Patents by Inventor Sameer V. Mahajan

Sameer V. Mahajan 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).

  • DENSELY-PACKED FILMS OF LANTHANIDE OXIDE NANOPARTICLES VIA ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130228462
    Abstract: A method of forming a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a first substrate with a conducting surface and a second substrate that is positioned apart from the first substrate, (b) applying a voltage between the first substrate and the second substrate, (c) immersing the first and the second substrates in a solution that comprises a plurality of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles suspended in a non-polar solvent or apolar solvent for a first duration of time effective to form a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles on the conducting surface of the first substrate, and (d) after the immersing step, removing the first substrate from the solution and exposing the first substrate to air while maintaining the applied voltage for a second duration of time to dry the film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles formed on the conducting surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James Dickerson, Sameer V. Mahajan
  • Densely-packed films of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles via electrophoretic deposition
    Patent number: 8524613
    Abstract: A method of forming a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a first substrate with a conducting surface and a second substrate that is positioned apart from the first substrate, (b) applying a voltage between the first substrate and the second substrate, (c) immersing the first and the second substrates in a solution that comprises a plurality of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles suspended in a non-polar solvent or apolar solvent for a first duration of time effective to form a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles on the conducting surface of the first substrate, and (d) after the immersing step, removing the first substrate from the solution and exposing the first substrate to air while maintaining the applied voltage for a second duration of time to dry the film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles formed on the conducting surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: James Dickerson, Sameer V. Mahajan
  • Densely-packed films of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles via electrophoretic deposition
    Patent number: 8405138
    Abstract: A method of forming a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a first substrate with a conducting surface and a second substrate that is positioned apart from the first substrate, (b) applying a voltage between the first substrate and the second substrate, (c) immersing the first substrate and the second substrate in a solution that comprises a plurality of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles suspended in a non-polar solvent or apolar solvent for a first duration of time effective to form a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles on the conducting surface of the first substrate, and (d) after the immersing step, removing the first substrate from the solution and exposing the first substrate to air while maintaining the applied voltage for a second duration of time to dry the film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles formed on the conducting surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: James Dickerson, Sameer V. Mahajan
  • Densely-Paced Films of Lanthanide Oxide Nanoparticles Via Electrophoretic Deposition
    Publication number: 20110084326
    Abstract: A method of forming a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a first substrate with a conducting surface and a second substrate that is positioned apart from the first substrate, (b) applying a voltage between the first substrate and the second substrate, (c) immersing the first substrate and the second substrate in a solution that comprises a plurality of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles suspended in a non-polar solvent or apolar solvent for a first duration of time effective to form a film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles on the conducting surface of the first substrate, and (d) after the immersing step, removing the first substrate from the solution and exposing the first substrate to air while maintaining the applied voltage for a second duration of time to dry the film of lanthanide oxide nanoparticles formed on the conducting surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James Dickerson, Sameer V. Mahajan