Patents by Inventor Colin Michael Hessel

Colin Michael Hessel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for preparing nanocrystalline silicon in SiOand freestanding silicon nanoparticles
    Patent number: 8323731
    Abstract: Methods for preparing nanocrystalline-Si/SiO2 composites by treating hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) under reductive thermal curing conditions are described. Also described are methods of preparing silicon nanoparticles by acid etching the nanocrystalline-Si/SiO2 composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Jonathan Gordon Conn Veinot, Colin Michael Hessel
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON IN SIO2 AND FREESTANDING SILICON NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20090117392
    Abstract: Methods for preparing nanocrystalline-Si/SiO2 composites by treating hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) under reductive thermal curing conditions are described. Also described are methods of preparing silicon nanoparticles by acid etching the nanocrystalline-Si/SiO2 composites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan Gordon Conn Veinot, Colin Michael Hessel