Patents by Inventor Wenxu Zhang

Wenxu Zhang 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).

  • Publication number: 20240133813
    Abstract: Multi-molecular hyperspectral PRM-SRS imaging technologies advantageously provide faster data processing and direct user-defined visualization with enhanced chemical specificity for distinguishing clinically relevant lipid subtypes in different organs and species. PRM-SMS may include quantifying the spectral similarity between an image pixel spectrum and a known reference spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lingyan Shi, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240128514
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a transition metal oxide cathode, such as LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes N, N-dimethyltrifluoromethane-sulfonamide (DMTMSA) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI). The DMTMSA and LiFSI may be either the primary component of the electrolyte or an additive in the electrolyte. The electrochemical device may also include a graphite anode or a lithium metal anode. With a lithium metal anode, the electrochemical device has an initial specific capacity of at least 231 mAh g?1. Over at least 100 cycles (upper cut-off voltage of 4.7±0.05 V vs. Li/Li+), the electrochemical device maintains an average specific capacity of at least 88% of the initial specific capacity and an average Coulombic efficiency of at least about 99.65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Shao-Horn, Ju LI, Jeremiah Johnson, Wenxu Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Weijiang XUE, Yanhao Dong
  • Publication number: 20240130156
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes, a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, and a charge generation layer. The first light-emitting unit, between the pair of electrodes, and the first light-emitting unit, includes a first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting unit, between the pair of electrodes, includes a second light-emitting layer. A first luminescent layer includes a first main body material, a second main body material, a first guest material, and a first auxiliary material, and the first main body material forms a first excimer complex with the second main body material. A first excited triplet state energy level of the first auxiliary material is lower than a first excited triplet state energy level of the first excimer complex, and the first excited triplet state energy level of the first auxiliary material is higher than that of the first guest material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu ZHANG, Li YUAN, Munjae LEE, Wenxu XIANYU, Jie YANG, Huizhen PIAO, Mugyeom KIM, Xianjie LI, Jing HUANG, Fang WANG, Kailong WU, Lin YANG, Yu GU, Mingzhou WU, Jingyao SONG, Danhua SHEN, Guo CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240107855
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes: a pixel definition layer including light-emitting openings in an array distribution; a light-emitting layer disposed in the light-emitting openings; and photosensitive elements disposed above the pixel definition layer, wherein projections of the photosensitive elements on the pixel definition layer are located outside the light-emitting openings. According to the present disclosure, the photosensitive elements are disposed obliquely above the light-emitting openings of the display panel. In this way, the photosensitive elements can more effectively sense the light emitted upward from the light-emitting layer and perform signal feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Leitao Sun, Wenxu Xianyu, Chunpeng Zhang, Zhimeng Luo
  • Publication number: 20240094351
    Abstract: A low-profile LiDAR system is provided. The low-profile LiDAR system comprises a housing; a rotatable polygon mirror having a plurality of reflective facets; and a first oscillating mirror disposed laterally on one side of the rotatable polygon mirror. The first oscillating mirror is configured to direct one or more first transmission light beams to a first reflective facet of the rotatable polygon mirror. The LiDAR system may also include a second oscillating mirror disposed laterally on another side of the rotatable polygon mirror. The second oscillating mirror is configured to direct the one or more second transmission light beams to a second reflective facet. A combination of the first and second oscillating mirrors, and the rotatable polygon mirror is configured to: scan the first and second transmission light beams to a first field-of-view and a second field-of-view, respectively, and direct return light to one or more detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Innovusion, Inc.
    Inventors: Yufeng Li, Ching-Ling Men, Wenxu Zhang, Yimin Li
  • Patent number: 11897905
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cyclic silyl ethers of the formula: and salts thereof. The cyclic silyl ethers may be useful as monomers for preparing polymers. Also described herein are polymers prepared by polymerizing a cyclic silyl ether and optionally one or more additional monomers. The polymers may be degradable (e.g., biodegradable). One or more O—Si bonds of the polymers may be the degradation sites. Also described herein are compositions and kits including the cyclic silyl ethers or polymers; methods of preparing the polymers; and methods of using the polymers, compositions, and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Peyton Shieh, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240021874
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11708446
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymers and methods of preparing the same. In certain embodiments, the polymers comprise acrylate repeating units that have been derivatized (e.g., reduced and/or substituted) to form new polymeric structures. In certain embodiments, the polymers described herein self-assemble to form well-defined nanostructures. In some instances, the nanostructures exhibit relatively small d-spacing (e.g., a d-spacing value of 10 nm or less). Due to their properties, the polymers described herein are useful in a variety of applications including functional materials and biomedical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Mao Chen, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11605834
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11575169
    Abstract: A metal-oxygen battery can provide improved energy storage and transportation applications due to high gravimetric energies, and such a metal-oxygen battery can include a polyolefin including a plurality of functional groups such as sulfamide, sulfoxy, carbonyl, phosphoramide or heterocyclic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Shao-Horn, Jeremiah Johnson, Wenxu Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano
  • Patent number: 11499006
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, a1, a2, and a11 in Formula 1 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dongjoon Lee, Jeremiah A Johnson, Mingjun Huang, Shuting Feng, Wenxu Zhang, Hyukjae Kwon, Mokwon Kim, Taeyoung Kim, Yang Shao-Horn, Livia Giordano
  • Patent number: 11492329
    Abstract: Electrolytes and polymers for a lithium battery can include a fluorinated aryl sulfonimide salt or fluorinated aryl sulfonimide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Shao-Horn, Jeremiah Johnson, Wenxu Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Shuting Feng
  • Patent number: 11155674
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, reagents, and systems that allow for the preparation and utilization of sulfonamide salt polymer electrolytes are disclosed herein. Methods and reagents to prepare sulfonamide salt monomers are also disclosed herein. The sulfonamide salt polymer electrolytes can be used as components in energy storage devices, conductive materials, electrochemical cells, gels, adhesives, and drug delivery vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Mao Chen, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210284664
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cyclic silyl ethers of the formula: and salts thereof. The cyclic silyl ethers may be useful as monomers for preparing polymers. Also described herein are polymers prepared by polymerizing a cyclic silyl ether and optionally one or more additional monomers. The polymers may be degradable (e.g., biodegradable). One or more O—Si bonds of the polymers may be the degradation sites. Also described herein are compositions and kits including the cyclic silyl ethers or polymers; methods of preparing the polymers; and methods of using the polymers, compositions, and kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Peyton Shieh, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210221937
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymers and methods of preparing the same. In certain embodiments, the polymers comprise acrylate repeating units that have been derivatized (e.g., reduced and/or substituted) to form new polymeric structures. In certain embodiments, the polymers described herein self-assemble to form well-defined nanostructures. In some instances, the nanostructures exhibit relatively small d-spacing (e.g., a d-spacing value of 10 nm or less). Due to their properties, the polymers described herein are useful in a variety of applications including functional materials and biomedical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Mao Chen, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11034788
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymers and methods of preparing the same. In certain embodiments, the polymers comprise acrylate repeating units that have been derivatized (e.g., reduced and/or substituted) to form new polymeric structures. In certain embodiments, the polymers described herein self-assemble to form well-defined nanostructures. In some instances, the nanostructures exhibit relatively small d-spacing (e.g., a d-spacing value of 10 nm or less). Due to their properties, the polymers described herein are useful in a variety of applications including functional materials and biomedical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Mao Chen, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210147598
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes functional oligomers or functional polymers. The functional oligomers or functional polymers may contain functional groups, e.g., —OH and/or —CHO. The functional oligomers or functional polymers may be obtained from hydrolyzing certain copolymers and may be soluble in commercially available solvents. The copolymers may be thermosetting polymers. The functional oligomers and functional polymers may be useful for recycling thermosetting polymers and may be useful as starting materials for preparing additional oligomers or polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Wenxu Zhang, Peyton Shieh, Keith Husted
  • Patent number: 10988491
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cyclic silyl ethers of the formula: and salts thereof. The cyclic silyl ethers may be useful as monomers for preparing polymers. Also described herein are polymers prepared by polymerizing a cyclic silyl ether and optionally one or more additional monomers. The polymers may be degradable (e.g., biodegradable). One or more O—Si bonds of the polymers may be the degradation sites. Also described herein are compositions and kits including the cyclic silyl ethers or polymers; methods of preparing the polymers; and methods of using the polymers, compositions, and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Peyton Shieh, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210091412
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10892520
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang