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Patent Applications & Issued Patents

  1. Sang M. Han, Jarred Caldwell, Nicholas Brechtel, Nathan Madrid, Divya Prakash, “Innovation in Feeding Tube Visualization,” UNM STC-2016-045 US Provisional Patent Application 62/265,346 (December 9, 2015).
  2. Sang Eon Han and Sang M. Han, “Microsphere-Based Coatings for Radiative Cooling Under Direct Sunlight,” UNM STC-2016-018 International Patent Application PCT/US16/57407 (October 17, 2016); Licensed/Optioned-Exclusive to Osazda Energy (October 20, 2016); WO02017/066795 A2 (April 20, 2017).
  3. Omar Abudayyeh, Nathan Gapp, David Wilt, Sang M. Han, “Methods to Mitigate Stress-Induced Metal Line Fractures for Thin-Film Solar Cells, Using Metal-Carbon-Nanotube Composites,” UNM STC 2015-123 Invention Disclosure (June 12, 2015); International Patent Application PCT/US16/38197 (June 17, 2016); Licensed/Optioned-Exclusive to Osazda Energy (April 20, 2016); PCT International Patent WO 2016/205722 A1 (December 22, 2016).
  4. Sang M. Han, Cornelius F. Ivory, Mani Hossein-Zadeh, “Biomarker Sensing Based on Nanofluidic Amplification and Resonant Optical Detection,” US Patent Application US 2015/0024507 A1 (January 22, 2015).
  5. Sang Eon Han, Brittany R. Hoard, Sang M. Han, and Swapnadip Ghosh, “Methods to Introduce Sub-Micrometer, Symmetry-Breaking Surface Corrugation to Silicon Substrates to Increase Light Trapping,” UNM STC 2014-033 Notice of Allowance (August 15, 2016); Licensed/Optioned-Exclusive to Osazda Energy (April 20, 2016). U.S. Patent No. US2016/0284886 A1 (September 29, 2016).
  6. Sang M. Han and Talid Sinno, “Large-Scale Patterning of Germanium Quantum Dots by Stress Transfer,” UNM STC 2014-010 U.S. Patent No. 9,373,547 B1 (June 21, 2016) and U.S. Patent No. 9,666, 431 B1 (May 30, 2017).
  7. Olga Lavrova, Sang M. Han, Ganesh Balakrishnan, and Christos Christodoulou, “Multi-Source Optimal Reconfigurable Energy Harvester,” UNM-2012-052-01 Provisional U.S. Patent Application (January 2012) and International Patent Application PCT/US2013/022760 (January 23, 2013). U.S. Patent No. 9,768,338 B2 (September 19, 2017).
  8. Darin Leonhardt, Swapnadip Ghosh, and Sang M. Han, “Relief of Stress Caused by Thermal Expansion Mismatch Based on SiO2 Templates Deposited Using Chemical Vapor Deposition,” UNM-2011-097 U.S Patent No. 8,937,366 B1 (January 20, 2015) and U.S. Patent No. 9,269,724 B2 (February 23, 2016).
  9. Sang M. Han, Cornelius F. Ivory, and Mani Hossein-Zadeh, “Biomarker Sensing Based on Nanofluidic Amplification and Resonant Optical Detection,” UNM-2010-093 Provisional U.S. Patent Application 61/483,327 (May 6, 2011); International Patent Application PCT/US13/32519 (March 15, 2013); U.S. Patent Application 14/380,350 (August 21, 2014); Notice of Allowance (November 21, 2017); U.S. Patent No. 9,869,669 B2 (January 16, 2018).
  10. Qiming Li and Sang M. Han, “Threading-dislocation-free nanoheteroepitaxy of Ge on Si using self-directed touch-down of Ge through a thin SiO2 layer,” UNM-2004-009 U.S. Patent No. 7,888,244 (February 15, 2011).
  11. Darin Leonhardt and Sang M. Han, “Filling Etch Pits with Dielectric Materials for Dislocation Blocking and Subsequent Growth to Achieve Low-Dislocation-Density Heteroepitaxial Films on Lattice-Mismatched Substrates,” UNM-2011-048 U.S. Patent No. 9,269,569 B1 (February 23, 2016).
  12. Josephine Sheng, Darin Leonhardt, and Sang M. Han, “Slurry-Free Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) of Engineered Germanium-on-Silicon Wafers,” UNM-925/UNM-2009-036 U.S. Patent No. 8,338,301 B1 (December 25, 2012).
  13. Younjin Oh, Cornelius F. Ivory, and Sang M. Han, “High Resolution Focusing and Separation of Proteins in Nanochannels,” UNM-2009-031 U.S. Patent 8,623,192 B2 (January 7, 2014).
  14. Younjin Oh, Cornelius F. Ivory, and Sang M. Han, “Control of Electrolyte Solution in Nanofluidic Channels,” UNM-2009-031 U.S. Patent 8,303,789 B1 (November 6, 2012).
  15. Qiming Li and Sang M. Han, “Threading-dislocation-free nanoheteroepitaxy of Ge on Si using self-directed touch-down of Ge through a thin SiO2 layer,” UNM-2004-009 U.S. Patent No. 7,579,263 (August 25, 2009).
  16. Darin Leonhardt and Sang M. Han, “Defect Reduction by Annealing Nanoscale Semiconductor Islands During the Initial Stage of Coalescence,” UNM-960/UNM-2009-122 U.S. Patent No. 8,242,003 B1 (August 14, 2012).
  17. Qiming Li and Sang M. Han, “Ultra-Thin High-Quality Ge on Si by Low-Temperature Epitaxy and Insulator-Capped Annealing,” UNM-780/UNM-2007-006 U.S. Patent No. 7,968,438 (June 28, 2011).
  18. Sang M. Han, “Surface Corrugation on Internal Reflection Infrared Waveguide for Enhanced Detection Sensitivity and Selectivity,” UNM-586/UNM-2001-048 U.S. Patent No. 7,200,311 (April 3, 2007).
  19. Steve R. J. Brueck, Sang M. Han, Cornelius F. Ivory, Gabriel P. Lopez, and Dimiter N. Petsev, “Nanofluidics for Bioseparation and Analysis,” UNM-675/UNM-2005-001 U.S. Patent No. 8,105,471 B1 (January 31, 2012).