Patents by Inventor Austin James Way

Austin James Way 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: 11618681
    Abstract: Methods for the bottom-up growth of graphene nanoribbons are provided. The methods utilize small aromatic molecular seeds to initiate the anisotropic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of graphene nanoribbons having low size polydispersities on the surface of a growth substrate. The aromatic molecular seeds include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), functionalized derivatives of PAHs, heterocyclic aromatic molecules, and metal complexes of heterocyclic aromatic molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Scott Arnold, Austin James Way, Robert Michael Jacobberger
  • Publication number: 20220411268
    Abstract: Methods for the bottom-up growth of graphene nanoribbons are provided. The methods utilize small aromatic molecular seeds to initiate the anisotropic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of graphene nanoribbons having low size polydispersities on the surface of a growth substrate. The aromatic molecular seeds include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), functionalized derivatives of PAHs, heterocyclic aromatic molecules, and metal complexes of heterocyclic aromatic molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Scott Arnold, Austin James Way, Robert Michael Jacobberger
  • Patent number: 9761669
    Abstract: Graphene nanoribbon arrays, methods of growing graphene nanoribbon arrays, and electronic and photonic devices incorporating the graphene nanoribbon arrays are provided. The graphene nanoribbons in the arrays are formed using a seed-mediated, bottom-up, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique in which the (001) facet of a semiconductor substrate and the orientation of the seed particles on the substrate are used to orient the graphene nanoribbon crystals preferentially along a single [110] direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Scott Arnold, Austin James Way, Robert Michael Jacobberger