Patents by Inventor Adrian Podpirka

Adrian Podpirka 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).

  • NANOPATTERNING OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS VIA HEATED PROBE
    Publication number: 20190271910
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for creating patterns, with features down to the nanometer scale, in phase change materials using a heated probe. The heated probe contacts the phase change material thereby inducing a local phase change, resulting in a dramatic contrast in property—including electrical resistance, optical reflectance, and volume—relative to the uncontacted regions of the phase change material. The phase change material can be converted back to its original phase (i.e. the patterns can be erased) by appropriate thermal cycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Laura Ruppalt, Woo K. Lee, Paul E. Sheehan, Adrian Podpirka
  • NANOPATTERNING OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS VIA HEATED PROBE
    Publication number: 20170242053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for creating patterns, with features down to the nanometer scale, in phase change materials using a heated probe. The heated probe contacts the phase change material thereby inducing a local phase change, resulting in a dramatic contrast in property—including electrical resistance, optical reflectance, and volume—relative to the uncontacted regions of the phase change material. The phase change material can be converted back to its original phase (i.e. the patterns can be erased) by appropriate thermal cycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Laura Ruppalt, Woo K. Lee, Paul E. Sheehan, Adrian Podpirka