Patents by Inventor Urbano Diaz Morales

Urbano Diaz Morales 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: 8110692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new organic-inorganic hybrid silicates and metal-silicates called ECS, characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction pattern with reflections exclusively at angular values higher than 4.0° of 2?, preferably at angular values higher than 4.7°, and an ordered structure containing structural units having formula (a) wherein R is an organic group: Formula (a) and possibly containing one or more elements T selected from groups III B, IV B, V B and transition metals, with a Si/(Si +T) molar ratio in said structure higher than 0.3 and lower than or equal to 1, wherein Si is the silicon contained in the structural unit (a). A process is also described, starting from disilanes, for the preparation of these materials, which does not include the use of templates or surfactants. These materials can be used as molecular sieves, adsorbents, in the field of catalysis, in the field of electronics, in the field of sensors, in the field of nanotechnologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Bellussi, Angela Carati, Caterina Rizzo, Urbano Diaz Morales, Stefano Zanardi, Wallace O'Neil Parker, Roberto Millini
  • Publication number: 20100191009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new organic-inorganic hybrid silicates and metal-silicates called ECS, characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction pattern with reflections exclusively at angular values higher than 4.0° of 2?, preferably at angular values higher than 4.7°, and an ordered structure containing structural units having formula (a) wherein R is an organic group: Formula (a) and possibly containing one or more elements T selected from groups III B, IV B, V B and transition metals, with a Si/(Si+T) molar ratio in said structure higher than 0.3 and lower than or equal to 1, wherein Si is the silicon contained in the structural unit (a). A process is also described, starting from disilanes, for the preparation of these materials, which does not include the use of templates or surfactants. These materials can be used as molecular sieves, adsorbents, in the field of catalysis, in the field of electronics, in the field of sensors, in the field of nanotechnologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Bellussi, Angela Carati, Caterina Rizzo, Urbano Diaz Morales, Stefano Zanardi, Wallace O'Neil Parker, Roberto Millini
  • Patent number: 7029651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel microporous crystalline material ITQ-19 used in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds, such as, for example, the dewaxing and isodewaxing of paraffins and the disproportionation of toluene. Said material has a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, a high absorption capacity and the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1?y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.2; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected among Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe; Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation stated +4, preferably selected among Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a preparation process involving the use of one or more organic additives in a reaction mix which is crystallized by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Urbano Díaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Patent number: 7008611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microporous crystalline zeolite material having the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1?y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.02; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe, and Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation state +4, preferably selected from the group consisting of Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a process comprising: preparing a laminar precursor, crystallized from a reaction mixture; swelling the precursor in a solution in order to obtain a swollen laminar material; which is then washed and dried to obtain a swollen solid; delaminating the solid to obtain a delaminated material in suspension; separating the delaminating material and eliminating the organic remnants by cationic exchange and/or calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Urbano Díaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Patent number: 6843978
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a microporous material formed by oxygen, silicon, germanium, aluminum, boron, gallium, zirconium and/or titanium in its composition, called TIQ-6, to its catalytic applications in oxidation reactions, and to a method of the TIQ-6 material's preparation based on the synthesis of a gel with a titanium and/or zirconium content, its hydrothermal treatment under controlled conditions, and the treatment of the resulting laminar material with a solution of an organic compound containing a proton accepting group. This swollen material is subjected to a specific treatment to obtain a high external area delaminated solid. A material, METIQ-6, similar to the TIQ-6 material, but also having organic groups anchored on its surface incorporated by a post-synthesis process onto the TIQ-6 material is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignees: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Díaz Morales, Marcelo Eduardo Domine
  • Publication number: 20040077484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel microporous crystalline material ITQ-19 used in the catalytic conversion of organic compounds, such as, for example, the dewaxing and isodewaxing of paraffins and the disproportionation of toluene. Said material has a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, a high absorption capacity and the empirical formula x(M1/nXO2):yYO2:(1−y)SiO2 wherein x has a value less than 0.2; y has a value less than 0.1; M is at least an inorganic cation with a +n charge; X is at least a chemical element having oxidation state +3, preferably selected among Al, Ga, B, Cr, Fe; Y is at least a chemical element with oxidation stated +4, preferably selected among Ge, Ti, Sn, V. The inventive material can be obtained by means of a preparation process involving the use of one or more organic additives in a reaction mix which is crystallized by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Publication number: 20040063569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microporous crystalline zeolite material having the empirical formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Patent number: 6696033
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, made up by oxygen tetrahedra and one metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the network of some T+4 cations (normally Si+4) by T+3 cations (normally Al+3), which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency which can be offset by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or cations with a high charge-radium ratio, Lewis acidity. The method of preparation is based on the modification of the laminar structure of a mixed oxide (normally SiO2, Al2O3) synthesized from a gel treated under controlled hydrothermal conditions, intercalating organic molecules with a proton-acceptor group and a long hydrocarbonic chain between its laminae. The intercalated material has laminae with a significant separation between them due to the presence between them of the organic chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Díaz Morales
  • Patent number: 6555090
    Abstract: The invention deals with a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, comprised of oxygen tetrahedra and a metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the lattice of some T+4 cations by T+3 cations, which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency that may be compensated by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or high ratio radium charge cations, Lewis acidity; and the obtaining method thereof, based on the preparation of a gel, its hydrothermal treatment under controlled conditions and the treatment of the resulting laminar material with a solution of an organic compound, a swollen material being obtained, which is subjected to a treatment for the formation of interlaminar pillars of polymeric oxides, obtaining a pillared material that maintains the separation between the sheets, even after calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Antonio Chica Lara, Avelino Corma Canós, Vicente Fornés Segúi, Urbano Díaz Morales
  • Publication number: 20030003046
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microporous crystalline material, with a characteristic X-ray diffractogram, made up by oxygen tetrahedra and one metal (T+4 and T+3) with the possibility of introducing surface acidity produced by the substitution in the network of some T+4 cations (normally Si+4) by T+3 cations (normally Al+3), which gives rise to a structural charge deficiency which can be offset by protons, Brönsted acidity, and/or cations with a high charge-radium ratio, Lewis acidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Vicente Fornes Segui, Urbano Diaz Morales
  • Patent number: 6469226
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microporous oxide material ITQ6, with a characteristic X-ray diffraction pattern, and surface areas for which microporous surface area may be of at least 20 m2/g the external surface area may be at least 350 m2/g and the total surface area may be at least 400 m2/g. It may be made via preparation of gel, its hydrothermal treatment, and the treatment of the resulting material with a swelling solution followed by at least partial delamination e.g., by mechanical agitation or ultrasonics. The final oxide material is calcined and, in its acid form or combined with metals, especially noble metals, is useful as catalyst for the isomerization of n-butene to isobutene, or in dewaxing and isodewaxing processes and as a catalytic cracking catalyst or as an additive in FCC catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: BP Oil International Limited
    Inventors: Antonio Chica Lara, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui, Avelino Corma Canos