Patents Assigned to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Publication number: 20240424487Abstract: Modified zeolites may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm, wherein the plurality of mesopores are ordered with cubic symmetry. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of zirconium hydride moieties each bonded to at least two bridging oxygen atoms, wherein a zirconium atom of the zirconium hydride is bonded to the bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the zirconium atom of the zirconium hydride moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Magnus Rueping, Manoja K. Samantaray, Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
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Publication number: 20240416333Abstract: Modified zeolites may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm, wherein the plurality of mesopores are ordered with cubic symmetry. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of hafnium hydride moieties each bonded to at least two bridging oxygen atoms, wherein a hafnium atom of the hafnium hydride is bonded to the bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the hafnium atom of the hafnium hydride moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Magnus Rueping, Manoja K. Samantaray, Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
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Publication number: 20240421104Abstract: A method for water drainage of a substrate includes creating, on a surface of the substrate, a designated hydrophobic region having hydrophobic surfaces of a hydrophobic film. Electronic circuitries are fabricated in the designated hydrophobic region of the substrate. The method further includes creating, on the surface of the substrate, a designated hydrophilic region having hydrophilic surfaces of the substrate. A drainage channel is formed in the designated hydrophilic region. The method further includes facilitating, based on capillary imbibition of the drainage channel, fluid flow from the designated hydrophobic region to a drainage/evaporation port to prevent damage of the electronic circuitries by moisture accumulation in the designated hydrophobic region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicants: SAUDI ARABIANOIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Abdullah Abdulaziz AlOmier, Subhash C. Ayirala, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef, Hussein Hoteit
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Publication number: 20240416330Abstract: Described herein are zeolite Beta particles with radially arranged mesopores and methods of making the same. In one or more embodiments, a zeolite Beta particle may include a Beta zeolitic framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. In embodiments, the Beta zeolitic framework may include alumina and silica. In embodiments, the zeolite Beta particles disclosed herein may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. In embodiments, the plurality of mesopores may be arranged in a center-radial configuration, such that mesopores run from a central region of the zeolite Beta particle towards the edge of the zeolite Beta particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
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Patent number: 12168223Abstract: A method for making a metal carbide based catalyst for crude oil cracking includes mixing a clay with a phosphorous based stabilizer material to obtain a liquid slurry; adding an aluminosilicate zeolite and an ultrastable Y zeolite to the liquid slurry; adding Al2Cl(OH)5 to the liquid slurry; adding metal carbide particles, having a given diameter, to the liquid slurry to obtain a mixture; and spray drying the mixture to obtain the metal carbide based catalyst. The metal carbide particles are coated with the aluminosilicate zeolite and the ultrastable Y zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignees: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Jorge Gascon, Tuiana B. Shoinkhorova, Alla Dikhtiarenko, Mohammed Alabdullah, Alberto Rodriguez Gomez, Jullian Vittenet, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Ola Ali, Wei Xu
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Patent number: 12166153Abstract: A light-emitting device includes doped layer arranged on a substrate. The doped layer is n-doped or p-doped. A multiple quantum well is arranged on the doped layer and includes a plurality of adjacent pairs of quantum wells and quantum barriers. An electron blocking layer is arranged on the multiple quantum well. The doped layer, the electron blocking layer, the quantum wells, and all of the quantum barriers except for the last quantum barrier include a first III-nitride alloy. The last quantum barrier includes a second III-nitride alloy that is different from the first III-nitride alloy. The second III-nitride alloy has a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the last quantum well and smaller than a bandgap of the electron blocking layer. An interface between the last quantum barrier and the electron blocking layer exhibits a polarization difference between 0 and 0.012 C/m2.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiaohang Li, Zhiyuan Liu
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Patent number: 12163957Abstract: Methods for detecting His-tagged proteins using metal ion-chelating nitrilotriacetate (NTA) probes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes using a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to a UV-excitable fluorophore with visible emission and the presence of His-tagged proteins in the sample is determined by exposing the gel following PAGE, to a UV-light source with naked human eye or bench camera visualization. The metal ion-loaded NTA-containing chelator head can be coupled to a fluorophore that is not UV-excitable (i.e., with the majority of emission and excitation in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The method includes separating proteins in a sample using PAGE, contacting the gel following electrophoresis with a composition containing a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to the fluorophore, to allow binding of the probe to the His-tagged proteins, and detecting the presence of the probe and therefore of the His-tagged proteins.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Vlad-Stefan Raducanu, Ioannis Isaioglou, Jasmeen S. Merzaban, Samir M. Hamdan
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Publication number: 20240399293Abstract: Sulfur species may be processed using an ionic liquid, a deep eutectic solvent, or a combination of both. An example of a method of such processing may include: supplying a first reaction medium including an iodine species and a first catalyst, wherein the first catalyst includes a first deep eutectic solvent, a first ionic liquid, or a first mixture of both; contacting the reaction medium with a first sulfur species, wherein the first sulfur species includes hydrogen sulfide, a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon, or any combination thereof; and reacting the first sulfur species with the reaction medium to produce a second sulfur species, hydrogen iodide, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Adrian Cesar CAVAZOS SEPULVEDA, Mani SARATHY, Shashank Sakleshpur NAGARAJA, Manuel Monge PALACIOS
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Publication number: 20240394447Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting NMR T2 times are disclosed. The method may include creating a plurality of 3D rough surface pore models, where each 3D rough surface pore model includes a rough surface, for each of the plurality determining a pore roughness coefficient (PRC) and a volume; and simulating a first T2 relaxation time based on the 3D rough surface pore model. The method may further include determining a smooth surface pore model, with the same volume as the 3D rough surface pore model, and simulating a second T2 relaxation time based on the smooth surface pore model. The method may still further includes determining a T2 rough surface correction factor based on the first and the second T2 relaxation times, and forming a data pair comprising the pore roughness coefficient (PRC) and the T2 rough surface correction factor; and fitting a T2 correction curve to the data pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Marwah M. Alsinan, Yiteng Li, Xupeng He, Hyung Tae Kwak, Hussein Hoteit
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Patent number: 12152204Abstract: A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of cubic symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or cubic symmetry observable by microscopy.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Robert P. Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
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Publication number: 20240384651Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) inspection tool for inspecting a pipe that includes a longitudinally extending body having a first end, a second end, and a central longitudinal axis. The EM inspection tool further includes a transmitter disposed proximate the first end and configured to generate an alternating EM field at a first frequency. The EM inspection tool further includes a first far-field receiver plate disposed proximate the second end, wherein the first far-field receiver plate includes a first far-field receiver disposed at a first radial location and a second far-field receiver disposed at a second radial location. The EM inspection tool further includes a first near-field receiver plate disposed circumferentially around the transmitter, wherein the first near-field receiver plate includes a first near-field receiver disposed at the first radial location and a second near-field receiver disposed at the second radial location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicants: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Guang An Ooi, Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Shehab Ahmed, Tarek Mostafa, Moutazbellah A. Khater, Hakan Bagci, Mehmet Burak Ozakin
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Patent number: 12144614Abstract: N-type polymer based electrochemical devices include one or more source electrodes, one or more drain electrodes, one or more channels, a gate electrode, and an electrolyte solution are disclosed. The channels include one or more n-type polymers and one or more enzymes. The gate electrode includes one or more n-type polymers and one or more enzymes. The source and the drain electrodes are electrically connected by the corresponding channel. The electrolyte solution contains one or more metabolites capable of reacting with the one or more enzymes in the channel and the gate electrode and is in electrical contact with the channel and the gate electrode. Saturation current that flows through the channel increases when the metabolites react with the enzymes to produce electrons, which are directly transferred to the n-type polymers at the gate electrode and the channel. Methods of making and using the n-type electrochemical device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Institut Mines Telecom, Imperial College LondonInventors: Sahika Inal, Anna-Maria Pappa, Alexander Giovannitti
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Patent number: 12146096Abstract: Lost circulation materials may include a plurality of self-aggregating particles having a degradable coating, wherein the self-aggregating particles are capable of bonding via mechanical interactions, electrical interactions, magnetic interactions, chemical interactions, or any combination thereof into a plurality of aggregated particles. The aggregated particles have a larger effective size and can seal large openings/apertures in the subsurface that cause lost circulation during a wellbore drilling operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ahmed Amr Mohamed Hafez Abdelaziz, Qi Liu, Thomas Finkbeiner, Juan Carlos Santamarina, Mohammad Arfaj, Raed A. Alouhali, Timothy Eric Moellendick
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Patent number: 12145854Abstract: Disclosed herein are amine functionalized zeolites and methods for making amine functionalized zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, an amine functionalized zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The amine functionalized zeolite may further include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm and one or more of isolated terminal primary amine functionalities bonded to silicon atoms of the microporous framework or silazane functionalities, where the nitrogen atom of the silazane bridges two silicon atoms of the microporous framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Rajesh Parsapur
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Patent number: 12138010Abstract: A physiological data acquisition system includes an array electrode sensor (220) having plural electrodes and configured to acquire physiological data; a single electrode sensor having a single electrode and configured to acquire additional physiological data; and a hub that is configured to receive the physiological data from the array electrode sensor and the additional physiological data from the single electrode sensor only along body communication channels. At least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor is configured to send an energy request signal to the hub, along the body communication channels. The hub, in response to the received energy request signal, emits radio frequency signals, which are used by the at least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor to harvest energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Abdulkadir Çelik, Ahmed M. Eltawil
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Patent number: 12142702Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a flexible substrate, a cerium oxide (CeO2) layer arranged on the flexible substrate, a single crystal ?-III-oxide layer arranged on the CeO2 layer, and a metallic contact layer arranged on the single crystal ?-III-oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiao Tang, Xiaohang Li
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Patent number: 12142837Abstract: An antenna-on-chip, AoC, system includes a substrate base, an artificial magnetic conductor, AMC, system with embedded guiding structures, EGS, the AMC system being located on the substrate base, and an antenna located onto the AMC system, where the EGS are electrically floating within the AMC system.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yiyang Yu, Zubair Akhter, Atif Shamim
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Patent number: 12140725Abstract: Techniques for determining reservoir formation properties include generating digital models of core samples taken from one or more reservoir formations based on corresponding images of the core samples; determining a pore throat size distribution of the core samples based on the generated digital models; determining corresponding capillary pressure curves and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples with one or more numerical simulations; generating one or more machine-learning (ML) models based on the pore throat size distribution, corresponding capillary pressure curves, and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples; adjusting the one or more ML models with one or more reservoir data of the one or more reservoir formations; generating adjusted capillary pressure curves and NMR value distributions from the one or more adjusted ML models; and determining a reservoir formation specific pore throat size distribution from at least one of the adjusted capillary pressure curves orType: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company and King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Marwah Mufid AlSinan, Xupeng He, Hyung Tae Kwak, Hussein Hoteit, Yiteng Li
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Patent number: 12116421Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Dopa containing ultrashort peptides capable of forming a gel, to a gel comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure, and to a glue comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure. Such gel is adhesive and is biocompatible. The peptides are suitable for building 3D structures, 3D printing, gluing as well as other applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Maria Hountondji, Manola Moretti, Panagiotis Bilalis
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Patent number: 12109327Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an osteo-tissue graft capable of promoting bone tissue growth and regeneration, comprising at least one self-assemble peptide and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in accordance with the present invention and a method of preparing such an osteo-tissue graft. The grafts are suitable for treatment of bone disorder or damages through tissue engineering, cellular replacement therapies as well as other applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Salwa Alshehri, Hepi H. Susapto