Patents by Inventor Wenbin NIU

Wenbin NIU 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
  • 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: 20230045473
    Abstract: A method for rapidly repairing a road surface includes: forming a base layer reinforcing material by low-shrinkage unsaturated polyester resin, diluent, expansion agent, accelerator, and polymerization inhibitor, adding a curing agent and pouring into a base layer at a damaged part of the road surface until infiltration is stopped; laying chopped basalt fiber, forming a surface layer repair material by acrylate monomer, acrylic resin polymer, silane coupling agent, calcium carbonate powder, talc powder, quartz sand, metal hydroxide flame retardant and accelerator, polymerization inhibitor and short cut basalt fiber; adding curing agent to fill the road surface and solidifying. The repairing method can not only play a reinforcing effect on the road base, but also repair the surface layer on the damaged parts such as cracks on road surface, so as to realize the dual functions of the base layer reinforcement and the surface layer repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xue, Wei Gao, Wenbin Niu, Peng Li, Kai Zhang, Xiaokang Cui
  • 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