Patents by Inventor Katherine E. Plass

Katherine E. Plass 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: 8455333
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joshua M. Spurgeon, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
  • Publication number: 20120282761
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joshua M. Spurgeon, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
  • Patent number: 8222123
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: The California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joshua M. Spurgeon, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
  • Patent number: 8110898
    Abstract: A structure consisting of well-ordered semiconductor structures embedded in a binder material which maintains the ordering and orientation of the semiconductor structures. Methods for forming such a structure include forming the semiconductor structures on a substrate, casting a binder material onto the substrate to embed the semiconductor structures in the binder material, and separating the binder material from the substrate at the substrate. These methods provide for the retention of the orientation and order of highly ordered semiconductor structures in the separated binder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nathan S. Lewis, Katherine E. Plass, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Harry A. Atwater
  • Publication number: 20120028420
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joshua M. Spurgeon, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
  • Patent number: 7910461
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joshua M. Spurgeon, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
  • Publication number: 20090057839
    Abstract: A structure consisting of well-ordered semiconductor structures embedded in a binder material which maintains the ordering and orientation of the semiconductor structures. Methods for forming such a structure include forming the semiconductor structures on a substrate, casting a binder material onto the substrate to embed the semiconductor structures in the binder material, and separating the binder material from the substrate at the substrate. These methods provide for the retention of the orientation and order of highly ordered semiconductor structures in the separated binder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Nathan S. LEWIS, Katherine E. Plass, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Harry A. Atwater
  • Publication number: 20090061600
    Abstract: Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Joshua M. SPURGEON, Katherine E. Plass, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater