Patents by Inventor Simon O. Lumsoon

Simon O. Lumsoon 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).

  • Publication number: 20030048619
    Abstract: A new class of microwires and a method for their assembly from suspensions of metallic nanoparticles in water under the influence of dielectrophoretic forces. The wires are formed in the gaps between planar electrodes in an alternating current (AC), allowing manipulation of the particles without the interference of electro-osmotic and electro-chemical effects resent in direct current (DC) systems. The structures created cover a new size domain of microwires of micrometer diameter and millimeter to centimeter length, closing the gap between tradition metallic wires and the more recently synthesized nanowires and carbon tubes. The wires have good Ohmic conductance and their thickness, conductivity, and fractal dimension can be controlled by varying the frequency and voltage of the applied field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Eric W. Kaler, Orlin D. Velev, Simon O. Lumsoon, Kevin D. Hermanson