Patents by Inventor Summer L. Arrowood

Summer L. Arrowood 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).

  • Plasmon coupling materials, methods of making plasmon coupling materials, methods of using plasmon coupling materials and systems and devices that include plasmon coupling materials
    Patent number: 11726386
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for materials (e.g., films, mixtures, and colloidally suspended in solution) including two types of particles (e.g., nanoparticles) that exhibit harmonic surface plasmon resonances (SPR), where these are referred to as harmonically paired set of particles. The present disclosure provides for harmonically paired set of particles, where the particles are separated by a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a thickness such that direct electron transfer does not occur between the harmonically paired set of particles. The harmonically paired set of particles can be included in harmonically paired set of particle system or devices which can be a component in measurement systems or devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Janet E. Macdonald, Richard F. Haglund, Jr., Nathan James Spear, Kent A. Hallman, Summer L. Arrowood, Roderick B. Davidson, II, Emil A. Hernandez-Pagan
  • PLASMON COUPLING MATERIALS, METHODS OF MAKING PLASMON COUPLING MATERIALS, METHODS OF USING PLASMON COUPLING MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THAT INCLUDE PLASMON COUPLING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20210311370
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for materials (e.g., films, mixtures, and colloidally suspended in solution) including two types of particles (e.g., nanoparticles) that exhibit harmonic surface plasmon resonances (SPR), where these are referred to as harmonically paired set of particles. The present disclosure provides for harmonically paired set of particles, where the particles are separated by a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a thickness such that direct electron transfer does not occur between the harmonically paired set of particles. The harmonically paired set of particles can be included in harmonically paired set of particle system or devices which can be a component in measurement systems or devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Janet E. Macdonald, Richard F. Haglund, Nathan James Spear, Kent A. Hallman, Summer L. Arrowood, Roderick B. Davidson, II, Emil A. Hernandez-Pagan