Abraham Saldivar

Title: Abraham Saldivar and the Directed Assembly of Layered Heterostructures

Introduction

Abraham Saldivar is an inventor associated with Leland Stanford Junior University in Stanford, California. His patent work concerns the directed assembly of layered heterostructures as single crystals, an approach to creating materials that combine perovskite and non-perovskite structures.

Latest Patents

Saldivar is associated with 1 patent, titled “Directed Assembly of Layered Heterostructures as Single Crystals.” The invention describes how layered, two-dimensional halide perovskites can form in solution through the templating effects of organoammonium groups. By using organic groups with two different functionalities, the method can template both a perovskite and a new two-dimensional or one-dimensional inorganic non-perovskite lattice between perovskite sheets. The resulting structures may have organic molecules separating the components, or the components may contact one another, including through a shared atom.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects research into controlling how distinct inorganic structures assemble in aqueous or organic solutions. Its proposed approach offers a way to form perovskite/non-perovskite heterostructures as single crystals by using the different templating functions of organic groups.

Collaborations

Saldivar’s listed coworkers include Hemamala Indivari Karunadasa and Michael Aubrey. The patent’s institutional association is Leland Stanford Junior University.

Conclusion

Abraham Saldivar’s patent highlights a materials-assembly strategy for creating layered heterostructures that bring perovskite and non-perovskite lattices together in a single crystalline material.