Patents by Inventor Ganpati Ramanath

Ganpati Ramanath 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).

  • Doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplates, methods of making, and assemblies and films thereof
    Patent number: 8524362
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplates, where each nanoplate comprises a rhombohedral crystal of Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3, or Sb2Te3 that is sulfur doped. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a microwave activated method of preparation of the doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplates. Other embodiments of the invention are directed to bulk assemblies or fused films of the doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplates and their preparation from the doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplates such that the bulk assembly or fused film can be employed in a thermoelectric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ganpati Ramanath, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Rutvik Mehta