Patents by Inventor Brandy Melissa Kinkead

Brandy Melissa Kinkead 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).

  • Planar nematic liquid crystal cells doped with nanoparticles and methods of inducing a freedericksz transition
    Patent number: 8323755
    Abstract: Nematic liquid crystal cells with positive dielectric anisotropy that include colloidal suspensions having nanoclusters (e.g., CdTe nanoclusters, CdSe nanoclusters) that include a pure monolayer of ligands are provided as well as methods of inducing Freedericksz transitions in the nematic liquid crystal cells and methods of controlling the alignment of a liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Torsten Hegmann, Brandy Melissa Kinkead
  • Planar nematic liquid crystal cells doped with nanoparticles and methods of inducing a freedericksz transition
    Publication number: 20100302470
    Abstract: Nematic liquid crystal cells with positive dielectric anisotropy that include colloidal suspensions having nanoclusters (e.g., CdTe nanoclusters, CdSe nanoclusters) that include a pure monolayer of ligands are provided as well as methods of inducing Freedericksz transitions in the nematic liquid crystal cells and methods of controlling the alignment of a liquid crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Torsten Hegmann, Brandy Melissa Kinkead