Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Ihab N Odeh

Husam N Alshareef

Mohd Adnan Khan

Nitin Chopra

Ganesh Kannan

Corrado Berti

Maurizio Fiorini

Martino Colonna

Enrico Binassi

Sreepadaraj Karanam

Mahmoud N Almadhoun

Marzia Mazzacurati

Yunyang Liu

Robert Russell Gallucci

Kenneth F Miller

Parminder Agarwal

Veeraraghavan Srinivasan

Josephus Gerardus M Van Gisbergen

Vishvajit Chandrakant Juikar

Donald Howard Ellington

Lei Shao

Unnat S Bhansali

Sathish Kumar Ranganathan

Ji Hoon Park

Zhaoping Liu

Xufeng Zhou

James Lowrey

Saad Alhussain

Saad Nasser Al-Hussain

Moussa M Saleh

Prince Xavier

Jingbo Ma

Shiyun Ding

Sathis Kumar Ranganathan

Paraminder Agarwal

Micaela Vannini

A thermally conductive three-dimensional (3-D) graphene-polymer composite material, methods of making, and uses thereof are described. The thermally conductive three-dimensional (3-D) graphene-polymer composite material contains: (a) a porous 3-D graphene structure comprising a network of graphene layers that are attached to one another through a carbonized organic polymer bridging agent; and (b) a polymer material impregnated within the porous 3-D graphene structure, wherein the thermally conductive 3-D graphene-polymer composite material has a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m&#xb7;K to 16 W/m&#xb7;K.

Thermally conductive three-dimensional (3-D) graphene polymer composite materials, methods of making, and uses thereof

A multi-atomic layered material and methods of making and using the same are described. The material can include a first 2D non-carbon mono-element atomic layer, a second 2D non-carbon mono-element atomic layer, and intercalants positioned between the first and second atomic layers.

Multi-atomic layered materials

Disclosed is a method for making a material having supported micro- and/or nanostructures, the method includes (a) obtaining a substrate comprising a precursor material and an electrically conductive layer of micro- or nanostructures embedded into at least a portion of a first surface of the substrate, and (b) applying a voltage across the electrically conductive layer to heat the micro- or nanostructures, wherein the heat converts the precursor material into micro- and/or nanostructures.

Process and material for growth of adsorbed compound via nanoscale-controlled resistive heating and uses thereof

Polymeric materials, method of making the polymeric material, and uses thereof are disclosed. The polymeric material can include ordered arrangements of crystalline domains and ordered arrangements of amorphous domains.

Porous polymer nanocomposites with ordered and tunable crystalline and amorphous phase domains

Methods of making a carbon nanotube material and uses thereof are described. The methods can include obtaining a carbon-containing polymeric matrix shell having a single discrete void space defined by the carbon-containing polymeric matrix shell or having an encapsulated core and subjecting the carbon-containing polymeric matrix shell to a graphitization process to form a shell having a carbon nanotube network from the matrix. The resulting carbon nanotube material includes a shell having a network of carbon nanotubes and either (i) a single discrete void space defined by the network of carbon nanotubes or (ii) the encapsulated core surrounded by the network of carbon nanotubes.

Preparation of carbon nanotube shell materials

Disclosed is a ferroelectric material and methods for its use in capacitors that includes a polymer blend of at least two polymers, wherein the first polymer is a ferroelectric polymer and the second polymer has a low dielectric constant.

Ferroelectric capacitor with improved fatigue and breakdown properties

Ferroelectric components, such as the ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs), ferroelectric capacitors and ferroelectric diodes described above may be operated as multi-level memory cells as described by the present invention. Storing multiple bits of information in each multi-level memory cell may be performed by a controller coupled to an array of the ferroelectric components configured as ferroelectric memory cells. The controller may execute the steps of receiving a bit pattern for writing to a multi-level memory cell comprising a ferroelectric layer; selecting a pulse duration for applying a write pulse to the memory cell based, at least in part, on the received bit pattern; and applying at least one write pulse to the memory cell having the selected pulse duration, in which the at least one write pulse creates a remnant polarization within the ferroelectric layer that is representative of the received bit pattern.

Non-volatile ferroelectric memory cells with multilevel operation

Disclosed is a method for producing a polymeric ferroelectric material. The method can include (a) obtaining a polymeric ferroelectric precursor material, and (b) subjecting the polymeric ferroelectric precursor material to pulsed electromagnetic radiation sufficient to form a polymeric ferroelectric material having ferroelectric hysteresis properties, wherein the polymeric ferroelectric precursor material, prior to step (b), has not previously been subjected to a thermal treatment for more than 55 minutes.

Processing of thin film organic ferroelectric materials using pulsed electromagnetic radiation

Methods for making a multilevel core-shell structure having a core/graphene-based shell structure are described. A method for making a core/graphene-based shell structure can include obtaining a composition that includes core nano- or microstructures and graphene-based structures having at least a portion of a surface coated with a curable organic material, where the core nano- or microstructures and graphene-based structures are dispersed throughout the composition and subjecting the composition to conditions that cure the organic material and allow the graphene-based structures to self-assemble around the core nano- or microstructures to produce a core/graphene-based shell structure that has a graphene-based shell encompassing a core nano- or microstructure.

Multifunctional and stable nano-architectures containing nanocarbon and nano- or micro structures and a calcined hydrotalcite shell

Methods for producing ferroelectric device are described. A method includes positioning an organic polymeric ferroelectric layer between two conductive materials to form a stack. The stack can be subjected to a 2-step heat treating process. The first heat treating step transforms the organic polymeric ferroelectric precursor to a ferroelectric material having ferroelectric hysteresis properties, and the second heat treating step densities the ferroelectric material to obtain the ferroelectric device. The thin film ferroelectric device can include a thin film ferroelectric capacitor, a thin film ferroelectric transistor, or a thin film ferroelectric diode.

Methods for producing a thin film ferroelectric device using a two-step temperature process on an organic polymeric ferroelectric precursor material stacked between two conductive materials

Disclosed are treated mixed matrix polymeric membranes comprising a plurality of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and a polymeric matrix, wherein the plurality of MOFs are attached to the polymeric matrix through covalent or hydrogen bonds or Van der Waals interaction. The membranes can be treated with plasma, electromagnetic radiation, or thermal energy or any combination thereof.

Treated mixed matrix polymeric membranes

Disclosed are polymeric blend membranes, and methods for their use, that include a blend of at least a first polymer and a second polymer, wherein the first and second polymers are each selected from a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM), a polyetherimide (PEI) polymer, a polyimide (PI) polymer, or a polyetherimide-siloxane (PEI-Si) polymer, and wherein the polymeric membranes have been both ultraviolet (UV)-treated and thermally-treated.

UV and thermally treated polymeric membranes

Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT).

Bio-based terephthalate polyesters

A ferroelectric device comprising: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a ferroelectric layer disposed on and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on and in contact with the ferroelectric layer, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is an organic electrode comprising a doped electroconductive organic polymer.

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Ihab N Odeh