Patents by Inventor Laura Cote

Laura Cote 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).

  • Methods of flash reduction and patterning of graphite oxide and its polymer composites
    Patent number: 8968525
    Abstract: A method of reducing a film of graphite oxide. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a film of graphite oxide with a thickness d0; and delivering optical energy in a single pulse to the film of graphite oxide at a distance no more than 1.0 cm away from the film of graphite oxide to reduce the film of graphite oxide to a film of graphene with a thickness d, wherein the optical energy has a radiant exposure in the range of between 0.1 and 2 J/cm2, and wherein the thickness d is greater than the thickness d0. In one embodiment, the thickness d?10×d0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Jiaxing Huang, Laura Cote, Rodolfo Cruz Silva
  • METHODS OF FLASH REDUCTION AND PATTERNING OF GRAPHITE OXIDE AND ITS POLYMER COMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20100221508
    Abstract: A method of reducing a film of graphite oxide. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a film of graphite oxide with a thickness d0; and delivering optical energy in a single pulse to the film of graphite oxide at a distance no more than 1.0 cm away from the film of graphite oxide to reduce the film of graphite oxide to a film of graphene with a thickness d, wherein the optical energy has a radiant exposure in the range of between 0.1 and 2 J/cm2, and wherein the thickness d is greater than the thickness d0. In one embodiment, the thickness d?10×d0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiaxing Huang, Laura Cote, Rodolfo Cruz Silva