Patents by Inventor Raffaella Borrelli

Raffaella Borrelli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selective Ion Binding Nanomaterials
    Publication number: 20120164755
    Abstract: Nanoparticles with a patterned ligand coat can bind ions selectively. The ligand patterning can arise via self-assembly when two chemically dissimilar (e.g., in size and/or hydrophilicity) ligands are used together. One of the ligands can include one or more moieties capable of interacting with an ion, such as ether oxygens, hydroxyl groups, amine nitrogens, or other groups having a lone pair of electrons. Ion binding can be both selective and reversible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: ENI SPA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eun Seon Cho, Francesco Stellacci, Pietro Cesti, Raffaella Borrelli