Patent 7588828 was granted and assigned to Nanoco Technologies Limited on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Nanoparticles including a molecular cluster compound incorporating ions from groups 12 and 16 of the periodic table, as well as a core semiconductor material incorporating ions from groups 13 and 15 of the periodic table, are fabricated. The core semiconductor material is provided on the molecular cluster compound.