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| 7707819 | Explosively driven low-density foams and powders Hollow RX-08HD cylindrical charges were loaded with boron and PTFE, in the form of low-bulk density powders or powders dispersed in a rigid foam matrix. Each charge was initiated by a Comp B booster at one end, producing a detonation wave propagating down the length... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7414106 | Synthesis of peptide α-thioesters Disclosed herein is a new method for the solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) of C-terminal peptide α thioesters using Fmoc/t-Bu chemistry. This method is based on the use of an aryl hydrazine linker, which is totally stable to conditions required for Fmoc-SPPS. Wh... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410718 | Aerogel and xerogel composites for use as carbon anodes Disclosed herein are aerogel and xerogel composite materials suitable for use as anodes in fuel cells and batteries. Precursors to the aerogel and xerogel compounds are infused with inorganic polymeric materials or carbon particles and then gelled. The gels are then... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7393810 | Solid materials for removing arsenic and method thereof Solid materials have been developed to remove arsenic compounds from aqueous media. The arsenic is removed by passing the aqueous phase through the solid materials which can be in molded, granular, or powder form. The solid materials adsorb the arsenic leaving a pur... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7361424 | Solid polymer MEMS-based fuel cells A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based thin-film fuel cells for electrical power applications. The MEMS-based fuel cell may be of a solid oxide type (SOFC), a solid polymer type (SPFC), or a proton exchange membrane type (PEMFC), and each fuel cell basicall... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7309418 | Water contaminant indicators A filtering device for a gravity-flow liquid treatment system includes a first filter component that can be either exposed or adjacent to a substantially transparent region in at least a portion of a filter housing. The first filter component is capable of providing... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291653 | Preparation of hydrophobic organic aeorgels Synthetic methods for the preparation of hydrophobic organics aerogels. One method involves the sol-gel polymerization of 1,3-dimethoxybenzene or 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene with formaldehyde in non-aqueous solvents. Using a procedure analogous to the preparation of res... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285575 | Metal-doped organic gels and method thereof Disclosed herein is a sol-gel polymerization process for synthesizing metal-doped organic gels. The process polymerizes metal salts of hydroxylated benzenes or hydroxylated benzene derivatives with alkyl or aryl aldehydes to form metal-doped, wet, organic gels. The ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276306 | System for the co-production of electricity and hydrogen Described herein is a system for the co-generation of hydrogen gas and electricity, wherein the proportion of hydrogen to electricity can be adjusted from 0% to 100%. The system integrates fuel cell technology for power generation with fuel-assisted steam-electrolys... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252901 | Conversion of raw carbonaceous fuels Three configurations for an electrochemical cell are utilized to generate electric power from the reaction of oxygen or air with porous plates or particulates of carbon, arranged such that waste heat from the electrochemical cells is allowed to flow upwards through ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7211607 | Method for producing high surface area chromia materials for catalysis Nanostructured chromium(III)-oxide-based materials using sol-gel processing and a synthetic route for producing such materials are disclosed herein. Monolithic aerogels and xerogels having surface areas between 150 m2/g and 520 m2/g have been p... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7189471 | Solid oxide MEMS-based fuel cells A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based thin-film fuel cells for electrical power applications. The MEMS-based fuel cell may be of a solid oxide type (SOFC), a solid polymer type (SPFC), or a proton exchange membrane type (PEMFC), and each fuel cell basicall... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186352 | Microfluidic systems with embedded materials and structures and method thereof Described herein is a process for fabricating microfluidic systems with embedded components in which micron-scale features are molded into the polymeric material polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Micromachining is used to create a mold master and the liquid precursors fo... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169466 | Multiple-component binder systems for porous composite blocks A porous composite block is provided that contains at least two groups of binding agent particles. The first binding agent particles have an average particle size between about 5 μm and 200 μm. The second binding agent particles have an average particle size no la... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155076 | Target molecules detection by waveguiding in a photonic silicon membrane Disclosed herein is a porous silicon filter capable of binding and detecting biological and chemical target molecules in liquid or gas samples. A photonic waveguiding silicon filter with chemical and/or biological anchors covalently attached to the pore walls bind t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148180 | Composites for removing metals and volatile organic compounds and method thereof Functionalized hydrophobic aerogel/solid support structure composites have been developed to remove metals and organic compounds from aqueous and vapor media. The targeted metals and organics are removed by passing the aqueous or vapor phase through the composite wh... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7087544 | Nano-ceramics and method thereof Disclosed herein is a method to produce ceramic materials utilizing the sol-gel process. The methods enable the preparation of intimate homogeneous dispersions of materials while offering the ability to control the size of one component within another. The method al... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083951 | Flow cytometric detection method for DNA samples Disclosed herein are two methods for rapid multiplex analysis to determine the presence and identity of target DNA sequences within a DNA sample. Both methods use reporting DNA sequences, e.g., modified conventional Taqman® probes, to combine multiplex PCR amplific... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057072 | Synthesis and purification of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) A method to convert surplus nitroarene explosives (picric acid, ammonium picrate,) into TATB is described. The process comprises three major steps: conversion of picric acid/ammonium picrate into picramide; conversion of picramide to TATB through vicarious nucleophi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6986819 | Metal-oxide-based energetic materials and synthesis thereof A method of preparing energetic metal-oxide-based energetic materials using sol-gel chemistry has been invented. The wet chemical sol-gel processing provides an improvement in both safety and performance. Essentially, a metal-oxide oxidizer skeletal structure is pre... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6960403 | Bonded polyimide fuel cell package and method thereof Described herein are processes for fabricating microfluidic fuel cell systems with embedded components in which micron-scale features are formed by bonding layers of DuPont Kapton™ polyimide laminate. A microfluidic fuel cell system fabricated using this process i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960235 | Chemical microreactor and method thereof A chemical microreactor suitable for generation of hydrogen fuel from liquid sources such as ammonia, methanol, and butane through steam reforming processes when mixed with an appropriate amount of water contains capillary microchannels with integrated resistive hea... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6924322 | Thio-,amine-,nitro-,and macrocyclic containing organic aerogels & xerogels An organic aerogel or xerogel formed by a sol-gel reaction using starting materials that exhibit similar reactivity to the most commonly used resorcinol starting material. The new starting materials, including thio-, amine- and nitro-containing molecules and functio... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921603 | Microfluidic fuel cell systems with embedded materials and structures and method thereof Described herein is a process for fabricating microfluidic systems with embedded components in which micron-scale features are molded into the polymeric material polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Micromachining is used to create a mold master and the liquid precursors fo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905031 | Solid phase microextraction device using aerogel A sample collection substrate of aerogel and/or xerogel materials bound to a support structure is used as a solid phase microextraction (SPME) device. The xerogels and aerogels may be organic or inorganic and doped with metals or other compounds to target specific c... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895641 | Closure device The closure device (121) includes a first fastening strip (130), a second fastening strip (131), a slider (132) adapted to be slidably disposed on the fastening strips. The slider (132) facilitates the occlusion of the fastening st... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893518 | Sol-gel manufactured energetic materials Sol-gel chemistry is used for the preparation of energetic materials (explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics) with improved homogeneity, and/or which can be cast to near-net shape, and/or made into precision molding powders. The sol-gel method is a synthetic chemi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6878479 | Tilted fuel cell apparatus Bipolar, tilted embodiments of high temperature, molten electrolyte electrochemical cells capable of directly converting carbon fuel to electrical energy are disclosed herein. The bipolar, tilted configurations minimize the electrical resistance between one cell and... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875294 | Light metal explosives and propellants Disclosed herein are light metal explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants (LME&Ps) comprising a light metal component such as Li, B, Be or their hydrides or intermetallic compounds and alloys containing them and an oxidizer component containing a classic explosive, ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6821666 | Method of forming a package for mems-based fuel cell A MEMS-based fuel cell package and method thereof is disclosed. The fuel cell package comprises seven layers: (1) a sub-package fuel reservoir interface layer, (2) an anode manifold support layer, (3) a fuel/anode manifold and resistive heater l... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818081 | Inorganic metal oxide/organic polymer nanocomposites and method thereof A synthetic method for preparation of hybrid inorganic/organic energetic nanocomposites is disclosed herein. The method employs the use of stable metal in organic salts and organic solvents as well as an organic polymer with good solubility in the solvent system to ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815105 | Fuel cell apparatus and method thereof Highly efficient carbon fuels, exemplary embodiments of a high temperature, molten electrolyte electrochemical cell are capable of directly converting ash-free carbon fuel to electrical energy. Ash-free, turbostratic carbon particles perform at high efficiencies in ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6806299 | Preparation of hydrophobic organic aeorgels Synthetic methods for the preparation of hydrophobic organics aerogels. One method involves the sol-gel polymerization of 1,3-dimethoxybenzene or 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene with formaldehyde in non-aqueous solvents. Using a procedure analogous to the preparation of res... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6806227 | Solid materials for removing metals and fabrication method Solid materials have been developed to remove contaminating metals and organic compounds from aqueous media. The contaminants are removed by passing the aqueous phase through the solid materials which can be in molded, granular, or powder form. The solid materials a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6783943 | Rolling circle amplification detection of RNA and DNA Rolling circle amplification (RCA) has been useful for detecting point mutations in isolated nucleic acids, but its application in cytological preparations has been problematic. By pretreating cells with a combination of restriction enzymes and exonucleases, we demo... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6785432 | Target molecules detection by waveguiding in a photonic silicon membrane Disclosed herein is a photonic silicon filter capable of binding and detecting biological and chemical target molecules in liquid or gas samples. A photonic waveguiding silicon filter with chemical and/or biological anchors covalently attached to the pore walls sele... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6763339 | Biologically-based signal processing system applied to noise removal for signal extraction The method and system described herein use a biologically-based signal processing system for noise removal for signal extraction. A wavelet transform may be used in conjunction with a neural network to imitate a biological system. The neural network may be trained u... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6753036 | Method for fabrication of electrodes Described herein is a method to fabricate porous thin-film electrodes for fuel cells and fuel cell stacks. Furthermore, the method can be used for all fuel cell electrolyte materials which utilize a continuous electrolyte layer. An electrode layer is deposited on a ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6712917 | Inorganic metal oxide/organic polymer nanocomposites and method thereof A synthetic method for preparation of hybrid inorganic/organic energetic nanocomposites is disclosed herein. The method employs the use of stable metal inorganic salts and organic solvents as well as an organic polymer with good solubility in the solvent system to p... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6709600 | Method for removing organic liquids from aqueous solutions and mixtures A method for removing organic liquids from aqueous solutions and mixtures. The method employs any porous material preferably in granular form and having small pores and a large specific surface area, that is hydrophobic so that liquid water does not readily wet its ... | 03/23/2004 |
