Patents by Inventor Robert J. Wiacek

Robert J. Wiacek 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).

  • Patent number: 12215039
    Abstract: The preparation of monodispersed TiO2 nanocrystals with nanocrystal size between 1-30 nm is described herein. These TiO2 nanocrystals are used to prepare dispersions into solvents, formulation into monomers, oligomers, and polymers, and nanocomposites from the resulting formulations. Dispersions of nanocrystals can be formed in various solvents at high loading, high transmittance, and low viscosity. Formulations incorporating these nanocrystals and a matrix material are highly stable, where the resulting nanocomposites have high refractive index and are optically transparent in the visible wavelengths, with very little or no scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PT SPE SUBCO LLC
    Inventors: Jason Allen Repac, Serpil Gonen Williams, Selina Thomas Monickam, Robert J. Wiacek
  • Publication number: 20250033988
    Abstract: Preparation of capped metal oxide nanocrystals comprising a metal oxide shell that are photocatalytically and thermally stable and their dispersions in monomers, oligomers, and polymers, as well as the resulting formulations and nanocomposite films. These nanocrystals are highly monodisperse with nanocrystal size between 3-100 n. Resultant formulations incorporating these nanocrystals and a matrix material are highly stable and result in nanocomposites that have high refractive index, are highly transparent, have minimal to no change in absorption upon thermal or UV processing and are optically transparent in the visible wavelengths with very little or no scattering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Robert J. WIACEK, Selina Thomas MONICKAM, Mohammad Sadegh YAZDANPARAST, Brian SZYCHOWSKI, Guoyi FU, Peter Christopher GUSCHL, Grace E.M. MCCLINTOCK, Lei ZHENG, Zehra Serpil Gonen WILLIAMS, Mohammadreza AMIRMOSHIRI, Nicole Joud TADROS
  • Publication number: 20220017381
    Abstract: The preparation of monodispersed TiO2 nanocrystals with nanocrystal size between 1-30 nm is described herein. These TiO2 nanocrystals are used to prepare dispersions into solvents, formulation into monomers, oligomers, and polymers, and nanocomposites from the resulting formulations. Dispersions of nanocrystals can be formed in various solvents at high loading, high transmittance, and low viscosity. Formulations incorporating these nanocrystals and a matrix material are highly stable, where the resulting nanocomposites have high refractive index and are optically transparent in the visible wavelengths, with very little or no scattering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Allen REPAC, Serpil Gonen WILLIAMS, Selina Thomas MONICKAM, Robert J. WIACEK
  • Patent number: 10753012
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 10487243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit M1 and a second repeating unit M2; and a surface-modified zirconium dioxide nanocrystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner, Robert J. Wiacek, Daniel P. Russell, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams
  • Publication number: 20190300748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit M1 and a second repeating unit M2; and a surface-modified zirconium dioxide nanocrystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: RALF GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Dieter WAGNER, Robert J. WIACEK, Daniel P. RUSSELL, Zehra Serpil Gonen WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20180023212
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun WANG, Robert J. WIACEK, Xia BAI, Linfeng GOU, Selina I. THOMAS, Wei XU, Jun XU, Rakesh PATEL
  • Patent number: 9856581
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Patent number: 9617657
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Jun Xu
  • Publication number: 20170044687
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wei XU, Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun WANG, Robert J. WIACEK, Xia BAI, Linfeng GOU, Selina I. THOMAS, Jun XU
  • Publication number: 20160203981
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun WANG, Robert J. WIACEK, Xia BAI, Linfeng GOU, Selina I. THOMAS, Wei XU, Jun XU, Rakesh PATEL
  • Patent number: 9359689
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Patent number: 9328432
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Patent number: 9202688
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Publication number: 20150203989
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Wei XU, Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun WANG, Robert J. WIACEK, Xia BAI, Linfeng GOU, Selina I. THOMAS, Jun XU
  • Patent number: 8920675
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Pixelligent Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 8883903
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Pixelligent Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Publication number: 20140295649
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel
  • Publication number: 20140045323
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil GONEN WILLIAMS, Yijun WANG, Robert J. WIACEK, Xia BAI, Linfeng GOU, Selina I. THOMAS, Wei XU, Jun XU, Rakesh PATEL
  • Patent number: 8592511
    Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pixelligent Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams, Yijun Wang, Robert J. Wiacek, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Selina I. Thomas, Wei Xu, Jun Xu, Rakesh Patel