Patents by Inventor Zhiming M. Wang

Zhiming M. Wang 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).

  • LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR USING A METAL-FREE EMITTER
    Publication number: 20200235254
    Abstract: A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) comprising a metal-free emitter. The emitter may for example be carbon-based. In particular, the emitter may comprise colloidal carbon quantum dots, also called C-dots or C-QDs or C-dots. In embodiments of the invention, the surface of the C-dots is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yufeng ZHOU, Daniele BENETTI, Xin TONG, Lei JIN, Zhiming M. WANG, Dongling MA, Haiguang ZHAO, Federico ROSEI
  • Acene-based organic semiconductor materials and methods of preparing and using the same
    Patent number: 7892454
    Abstract: Acene-based compounds that can be used to prepare n-type semiconductor materials are provided with processes for preparing the same. Composites and electronic devices including n-type semiconductor materials prepared from these compounds also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Polyera Corporation, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Zhiming M. Wang
  • Acene-based organic semiconductor materials and methods of preparing and using the same
    Publication number: 20080185555
    Abstract: Acene-based compounds that can be used to prepare n-type semiconductor materials are provided with processes for preparing the same. Composites and electronic devices including n-type semiconductor materials prepared from these compounds also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Zhiming M. Wang
  • Exfoliated polyolefin/clay nanocomposites using chain end functionalized polyolefin as the polymeric surfactant
    Patent number: 7241829
    Abstract: Polyolefin/clay nanocomposites with an exfoliated structure are prepared by a process which employs a specific chain end functionalized polyolefin that serves as the clay/polyolefin interfacial compatibilizer (or polymeric surfactant). The polyolefin contains a hydrophilic terminal functional group and an unperturbed hydrophobic high molecular weight polymer chain. The reaction may be carried out in a melt or solution process. Also disclosed are materials made by the process. Also disclosed are materials made by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tze-Chiang Chung, Evangelos Manias, Zhiming M. Wang