Patents by Inventor Laurent Baraton

Laurent Baraton 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: 9206509
    Abstract: The invention includes a controlled graphene film growth process including the production on the surface of a substrate of a layer of a metal having with carbon a phase diagram such that, above a molar concentration threshold ratio CM/CM+CC, where CM is the molar metal concentration in a metal/carbon mixture and CC is the molar carbon concentration in the mixture, a homogeneous solid solution is obtained. The metal layer is exposed to a controlled flux of carbon atoms or carbon-containing radicals or carbon-containing ions at a temperature such that the molar concentration ratio obtained is greater than the threshold ratio to obtain a solid solution of carbon in the metal. The process further includes an operation for modifying the phase of the mixture into two phases, a metal phase and a graphite phase, leading to the formation of at least a lower graphene film at the metal layer incorporating carbon atoms-substrate interface and an upper graphene film at the surface of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Laurent Baraton, Costel Sorin Cojocaru, Didier Pribat
  • Publication number: 20110198313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled graphene film growth process characterized in that it comprises the following steps: the production on the surface of a substrate (S1) of a layer of a metal having with carbon a phase diagram such that above a molar concentration threshold ratio CM/CM+CC, where CM is the molar metal concentration in a metal/carbon mixture and CC is the molar carbon concentration in said mixture, a homogeneous solid solution is obtained; the exposure of the metal layer to a controlled flux of carbon atoms or carbon-containing radicals or carbon-containing ions at a temperature such that the molar concentration ratio obtained is greater than the threshold ratio so as to obtain a solid solution of carbon in the metal; and an operation for modifying the phase of the mixture into two phases, a metal phase and a graphite phase respectively, leading to the formation of at least a lower graphene film (31) located at the (metal layer incorporating carbon atoms)/substrate interface and an upper
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Laurent Baraton, Costel-Sorin Cojocaru, Didier Pribat