18455672. SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (SPION)-BASED PESTICIDE COMPOSITION (KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS)
SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (SPION)-BASED PESTICIDE COMPOSITION
Organization Name
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
Inventor(s)
Safyan Akram Khan of Dhahran (SA)
Layan Mohammed Noorwali of Jeddah (SA)
Muhammad Mansha of Dhahran (SA)
SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (SPION)-BASED PESTICIDE COMPOSITION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18455672 titled 'SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (SPION)-BASED PESTICIDE COMPOSITION
Original Abstract Submitted
A method of applying a pesticide composition to a target surface, including contacting the pesticide composition with the target surface; and leaving the pesticide composition on the target surface for a period of time. The pesticide composition includes a pesticide; and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs). An outer surface of the SPIONs have at least one coating selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene glycol, a compound with a carbon chain having up to 30 carbon atoms, a silane, and an aminosilane with a primary amine group to form coated SPIONs, where the pesticide interacts with the at least one coating on the coated SPIONs, and where the SPIONs are substantially spherical and have an average diameter of 10-30 nm.