Patents by Inventor Abrin L. Schmucker

Abrin L. Schmucker 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).

  • METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20220395815
    Abstract: A method for preparing a heterogeneous catalyst. The method comprises steps of: (a) combining (i) a support, (ii) an aqueous solution of a noble metal compound and (iii) a C2-C18 thiol comprising at least one hydroxyl or carboxylic acid substituent; to form a wet particle and (b) removing water from the wet particle by drying followed by calcination to produce the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Victor J. Sussman, Wen-Sheng Lee, Jeffrey A. Herron, D. Wayne Blaylock, Daniel J. Arriola, Andrew T. Heitsch, Alexey Kirilin, Heidi Clements, Abrin L. Schmucker, Daniel A. Hickman
  • METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20200171465
    Abstract: A method for preparing a heterogeneous catalyst. The method comprises steps of: (a) combining (i) a support, (ii) an aqueous solution of a noble metal compound and (iii) a C2-C18 thiol comprising at least one hydroxyl or carboxylic acid substituent; to form a wet particle and (b) removing water from the wet particle by drying followed by calcination to produce the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Sussman, Wen Sheng Lee, Jeffrey Herron, D. Wayne Blaylock, Daniel J. Arriola, Andrew T. Heitsch, Alexey Kirilin, Heidi Clements, Abrin L. Schmucker, Daniel A. Hickman
  • Heat actuated and projected lithography systems and methods
    Patent number: 9766551
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of patterning can include dividing an image into a set of frame sections; determining a tip pattern for a respective portion of an image to be patterned by each tip of the tip array in each frame section of the set of frame sections; disposing the tip array in a patterning position in a first location of the substrate corresponding to a location of the substrate in which the first frame section in the set of frame sections is to be patterned; projecting a first pattern of radiation onto the tip array to selectively irradiate one or more tips of the tip array and pattern the substrate, wherein the first pattern of radiation corresponds to a tip pattern for the first frame section; disposing the tip array in a patterning position in a second location of the substrate corresponding to a location of the substrate in which the second frame section in the set of frame sections is to be patterned; projecting a second pattern of radiation onto the tip array
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Xing Liao, Keith A. Brown, Guoliang Liu, Abrin L. Schmucker, Shu He, Wooyoung Shim, Daniel J. Eichelsdoerfer, Boris Rasin
  • LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSING OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE BIOMARKERS USING SHORT PEPTIDE RECOGNITION ELEMENTS ON OPTICALLY ACTIVE METAL NANOSTRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20170016892
    Abstract: A biomarker sensor using short peptide recognition elements. The biomarker sensor includes a substrate and a metallic layer on a surface of that substrate that is localized surface plasmon resonance reactive. A receptor layer on the surface of the metallic layer (the surface opposing the substrate) is configured to selectively bind a biomarker and has a thickness less than about 15 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Rajesh R. Naik, Joshua A. Hagen, Joshua M. Slocik, Abrin L. Schmucker, Srikanth Singamaneni
  • Heat Actuated and Projected Lithography Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20150286148
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of patterning can include dividing an image into a set of frame sections; determining a tip pattern for a respective portion of an image to be patterned by each tip of the tip array in each frame section of the set of frame sections; disposing the tip array in a patterning position in a first location of the substrate corresponding to a location of the substrate in which the first frame section in the set of frame sections is to be patterned; projecting a first pattern of radiation onto the tip array to selectively irradiate one or more tips of the tip array and pattern the substrate, wherein the first pattern of radiation corresponds to a tip pattern for the first frame section; disposing the tip array in a patterning position in a second location of the substrate corresponding to a location of the substrate in which the second frame section in the set of frame sections is to be patterned; projecting a second pattern of radiation onto the tip array
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Xing Liao, Keith A. Brown, Guoliang Liu, Abrin L. Schmucker, Shu He, Wooyoung Shim, Daniel J. Eichelsdoerfer, Boris Rasin