Patents by Inventor Nicole RITZERT

Nicole RITZERT 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).

  • Multi-functional, stimuli-responsive materials, methods of preparation, methods of use, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11104647
    Abstract: A multi-functional, stimuli-responsive material includes a substrate functionalized with a pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound or co-assemblies containing Azo-QPS compounds. The Azo-QPS compound includes a positively-charged phenyl-azo-pyridinium core, an anion affiliated with the core, a head group, a tail group, a surface bonding group coupling the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the substrate, and a spacer connecting the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the surface bonding group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ADA Foundation
    Inventors: Jirun Sun, Nicole Ritzert, Xiaohong Wang
  • Electropolymerization onto flexible substrates for electronic applications
    Patent number: 10591435
    Abstract: Electropolymerized polymer or copolymer films on a conducting substrate (e.g., graphene) and methods of making such films. The films may be part of multilayer structures. The films can be formed by anodic or cathodic electropolymerization of monomers. The films and structures (e.g., multilayer structures) can be used in devices such as, for example, electrochromic devices, electrical-energy storage devices, photo-voltaic devices, field-effect transistor devices, electrical devices, electronic devices, energy-generation devices, and microfluidic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Sean Conte, Gabriel G. Rodriguez-Calero, Cen Tan, Kenneth Hernandez-Burgos, Hector D. Abruna, Nicole Ritzert, Daniel C. Ralph, Wan Li
  • Multi-Functional, Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Methods of Preparation, Methods of Use, and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20190382343
    Abstract: A multi-functional, stimuli-responsive material includes a substrate functionalized with a pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound or co-assemblies containing Azo-QPS compounds. The Azo-QPS compound includes a positively-charged phenyl-azo-pyridinium core, an anion affiliated with the core, a head group, a tail group, a surface bonding group coupling the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the substrate, and a spacer connecting the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the surface bonding group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ADA Foundation
    Inventors: Jirun Sun, Nicole Ritzert, Xiaohong Wang
  • ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION ONTO FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170023513
    Abstract: Electropolymerized polymer or copolymer films on a conducting substrate (e.g., graphene) and methods of making such films. The films may be part of multilayer structures. The films can be formed by anodic or cathodic electropolymerization of monomers. The films and structures (e.g., multilayer structures) can be used in devices such as, for example, electrochromic devices, electrical-energy storage devices, photo-voltaic devices, field-effect transistor devices, electrical devices, electronic devices, energy-generation devices, and microfluidic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Sean CONTE, Gabriel G. RODRIGUEZ-CALERO, Cen TAN, Kenneth HERNANDEZ-BURGOS, Hector D. ABRUNA, Nicole RITZERT, Daniel C. RALPH, Wan LI