Patents by Inventor Merlyn X. Pulikkathara

Merlyn X. Pulikkathara 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).

  • Functionalized carbon nanotube-polymer composites and interactions with radiation
    Patent number: 8809979
    Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Richard Wilkins, Meisha Shofner, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Ranjii Vaidyanathan
  • POLYMER COMPOSITES MECHANICALLY REINFORCED WITH ALKYL AND UREA FUNCTIONALIZED NANOTUBES
    Publication number: 20100234503
    Abstract: A polymer composite includes a polymer matrix and an alkyl-substituted carbon nanotube. A polymer composite also includes a polymer matrix and a fluorinated carbon nanotube reacted with urea, thiourea, or guanidine. A method of functionalizing a carbon nanotube includes heating a fluorinated carbon nanotube urea, thiourea, or guanidine. A substituted carbon nanotube includes a fluorinated carbon nanotube and amino silane compounds The amino silane compounds covalently link to the fluorinated nanotube through the amino functional group. Polymer composites, ceramics and surface coating materials may be constructed from these substituted carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Valery N. Khabashesku, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara
  • Functionalized carbon nanotube-polymer composites and interactions with radiation
    Patent number: 7744844
    Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Richard Wilkins, Meisha Shofner, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Ranjii Vaidyanathan
  • FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES AND INTERACTIONS WITH RADIATION
    Publication number: 20090099276
    Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Richard Wilkins, Meisha Shofner, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Ranjii Vaidyanathan
  • FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES AND INTERACTIONS WITH RADIATION
    Publication number: 20090027069
    Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Richard Wilkins, Meisha Shofner, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Ranjii Vaidyanathan
  • Functionalized carbon nanotube-polymer composites and interactions with radiation
    Patent number: 7407640
    Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Richard Wilkins, Meisha Shofner, Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Ranjii Vaidyanathan