Aqueous microfabrication of functional bioelectronic architectures
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsJason B. Shear, Keith J. Stevenson, Ryan T. Hill, Jennifer L. Lyon
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for forming nanoscale architectures having nanoparticles bound thereto. The present invention provides a photon beam crosslinked polymer matrix, wherein the crosslinked matrix includes one or more polymers crosslinked to one or more crosslinking agents and one or more protein-coated metal nanoparticles.
Claims22
A method of making a metallized biomolecular scaffold comprising the steps of:
- crosslinking a polymer matrix with a photon beam to form a crosslinked matrix, wherein the crosslinked matrix comprises one or more polymers crosslinked to one or more crosslinking agents;
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- binding one or more metal nanoparticles with the crosslinked matrix.
A system for forming a nanoscale structure in a solution comprising:
- a chamber suitable for nanoparticle metallization of a polymer positioned to receive one or more photons from an optical system comprising an imaging mechanism interfaced with a multiphoton excitation laser, wherein the one or more photons crosslink the one or more polymers and one or more photosensitizers in the chamber prior to the nanoparticle metallization.
An electrical conductive nanoscale architectural matrix comprising:
- one or more metal nanoparticles bound to an architectural matrix comprising a multi-photon beam induced crosslink between one or more polymers and one or more photosensitizers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.