Patents by Inventor Susan Kloek Hanson
Susan Kloek Hanson 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).
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Patent number: 10174064Abstract: Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Triad National Security, LLCInventors: David E. Chavez, Susan Kloek Hanson, Robert Jason Scharff, Jacqueline Marie Veauthier, Thomas Winfield Myers
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Publication number: 20180237464Abstract: Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: David E. Chavez, Susan Kloek Hanson, Robert Jason Scharff, Jacqueline Marie Veauthier, Thomas Winfield Myers
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Patent number: 9902748Abstract: Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: David E. Chavez, Susan Kloek Hanson, Robert Jason Scharff, Jacqueline Marie Veauthier, Thomas Winfield Myers
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Publication number: 20160031767Abstract: Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: David E. Chavez, Susan Kloek Hanson, Robert Jason Scharff, Jacqueline Marie Veauthier, Thomas Winfield Myers
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Publication number: 20150177389Abstract: A rapid and effective process to analyze for plutonium and other actinide metals affords a high chemical yield and provides isotopic information for forensic evaluation. The process employs alpha spectrometry of films of tripodal oxygen donor ligands. The films were prepared by spin-casting solutions onto glass substrates. Three different ligands were evaluated for plutonium binding. The best results were obtained using the ethyl-substituted complex Na[Cp*Co(P(O)(OEt)2)3], which bound 80-99% of the dissolved plutonium under equilibrium conditions. The thin films exhibit excellent alpha spectral resolution with line widths of approximately 33 keV. The method has been successfully applied to analyze for plutonium in both an archived nuclear debris sample and a certified environmental soil sample. The results obtained from the soil analysis are in good agreement with the certified values, demonstrating the effectiveness of the method for rapid plutonium analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Susan Kloek Hanson, Alexander H. Mueller, Warren J. Oldham, JR.
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Patent number: 8871051Abstract: A mild inexpensive process for treating lignocellulosic biomass involves oxidative delignification of wood using an aqueous solution prepared by dissolving a catalytic amount of manganese (III) acetate into water and adding hydrogen peroxide. Within 4 days and without agitation, the solution was used to convert poplar wood sections into a fine powder-like delignified, cellulose rich materials that included individual wood cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Kirk Davin Rector, Marcel Lucas, Gregory Lawrence Wagner, David Bryan Kimball, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20130248128Abstract: A mild inexpensive process for treating lignocellulosic biomass involves oxidative delignification of wood using an aqueous solution prepared by dissolving a catalytic amount of manganese (III) acetate into water and adding hydrogen peroxide. Within 4 days and without agitation, the solution was used to convert poplar wood sections into a fine powder-like delignified, cellulose rich materials that included individual wood cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Kirk Davin Rector, Marcel Lucas, Gregory Lawrence Wagner, David Bryan Kimball, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Patent number: 8519132Abstract: The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R1-R12 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF3, halogen, OR13, SO3R14, C(O)R15, CONR16R17 or CO2R18; each of R13-R18 is independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Susan Kloek Hanson, Louis A. Silks, Ruilian Wu
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Patent number: 8507700Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)2, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Patent number: 8497386Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20120289719Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)2, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20120289720Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X?(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20120232279Abstract: The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R1-R12 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF3, halogen, OR13, SO3R14, C(O)R15, CONR16R17 or CO2R18; each of R13-R18 is independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Susan Kloek Hanson, Louis A. Silks, Ruilian Wu
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Publication number: 20110040109Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20110040110Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)2, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (H) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X?(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan WU, Susan Kloek Hanson