Patents by Inventor Nathalie Leclerc

Nathalie Leclerc 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).

  • Method and device for selective cation extraction by electrochemical transfer in solution and applications of said method
    Patent number: 8449747
    Abstract: In order to carry out a selective extraction of cations (Mn+) by an electrochemical transfer in a solution from a first electrolyte (E1) to a second electrolyte (E2), the method includes using as an electrolyte separation wall a transfer wall (2) made of chalcogenide with molybdenum clusters (MonXn+2 or MxMonXn+2) and ensuring the cation transfer through the transfer wall by generating a potential difference (?E) between the electrode A1 in the first electrolyte (E1) and the electrode C2 in the second electrolyte (E1) or the transfer wall (2) in order to induce an intercalation of the cations in the transfer wall on the side of the first electrolyte, a scattering of the cations therein, and the de-intercalation thereof in the second electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: Universite de Lorraine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Clotilde Boulanger, Sakina Seghir, Nathalie Leclerc, Sebastien Diliberto, Jean-Marie Lecuire
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE CATION EXTRACTION BY ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSFER IN SOLUTION AND APPLICATIONS OF SAID METHOD
    Publication number: 20100252442
    Abstract: In order to carry out a selective extraction of cations (Mn+) by an electrochemical transfer in a solution from a first electrolyte (E1) to a second electrolyte (E2), the method includes using as an electrolyte separation wall a transfer wall (2) made of chalcogenide with molybdenum clusters (MonXn+2 or MxMonXn+2) and ensuring the cation transfer through the transfer wall by generating a potential difference (?E) between the electrode A1 in the first electrolyte (E1) and the electrode C2 in the second electrolyte (E1) or the transfer wall (2) in order to induce an interleaving of the cations in the transfer wall on the side of the first electrolyte, a scattering of the cations therein, and the de-interleaving thereof in the second electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE PAUL VERLAINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Clotilde Boulanger, Sakina Seghir, Nathalie Leclerc, Sebastien Diliberto, Jean-Marie Lecuire