Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Phosphorus or compound thereof
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-21
2006-11-21
Cooke, Colleen P. (Department: 1754)
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Phosphorus or compound thereof
C423S409000, C423S412000, C423S087000, C423S111000, C423S115000, C423S289000, C423S290000, C423S509000, C423S561100, C423S566100, C423S622000, C423S624000, C423S594180, C977S815000, C977S916000, C977S818000, C977S819000, C977S820000, C977S822000, C977S823000, C977S813000, C977S824000
Reexamination Certificate
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07138098
ABSTRACT:
A method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite from a M-containing salt forms a nanocrystallite. The nanocrystallite can be a member of a population of nanocrystallites having a narrow size distribution and can include one or more semiconductor materials. Semiconducting nanocrystallites can photoluminesce and can have high emission quantum efficiencies.
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S.D. Bunge et
Bawendi Moungi
Stott Nathan E.
Cooke Colleen P.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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