Patents by Inventor FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE

FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE 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).

  • Development of Earth-Abundant Mixed-Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles For Use In Solar Energy Conversion
    Publication number: 20130171056
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the phase-controlled synthesis of ternary and quaternary mixed-metal sulfide nanoparticles by reacting soft metal ions with hard metal ions in a high-boiling organic solvent in the presence of a complexing and activating ligands to control the reactivity of the metal ions. Ternary and quaternary mixed metal sulfides nanoparticles of copper, sulfur, and iron, aluminum, tin, and silicon are preferred. This invention also relates to the phase controlled preparation of polymorphs of bornite nanoparticles and the phase controlled preparation of stabilized ?- and ?-chalconite nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE
    Inventor: FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE