Patents by Inventor Robert Vajtai

Robert Vajtai 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: 9431565
    Abstract: An opto-electronic sensor may provide one or more layers of atomically layered photo-sensitive materials. The sensor may include a gate electrode layer, a dielectric layer in contact with the gate electrode layer, and a working media layer that is photo-sensitive deposited on the dielectric layer. The working media layer may provide one or more layers of one or more materials where each of the one or more layers is an atomic layer. The sensor may also include side electrodes in contact with the working media layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sidong Lei, Liehui Ge, Antony George, Bo Li, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan
  • Publication number: 20160118527
    Abstract: An opto-electronic sensor may provide one or more layers of atomically layered photo-sensitive materials. The sensor may include a gate electrode layer, a dielectric layer in contact with the gate electrode layer, and a working media layer that is photo-sensitive deposited on the dielectric layer. The working media layer may provide one or more layers of one or more materials where each of the one or more layers is an atomic layer. The sensor may also include side electrodes in contact with the working media layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Sidong Lei, Liehui Ge, Antony George, Bo Li, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan
  • Patent number: 8207658
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using a vapor phase catalyst of directly growing aligned carbon nanotubes on a metal surfaces. The method allows for fabrication of carbon nanotube containing structures that exhibit a robust carbon nanotube metal junction without a pre-growth application of solid catalytic materials to the metal surface or the use of solder or adhesives in a multi-step fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Saikat Talapatra, Swastik Kar, Sunil Pal, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan
  • Publication number: 20120128880
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using a vapor phase catalyst of directly growing aligned carbon nanotubes on a metal surfaces. The method allows for fabrication of carbon nanotube containing structures that exhibit a robust carbon nanotube metal junction without a pre-growth application of solid catalytic materials to the metal surface or the use of solder or adhesives in a multi-step fabrication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Saikat Talapatra, Swastik Kar, Sunil Pal, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan
  • Publication number: 20060027499
    Abstract: Monolithic, macroscopic, nanoporous nanotube filters are fabricated having radially aligned carbon nanotube walls. The freestanding filters have diameters and lengths up to several centimeters. A single-step filtering process was demonstrated in two important settings: the elimination of multiple components of heavy hydrocarbons from petroleum, a crucial step in post-distillation of crude oil, and the elimination of bacterial contaminants such as Escherichia coli or the nanometer-sized poliovirus from drinking water. All the filtration processes were repeated several times with completely reproducible results. These nanotube filters can be cleaned repeatedly after each filtration process to regain their full filtering efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Pulickel Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra, Robert Vajtai, Anchal Srivastava, Onkar Srivastava