Patents by Inventor Nathan R. Neale

Nathan R. Neale 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).

  • Group IV nanocrystals with ion-exchangeable surface ligands and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9862841
    Abstract: Methods are described that include reacting a starting nanocrystal that includes a starting nanocrystal core and a covalently bound surface species to create an ion-exchangeable (IE) nanocrystal that includes a surface charge and a first ion-exchangeable (IE) surface ligand ionically bound to the surface charge, where the starting nanocrystal core includes a group IV element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance M. Wheeler, Asa W. Nichols, Boris D. Chernomordik, Nicholas C. Anderson, Matthew C. Beard, Nathan R. Neale
  • GROUP IV NANOCRYSTALS WITH ION-EXCHANGEABLE SURFACE LIGANDS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170183511
    Abstract: Methods are described that include reacting a starting nanocrystal that includes a starting nanocrystal core and a covalently bound surface species to create an ion-exchangeable (IE) nanocrystal that includes a surface charge and a first ion-exchangeable (IE) surface ligand ionically bound to the surface charge, where the starting nanocrystal core includes a group IV element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Lance M. Wheeler, Asa W. Nichols, Boris D. Chernomordik, Nicholas C. Anderson, Matthew C. Beard, Nathan R. Neale
  • NANOWIRE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
    Publication number: 20100139772
    Abstract: An inorganic two-phase nanowire structure including an inorganic semiconducting nanoporous charge conducting phase, and, an inorganic semiconductor nanowire array disposed within at least one of the pores of the nanoporous charge conducting phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur J. Frank, Nathan R. Neale, Kai Zhu