Patents by Inventor James Kazimierz Gimzewski

James Kazimierz Gimzewski 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).

  • Molecular arrangement and switching device
    Patent number: 6243248
    Abstract: Proposed is a molecular arrangement comprising a movable molecule which is surrounded by a molecular cage-like arrangement fixed on a surface. The movable molecule is in a mobilized state in which it is decoupled from the cage-like arrangement. This means that it is out of registry with the van-der-Waals lattice of the molecular cage-like arrangement. The movable molecule is further decoupled from the surface in that it is not physisorbed or chemisorbed thereon. It shows an energy barrier for rotational movement equal or lower than kT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Kazimierz Gimzewski, Rato R. Schlittler
  • Photomechanical transducer
    Patent number: 5910837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photomechanical transducer which comprises a photochromic element made of a first material and attached on a carrier element made of a deformable second material. The first material of the photochromic element changes its molecular shape when it is irradiated with light and thereby introduces a strain into the carrier element which as a result is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: James Kazimierz Gimzewski
  • Apparatus and method for spectroscopic measurement as a deflection of a bimorph carrying a sample that is heated by radiation
    Patent number: 5737086
    Abstract: A spectrometer is described with a new intensity detector for electromagnetic radiation. The detector comprises means for detecting the deflection of a cantilever which has a bimetallic/bimorph structure. The deflection is proportional to the absorbed amount of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Gerber, James Kazimierz Gimzewski, Bruno Reihl, Rato Rudolf Schlittler