Patent 7932311 was granted and assigned to National Center for Scientific Research on April, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to a method of preparing a particle-based composition, comprising: (i) bringing into contact a mixture comprising a dendritic structure and a metal compound precursor in a fluid, under temperature and pressure conditions such that the mixture is not soluble in the fluid; and (ii) chemically converting the metal compound precursor.