Patents by Inventor Minglin Ma

Minglin Ma 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).

  • Superhydrophobic fibers produced by electrospinning and chemical vapor deposition
    Publication number: 20070237947
    Abstract: Disclosed is a versatile method to produce superhydrophobic surfaces by combining electrospinning and initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD). A wide variety of surfaces, including electrospun polyester fibers, may be coated by the inventive method. In one embodiment, poly(caprolactone) (PCL) was electrospun and then coated by iCVD with a thin layer of hydrophobic polymerized perfluoroalkyl ethyl methacrylate (PPFEMA). In certain embodiments said coated surfaces exhibit water contact angles of above 150 degrees, oleophobicities of at least Grade-8 and sliding angles of less than 12 degrees (for a water droplet of about 20 mg).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Karen Gleason, Gregory Rutledge, Malancha Gupta, Minglin Ma, Yu Mao
  • Superhydrophobic fibers and methods of preparation and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060292369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fibers exhibiting a water contact angle of above 150° and water contact angle hysteresis of below 15°, methods of producing the same, and applications thereof. The present invention further relates to superhydrophobic fiber mats, methods of producing the same, and applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Rutledge, Randal Hill, Joseph Lowery, Minglin Ma, Sergey Fridrikh