Abstract: The invention relates to colloidal particles of differing elemental compositions with differing morphologies, and to methods of preparing same. The invention also provides applications of such colloidal particles as labels in microscopy, as staining agents, and as biomolecule or drug carriers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 2, 2004
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alulmni Research Foundation
Inventors:
Ralph M. Albrecht, Daryl A. Meyer, Julian Hillyer