Patents by Inventor A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez

A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez 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).

  • Patent number: 11267920
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a printable composition that can be used to make printed products of a chosen material chemistry that have different levels of porosity within the printed product's structure Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a printed product that has multiple levels of porosity throughout its structure, which can include a macroscale level of porosity, a microscale level of porosity, a nanoscale level of porosity and any combination thereof. These printed products can be made using a 3-D printer and can be made from a single printable composition without the need to add different structural components during the production process. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for making and using a printed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew N. Lee, Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, Kyle J. Cluff
  • Publication number: 20210179759
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a printable composition that can be used to make printed products of a chosen material chemistry that have different levels of porosity within the printed product's structure Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a printed product that has multiple levels of porosity throughout its structure, which can include a macroscale level of porosity, a microscale level of porosity, a nanoscale level of porosity and any combination thereof. These printed products can be made using a 3-D printer and can be made from a single printable composition without the need to add different structural components during the production process. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for making and using a printed product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew N. Lee, Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, Kyle J. Cluff
  • Publication number: 20110110843
    Abstract: Articles comprising neat, aligned carbon nanotubes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The articles and methods comprise extrusion of a super acid solution of carbon nanotubes followed by removal of the super acid solvent. The articles may be processed by wet-jet wet spinning, dry-jet wet spinning, and coagulant co-flow extrusion techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: WILLIAM MARCH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Matteo Pasquali, Wen-Fang Hwang, Howard K. Schmidt, Natneal Behabtu, Virginia Davis, A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, Micah J. Green, Richard Booker, Colin c. Young, Hua Fan
  • Publication number: 20100283008
    Abstract: Compositions comprising at least one type of carbon nanotube, at least one surfactant, and at least one polymer are disclosed. The compositions provide stable fluorescence over a wide range of pH in various embodiments. In some embodiments, the compositions are biocompatible. Methods for preparing the compositions from at least one pre-formed polymer are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compositions from at least one monomer are disclosed. Heating methods utilizing the compositions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Juan G. Duque, Matteo Pasquali, Howard K. Schmidt, Laurent Cogent, A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez
  • Patent number: 6962092
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to at least one method and at least one apparatus for determining the length of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The method generally comprises the steps of: dispersing a sample of SWNTs into a suitable dispersing medium to form a solvent-suspension of solvent-suspended SWNTs; determining the mean SWNT diameter of the solvent-suspended SWNTs; introducing the solvent-suspended SWNTs into a viscosity-measuring device; obtaining a specific viscosity for the SWNT solvent-suspension; and determining the length of the SWNTs based upon the specific viscosity by solving, for example, the Kirkwood-Auer equation corrected by Batchelor's formula for the drag on a slender cylinder for “L,” to determine the length of the SWNTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Matteo Pasquali, Virginia A. Davis, Ingrid Stepanek-Basset, A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, Robert H. Hauge