Patents by Inventor Michaela Carmen Balaban

Michaela Carmen Balaban 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).

  • CARBON NANOPARTICLES, WHICH ARE COVALENTLY BOUND VIA A BRIDGE MOLECULE TO A TARGET MOLECULE, AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110112287
    Abstract: A method for covalently binding target molecules to carbon nanoparticles via at least one bridge molecule includes converting carbon nanoparticles to acyl carbon nanoparticles using a carbonyl compound of the at least one bridge molecule in the presence of a Lewis acid under Friedel-Crafts conditionsm, where the acyl carbon nanoparticles include a nucleofuge in the omega position. The target molecule is covalently bound to the acyl carbon nanoparticles via nucleophilic substitution of the nucleofuge in the omega position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Teodor Silviu Balaban, Stefanie Potratz, Frank Hennrich, Regina Fischer, Michaela Carmen Balaban, Manfred Kappes