Patents by Inventor M. Isabel Tejedor

M. Isabel Tejedor 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).

  • METAL SUBSTRATES INCLUDING METAL OXIDE NANOPOROUS THIN FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190170458
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • METAL SUBSTRATES INCLUDING METAL OXIDE NANOPOROUS THIN FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190101340
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • Metal substrates including metal oxide nanoporous thin films and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 10145629
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconson Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • Method to reduce COto CO using plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis
    Patent number: 9738529
    Abstract: Described is a method of reducing CO2 to CO using visible radiation and plasmonic photocatalysts. The method includes contacting CO2 with a catalyst, in the presence of H2, wherein the catalyst has plasmonic photocatalytic reductive activity when exposed to radiation having a wavelength between 380 nm and 780 nm. The catalyst, CO2, and H2 are exposed to non-coherent radiation having a wavelength between 380 nm and 780 nm such that the catalyst undergoes surface plasmon resonance. The surface plasmon resonance increases the rate of CO2 reduction to CO as compared to the rate of CO2 reduction to CO without surface plasmon resonance in the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: George W. Huber, Aniruddha A. Upadhye, Hyung Ju Kim, Insoo Ro, M. Isabel Tejedor-Anderson
  • METHOD TO REDUCE CO2 TO CO USING PLASMON-ENHANCED PHOTOCATALYSIS
    Publication number: 20150291434
    Abstract: Described is a method of reducing CO2 to CO using visible radiation and plasmonic photocatalysts. The method includes contacting CO2 with a catalyst, in the presence of H2, wherein the catalyst has plasmonic photocatalytic reductive activity when exposed to radiation having a wavelength between 380 nm and 780 nm. The catalyst, CO2, and H2 are exposed to non-coherent radiation having a wavelength between 380 nm and 780 nm such that the catalyst undergoes surface plasmon resonance. The surface plasmon resonance increases the rate of CO2 reduction to CO as compared to the rate of CO2 reduction to CO without surface plasmon resonance in the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: George W. Huber, Aniruddha A. Upadhye, Hyung Ju Kim, Insoo Ro, M. Isabel Tejedor-Anderson
  • METAL SUBSTRATES INCLUDING METAL OXIDE NANOPOROUS THIN FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150198388
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • Metal substrates including metal oxide nanoporous thin films and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8993131
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • METAL SUBSTRATES INCLUDING METAL OXIDE NANOPOROUS THIN FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100015429
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen