Nancy J. Halas
33Patents
15h-index
49Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 11, 1998 → Aug 12, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6530944B2 | Optically-active nanoparticles for use in therapeutic and diagnostic methods | Human Necessities | 422 | Expired |
| US6344272B1 | Metal nanoshells | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 298 | Expired |
| US6699724B1 | Metal nanoshells for biosensing applications | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 192 | Expired |
| US6660381B2 | Partial coverage metal nanoshells and method of making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 186 | Expired |
| US6428811B1 | Temperature-sensitive polymer/nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 147 | Expired |
| US6685730B2 | Optically-absorbing nanoparticles for enhanced tissue repair | Performing Operations; Transporting | 134 | Expired |
| US6645517B2 | Temperature-sensitive polymer/nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 130 | Expired |
| US6685986B2 | Metal nanoshells | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 127 | Expired |
| US6778316B2 | Nanoparticle-based all-optical sensors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 115 | Expired |
| US6852252B2 | Use of metalnanoshells to impede the photo-oxidation of conjugated polymer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 95 | Expired |
| US7144627B2 | Multi-layer nanoshells comprising a metallic or conducting shell | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 90 | Expired |
| US7371457B2 | Nanoparticle comprising nanoshell of thickness less than the bulk electron mean free path of the shell material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 62 | Expired |
| US8178202B2 | Nonconcentric nanoshells with offset core in relation to shell and method of using the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Active |
| US7790066B2 | Nanorice particles: hybrid plasmonic nanostructures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Active |
| US6908496B2 | Method for scalable production of nanoshells using salt assisted purification of intermediate colloid-seeded nanoparticles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US8045152B2 | All optical nanoscale sensor | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US9222665B2 | Waste remediation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US9545458B2 | Waste remediation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US7858186B2 | Fluorinated nanodiamond as a precursor for solid substrate surface coating using wet chemistry | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US10766024B2 | Multicomponent plasmonic photocatalysts consisting of a plasmonic antenna and a reactive catalytic surface: the antenna-reactor effect | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US8605280B2 | Multimetallic nanoshells for monitoring chemical reactions | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
| US8003215B2 | Fluorinated nanodiamond as a precursor for solid substrate surface coating using wet chemistry | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9032731B2 | Cooling systems and hybrid A/C systems using an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing complex | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9806217B2 | Fully integrated CMOS-compatible photodetector with color selectivity and intrinsic gain | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9202952B2 | Plasmon induced hot carrier device, method for using the same, and method for manufacturing the same | Electricity | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.