Julie P Harmon, 755008 Southampton Cir, Tampa, FL 33647

7094367, Aug 22, 2006

Aug 13, 2003

10/604735

Julie P. Harmon - Tampa FL, US
LaNetra Michelle Clayton - Plant City FL, US
Patricia Muisener - Clearwater FL, US

University of Florida - Tampa FL

H01B 1/24
B05D 7/00
C08F 2/46
C08J 7/18

252511, 252502, 252500, 427212, 427258, 427487, 423445 B

The present invention provides a method for the effective dispersion of carbon nanotubes into a polymer matrix. Through a combination of dispersion through sonication, in situ polymerization, dissolution, and film casting, transparent polymer carbon nanotube composites are produced.

7399794, Jul 15, 2008

Apr 28, 2005

11/117592

Julie P. Harmon - Tampa FL, US
LaNetra M. Clayton - Plant City FL, US

University of South Florida - Tampa FL

C08F 2/42
B60C 1/00
C08F 2/46

522161, 522157, 522 70, 264405, 524495, 524496, 20415715

Novel transparent composites composed of single wall carbon nanotubes incorporated into the matrix of a polymer are utilized in services wherein the composites are exposed to ionizing radiation, including galactic cosmic radiation. Accordingly, the composites are useful in deep space applications like space vehicles, space stations, personal equipment as well as applications in the biomedical arts and atom splitting research. The composites can be modified with organic dyes containing at least one phenyl ring and the resulting doped composite is useful as a radiation detector. The preferred polymer is poly(4-methyl-1-pentene).

7754055, Jul 13, 2010

Dec 1, 2006

11/607772

Julie P. Harmon - Tampa FL, US
LaNetra M. Clayton - Plant City FL, US

University of South Florida - Tampa FL

B01J 19/10
B01J 19/00
C08J 3/28
C08F 2/42

20415762, 20415715, 522157, 522158, 522161, 522 70, 524495, 524496, 264405, 264442, 264448

Polymer/carbon nanotube composites including single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes incorporated into the matrix of a polymer are provided. These composites can be used in environments exposed to galactic cosmic radiation. Accordingly, the composites are useful in deep space applications like space vehicles, space stations, personal equipment as well as applications in the biomedical arts and atom splitting research. The composites can be modified with organic dyes containing at least one phenyl ring and the resulting doped composite is useful as a radiation detector. The preferred polymer is poly(4-methyl-1-pentene). At low nanotube concentrations (i. e. , about 0. 5 wt % or less), the composites exhibit transparent optical qualities. At higher nanotube concentrations (i. e. , about 0. 6 wt % or more), the composites are non-transparent.

8034302, Oct 11, 2011

Feb 24, 2010

12/711637

Norma A Alcantar - Tampa FL, US
Julie Harmon - Tampa FL, US

University of South Florida - Tampa FL

G01N 33/22

422420, 436106, 436524

Disclosed are chemically active surfaces for the detection of nitroaromatic, nitramine, and nitrate ester compounds, the primary constituents of explosive devices. Transparent conductive composites (TCCs) combine with gold nanoparticles in a conducting polymer matrix to create a conductive, flexible, and electrochromic material. Hybrid, nanostructured surfaces constructed from TCCs are decorated with conjugated conductive oligomer wires. Selective binding of the target to the oligomer alters the electron charge mobility in the TCC, affecting the redox state. The binding event is identified by measuring the conductivity of the TCC and/or through color changes of the TCC. Conjugated oligomers that are functionalized with thiol groups at one end and nitro-derivative receptors at the other provide the bases for selectivity and sensing. The thiol group anchors the oligomer to the metal sites on the TCC surface and the receptor starts the charge transfer mechanism when targeted with the appropriate molecule.

2006005, Mar 16, 2006

Dec 30, 2004

11/026962

Julie Harmon - Tampa FL, US
Patricia Anne Muisener - Clearwater FL, US
LaNetra Clayton - Plant City FL, US
John D'Angelo - St. Petersburg FL, US

C07C 1/00
B06B 1/02
H05B 6/00

204157150, 264442000, 264488000

Polymer composites directed to single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) dispersed within poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and their methods of synthesis. Composites of the present invention are also formulated as films and spun coat onto desired substrates. Advantageously, both the composites and films of the present invention exhibit resistance to radiation.

2010015, Jun 24, 2010

Mar 3, 2010

12/716659

Julie P. Harmon - Tampa FL, US
Patricia Anne O. Muisener - Tardon Springs FL, US
LaNetra M. Clayton - Plant City FL, US
John D'Angelo - St. Petersburg FL, US

B01J 19/08

20415763, 20415715, 977750

Polymer composites directed to single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) dispersed within poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and their methods of synthesis. Composites of the present invention are also formulated as films and spun coat onto desired substrates. Advantageously, both the composites and films of the present invention exhibit resistance to radiation.

5102764, Apr 7, 1992

Dec 15, 1989

7/450935

Louis J. Rossi - Rochester NY
Julie P. Harmon - Gainesville FL

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G03G 900

430110

Toner particles are provided wherein a magenta dye is dispersed in a styrene butylacrylate copolymer. The dispersed dye is not aggregated, is colorfast, and does not sublime as the particles are heat fused. The dye is a 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone which is substituted in the 2 and 3 positions with phenoxy groups that are, in turn, substituted by either a lower alkyl or chloro group.