Patents by Inventor Chad B. Huffman

Chad B. Huffman 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).

  • Publication number: 20080210370
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT are formed. The invention is further directed to controlling the natural proclivity or nanotube segments to self assemble into or ordered structures by modifying the environment of the nanotubes and the history of that environment prior to and during the process. The materials and objects are “macroscopic” in that they are large enough to be seen without the aid of a microscope or of the dimensions of such objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Richard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Ken A. Smith, Deron A. Walters, Michael J. Casavant, Chad B. Huffman, Boris I. Yakobson, Robert H. Hauge, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Wan-Ting Chiang, Xiao Chuan Qin
  • Patent number: 7252812
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the fluorination (or derivatization with alternative chemical species) of fullerene carbon nanocages as an efficient way to (a) facilitate synthesis of endohedral complexes by a significant reduction or elimination of the barriers for the entry of guest-ions, -atoms or molecules, and (b) to preserve the chemical stability of final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Boris I. Yakobson, Pavel V. Avramov, Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative, Edward T. Mickelson, Robert H. Hauge, Peter J. Boul, Chad B. Huffman, Richard E. Smalley, John L. Margrave, deceased
  • Publication number: 20040258603
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the fluorination (or derivatization with alternative chemical species) of fullerene carbon nanocages as an efficient way to (a) facilitate synthesis of endohedral complexes by a significant reduction or elimination of the barriers for the entry of guest-ions, -atoms or molecules, and (b) to preserve the chemical stability of final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Boris I. Yakobson, Pavel V. Avramov, John L. Margrave, Edward T. Mickelson, Robert H. Hauge, Peter J. Boul, Chad B. Huffman, Richard E. Smalley
  • Patent number: 6790425
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT are formed. The invention is further directed to controlling the natural proclivity of nanotube segments to self assemble into ordered structures by modifying the environment of the nanotubes and the history of that environment prior to and during the process. The materials and objects are “macroscopic” in that they are large enough to be seen without the aid of a microscope or of the dimensions of such objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Wiliam Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Richard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Ken A. Smith, Deron A. Walters, Michael J. Casavant, Chad B. Huffman, Boris I. Yakobson, Robert H. Hague, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Wan-Ting Chiang