Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Powers

Andrew R. Powers 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 linking two or more metals for photo and electronic materials
    Patent number: 8889879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to bimetallic substituted triazole compounds and methods to prepare the compounds. The compounds include at least one 1,2,3-triazole that is substituted by two metal ions at the 1 and 4 or 5 positions of the triazole ring. An iClick reaction between a metal acetylide and a metal azide results in the bimetallic substituted triazole ring. Depending on the metal acetylide and the metal azide used, monomeric bimetallic substituted triazole compounds, oligomeric bimetallic triazole compounds, or polymeric bimetallic triazole compounds are formed. Polymeric bimetallic triazole compounds can be linear, branched, ladder, two-dimensional network, or three-dimensional networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Steven Veige, Trevor Del Castillo, Leslie Justin Murray, Xi Yang, Andrew R. Powers