Patents

The research work in our group has led to the following patents:

• Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process: concepts and protocols for the synthesis of highly complex metallic hollow nanostructures (2011).

• Biogas production: a nanoparticle-based method for increasing energy/biogas production (2011).

• Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds: bioconjugated gold nanoparticles with specific features for drug delivery in cancer treatment (2008).

• Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides: peptide-conjugated gold nanoparticles with specific features for controlling the immune system response and vaccine delivery (2008).

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