Patents by Inventor Santanu K. Pal

Santanu K. Pal 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).

  • Optically responsive and mechanically tunable colloid-in-liquid crystal gels
    Patent number: 8278040
    Abstract: Colloidal liquid crystal gels (CLCGs), sensors incorporating the CLCGs, culture substrates made from the CLCGs, and patterned films and molded articles made from the CLCGs are provided. The CLCGs are composite liquid crystal materials comprising networks of particles having liquid crystal domains dispersed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nicholas L. Abbott, Ankit Agarwal, Santanu K. Pal
  • OPTICALLY RESPONSIVE AND MECHANICALLY TUNABLE COLLOID-IN-LIQUID CRYSTAL GELS
    Publication number: 20100062525
    Abstract: Colloidal liquid crystal gels (CLCGs), sensors incorporating the CLCGs, culture substrates made from the CLCGs, and patterned films and molded articles made from the CLCGs are provided. The CLCGs are composite liquid crystal materials comprising networks of particles having liquid crystal domains dispersed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Nicholas L. Abbott, Ankit Agarwal, Santanu K. Pal