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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030212 | Process for selective area deposition of inorganic materials An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material is an organic compound or polymer; and patterning the depositi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017183 | Organosiloxane materials for selective area deposition of inorganic materials An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material is an organosiloxane compound; and patterning the deposition i... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7989506 | Method and apparatus for dispersion of high-surface-area, low-bulk-density fumed silica The present invention generally relates to methods of preparing stable colloidal dispersions of nanoparticulate size fumed silica particles. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of rapidly wetting and dispersing fumed silica powder for obtaining a co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7972898 | Process for making doped zinc oxide The present invention relates to a process of making a zinc-oxide-based thin film semiconductor, for use in a transistor, comprising thin film deposition onto a substrate comprising providing a plurality of gaseous materials comprising first, second, and third gaseo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7923082 | Molecular imprinted material and inkjet recording element comprising said molecular imprinted material The present invention relates to an inkjet recording element having outstanding dye keeping properties in time. Said recording element comprises at least one molecular imprinted polymer having sites of selective recognition of dye molecules corresponding to the dye ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7910182 | Ink-jet receiver having improved gloss The use of a boric acid, borate or derivate and/or salt thereof in a subbing layer coated onto a non resin-coated support beneath an upper layer comprising a binder and an inorganic particulate material such as fumed silica and an under layer between the upper layer... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901748 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element with a support having thereon an image-receiving layer of inorganic particles and stabilizer particles, the stabilizer particles being free of any organic solvent and containing greater than about 80% by weight of a water-insoluble antio... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897218 | Recording element for aqueous inks The present invention is directed to an image-recording medium comprising a paper support and, coated on one side of the support, in order: a lower ink-receiving layer, an upper gloss layer and, coated on the opposite side of the support, an inner layer comprising a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7847027 | Encapsulated mordant particle dispersion and method of preparing The present invention discloses a method of making core-shell polymer particles, comprising forming a linking-group-containing polymer by derivatizing a hydroxy-group-containing polymer, comprising hydroxy groups on adjacent carbon atoms with a linking agent, that i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846644 | Photopatternable deposition inhibitor containing siloxane An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a photopatternable deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material comprises an organosiloxane compound; and pat... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7858970 | Heterocycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as N-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to one or both of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl ring system. Such ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851380 | Process for atomic layer deposition The present invention relates to a process of making thin film electronic components and devices, such as thin film transistors, environmental barrier layers, capacitors, insulators and bus lines, where most or all of the layers are made by an atmospheric atomic lay... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850780 | System for thin film deposition utilizing compensating forces A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7833591 | Image recording element comprising encapsulated mordant particles The present invention discloses an ink printing method using an image-recording element, which provides an image having excellent image quality and superior dry time, comprising insoluble cationic core-shell polymeric particles each comprising a core comprising cati... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829161 | Fusible inkjet recording element and related methods of coating and printing An inkjet recording element comprises a support having thereon at least one ink-receiving layer, including a porous fusible layer comprising fusible polymeric particles and a thermoresponsive polymer that is capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperatur... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829160 | Glossy inkjet recording element on absorbent paper An inkjet recording element comprising an absorbent support, a porous base layer nearest the support and comprising precipitated calcium carbonate, a porous ink-receiving intermediate layer above the base layer and comprising hydrated alumina, and a porous ink-recei... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824030 | Extruded open-celled ink-receiving layer comprising hydrophilic polymer for use in inkjet recording An inkjet recording element comprising a support extrusion coated with a porous hydrophilic material. The composition comprises a hydrophilic thermoplastic polymer and blends thereof. Also disclosed are methods for making and a method of printing on the inkjet recor... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804087 | Configurationally controlled N,N'-Dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as N-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a configurationally controlled N,N′-dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis-carboximide compound having a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring independently attac... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7790250 | Inkjet recording medium The invention provides an inkjet recording medium, comprising a support and an ink receiving layer supported on the support. The ink receiving layer comprising a porous hydrophilic polymer. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789961 | Delivery device comprising gas diffuser for thin film deposition A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781076 | Heteropyrene-based semiconductor materials for electronic devices and methods of making the same A thin layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a comprising an organic semiconductor thin film material is disclosed in which the thin film material substantially comprises a heteropyrene compound or derivative. In one embodiment, a thin film transistor c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7745821 | Aryl dicarboxylic acid diimidazole-based compounds as n-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising an organic semiconductor material that comprises an aryl dicarboxylic acid diimidazole-based compound. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7718237 | Glossy inkjet recording element on absorbent paper and capable of absorbing high ink flux An inkjet recording element comprising an absorbent support, a porous base layer nearest the support, a porous ink-receiving intermediate layer above the base layer, and a porous ink-receiving upper layer above the intermediate layer. The base layer and intermediate... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7718236 | Inkjet recording element and method An inkjet recording element having a support having thereon in sequence (a) a transparent, non-porous layer that can be swelled by water less than 0.67 of its original weight, and (b) a fusible, porous image-receiving layer. The inkjet recording element exhibits imp... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7718235 | Overcoat composition for image recording materials The invention relates to an overcoat composition for an imaged image-recording element, the overcoat composition comprising an aqueous carrier, an optional humectant, an optional surfactant, and 0.05 to 20 weight percent, based on the total weight of the overcoat co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7661806 | Fusible reactive media comprising crosslinker-containing layer An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, an upper fusible, porous layer comprising fusible polymeric particles, which particles comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, the inkjet recordin... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7655286 | Fusible reactive media comprising mordant An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer comprising fusible polymeric particles, which particles comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, the ink-t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648745 | Fusible reactive media An inkjet recording element comprises a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous top layer comprising fusible polymeric particles that comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, in combination with a multifunction... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7604342 | Method for treating an inkjet recording element The present invention relates to a method for treating an inkjet recording element to improve the image quality of such an element. The method comprises the applying of a solution of an aluminosilicate polymer on said recording element, said aluminosilicate polymer ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7597439 | Inkjet print and a method of printing A method of printing on an inkjet recording element having a support having thereon in order: a) a porous upper fusible layer of fusible polymeric materials and a binder, b) a porous ink-receiving layer in which pigmented ink is stratified such that, after fusing th... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7582335 | Foamed material and a method of making a foamed material The invention provides a method of making a material, said method comprising generating a foamed hydrophilic polymer solution, especially of a gelatin or derivative thereof, and treating said foamed hydrophilic polymer solution with sufficient energy and for a suffi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7569255 | Glossy inkjet recording medium and methods therefor A method of manufacturing an ink-receiving medium comprising the steps of providing a support, treating the support with a salt of a multivalent metal cation, and coating upon one or each side of the support at least one porous ink-receiving top layer from an aqueou... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7569254 | Nanocomposite materials comprising high loadings of filler materials and an in-situ method of making such materials A method of fabricating a nanocomposite material includes generating nanoparticles in-situ with a polymer. A nanocomposite material includes a polymer having nanoparticles characterized by a shorter dimension of not more than 50 nm and elongated strands or dense pac... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7553526 | Inkjet recording media comprising precipitated calcium carbonate The invention relates generally to the field of inkjet recording media and inkjet printing methods. More specifically, the invention relates to a porous base layer of an inkjet recording element, the base layer comprising precipitated calcium carbonate having scalen... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7507451 | Fusible reactive media An inkjet recording element comprises a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous layer comprising fusible multifunctional polymer particles derived from an aqueous dispersion that comprise a thermoplastic polymer with at least two react... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7479183 | Ink jet ink composition An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and composite colorant polymer particles, wherein the composite colorant polymer particles having a colorant phase and a polymer phase, the polymer phase of the particles being formed in situ in the presence ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7442245 | Glycerol derivatives for inkjet inks An ink composition for inkjet recording comprising water and a compound represented by the following Structure: wherein at least one of Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are not hydrogen; each o... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435765 | Additive for ink jet ink An ink jet ink composition comprising from about 30 to about 90% by weight of water, from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of a pigment, from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of natural or synthetic smectite clay mineral. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413982 | Process for atomic layer deposition The present invention relates to a deposition process for thin film deposition onto a substrate comprising providing a plurality of gaseous materials comprising at least first, second, and third gaseous materials, wherein the first and second gaseous materials are r... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7402506 | Methods of making thin film transistors comprising zinc-oxide-based semiconductor materials and transistors made thereby A thin film transistor comprises a zinc-oxide-containing semiconductor material. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating a thin film... | 07/22/2008 |