Patents by Inventor Zengyan Wei

Zengyan Wei 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).

  • Method of forming inorganic nanocages
    Patent number: 11325112
    Abstract: Nanocages are formed by etching nanocubes. The nanocubes are added to an aqueous system having an amphiphilic lipid dissolved in an organic solvent (e.g. a hydrophobic alcohol) to form reverse micelles. As the water evaporates the micelles shrink as etching of the flat surface of the nanocubes occurs. In this fashion hollow nanocages are produced. In one embodiment, the nanocage is covalently attached to a polymer shell (e.g. a dextran shell).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Zengyan Wei, Justin Fang
  • METHOD OF FORMING INORGANIC NANOCAGES
    Publication number: 20200346198
    Abstract: Nanocages are formed by etching nanocubes. The nanocubes are added to an aqueous system having an amphiphilic lipid dissolved in an organic solvent (e.g. a hydrophobic alcohol) to form reverse micelles. As the water evaporates the micelles shrink as etching of the flat surface of the nanocubes occurs. In this fashion hollow nanocages are produced. In one embodiment, the nanocage is covalently attached to a polymer shell (e.g. a dextran shell).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Zengyan Wei, Justin Fang
  • Method of forming inorganic nanocages
    Patent number: 10688556
    Abstract: Nanocages are formed by etching nancubes. The nanocubes are added to an aqueous system having an amphiphilic lipid dissolved in an organic solvent (e.g. a hydrophobic alcohol) to form reverse micelles. As the water evaporates the micelles shrink as etching of the flat surface of the nanocubes occurs. In this fashion hollow nanocages are produced. In one embodiment, the nanocage is covalently attached to a polymer shell (e.g. a dextran shell).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Zengyan Wei, Justin Fang
  • METHOD OF FORMING INORGANIC NANOCAGES
    Publication number: 20170282252
    Abstract: Nanocages are formed by etching nancubes. The nanocubes are added to an aqueous system having an amphiphilic lipid dissolved in an organic solvent (e.g. a hydrophobic alcohol) to form reverse micelles. As the water evaporates the micelles shrink as etching of the flat surface of the nanocubes occurs. In this fashion hollow nanocages are produced. In one embodiment, the nanocage is covalently attached to a polymer shell (e.g. a dextran shell).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Zengyan Wei, Justin Fang