Patents by Inventor Victor BURLAKOV

Victor BURLAKOV 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).

  • Photoactive layer production process
    Patent number: 10374181
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for producing semi-transparent photoactive layers, and devices comprising the same. The invention provides a process for producing a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising: a) disposing on a substrate a composition, which composition comprises a photoactive material or one or more precursors of a photoactive material, to form a resulting layer; and b) dewetting the resulting layer to form a dewet layer of the photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of the photoactive material is semi-transparent. The invention also provides a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising a substrate and, disposed on the substrate, a dewet layer of a photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of a photoactive material comprises a plurality of absorbing regions which comprise the photoactive material and a plurality of transparent regions which do not substantially comprise the photoactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Henry Snaith, Victor Burlakov, James Ball, Giles Eperon, Alain Goriely
  • PHOTOACTIVE LAYER PRODUCTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160141535
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for producing semi-transparent photoactive layers, and devices comprising the same. The invention provides a process for producing a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising: a) disposing on a substrate a composition, which composition comprises a photoactive material or one or more precursors of a photoactive material, to form a resulting layer; and b) dewetting the resulting layer to form a dewet layer of the photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of the photoactive material is semi-transparent. The invention also provides a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising a substrate and, disposed on the substrate, a dewet layer of a photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of a photoactive material comprises a plurality of absorbing regions which comprise the photoactive material and a plurality of transparent regions which do not substantially comprise the photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Henry SNAITH, Victor BURLAKOV, James BALL, Giles EPERON, Alain GORIELY