Patents by Inventor Mohammad Norouzi Banis

Mohammad Norouzi Banis 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).

  • Microfiber supported metal silicide nanowires
    Patent number: 8591990
    Abstract: An arrangement of elongated nanowires that include titanium silicide or tungsten silicide may be grown on the exterior surfaces of many individual electrically conductive microfibers of much larger diameter. Each of the nanowires is structurally defined by an elongated, centralized titanium silicide or tungsten silicide nanocore that terminates in a distally spaced gold particle and which is co-axially surrounded by a removable amorphous nanoshell. A gold-directed catalytic growth mechanism initiated during a low pressure chemical vapor deposition process is used to grow the nanowires uniformly along the entire length and circumference of the electrically conductive microfibers where growth is intended. The titanium silicide- or tungsten silicide-based nanowires can be used in a variety electrical, electrochemical, and semiconductor applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Mei Cai, Xueliang Sun, Yong Zhang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Ruying Li
  • MICROFIBER SUPPORTED METAL SILICIDE NANOWIRES
    Publication number: 20120241192
    Abstract: An arrangement of elongated nanowires that include titanium silicide or tungsten silicide may be grown on the exterior surfaces of many individual electrically conductive microfibers of much larger diameter. Each of the nanowires is structurally defined by an elongated, centralized titanium silicide or tungsten silicide nanocore that terminates in a distally spaced gold particle and which is co-axially surrounded by a removable amorphous nanoshell. A gold-directed catalytic growth mechanism initiated during a low pressure chemical vapor deposition process is used to grow the nanowires uniformly along the entire length and circumference of the electrically conductive microfibers where growth is intended. The titanium silicide- or tungsten silicide-based nanowires can be used in a variety electrical, electrochemical, and semiconductor applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mei Cai, Xueliang Sun, Yong Zhang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Ruying Li