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.