Patents by Inventor Vincent C. Tung

Vincent C. Tung 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).

  • Methods of making composite of graphene oxide and nanostructures
    Patent number: 9917255
    Abstract: A method of forming a graphene oxide based layer includes preparing a dispersion of graphene oxide and nanostructures, and spin coating the dispersion on a surface of a substrate to form a spin coated film thereon; and thermally annealing the spin coated film to form the graphene oxide based layer, where the mass ratio of the graphene oxide and the nanostructures in the graphene oxide based layer is in a range of about 1:0.01 w/w to 1:0.8 w/w. The nanostructures are functionalized with carboxylic acid. The nanostructures include carbon nanotubes, or nanofibers. The carbon nanotubes include single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiaxing Huang, Jaemyung Kim, Vincent C. Tung