Patents by Inventor Marko Virsek

Marko Virsek 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: 9151724
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method and capacitive sensor for counting aerosol nanoparticles in an electric way. Aerosol particles, onto which a fluid was applied in an earlier process by known methods, change the capacitance of the dielectric of the capacitor when entering its field, which causes an electric signal. The method provides for detection of aerosol particles in a wide scope of their presence in the air and is not specific for any shape or chemical composition of nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Institute Jozef Stefan
    Inventors: Maja Remskar, Ivan Iskra, Marko Virsek, Mark Plesko, Damjan Golob
  • Patent number: 8496907
    Abstract: The object of the invention is the synthesis of threadlike tungsten oxide W5O14, in the presence of nickel at a temperature lower than 1000° C. Represented is a procedure for the synthesis of a highly homogeneous phase of the W5O14 compound from the vapor phase, in the presence of nickel, by means of a chemical transport method in a closed quartz ampoule. As an alternative example, a procedure is represented for the synthesis of the W5O14 compound in a through-flow reaction vessel. Both procedures yield electrically conductive threadlike crystals of the W5O14 compound. The synthesis is performed in vapor phase. Tungsten enters the reaction as a pure phase or via WS2±x, x?4, previously synthesized from the elements, and/or the source of tungsten may also be tungsten oxides WO3?Y, 0?y?1. Nickel may enter the reaction via NiI2, Ni(OH)2 and/or atomic nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Institut “Jozef Stefan”
    Inventors: Maja Remskar, Marko Virsek, Miha Kocmur, Adolf Jesih
  • Publication number: 20120156127
    Abstract: The object of the invention is the synthesis of threadlike tungsten oxide W5O14, in the presence of nickel at a temperature lower than 1000° C. Represented is a procedure for the synthesis of a highly homogeneous phase of the W5O14 compound from the vapor phase, in the presence of nickel, by means of a chemical transport method in a closed quartz ampoule. As an alternative example, a procedure is represented for the synthesis of the W5O14 compound in a through-flow reaction vessel. Both procedures yield electrically conductive threadlike crystals of the W5O14 compound. The synthesis is performed in vapor phase. Tungsten enters the reaction as a pure phase or via WS2±x, x?0, previously synthesized from the elements, and/or the source of tungsten may also be tungsten oxides WO3?y, 0?y?1. Nickel may enter the reaction via NiI2, Ni(OH)2 and/or atomic nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Maja Remskar, Marko Virsek, Miha Kocmur, Adolf Jesih
  • Publication number: 20110259082
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method and capacitive sensor for counting aerosol nanoparticles in an electric way. Aerosol particles, onto which a fluid was applied in an earlier process by known methods, change the capacitance of the dielectric of the capacitor when entering its field, which causes an electric signal. The method provides for detection of aerosol particles in a wide scope of their presence in the air and is not specific for any shape or chemical composition of nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Maja Remskar, Ivan Iskra, Marko Virsek, Mark Plesko, Damjan Golob
  • Patent number: 8007756
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a process for the synthesis of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, of fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, filled with fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of quasi one-dimensional structures (nanowires, microwires and ribbons) of transition metal oxides and of quasi one-dimensional structures of transition metal dichalcogenides, consisting of fine crystallites of transition metal dichalcogenides. The process is characterized in that the synthesis occurs by the chemical transformation of quasi one-dimensional compounds with a sub-micron diameter, described by the formula M6CyHz, 8.2<y+z?10, where M is a transition metal (Mo, W, Ta, Nb), C is a chalcogen (S, Se, Te), H is a halogen (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Institut “Jo{hacek over (z)}ef Stefan”
    Inventors: Ales Mrzel, Maja Remskar, Adolf Jesih, Marko Virsek
  • Publication number: 20100129285
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a process for the synthesis of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, of fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, filled with fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of quasi one-dimensional structures (nanowires, microwires and ribbons) of transition metal oxides and of quasi one-dimensional structures of transition metal dichalcogenides, consisting of fine crystallites of transition metal dichalcogenides. The process is characterized in that the synthesis occurs by the chemical transformation of quasi one-dimensional compounds with a sub-micron diameter, described by the formula M6CyH2, 8.2<y+z<10, where M is a transition metal (Mo, W, Ta, Nb), C is a chalcogen (S, Se, Te), H is a halogen (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN
    Inventors: Ales Mrzel, Maja Remskar, Adolf Jesih, Marko Virsek