Patents by Inventor Xingxu Lu

Xingxu Lu 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).

  • Microwave assisted and low-temperature fabrication of nanowire arrays on scalable 2D and 3D substrates
    Patent number: 11465129
    Abstract: A method of making a titanium dioxide nanowire array includes contacting a substrate with a solvent comprising a titanium (III) precursor, an acid, and an oxidant while microwave heating the solvent, thereby forming a hydrogen titanate H2Ti2O5.H2O nanowire array. The hydrogen titanate nanowire array is annealed to form a titanium dioxide nanowire array. The substrate is seeded with titanium dioxide before starting the hydrothermal synthesis of the hydrogen titanate nanowire array. The titanium dioxide nanowire array is loaded with a platinum group metal to form an exhaust gas catalyst. The titanium dioxide nanowire array can be used to catalyze oxidation of combustion exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Pu-Xian Gao, Xingxu Lu, Son Hoang
  • Microwave Assisted and Low-Temperature Fabrication of Nanowire Arrays on Scalable 2D and 3D Substrates
    Publication number: 20190314790
    Abstract: A method of making a titanium dioxide nanowire array includes contacting a substrate with a solvent comprising a titanium (III) precursor, an acid, and an oxidant while microwave heating the solvent, thereby forming a hydrogen titanate H2Ti2O5.H2O nanowire array. The hydrogen titanate nanowire array is annealed to form a titanium dioxide nanowire array. The substrate is seeded with titanium dioxide before starting the hydrothermal synthesis of the hydrogen titanate nanowire array. The titanium dioxide nanowire array is loaded with a platinum group metal to form an exhaust gas catalyst. The titanium dioxide nanowire array can be used to catalyze oxidation of combustion exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Pu-Xian Gao, Xingxu Lu, Son Hoang