Patents by Inventor Valarie Pelletier

Valarie Pelletier 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).

  • Carbon nanotubes containing confined copper azide
    Patent number: 8778105
    Abstract: The invention concerns copper azide containing carbon nanotubes. The invention also concerns methods of producing such nanotubes by placing CuO nanoparticles within carbon nanotubes to produce CuO-containing carbon nanotubes, contacting CuO-containing carbon nanotubes with hydrogen to produce reduced nanotubes; and contacting the reduced nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to produce copper azide containing carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Valarie Pelletier, Farhad Forohar, Magdy Bichay
  • Carbon Nanotubes Containing Confined Copper Azide
    Publication number: 20120060984
    Abstract: The invention concerns copper azide containing carbon nanotubes. The invention also concerns methods of producing such nanotubes by placing CuO nanoparticles within carbon nanotubes to produce CuO-containing carbon nanotubes, contacting CuO-containing carbon nanotubes with hydrogen to produce reduced nanotubes; and contacting the reduced nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to produce copper azide containing carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Valarie Pelletier, Sayan Bhattacharyya, Farhad Forohar, Magdy Bichay