Patents by Inventor Seon Yeong KIM

Seon Yeong KIM 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: 12378472
    Abstract: Provided is a quantum dot having a core-shell structure, wherein a core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell is disposed on the core and includes a Group II-VI compound, wherein the quantum dot further includes phosphorus and fluorine, and the quantum dot does not include cadmium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Hwang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 12378473
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Hwang, Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250248196
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle, a method of producing the nanoparticle, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanoparticle includes silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur, where in the semiconductor nanoparticle, a mole ratio of gallium to indium (Ga:In) is greater than or equal to about 6.7:1 and less than or equal to about 40:1, a mole ratio of silver to indium (Ag:In) is greater than or equal to about 5:1 and less than or equal to about 30:1, the semiconductor nanoparticle is configured to emit light, and a full width at half maximum of a luminescent spectrum of the light is greater than or equal to about 10 nm and less than or equal to about 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Dae-Yong SON, Min Jong BAE, Sue In CHAE, Tae-Gon KIM, Taekhoon KIM, Nayoun WON, Seon-Yeong KIM, Mi Hye LIM
  • Patent number: 12359124
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on an outer surface of the core. The core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound. The shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. An effective mass of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is about 0.5 times to about 2.0 times an effective mass of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Sungwoo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20250051641
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur, and a semiconductor nanoparticle including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, gallium, and sulfur, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanoparticle is configured to emit a green light. The green light has a peak emission wavelength of about 500 nanometers to about 580 nanometers. In the semiconductor nanoparticle, a molar ratio of zinc to indium is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: A Ra JO, Soo Kyung KWON, Seungrim YANG, Seon-Yeong KIM, Tae-Gon KIM, Jun Ho LEE, Mi Hye LIM
  • Publication number: 20250051640
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor nanoparticle, and an electronic device including the nanoparticle are provided. The semiconductor nanoparticle includes silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur, wherein the semiconductor nanoparticle is configured to emit a green light, wherein the semiconductor nanoparticle has a relative mole value of zinc as defined by Equation 1 that is greater than or equal to about 0.25 and less than or equal to about 0.9: Relative ? mole ? value ? of ? zinc = [ Zn ] / ( [ Ag ] + [ In ] + [ Ga ] + [ Zn ] ) Equation ? 1 wherein, in Equation 1, [Ag], [In], [Ga], and [Zn] are molar amounts of the silver, the indium, the gallium, and the zinc in the semiconductor nanoparticle, respectively, and wherein a mole ratio of gallium to indium is greater than about 2.5:1 and less than about 5.6:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Soo Kyung KWON, Seungrim YANG, A Ra JO, Seon-Yeong KIM, Nayoun WON, Jun Ho LEE, Mi Hye LIM
  • Patent number: 12187939
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a semiconductor nanocrystal core and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and does not include cadmium, wherein the core includes a Group III-V compound, the quantum dot has a maximum photoluminescence peak in a green light wavelength region, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum photoluminescence peak is less than about 50 nanometers (nm), and a difference between a wavelength of the maximum photoluminescence peak and a first absorption peak wavelength of the quantum dot is less than or equal to about 25 nanometers, and a production method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Seon-Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 12187942
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot includes zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and lithium. A full width at half maximum of a maximum luminescent peak of the cadmium free quantum dot is less than or equal to about 50 nanometers and the cadmium free quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 12152184
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, a mole ratio of tellurium relative to selenium in the first semiconductor nanocrystal is greater than about 1:1, a mole ratio of a sum of selenium and sulfur relative to in the quantum dot is greater than about 1:1, a wavelength of a maximum emission peak of the quantum dot is in a range of about 500 nanometers (nm) to about 550 nm, and the quantum dot has quantum efficiency (QY) of greater than or equal to about 30%, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Jihyun Min, Eun Joo Jang, Seonmyeong Choi, Sungwoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12065604
    Abstract: A quantum dot composite that includes a matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots and titanium oxide particles dispersed in the matrix, wherein the quantum dots include zinc, tellurium, and selenium, the quantum dots do not comprise cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, and in the quantum dot composite, a weight ratio of tellurium with respect to titanium is greater than or equal to about 1.5:1 and less than or equal to about 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Seon-Yeong Kim, Sungwoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12049581
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot comprising zinc, a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal material; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, and does comprise zinc, tellurium, selenium, and aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 12043780
    Abstract: A quantum dot comprising zinc, tellurium, and selenium and not comprising cadmium, wherein a maximum luminescent peak of the quantum dot is present in a wavelength range of greater than about 470 nanometers (nm) and a quantum efficiency of the quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%, and wherein the quantum dot comprises a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20240218248
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sungwoo HWANG, Yong Wook KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Seon-Yeong KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM
  • Patent number: 11999887
    Abstract: A core shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and including a zinc chalcogenide, a method of manufacture thereof, and a device including the same are disclosed, wherein the core shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein in an X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the quantum dot, a peak area for Te oxide to a peak area for Te3d5/2 as an area percentage is less than or equal to about 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Sungwoo Hwang, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11987739
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof and a production thereof are disclosed, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein the core-shell quantum dot(s) includes chlorine, wherein in the core-shell quantum dot, a mole ratio of chlorine with respect to tellurium is greater than or equal to about 0.01:1 and wherein a quantum efficiency of the core-shell quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Jihyun Min, Sungwoo Hwang, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20240148670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial adjuvant containing a biphenyl derivative compound as an active ingredient, and a technology of various uses thereof. The compound of the present invention reduces the dosage of polymyxin antibiotics, which are administered to inhibit the proliferation of gram-negative bacteria, by enhancing the sensitivity of the gram-negative bacteria with respect to the polymyxin antibiotics, is concomitantly administered with the polymyxin antibiotics to show gram-negative bacteria growth inhibitory and killing effects, may notably reduce side effects such as nephrotoxicity, and may prevent or treat sepsis and septic shock due to antibiotic overuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun-Seob KIM, Choong-Min RYU, Seon-Yeong KIM
  • Patent number: 11905447
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Hwang, Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20230323204
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot or a population thereof or a device including the same, wherein the cadmium free quantum dot includes a core (or a semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a first semiconductor including a Group IIB-VI compound and a shell (or a coating) disposed on the core (or the semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a Group IIB-V compound and exhibits a quantum efficiency of about 60% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong KIM, Yong Wook KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Ji-Yeong KIM, Sungwoo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230303924
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on an outer surface of the core. The core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound. The shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. An effective mass of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is about 0.5 times to about 2.0 times an effective mass of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jihyun MIN, Soo Kyung KWON, Seon-Yeong KIM, Yong Wook KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Sungwoo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230287269
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof and a production thereof are disclosed, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein the core-shell quantum dot(s) includes chlorine, wherein in the core-shell quantum dot, a mole ratio of chlorine with respect to tellurium is greater than or equal to about 0.01:1 and wherein a quantum efficiency of the core-shell quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Yong Wook KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM, Jihyun MIN, Sungwoo HWANG, Eun Joo JANG