Patents by Inventor Maxwell E. PLAUT

Maxwell E. PLAUT 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: 11267981
    Abstract: A 3-D printed device comprising one or more interconnect structures, the interconnect structures comprising a plurality of conductive particles and one or more diblock or triblock copolymers; the diblock or triblock copolymers having an A-B, A-B-A, or A-B-C block-type structure in which the A-blocks and C-blocks are an aromatic-based polymer or an acrylate-based polymer and the B-blocks are an aliphatic-based polymer. These 3-D printed devices may be formed using a method that comprises providing a conductive ink composition; applying the conductive ink composition to a substrate in a 3-D solvent cast printing process to form one or more interconnect structures; and drying the one or more interconnect structures formed from the conductive ink composition. The dried interconnect structures exhibit a conductivity equal to or greater than 1×105 S/m without having to be subjected to any post-processing sintering treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Bradley P. Duncan, Maxwell E. Plaut, Theodore H. Fedynyshyn, Jennifer A. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20190300741
    Abstract: A 3-D printed device comprising one or more interconnect structures, the interconnect structures comprising a plurality of conductive particles and one or more diblock or triblock copolymers; the diblock or triblock copolymers having an A-B, A-B-A, or A-B-C block-type structure in which the A-blocks and C-blocks are an aromatic-based polymer or an acrylate-based polymer and the B-blocks are an aliphatic-based polymer. These 3-D printed devices may be formed using a method that comprises providing a conductive ink composition; applying the conductive ink composition to a substrate in a 3-D solvent cast printing process to form one or more interconnect structures; and drying the one or more interconnect structures formed from the conductive ink composition. The dried interconnect structures exhibit a conductivity equal to or greater than 1×105 S/m without having to be subjected to any post-processing sintering treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley P. DUNCAN, Maxwell E. PLAUT, Theodore H. FEDYNYSHYN, Jennifer A. LEWIS