Patents Assigned to Science & Technology Corporation @ University of New Mexico
  • Photo-definable self-assembled materials
    Patent number: 6808867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mesoporous material comprising at least one region of mesoporous material patterned at a lithographic scale. The present invention also provides a a method for forming a patterned mesoporous material comprising: coating a sol on a substrate to form a film, the sol comprising: a templating molecule, a photoactivator generator, a material capable of being sol-gel processed, water, and a solvent; and exposing the film to light to form a patterned mesoporous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Science & Technology Corporation @ University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Dhaval Doshi, Hongyou Fan, Nicola Huesing, Alan Hurd, Charles Jeffrey Brinker
  • Stimuli-responsive hybrid materials containing molecular actuators and their applications
    Patent number: 6755621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid material and a method for forming a hybrid material comprising actuator made from a stimuli responsive polymer mounted in a porous framework. The present invention also provides devices employing the actuator of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Science & Technology Corporation @ University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Gabriel Lopez, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Plamen Atanassov, Venkata R. Goparaju
  • Non-planar micro-optical structures
    Patent number: 6728289
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a microlens having very small focal length. The present invention also provides a non-planar microstructure having a covering layer which is slowly oxidizing of substantially free or oxygen. The present invention also provides methods for forming such microlenses and microstructures. In addition, the present invention provides a VCSEL which includes one or more non-planar microstructures of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Science & Technology Corporation @ University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Gregory M. Peake, Stephen D. Hersee, Andrew M. Sarangan
  • Fourier moire wavefront sensor
    Patent number: 6717661
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for wavefront sensing that includes: employing two moiré gratings in an optical path; optically Fourier transforming a moiré deflectogram produced by the gratings; variably transmitting the transformed moiré deflectogram; and receiving an image of the variably transmitted and transformed moiré deflectogram. The variable transmission is best accomplished by transmission filter, a transmissive optic encoding intensity information upon the moiré deflectogram as a function of fringe angle. For example, the function can be a triangular transmission function centered on the (0,0) order spatial frequency spot and oriented at 45 degrees to the y-axis. The optical Fourier transform is accomplished by a lens and the variable transmission by an apodized slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Science & Technology Corporation @ University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Aaron C. Bernstein, Jean-Claude M. Diels