Patents by Inventor Eric Michael Hunt

Eric Michael Hunt 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).

  • Heteroepitaxial hydrothermal crystal growth of zinc selenide
    Patent number: 10358739
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing zinc selenide crystals. The method includes forming an aqueous growth medium by combining a mineralizer solution of an alkali nutrient with a feedstock including zinc and selenium. A seed crystal is added to the growth medium. The aqueous growth medium and seed crystal are pressurized and a thermal gradient applied such that a temperature of a first portion of the aqueous growth medium is greater than a second portion of the aqueous growth medium. The zinc and selenium are dissolved into the mineralizer solution from the feedstock in the first portion of the aqueous growth medium and spontaneously forms at least one single crystal of zinc selenide on the seed crystal in the first portion of the aqueous growth medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventors: James Matthew Mann, Martin M. Kimani, Eric Michael Hunt, Michael R. Snure
  • HETEROEPITAXIAL HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTAL GROWTH OF ZINC SELENIDE
    Publication number: 20180171505
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing zinc selenide crystals. The method includes forming an aqueous growth medium by combining a mineralizer solution of an alkali nutrient with a feedstock including zinc and selenium. A seed crystal is added to the growth medium. The aqueous growth medium and seed crystal are pressurized and a thermal gradient applied such that a temperature of a first portion of the aqueous growth medium is greater than a second portion of the aqueous growth medium. The zinc and selenium are dissolved into the mineralizer solution from the feedstock in the first portion of the aqueous growth medium and spontaneously forms at least one single crystal of zinc selenide on the seed crystal in the first portion of the aqueous growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: James Matthew Mann, Martin M. Kimani, Eric Michael Hunt, Michael R. Snure