PROF. JOHN KENNETH MILLER, PH.D., LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapists at Kincaid St, Eugene, OR

2006001, Jan 26, 2006

May 19, 2005

11/133054

Liya Wang - Ann Arbor MI, US
Michael Heath - Allen Park MI, US
John Miller - Eugene OR, US
Michael Wixom - Ann Arbor MI, US
Suresh Mani - Ann Arbor MI, US

H01M 4/86

428570000, 429044000

A composite material which may be used as an electrode for a battery or other electrochemical device, or as a catalyst, has a matrix which is one or more metal carbide, metal nitride, metal boride, metal silicide or intermetallic compound. A metallic component is dispersed in the matrix. The metallic component comprises a metal and an agent which increases the melting point of the metal. The metallic component may be nanodispersed in the matrix. A specific material comprises a nanodispersion of tin, alloyed with an element which increases its melting point to at least 600° C., disposed in a matrix of a transition metal carbide or nitride. This material has very good utility as an anode material for lithium batteries. Also disclosed are other compositions as well as methods for manufacturing the compositions.

2008003, Feb 14, 2008

Aug 9, 2006

11/463394

Pu Zhang - Ann Arbor MI, US
Junqing Ma - Ann Arbor MI, US
Suresh Mani - Ann Arbor MI, US
Monique Richard - Ann Arbor MI, US
Shoji Yokoishi - Susono, JP
Brian Glomski - Ypsilanti MI, US
Liya Wang - Ann Arbor MI, US
Shih-Chieh Yin - Ann Arbor MI, US
Kimber L. Stamm - Ann Arbor MI, US
Chris Silkowski - Livonia MI, US
John Miller - Eugene OR, US
Wen Li - Ann Arbor MI, US

Toyota Motor Corporation - Toyota

H01M 4/58, H01M 4/62, H01M 4/40

42923195, 2521821, 429232, 429217

An anode material with lithium-alloying particles contained within a porous support matrix is provided. The porous support matrix preferably has a porosity of between 5 and 80% afforded by porosity channels and expansion accommodation pores, and is electrically conductive. More preferably the support matrix has a porosity of between 10 and 50%. The support matrix is made from an organic polymer, an inorganic ceramic or a hybrid mixture of organic polymer and inorganic ceramic The organic polymer support matrix and can be made from a rod-coil polymer, a hyperbranched polymer, UV cross-linked polymer, heat cross-linked polymer or combination thereof. An inorganic ceramic support matrix can be made from at least one group IV-VI transition metal compound, with the compound being a nitride, carbide, oxide or combination thereof. The lithium-alloying particles are preferably nanoparticles with a mean linear dimension of between 5 and 500 nanometers, and more preferably have a mean linear dimension of between 5 and 50 nanometers.

2013027, Oct 24, 2013

Jan 6, 2012

13/978177

John M. Miller - Eugene OR, US
Janet Teshima - Rockaway Beach OR, US
James E. Hutchison - Eugene OR, US

Dune Sciences, Inc. - Eugene OR

H01J 37/20

25044011, 427113, 427595, 427569

Embodiments provide electron-conducting, electron-transparent substrates that are chemically derivatized (e.g., functionalized) to enhance and facilitate the deposition of nanoscale materials thereupon, including both hard and soft nanoscale materials. In various embodiments, the substrates may include an electron-conducting mesh support, for example, a carbon, copper, nickel, molybdenum, beryllium, gold, silicon, GaAs, or oxide (e.g., SiO, TiO, ITO, or AlO) support, or a combination thereof, having one or more apertures. In various embodiments, the mesh support may be coated with an electron conducting, electron transparent carbon film membrane that has been chemically derivatized to promote adhesion and/or affinity for various materials, including hard inorganic materials and soft materials, such as polymers and biological molecules.

2011025, Oct 20, 2011

Nov 16, 2009

13/129373

John M. Miller - Eugene OR, US
James E. Hutchison - Eugene OR, US
Scott F. Sweeney - Springfield OR, US

Dune Sciences, Inc. - Eugene OR

D06M 13/503, C08B 15/06, C08F 8/30, C07F 1/10

8190, 544181, 536 31, 81276, 811559, 525 50, 525418

Embodiments herein provide a nanoparticle, such as a metal nanoparticle, coupled to a linker molecule to form a nanoparticle-linker construct. In an embodiment, a nanoparticle-linker construct may be further bound to a substrate to take advantage of one or more properties of the nanoparticle. In an embodiment, a functionalized nanoparticle (a nanoparticle having a reactive functionality) may be bound to a linker to form a functionalized nanoparticle-linker construct which may in-turn be bound to a substrate.