Patent ID: 8637194

Claim:
A bio-nano power cell (BNPC) which comprises: [M]-([L-RS] z -[Q] f -{[DP] b -[CM] x } z -[Q] f -[PB] c -[SF] y ) t Formula 2 wherein: [M] is an iron, cobalt, ruthenium, osmium, or vanadium metal ion; [L-RS] means a ligand or groups of ligands, including monodentate, bidentate, and tridentate ligands as shown by the following Formula 1: wherein: L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , L 4 , L 5 , L 6 , collectively [L], means the same or different ligand that is bound or associated with the metal [M] and is any organic or inorganic moiety that can associate with [M]; and provided that at least one [L] have at its end terminus a reactive site [RS]; z is independently from 1 to 6; [Q] means a linker moiety having at least 2 reactive sites and if more than 1 [Q] is present, they may be the same or different moieties; f is independently 0 or from 1 to the number of [RS]; [DP] means Dendritic Polymer having the ability to react with [RS] and the number of generations, G, of [DP], where G=from 1.0 to the de Gennes dense packing of the surface or N-SIS effects; the surface groups on the [DP] are biocompatible or can react with biocompatible surface groups such that the entire BNPC is biocompatible; b is independently from 1 to at least the number of [L-RS] present; [CM] means carried material; x means 0 or an integer from 1 to 4000; [PB] means polymer backbone; c is independently from 1 to 6; [SF] means the surface functionality groups that can either react with or associate with an enzyme, analyte, biocompatible group, cross-linking group, or [CM], or be inert, provided that the entire BNPC is biocompatible and anti-biofouling; y means from 1 to the total number of possible surface groups available, and if greater than 1 may be the same or different moiety; and t is from 1 to 6, provided that when t is less than 6, the other available sites on [M] are [L], H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, SCN, OH, H 2 O, NH 3 , alkylamine, dialkylamine, trialkylamine, alkoxy, heterocyclic compounds or polymer backbones that do not have reactive sites; and provided that for at least one entity where t is 1 or more, all z are at least 1.