Patents by Inventor Kiley A. White

Kiley A. White 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).

  • Lanthanide metal-organic frameworks and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8617421
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials that include metal ions linked together into periodic structures via organic ligands. MOFs that contain lanthanide ions are a new class of visible and near-IR luminescent materials, suitable for a broad range of applications. For example, the MOF framework afforded by 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene)di-2,1-ethenediyl]bis-carboxylate is associated with unusually long luminescence lifetimes. Thus, a complex of this ligand with a lanthanide provides a sharp emission profile, coupled with a comparatively long signal lifetime, for an unusually high luminescence. More generally, lanthanide-MOF systems exhibit several advantages that are ideal for barcoded materials, due to the photophysical attributes of lanthanide cations and the well-defined organization of the MOF structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Stephane Petoud, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Kiley A. White, Demetra Anne Chengelis Czegan
  • LANTHANIDE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100072424
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials that include metal ions linked together into periodic structures via organic ligands. MOFs that contain lanthanide ions are a new class of visible and near-IR luminescent materials, suitable for a broad range of applications. For example, the MOF framework afforded by 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene)di-2,1-ethenediyl]bis-carboxylate is associated with unusually long luminescence lifetimes. Thus, a complex of this ligand with a lanthanide provides a sharp emission profile, coupled with a comparatively long signal lifetime, for an unusually high luminescence. More generally, lanthanide-MOF systems exhibit several advantages that are ideal for barcoded materials, due to the photophysical attributes of lanthanide cations and the well-defined organization of the MOF structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ptéphane Petoud, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Kiley A. White, Demetra Anne Chengelis Czegan