Patents by Inventor Vassili G. Nazarenko

Vassili G. Nazarenko 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).

  • Homeotropic and hybrid bulk alignment of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals
    Patent number: 8704977
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal cell and method thereof. The cell comprises two opposed substrates and a surfactant-free lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLC) material disposed therebetween. By using an ammonium compound with LCLC or surface treatment on the substrates, the alignment of the LCLC material can be manipulated as a homeotropic bulk alignment; or a hybrid bulk alignment in which the LCLC alignment is changed from homeotropic bulk alignment in the vicinity of one substrate to planar alignment in the vicinity of another substrate. The cell can be used in biosensing, detection and amplification of ligands, optical devices, and photovoltaics etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Yuriy A. Nastyshyn, Vassili G. Nazarenko, Roman M. Vasyuta, Oleksandr P. Boiko, Ye Yin, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii
  • Homeotropic and hybrid bulk alignment of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals
    Publication number: 20090226639
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal cell and method thereof. The cell comprises two opposed substrates and a surfactant-free lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLC) material disposed therebetween. By using an ammonium compound with LCLC or surface treatment on the substrates, the alignment of the LCLC material can be manipulated as a homeotropic bulk alignment; or a hybrid bulk alignment in which the LCLC alignment is changed from homeotropic bulk alignment in the vicinity of one substrate to planar alignment in the vicinity of another substrate. The cell can be used in biosensing, detection and amplification of ligands, optical devices, and photovoltaics etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Yuriy A. Nastyshyn, Vassili G. Nazarenko, Roman M. Vasyuta, Oleksandr P. Boiko, Ye Yin, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii