Patents Examined by Daniel C. McCracken
  • Patent number: 11512000
    Abstract: A porous graphene film, its manufacturing method and an electronic product are provided. The method of manufacturing the porous graphene film includes: mixing a dispersion liquid of graphene with a dispersion liquid of particles, and performing a film-forming process to form a mixed film of graphene and particles; and removing the particles in the mixed film of graphene and particles to form the porous graphene film. The porous graphene film prepared by the method has a large specific surface area and an excellent electroconductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenqin Dai, Xia Chen
  • Patent number: 11505465
    Abstract: Method of obtainment of nanomaterials composed of carbonaceous material and metal oxides. The present invention refers to a method of obtainment of nanomaterials composed of two or more components, wherein at least one of these components is a carbonaceous material and at least another of the components is a metal oxide. The method of the present invention permits preparing these nanomaterials in liquid medium at moderate pressures and temperatures, in industrial quantities, and controlling the physicochemical properties of said nanomaterials by means of control of the parameters of synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GNANOMAT SL
    Inventors: Maria Seara Martínez, Alejandra García Gómez, Iñigo Larraza Álvarez, Elisa Peña Martín, Victor Blanco López, Sara Ruiz Martínez-Alcocer
  • Patent number: 11508968
    Abstract: A composition can include a carbon nanofiber, wherein a precursor for the carbon nanofiber includes an alcohol and an aldehyde crosslinked by a primary amine. In certain embodiments, the carbon nanofiber can be biotemplated. Biotemplating enables precise control of morphology at the nanometer scale, while molecular templating allows control of carbon nanotexture and structure at the sub-nanometer scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Angela Belcher, Jifa Qi, Geran Zhang
  • Patent number: 11508462
    Abstract: An optoelectronic system can include a single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) device. The SWNT can include a carrier-doping density with optical conditions that control trion formation that respond via optical, electrical, or magnetic stimuli. The carrier-doping density can include a hole-polaron or electron-polaron concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael Therien, Yusong Bai, Jean-Hubert Olivier, George Bullard
  • Patent number: 11505466
    Abstract: The method for synthesizing graphene derivatives from asphaltene includes one or more steps that are based on thermal and/or chemical treatments. In the thermal treatment, asphaltene was carbonized in a rotating quartz-tube furnace under an inert atmosphere (N2). This carbonization process was performed at a temperature range of 400-950° C. The carbonization process converted asphaltene molecules into graphene derivatives by eliminating the alkyl side chains, exfoliating the aromatic layers (n), and expanding the aromatic sheet diameter (La). The chemical treatment, on the other hand, was performed on the asphaltene (i.e., graphene precursor) by dispersing the asphaltene molecules in a liquid intercalating agent to functionalize the asphaltene and expand the inter-layer distance between the aromatic sheets (intercalation). In this intercalation process, the graphitic surface of asphaltene is oxidized to form asphaltene oxide, and then graphene oxide (GO), which is a nonconductive hydrophilic carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
    Inventors: Faisal S. Alhumaidan, Mohan S. Rana, Vinoba Mari
  • Patent number: 11498837
    Abstract: Provided is a shortened fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate (CNB) obtained by shortening a CNB having a length of 1 ?m or more and a diameter in the short direction in the range of 30 to 100 nm, by oxidizing, stirring in an acid solution, subjecting to an ultrasonic treatment in a liquid, followed by cutting. The shortened CNB has an end surface on which no tip of the plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns is disposed toward the longitudinal direction at least one end in the longitudinal direction, and has an excellent dispersibility by shortening the length to less than 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota Yuge
  • Patent number: 11492261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method using chemical reaction transparency of graphene, and more specifically to a method capable of forming a desired material by a catalytic reaction on a graphene surface using the graphene which inhibits oxygen diffusion without blocking electron delivery, and an applied method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won Jin Choi, Jeong-O Lee, Hyunju Chang, Ki-jeong Kong, Ki-Seok An
  • Patent number: 11486060
    Abstract: A carbon fiber recycling method utilizes a carbon fiber recycling device for recycling carbon fiber from a carbon fiber polymer composite by using a microwave. The carbon fiber recycling device has a cavity and at least one microwave supplying unit. The carbon fiber recycling method adjusts the microwave supplying unit to change the angle between the long axis direction of the cavity and the electric field direction, and to make the long axis direction of the carbon fiber parallel to the electric field direction. By radiating the microwave on the carbon fiber polymer composite, energy of the microwave is quickly absorbed by the carbon fiber to quickly increase a temperature of the carbon fiber, and the carbon fiber polymer composite is effectively and quickly decomposed to remove most polymer matrix of the carbon fiber polymer composite, so as to achieve the objective of recycling the carbon fiber indeed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: UHT UNITECH COMPANY LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Yung Wang
  • Patent number: 11485640
    Abstract: A single-walled carbon nanotube separation apparatus includes: a separation tank accommodating a single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing: metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes; and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes; a first electrode and a second electrode that are installed in the separation tank; and a partition wall installed between the first electrode and the second electrode in the separation tank and below the separation tank in a height direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiyuki Nihey
  • Patent number: 11479469
    Abstract: Provided is a method for stably storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a surfactant for a long period of time. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a low-temperature storage step of storing the nanocarbon dispersion liquid at 10° C. or lower and/or a surfactant concentration adjustment step of adjusting a concentration of the surfactant in the nanocarbon dispersion liquid so as to be less than 100 times of a critical micelle concentration and equal to or more than the critical micelle concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Ihara
  • Patent number: 11479438
    Abstract: A nanofiber structure applicator is described that can remove two substrates from opposing major surfaces of a nanofiber structure. The two substrates can have differing adhesive strengths with the nanofiber forest. This difference in adhesive strength can be used to reorient nanofibers that form the nanofiber structure relative to the final surface on which they are applied. This reorienting of the individual nanofibers within a nanofiber structure can be used to tailor some of the properties of the nanofiber structure. Furthermore, the nanofiber structure applicator is configured can improve the convenience with which a nanofiber structure can be transported and applied to an application surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jordan Benson, Raquel Ovalle-Robles, Nicklas Keller
  • Patent number: 11472158
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for continuous production of an exfoliated two-dimensional (2D) material comprising passing a 2D material mixture through a convergent-divergent nozzle, the 2D material mixture comprising a 2D layered material and a compressible fluid. The method of the present disclosure employs physical compression and expansion of a flow of high-pressure gases, leaving the 2D layered material largely defect free to produce an exfoliated 2D layered in a simple, continuous, and environmentally friendly manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Emily Phuong Nam Nguyen, Syed Reza Rizvi
  • Patent number: 11477856
    Abstract: A carbon allotrope element includes a carbon allotrope layer formed from a carbon allotrope material impregnated with a dielectric resin and having a first surface. The carbon allotrope element further includes a first bus bar in communication with the first surface, and a second bus bar in communication with the first surface and non-adjacent to the first bus bar. The first surface includes a layer of the dielectric resin and a plurality of abraded regions, and each of the first and second bus bars is in communication with one of the plurality of abraded regions of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel Ching, Casey Slane, Jin Hu
  • Patent number: 11459239
    Abstract: A method for producing graphene includes: a pretreatment process of drying and pulverizing a vegetable material to obtain a carbon source; a carbonization process of carbonizing the carbon source to obtain a carbide; and a purification process of removing an impurity containing silica from the carbide obtained in the carbonization process, wherein the carbonization process including a heating process of supplying an inert gas into a chamber and heating the carbon source in the chamber in a plasma atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: JIKAN TECHNO, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kinoshita, Keishin Ota
  • Patent number: 11453594
    Abstract: A method of producing isolated graphene oxide sheets directly from a graphitic material, comprising: a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material, an optional oxidizing liquid, and multiple particles of a solid carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus; b) operating the energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from the graphitic material and transferring the graphene sheets to surfaces of the solid carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated solid carrier particles inside the impacting chamber; and c) sequentially or concurrently oxidizing and separating the graphene sheets from the solid carrier material particle surfaces to produce isolated graphene oxide sheets. The process is fast (1-4 hours as opposed to 5-120 hours of conventional processes), has low or no water usage, environmentally benign, cost effective, and highly scalable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 11453591
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a carbon nanotube sheet, which comprises forming carbon nanotubes; aggregating the carbon nanotubes to form a yarn; treating the yarn with a solvent to enhance the aggregation force; winding the solvent-treated yarn to prepare a sheet preform having a structure in which one yarn is continuously wound; and cutting and/or pressing the sheet preform to prepare a carbon nanotube sheet that comprises an arrangement structure in which one or a plurality of yarns are uniaxially aligned, and a carbon nanotube sheet prepared thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AweXome Ray, Inc.
    Inventors: Se Hoon Gihm, Keun Soo Jeong, Yeon Su Jung
  • Patent number: 11453597
    Abstract: A nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube reinforced diamond composite and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of materials science. The nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube reinforced diamond composite is composed of nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube composite powders, matrix powders and diamond grains, wherein the nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube composite powders are the composites of nanometer niobium carbide which are evenly distributed in the surface defects and interior of the carbon nanotube, the nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube reinforced diamond composite is prepared by mixing the nanometer niobium carbide/carbon nanotube composite powders, matrix powders and diamond grains uniformly and sintering with a hot pressing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Baochang Liu, Wenhao Dai, Siqi Li, Zhe Han, Xinzhe Zhao, Shujing Wang
  • Patent number: 11453590
    Abstract: Effective techniques for patterning carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets are disclosed herein. A carbon nanotube forest is grown on a catalyst-incorporated substrate, CNT sheets are drawn from the carbon nanotube forest, the CNT sheets are stacked on a substrate, followed by etching the CNT sheets by using a shadow mask through a controlled etch process. In some implementations, etching of the CNT sheets is carried out in a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) etching system, where the CNT sheets are selectively exposed, in a controlled environment, to oxygen plasma via the shadow mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Behnoush Dousti, Gil Sik Lee, Negar Geramifard
  • Patent number: 11447393
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing graphene, including: forming a dielectric material; and applying heat treatment concurrently with a gaseous carbon source on the dielectric material to grow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Young Jae Song, Bong Gyu Shin, Sang Woo Park, Dae Hwan Boo
  • Patent number: 11447392
    Abstract: Provided are multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with nanospheres of carbon, methods of preparing multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with nanospheres of carbon, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QATAR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ahmed Awadallah-F, Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb