Patents by Inventor George Bepete

George Bepete 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).

  • Patent number: 10414935
    Abstract: A method for preparing aqueous or organic suspensions of fully exfoliated nanocarbon materials includes a) dissolving a nanocarbon intercalation compound in an aprotic organic solvent (A) or a mixture (A?) of aprotic organic solvents under inert atmosphere; b) re-oxidation to revert the reduced nanocarbon material to its neutral state; and c) mixing the organic suspension of neutral nanocarbon obtained in step b) with a suitable amount of degassed water, degassed ionic aqueous solution, degassed organic solvent (B), degassed mixture (B?) of organic solvents, or degassed mixture of (B) or (B?) with water or an aqueous ionic solution; wherein solvent (A) or solvent mixture (A?) is fully or partially water-miscible or fully or partially miscible with solvent (B) or solvent mixture (B?); thereby leading to an air-metastable aqueous or organic suspension of nanocarbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: George Bepete, Carlos Drummond, Alain Penicaud
  • Publication number: 20170121179
    Abstract: A method for preparing aqueous or organic suspensions of fully exfoliated nanocarbon materials includes a) dissolving a nanocarbon intercalation compound in an aprotic organic solvent (A) or a mixture (A?) of aprotic organic solvents under inert atmosphere; b) re-oxidation to revert the reduced nanocarbon material to its neutral state and c) mixing the organic suspension of neutral nanocarbon obtained in step b) with a suitable amount of degassed water, degassed ionic aqueous solution, degassed organic solvent (B), degassed mixture (B?) of organic solvents, or degassed mixture of (B) or (B?) with water or an aqueous ionic solution; wherein solvent (A) or solvent mixture (A?) is fully or partially water-miscible or fully or partially miscible with solvent (B) or solvent mixture (B?); thereby leading to an air-metastable aqueous or organic suspension of nanocarbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: George Bepete, Carlos Drummond, Alain Penicaud