Patents by Inventor Shufen Zhang

Shufen Zhang 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: 11964461
    Abstract: A structurally stable composite structural chromogenic material and a preparation method thereof are provided. The structurally stable composite structural chromogenic material is formed by stacking a transparent thermoplastic polymer and a structural chromogenic material layer by layer and then thermally bonding the peripheral edges of the polymer into a whole, and the upper surface layer and the lower surface layer of the material are both thermoplastic polymers. The molded composite structure has relatively obvious structural color and good mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bingtao Tang, Fantao Meng, Suli Wu, Shufen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230183407
    Abstract: A double-inverse opal photonic crystal resin film is formed by embedding nanospheres in pores of polyacrylate inverse opal framework material and then filling the pores of the double-inverse opal photonic crystal resin film with an ethanol solution with hydrophilic acrylamide dissolved therein followed by photopolymerization to form a polyacrylamide network, so as to obtain the double-inverse opal photonic crystal resin film using water as ink. A mass fraction of hydrophilic acrylamide in the ethanol solution is 2 to 8 wt.%. The resin film can induce water to penetrate into the pores of the double-inverse opal photonic crystal resin film, making the nanospheres in the pores of the inverse opal framework distribute from random to order under the action of buoyancy force, thereby eliminating scattering interference and producing brilliant structural colors by regulating refractive index contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shufen ZHANG, Changtong ZHOU, Wenbin NIU, Wei MA, Bingtao TANG, Suli WU
  • Publication number: 20230142236
    Abstract: A structurally stable composite structural chromogenic material and a preparation method thereof are provided. The structurally stable composite structural chromogenic material is formed by stacking a transparent thermoplastic polymer and a structural chromogenic material layer by layer and then thermally bonding the peripheral edges of the polymer into a whole, and the upper surface layer and the lower surface layer of the material are both thermoplastic polymers. The molded composite structure has relatively obvious structural color and good mechanical strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Bingtao TANG, Fantao MENG, Suli WU, Shufen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230003993
    Abstract: A bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film device having the optical characteristics of both 2D and 3D photonic crystals, and a preparation method thereof are provided. When the bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film device is rotated periodically, different colors can be observed at a fixed rotation angle, that is, the device has the attribute of changing colors by means of rotation, and can thus realize the opening and closing of an optical path. The bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film new device has broad application prospects in the fields of photoswitches, optical waveguides, optical prisms, warming signs, anti-counterfeiting and information coding, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shufen ZHANG, Yong QI, Wenbin NIU, Suli WU, Wei MA, Bingtao TANG
  • Patent number: 11479701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of new materials, and relates to a thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material and a preparation method thereof. A thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material, which is composed of a coordination crosslinked network polymer, an organic solid-liquid phase change material and a thermal conduction enhancer, the mass percent are as follows: coordination crosslinked network polymer 1-50%, organic solid-liquid phase change material 40-98.9%, and thermal conduction enhancer 0.1-10%, the coordination crosslinked network polymer being formed by complexing of polymer compound with metal ions. The invention has simple synthesis process and convenient applications, the material having large enthalpy of phase change, excellent shape stabilizing effect, while the phenomenon of liquid leakage will not occur during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bingtao Tang, Xiaoqiao Fan, Yuang Zhang, Rongwen Lv, Shufen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220113258
    Abstract: Provided is a test paper kit for rapid graded quantitative detection of aromatic primary amine content in an acidic solution and an application thereof, and belongs to the field of detection. A test paper kit for rapid graded quantitative detection of aromatic primary amine content in an acidic solution, including 9 independent test paper sheets I-IX, wherein the test paper sheets are obtained by soaking filter paper in the following solutions respectively and then drying the filter paper: the test paper sheets I-III are soaked in alcoholic solutions of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde with three concentrations respectively; the test paper sheets IV-VI are soaked in alcoholic solutions of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde with three concentrations respectively, and the test paper sheets VII-IX are soaked in alcoholic solutions of p-methoxybenzaldehyde with three concentrations respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shufen ZHANG, Lei LI, Huaixi LIU, Rongwen LV, Bingtao TANG, Wei MA
  • Publication number: 20220025238
    Abstract: A composite material is applicable for photothermal energy conversion and thermal energy storage form-stable phase change. The composite material includes a supporting material and an organic phase-change material. The mass ratio of the supporting material to the organic phase change material is 3:7 to 1:9. The supporting material is lamellar, and the organic phase change material is evenly filled between supporting material layers to form a layered stacked structure. The supporting material is a nanosheet of Ti2C, Ti3C2, Ti3CN, V2C, Nb2C, TiNBC, Nb4C3, TA4C3, (Ti0.5Nb0.5)2C, or (V0.5Cr0.5)3C2. The organic phase-change material is paraffin, fatty acid, fatty acid ester or alcohol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Bingtao TANG, Xiaoqiao FAN, Lu LIU, Yuang ZHANG, Shufen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11091661
    Abstract: A method for preparing a large-area structural chromogenic pattern by ink-jet printing, a structural chromogenic pattern obtained by the method, and an anti-counterfeiting method based on a structural color change. A dispersion liquid containing mono-disperse colloidal microspheres with high index of refraction is printed onto a piece of paper by using an ink-jet printer, and nano-microspheres are arranged and assembled on the paper to obtain a micro-structure having the features of being ordered from a short distance and disordered from a long distance. A pretty structural color can be observed by means of the interaction of the structure with light, thus displaying a pattern, changing the angle of observation, changing the brightness of the structural color, and hiding and displaying the pattern. The method is simple and convenient, is widely applicable, and can achieve the preparation and anti-counterfeiting of a large-area structural color without external stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Suli Wu, Jie Chang, Baoqi Liu, Shufen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200095489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of new materials, and relates to a thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material and a preparation method thereof. A thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material, which is composed of a coordination crosslinked network polymer, an organic solid-liquid phase change material and a thermal conduction enhancer, the mass percent are as follows: coordination crosslinked network polymer 1-50%, organic solid-liquid phase change material 40-98.9%, and thermal conduction enhancer 0.1-10%, the coordination crosslinked network polymer being formed by complexing of polymer compound with metal ions. The invention has simple synthesis process and convenient applications, the material having large enthalpy of phase change, excellent shape stabilizing effect, while the phenomenon of liquid leakage will not occur during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Bingtao TANG, Xiaoqiao FAN, Yuang ZHANG, Rongwen LV, Shufen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200010703
    Abstract: A method for preparing a large-area structural chromogenic pattern by ink-jet printing, a structural chromogenic pattern obtained by the method, and an anti-counterfeiting method based on a structural color change. A dispersion liquid containing mono-disperse colloidal microspheres with high index of refraction is is printed onto a piece of paper by using an ink-jet printer, and nano-microspheres are arranged and assembled on the paper to obtain a micro-structure having the features of being ordered from a short distance and disordered from a long distance. A pretty structural color can be observed by means of the interaction of the structure with light, thus displaying a pattern, changing the angle of observation, changing the brightness of the structural color, and hiding and displaying the pattern. The method is simple and convenient, is widely applicable, and can achieve the preparation and anti-counterfeiting of a large-area structural color without external stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Suli WU, Jie CHANG, Baoqi LIU, Shufen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9394445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for continuously preparing a water-soluble azo dye by coupling a nebulizer with a pipeline. According to the method, the nebulizer is coupled with a pipeline with an interception tower plate, atomized and mixed reaction liquid flow flows through the pipeline with the interception tower plate, and mixing and reacting are further enhanced through turbulent mixing on the tower plate, so that instant separation of reaction heat generated in an atomizing contact reaction from a reactant is achieved, and normal-temperature rapid continuous production of the water-soluble azo dye is achieved. Fog drops which are atomized by using the nebulizer have small particle diameter and large specific surface area, so that a diazo salt and a coupling component are sprayed separately, move face to face and can be fully contacted, and mixing and reacting speeds are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Bingtao Tang, Rongwen Lv, Dong Liang
  • Patent number: 9193696
    Abstract: The present invention provides a group of water-soluble sulfur dye having carboxyl groups. For the kind of dye, a sulfur dye is first reduced to a leuco compound by sodium sulfide, and the leuco compound reacts with an active compound containing carboxyl groups to obtain a water-soluble sulfur dye containing the carboxyl group. The water-soluble sulfur dye provided by the present invention is applicable to dying of cotton, wool, silk, and leather. Being both water-soluble and carboxyl group reactive, the product has a simple application process and desirable color fastness, thereby having broad application prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Bingtao Tang, Shufen Zhang, Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 9040634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarboxylic acid dye with low polymerization degree, which is formed by using a macromolecule skeleton of polymaleic acid linked to an azo chromophore, an azo-metal complexation chromophore or an anthraquinone chromophore via a bridge group of amide or ester bond. The dye is useful for dyeing and printing leather, protein fiber, cellulose fiber and synthetic fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Bingtao Tang, Wei Ma
  • Publication number: 20150073132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for continuously preparing a water-soluble azo dye by coupling a nebulizer with a pipeline. According to the method, the nebulizer is coupled with a pipeline with an interception tower plate, atomized and mixed reaction liquid flow flows through the pipeline with the interception tower plate, and mixing and reacting are further enhanced through turbulent mixing on the tower plate, so that instant separation of reaction heat generated in an atomizing contact reaction from a reactant is achieved, and normal-temperature rapid continuous production of the water-soluble azo dye is achieved. Fog drops which are atomized by using the nebulizer have small particle diameter and large specific surface area, so that a diazo salt and a coupling component are sprayed separately, move face to face and can be fully contacted, and mixing and reacting speeds are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Bingtao Tang, Rongwen Lv, Dong Liang
  • Publication number: 20150065707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a group of water-soluble sulfur dye having carboxyl groups. For the kind of dye, a sulfur dye is first reduced to a leuco compound by sodium sulfide, and the leuco compound reacts with an active compound containing carboxyl groups to obtain a water-soluble sulfur dye containing the carboxyl group. The water-soluble sulfur dye provided by the present invention is applicable to dying of cotton, wool, silk, and leather. Being both water-soluble and carboxyl group reactive, the product has a simple application process and desirable color fastness, thereby having broad application prospects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bingtao Tang, Shufen Zhang, Wei Ma
  • Publication number: 20130289218
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarboxylic acid dye with low polymerization degree, which is formed by using a macromolecule skeleton of polymaleic acid linked to an azo chromophore, an azo-metal complexation chromophore or an anthraquinone chromophore via a bridge group of amide or ester bond. The dye is useful for dyeing and printing leather, protein fiber, cellulose fiber and synthetic fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Bingtao Tang, Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 7504046
    Abstract: The invention provides a kind of polymer grafted long afterglow phosphor which composed of alkali earth aluminate phosphor grafted by polymer through coordination bond and a method for producing the same. The method for producing a polymer grafted phosphor comprise two steps: the alkali earth aluminate activated by rare earth ions is coordinated with difunctional ligand to form a coordinated long afterglow phosphor; The coordinated long afterglow phosphor was dispersed in organic solvent at 40˜130° C., the ligand was initiated by initiator and could copolymerize with other polymerizable monomer to form the polymer grafted long afterglow phosphor. The formed phosphors have good water resistance and luminescent properties. They can be widely used in fields of luminescent coatings, paints and plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Suli Wu, Jinzong Yang
  • Publication number: 20070221886
    Abstract: The invention provides a kind of polymer grafted long afterglow phosphor which composed of alkali earth aluminate phosphor grafted by polymer through coordination bond and a method for producing the same. The method for producing a polymer grafted phosphor comprise two steps: the alkali earth aluminate activated by rare earth ions is coordinated with difunctional ligand to form a coordinated long afterglow phosphor; The coordinated long afterglow phosphor was dispersed in organic solvent at 40˜130° C., the ligand was initiated by initiator and could copolymerize with other polymerizable monomer to form the polymer grafted long afterglow phosphor. The formed phosphors have good water resistance and luminescent properties. They can be widely used in fields of luminescent coatings, paints and plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Suli Wu, Jinzong Yang
  • Patent number: 6689870
    Abstract: Protein macromolecular dyes, A(B)b are disclosed, wherein A are protein macromolecules including natural protein macromolecules and modified natural protein macromolecules such as casein, gelatin and fur-protein; B are dyes including azo dyes, azo metal complex dyes and anthraquinone dyes which can react with the amino groups of the natural and modified protein macromolecules; b are integers between 1˜2500. The protein macromolecular dyes have excellent properties of crosslinking ability, better dyeing fastness, fixation ration than conventional dyes and the function of normal macromolecules such as compatibility, abilities of filling and forming membranes. They may be used in dyeing protein materials such as leather, wool and silk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignees: China Petro-Chemical Corporation, Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Jinzong Yang, Shufen Zhang