein said palladium catalyst is selected from the group consisting of PD1A and PD1B; (f) incubating said catalyst mixture for a minimum of 30 minutes; and (g) electroless coating the lipid microtubules.