Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Colvin

Jeffrey Colvin 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).

  • Porous materials via freeze-casting of metal salt solutions
    Patent number: 11376657
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a method for making a nanoporous material, comprising aerosolizing a solution comprising at least one metal salt and at least one solvent to obtain an aerosol, freezing the aerosol to obtain a frozen aerosol, and drying the frozen aerosol to obtain a nanoporous metal compound material. Further, the nanoporous metal compound material can be reduced to obtain a nanoporous metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bagge-Hansen, Patrick G. Campbell, Jeffrey Colvin, Sergei Kucheyev, Thomas E. Felter
  • POROUS MATERIALS VIA FREEZE-CASTING OF METAL SALT SOLUTIONS
    Publication number: 20180354030
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a method for making a nanoporous material, comprising aerosolizing a solution comprising at least one metal salt and at least one solvent to obtain an aerosol, freezing the aerosol to obtain a frozen aerosol, and drying the frozen aerosol to obtain a nanoporous metal compound material. Further, the nanoporous metal compound material can be reduced to obtain a nanoporous metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bagge-Hansen, Patrick G. Campbell, Jeffrey Colvin, Sergei Kucheyev, Thomas E. Felter
  • Nanoporous metal-carbon composite
    Patent number: 9844762
    Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Joe Satcher, Sergei Kucheyev, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Jeffrey Colvin, Thomas Felter, Sangil Kim, Matthew Merrill, Christine Orme
  • NANOPOROUS METAL-CARBON COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20160101398
    Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Joe Satcher, Sergei Kucheyev, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Jeffrey Colvin, Thomas Felter, Sangil Kim, Matthew Merrill, Christine Orme