Patents by Inventor Brent Paul Gila

Brent Paul Gila 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).

  • ION BEAM PROCESSING OF SIC FOR FABRICATION OF GRAPHENE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150010714
    Abstract: A method of preparing graphene on a SiC substrate includes bombarding a surface of the SiC substrate with ions and annealing a volume of the SiC substrate at the bombarded surface to promote agglomeration of carbon at the bombarded surface to form one or more layers of graphene at that surface. The ions can be Si, C, or other ions such as Au. The annealing can be carried out using a thermal source of heating or by irradiation with at least one laser beam or other high energy beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Bill R. Appleton, Brent Paul Gila, Sefaattin Tongay, Maxime G. Lemaitre