Patents by Inventor Amanda V. Ellis

Amanda V. Ellis 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).

  • Thiation of carbon nanotubes and composite formation
    Patent number: 7713508
    Abstract: The present invention comprises nanotube structures comprising nanotubes covalently bonded via chemically reactive groups on the outer walls of the nanotubes and methods for forming the covalently bonded nanotube structures. The present invention also comprises materials comprising the functionalized nanotubes covalently bonded to organic based monomers and/or polymers, and methods for their formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Arrowhead Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Seamus A. Curran, Amanda V. Ellis
  • Nanocomposite for enhanced rectification
    Patent number: 7358291
    Abstract: Enhanced band bending materials for use in rectifying contacts comprising metal nanoparticles and a semiconducting polymer that is soluble in common organic solvents including, for example, a gold-polymeric nanocomposite comprising gold nanoparticles in poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenlenevinylene((“PmPV”). The nanocomposite material provides for enhanced Schottky barriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Arrowhead Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Seamus A. Curran, Amanda V. Ellis, Wudyalew T. Wondmaqegn, James L. Dewald