Patents by Inventor Linda ZOU

Linda ZOU 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).

  • 3D reduced graphene oxide/siocomposite for ice nucleation
    Patent number: 11958748
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an ice-nucleating particle for cloud seeding and other applications, which can initiate ice nucleation at a temperature of ?8° C. Further, the ice nucleation particle number increased continuously and rapidly with the reducing of temperature. The ice nucleating particle in the present invention is a nanostructured porous composite of 3-dimensional reduced graphene oxide and silica dioxide nanoparticles (PrGO-SN). The present invention also provides for a process for synthesizing the PrGO-SN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Linda Zou, Haoran Liang
  • JANUS COMPOSITE FOR OIL IN WATER SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20230212037
    Abstract: The present disclosure features a Janus composite having a hydrophobic nanoparticulate component and a 2- or 3-dimensional hydrophilic framework, and materials, systems, methods of making the Janus composite and methods of using the Janus composite for separating oil from an oil-in-water emulsion. For example, Janus composites with MoS2 nanospheres on/in a hydrophilic reduced graphene oxide (rGO) or cellulose acetate framework are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Linda ZOU
  • 3D REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE/SIO 2 COMPOSITE FOR ICE NUCLEATION
    Publication number: 20220002159
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an ice-nucleating particle for cloud seeding and other applications, which can initiate ice nucleation at a temperature of?8° C. Further, the ice nucleation particle number increased continuously and rapidly with the reducing of temperature. The ice nucleating particle in the present invention is a nanostructured porous composite of 3-dimensional reduced graphene oxide and silica dioxide nanoparticles (PrGO-SN). The present invention also provides for a process for synthesizing the PrGO-SN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Linda ZOU, Haoran LIANG