Patents by Inventor Frank Hennrich

Frank Hennrich 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).

  • CARBON NANOPARTICLES, WHICH ARE COVALENTLY BOUND VIA A BRIDGE MOLECULE TO A TARGET MOLECULE, AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110112287
    Abstract: A method for covalently binding target molecules to carbon nanoparticles via at least one bridge molecule includes converting carbon nanoparticles to acyl carbon nanoparticles using a carbonyl compound of the at least one bridge molecule in the presence of a Lewis acid under Friedel-Crafts conditionsm, where the acyl carbon nanoparticles include a nucleofuge in the omega position. The target molecule is covalently bound to the acyl carbon nanoparticles via nucleophilic substitution of the nucleofuge in the omega position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Teodor Silviu Balaban, Stefanie Potratz, Frank Hennrich, Regina Fischer, Michaela Carmen Balaban, Manfred Kappes
  • Modified carbon nanoparticles, method for the production thereof and use thereof
    Patent number: 7816564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carbon nanoparticles, especially to carbon nanoparticles which comprise or consist of carbon nanotubes and have been modified by means of acyl groups, to a novel process with which these modified carbon nanoparticles, especially carbon nanoparticles comprising or consisting of carbon nanotubes, are obtainable, and to the use of the modified carbon nanoparticles, especially carbon nanoparticles comprising or consisting of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Teodor Silviu Balaban, Mihaela Carmen Balaban, Frank Hennrich, Regina Fischer, Sharali Malik, Manfred Kappes
  • Modified carbon nanoparticles, method for the production thereof and use thereof
    Publication number: 20090326278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carbon nanoparticles, especially to carbon nanoparticles which comprise or consist of carbon nanotubes and have been modified by means of acyl groups, to a novel process with which these modified carbon nanoparticles, especially carbon nanoparticles comprising or consisting of carbon nanotubes, are obtainable, and to the use of the modified carbon nanoparticles, especially carbon nanoparticles comprising or consisting of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Teodor Silviu Balaban, Mihaela Carmen Balaban, Frank Hennrich, Regina Fischer, Sharali Malik, Manfred Kappes
  • Method, arrangement and use of an arrangement for separating metallic carbon nanotubes from semi-conducting carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 7161107
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich
  • METHOD, ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SEPARATING METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES FROM SEMI-CONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES
    Publication number: 20060266675
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich
  • Method, arrangement and use of an arrangement for separating metallic carbon nanotubes from semi-conducting carbon nanotubes
    Publication number: 20060242741
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich