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US 8,647,451 · App. 12/825,846 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Nanometric ink for detection of explosives

Inventors: Allen Wallace Apblett (Stillwater, OK); Nicholas Ferdinand Materer (Stillwater, OK)
Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,647,451
App. No.
12/825,846
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an explosive testing agent is disclosed. The method includes synthesizing hydrogen bronze nanoparticles and placing the nanoparticles on a test platform.

Claims (7)

1. A method of manufacturing an explosive testing agent comprising:

synthesizing hydrogen bronze nanoparticles in an aqueous suspension by exposing molybdenum trioxide to an acid salt of a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid; and

placing the nanoparticles on a test platform.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the metal salt of a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid is sodium gluconate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the test platform is a test strip.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the test platform is a spray device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising placing the nanoparticles on a test platform with a wetting agent.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2010
From: APBLETT, ALLEN WALLACE; MATERER, NICHOLAS FERDINAND
To: THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 024978/0468 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Aug 5, 2010
From: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 024796/0048 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61221283 · Jun 29, 2009
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