Patents Represented by Attorney Lawrence Berkleley National Laboratory
  • Patent number: 7875351
    Abstract: Described herein are nanoreactors having various shapes that can be produced by a simple chemical process. The nanoreactors described herein may have a shell as thin as 0.5 nm and outside diameters that can be controlled by the process of making and have a nanoparticle enclosed therein. The nanoreactors have catalytic activity and may be used to catalyze a variety of chemical reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: A. Paul Alivisatos, Yadong Yin, Robert M. Rioux, Gabor A. Somorjai