Patents by Inventor Staci Adams

Staci Adams 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).

  • Methods of producing cobalt nanoparticles and hollow gold nanospheres and kits for practicing same
    Patent number: 11471940
    Abstract: Provided are methods of producing cobalt nanoparticles (Co NPs). The methods include combining a cobalt salt, a capping agent, and a reducing agent, under Co NP synthesis conditions including a temperature selected to produce cobalt nanoparticles of a pre-selected diameter, where the temperature and pre-selected diameter are inversely related. In certain aspects, the methods further include producing hollow gold nano spheres (HGNs) using the cobalt nanoparticles as scaffolds. Also provided are cobalt nanoparticles and hollow gold nano spheres (HGNs) produced according to the present methods. Kits that find use in practicing the methods of the present disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Pu, Frank Song, Weichun Zhang, Sarah Lindley, Staci Adams, Jin Zhang
  • Methods of Producing Cobalt Nanoparticles and Hollow Gold Nanospheres and Kits for Practicing Same
    Publication number: 20200114420
    Abstract: Provided are methods of producing cobalt nanoparticles (Co NPs). The methods include combining a cobalt salt, a capping agent, and a reducing agent, under Co NP synthesis conditions including a temperature selected to produce cobalt nanoparticles of a pre-selected diameter, where the temperature and pre-selected diameter are inversely related. In certain aspects, the methods further include producing hollow gold nano spheres (HGNs) using the cobalt nanoparticles as scaffolds. Also provided are cobalt nanoparticles and hollow gold nano spheres (HGNs) produced according to the present methods. Kits that find use in practicing the methods of the present disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Pu, Frank Song, Weichun Zhang, Sarah Lindley, Staci Adams, Jin Zhang