Patents by Inventor Suli Wu

Suli Wu 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: 12286494
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Changtong Zhou, Wenbin Niu, Wei Ma, Bingtao Tang, Suli Wu
  • Patent number: 12242048
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shufen Zhang, Yong Qi, Wenbin Niu, Suli Wu, Wei Ma, Bingtao Tang
  • Publication number: 20240191080
    Abstract: A method for producing water-soluble azo dyes by utilizes continuous diazotization reaction and continuous coupling reaction in a pipeline reactor. The diazo component, hydrochloric acid and sodium nitrite are simultaneously fed at the bottom of the pipeline reactor at room temperature, to perform a diazotization reaction in the pipeline and leave the diazotization reaction site in time, followed by performing the coupling reaction with the introduced coupled component. Under stirring of micro stirring blades, the materials at each flow layer are uniformly mixed and reacted, and the reaction materials flow upward under the action of a feed driving force and are discharged from the top of the continuous reactor to produce a water-soluble azo dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Shufen ZHANG, Lei LI, Bingtao TANG, Rongwen LV, Wei MA, Suli WU, Wenbin NIU, Benzhi JU
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220195218
    Abstract: A structural color coating based on Mie scattering of high-refractive index microspheres has the following components in parts by mass: 5 to 20 parts of nano microspheres having a highly uniform particle size and a theoretical refractive index greater than 1.7, 75 to 90 parts of dispersion liquid, 0.1 to 5 parts of a surfactant, and 1 to 5 parts of an adhesive. The structural color coating forms a local microcosmic ordered, macroscopic long-range disordered structural film by means of spraying coating, blade coating, brushing coating, roll coating or dip-coating; the matrix is glass, metal, textile, ceramic, plastic or paper; the surfactant is sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, cetyl sodium sulfate, stearic acid, or sodium stearate; the nano microsphere is at least one of ZnS, ZnO, CdS, Cu2O, CaS, CuS, Cu2S, TiO2, ZrO2 or CeO2; the particle size of the nano microspheres ranges from 200 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Suli WU, Yue WU, Jie CHANG
  • 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: 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: 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