| US 7,492,458 B2 | ||
| Plasmon-enhanced display technologies | ||
| Henryk Malak, Ellicott City, Md. (US) | ||
| Assigned to American Environmental Systems, Inc., Ellicott City, Md. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/29,258. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/534136, filed on Jan. 05, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0146724 A1, Jul. 07, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 21/55 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 356—445 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method of using nanoparticles in a display technology comprising steps of: providing a nanoparticle capable to luminesce of characteristic spectral electromagnetic radiation when the nanoparticle is excited by a surface plasmon resonance source; and exciting the nanoparticle by the surface plasmon resonance source to luminesce characteristic spectral electromagnetic radiation. |