Patents by Inventor Javier Vela

Javier Vela 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).

  • Thick-shell nanocrystal quantum dots
    Patent number: 7935419
    Abstract: Colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots comprising an inner core having an average diameter of at least 1.5 nm and an outer shell, where said outer shell comprises multiple monolayers, wherein at least 30% of the quantum dots have an on-time fraction of 0.80 or greater under continuous excitation conditions for a period of time of at least 10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Hollingsworth, Yongfen Chen, Victor I. Klimov, Han Htoon, Javier Vela