Patents by Inventor Klaus Muellen

Klaus Muellen 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).

  • Patent number: 8088922
    Abstract: Dibenzorylenetetracarboximides of the general formula I in which the variables are each defined as follows: R? are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; optionally substituted aryloxy, arylthio, hetaryloxy or hetarylthio; R are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; optionally substituted C1-C30-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl; m, n are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Arno Boehm, Yuri Avlasevic, Klaus Muellen
  • Publication number: 20110292570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating nanoparticles with graphene, comprising the steps of (a) providing a suspension comprising a suspension medium and nanoparticles with positive surface charge, (b) adding graphene oxide particles to the suspension from step (a), the graphene oxide particles accumulating on the nanoparticles, and (c) converting the graphene oxide particles accumulated on the nanoparticles to graphene, to graphene-coated nanoparticles comprising at least one metal, a semimetal, a metal compound and/or a semimetal compound, and to the use of these graphene-coated nanoparticles in electrochemical cells and supercapacitors, and to supercapacitors and electrochemical cells comprising these nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerd. der Wisse. e. V., BASF SE
    Inventors: Sorin IVANOVICI, Shubin Yang, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen
  • Patent number: 8052899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heptarylene- and octarylenetetracarboximides of the general formula (I) to precursors thereof or mixtures thereof, and to processes for their preparation and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Qu, Neil Gregory Pschirer, Martin Koenemann, Klaus Muellen, Yuri Avlasevic
  • Publication number: 20110268647
    Abstract: Two-dimensional nanomaterials are produced in a process comprising the steps of (a) providing (a1) a mixture comprising graphene oxide particles, water and at least one cationic surfactant and/or nonionic surfactant or (a2) a mixture comprising graphene particles, at least one solvent useful for solution exfoliation of graphite and at least one cationic surfactant and/or nonionic surfactant, (b) adding at least one sol precursor compound to the mixture from step (a), (c) reacting the mixture from step (b) in a sol/gel process to form gel from the at least one sol precursor compound on the graphene oxide particles or, respectively, the graphene particles, (d) removing the at least one surfactant, and (e) optionally heating the gel-coated graphene oxide particles for at least 1 min to at least 500° C. under inert gas atmosphere to reduce the graphene oxide to graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerd. der Wisse. e.V., BASF SE
    Inventors: Sorin IVANOVICI, Shubin YANG, Xinliang FENG, Klaus MÜLLEN
  • Publication number: 20110240973
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic semiconductor material, layer or component, comprising a copolymer of the formula wherein v and w each generally are from the range 4 to 1000; A is a benzodithiophene repeating unit of the formula II or III and COM is selected from certain arylene-type repeating units, and combinations thereof, with further symbols as defined in the claims. The present copolymers, as well as composites thereof, may be used as semiconductor in the preparation of electronic devices such as photodiodes, organic field effect transistors and especially organic photovoltaic devices such as solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias Dueggeli, Ralph Reiger, Klaus Muellen, Natalia Chebotareva, Dirk Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20110168946
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polythiophene-polyanion complexes which are soluble or dispersible in nonpolar organic solvents, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Clevios GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Loevenich, Stephan Kirchmeyer, Andreas Elschner, Knud Reuler, Klaus Müllen, Markus Klapper, Kavin Müller
  • Publication number: 20110168264
    Abstract: Poly(5,5?-bis(thiophen-2-yl)-benzo[2,1-b;3,4-b?]dithiophene) comprising as repeating units the group of the formula (I) wherein R is independently selected from a) a C1-2O alkyl group, b) a C2-20 alkenyl group, c) a C2-20 alkynyl group, d) a C1-20 alkoxy group, e) a —Y—C3-10 cycloalkyl group, f) a —Y—C6-14 aryl group, g) a —Y-3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl group, or h) a —Y-5-14 membered het-eroaryl group, wherein each of the C1-20 alkyl group, the C2-20 alkenyl group, the C2-20 alkynyl group, the C3-10 cycloalkyl group, the C6-14 aryl group, the 3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl group, and the 5-14 membered heteroaryl group is optionally substituted with 1-4 R1 groups, R1 is independently selected from a) a S(O)m—C1-20 alkyl group, b) a S(O)m—OC1-20 alkyl group, c) a S(O)m—OC6-14 aryl group, d) a C(O)—OC1-20 alkyl group, e) a C(O)—OC6-14 aryl group, f) a C1-20 alkyl group, g) a C2-20 alkenyl group, h) a C2-20 alkynyl group, i) a C1-20 alkoxy group, j) a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, k) a C6-14 aryl group, I) a 3-12 m
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Marcel Kastler, Silke Koehler, Klaus Muellen, Miaoyin Liu, Dirk Beckmann, Ralph Rieger
  • Publication number: 20110158906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a micelle comprising an amphiphilic block copolymer, said amphiphilic block copolymer consisting of (a) a hydrophobic polymer attached to the 5? end of a first nucleic acid molecule, wherein said first nucleic acid molecule is hybridized with a second nucleic acid molecule, wherein a targeting unit capable of selectively binding to a specific cell type and/or tissue is attached to the 5? end of said second nucleic acid molecule; and/or (b) a hydrophobic polymer attached to the 3? end of a first nucleic acid molecule, wherein said first nucleic acid molecule is hybridized with a second nucleic acid molecule, wherein a targeting unit capable of selectively binding to a specific cell type and/or tissue is attached to the 3? end of said second nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Müllen, Fikri E. Alemdaroglu, Andreas Herrmann, N. Ceren Alemdaroglu, Peter Langguth
  • Publication number: 20110155248
    Abstract: Dithienobenzodithiophenes of general formula (I) in which R1 to R6 are each independently selected from a) H, b) halogen, c) —CN, d) —NO2, e) —OH, f) a C1-20 alkyl group, g) a C2-20 alkenyl group, h) a C2-20 alkynyl group, i) a C1-20 alkoxy group, j) a C1-20 alkylthio group, k) a C1-20 haloalkyl group, I) a —Y—C3-10 cycloalkyl group, m) a —Y—C6-14 aryl group, n) a —Y-3-12 membered cyclo-heteroalkyl group, or o) a —Y-5-14 membered heteroaryl group, wherein each of the C1-20 alkyl group, the C2-20 alkenyl group, the C2-20 alkynyl group, the C3-10 cycloalkyl group, the C6-14 aryl group, the 3-12 membered cyc-loheteroalkyl group, and the 5-14 membered heteroaryl group is optionally substituted with 1-4 R7 groups, wherein R1 and R3 and R2 and R4 may also together form an aliphatic cyclic moiety, Y is independently selected from divalent a C1-6 alkyl group, a divalent C1-6 haloalkyl group, or a covalent bond; and m is independently selected from 0, 1, or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: BASF, MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Kastler, Silke Koehler, Klaus Muellen, Peng Gao, Dirk Beckmann, Xinliang Feng, Hoi Nok Tsao
  • Patent number: 7968872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising repeating unit(s) of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schäfer, Klaus Müllen, Mathieu G. R. Turbiez, Martin Baumgarten
  • Publication number: 20110101329
    Abstract: A benzothiadiazol-cyclopentadithiophene copolymer comprising as repeating unit the group of the formula (I) wherein R is n-hexadecyl or 3,7-dimethyloctyl, and having a number average molecular weight Mn in the range of from 30 to 70 kg/mol is disclosed. The invention also relates to the use of the copolymers as semiconductors or charge transport materials, as thin-film transistors (TFTs), or in semiconductor components for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), for photovoltaic components or in sensors, as an electrode material in batteries, as optical waveguides or for electrophotography applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesel. Zur Foerderung Der Wissen. E.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Kastler, Silke Koehler, Klaus Muellen, Don Cho, Hoi Nok Tsao
  • Publication number: 20110076779
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) and compounds of the general formula (II) Use of compounds (I) or (II) as visible or invisible markers, for staining materials, in the laser welding of materials, for detecting bases, acids or pH changes, as a dispersing assistant, pigment additive for organic pigments and intermediates for the production of pigment additives, in heat management or energy management, in photovoltaics or in optical data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerd Der Wissen. E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Helmut Reichelt, Klaus Muellen, Zhihong Liu, Chen Li
  • Publication number: 20110042651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline rylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation and to their use as n-type organic semiconductors for producing organic field-effect transistors and solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: Basf Se, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerd Der Wissen. E.V.
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Neil Gregory Pschirer, Klaus Muellen, Fabian Nolde, Wojciech Pisula, Sibylle Mueller, Christopher Kohl
  • Publication number: 20110020944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for fast and reliable online detection of triacetone triperoxide (TATP), with at least three differently coated HFF quartz crystal oscillator sensors (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHILMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN, MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÕRDERUNG DER WISSENSC
    Inventors: Siegfried R. Waldvogel, Jürgen Lörgen, Daniel Lubczyk, Klaus Müllen, Roland Bauer
  • Patent number: 7858636
    Abstract: Rylenetetracarboximides of the general formula I in which the variables are defined as follows: R are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl, each substituted if desired; R? are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; aryloxy, arylthio, hetaryloxy or hetarylthio, each substituted if desired; n is 1 or 2, and also a process for preparing the rylenetetracarboximides I and their use for coloring high molecular weight organic and inorganic materials, for preparing aqueous polymer dispersions which absorb in the near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, for producing markings and inscriptions which absorb infrared light and are invisible to the human eye, as infrared absorbers for heat management, as IR laser beam-absorbing materials in fusion treatment of plastics parts, and also as active components in photovoltaics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e. V.
    Inventors: Neil Gregory Pschirer, Christopher Kohl, Klaus Muellen
  • Publication number: 20100324293
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel perylenetetracarboxylic acid bisimide derivatives with improved performance properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Kohl, Jianqiang Qu, Klaus Müllen
  • Patent number: 7799919
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel perylenetetracarboxdiimide derivatives with improved performance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Kohl, Jianqiang Qu, Klaus Müllen
  • Patent number: 7795432
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel perylenetetracarboxylic acid bisimide derivatives with improved performance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Kohl, Jianqiang Qu, Klaus Müllen
  • Publication number: 20100072438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heptarylene- and octarylenetetracarboximides of the general formula (I) to precursors thereof or mixtures thereof, and to processes for their preparation and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: BASF SE, MAX-PLANCK-GESELL.ZUR FOERD.DER WISSEN.E.V.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Qu, Neil Gregory Pschirer, Martin Koenemann, Klaus Muellen, Yuri Avlasevic
  • Publication number: 20100048904
    Abstract: Dibenzorylenetetracarboximides of the general formula I in which the variables are each defined as follows: R? are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; optionally substituted aryloxy, arylthio, hetaryloxy or hetarylthio; R are identical or different radicals: hydrogen; optionally substituted C1-C30-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl; m, n are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Arno Boehm, Yuri Avlasevic, Klaus Muellen