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| 8089047 | Metal-organic scintillator crystals for X-ray, gamma ray, and neutron detection New metal-organic materials are useful as scintillators and have the chemical formula LX3(CH3OH)4 where L is Y, Sc, or a lanthanide element, and X is a halogen element. An example of the scintillator materials is CeCl3(CH | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088503 | Chemical solution deposition method of fabricating highly aligned MgO templates A superconducting article includes a substrate having an untextured metal surface; an untextured barrier layer of La2Zr2O7 or Gd2Zr2O7 supported by and in contact with the surface of the substrate; a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088056 | Thin californium-containing radioactive source wires A cermet wire includes at least 1% californium-252 and is characterized by a diameter of no more than 0.0225 inch. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8003045 | Cast, heat-resistant austenitic stainless steels having reduced alloying element content A cast, austenitic steel composed essentially of, expressed in weight percent of the total composition, about 0.4 to about 0.7 C, about 20 to about 30 Cr, about 20 to about 30 Ni, about 0.5 to about 1 Mn, about 0.6 to about 2 Si, about 0.05 to about 1 Nb, about 0.05... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7749432 | Cast, heat-resistant austenitic stainless steels having reduced alloying element content A cast, austenitic steel composed essentially of, expressed in weight percent of the total composition, about 0.4 to about 0.7 C, about 20 to about 30 Cr, about 20 to about 30 Ni, about 0.5 to about 1 Mn, about 0.6 to about 2 Si, about 0.05 to about 1 Nb, about 0.05... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7707854 | Method of producing microchannel and nanochannel articles A method of making an article having channels therethrough includes the steps of: providing a ductile structure defining at least one macro-channel, the macro-channel containing a salt; drawing the ductile structure in the axial direction of the at least one macro-c... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7683010 | Doped LZO buffer layers for laminated conductors A laminated conductor includes a metallic substrate having a surface, a biaxially textured buffer layer supported by the surface of the substrate, the biaxially textured buffer layer comprising LZO and a dopant for mitigating metal diffusion through the LZO, and a b... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7665524 | Liquid metal heat exchanger for efficient heating of soils and geologic formations Apparatus for efficient heating of subterranean earth includes a well-casing that has an inner wall and an outer wall. A heater is disposed within the inner wall and is operable within a preselected operating temperature range. A heat transfer metal is disposed with... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7553799 | Chemical solution deposition method of fabricating highly aligned MgO templates A superconducting article includes a substrate having an untextured metal surface; an untextured barrier layer of La2Zr2O7 or Gd2Zr2O7 supported by and in contact with the surface of the substrate; a ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550401 | Method of making lightweight high performance ceramic material A method of making a sintered ceramic composition includes the steps of: providing a powder that includes at least 50 wt. % boron carbide and 0.05 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one oxide selected from oxides of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, a... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7520942 | Nano-scale nitride-particle-strengthened high-temperature wrought ferritic and martensitic steels A method of making a steel composition includes the steps of: a. providing a steel composition that includes up to 15% Cr, up to 3% Mo, up to 4% W, 0.05-1% V, up to 2% Si, up to 3% Mn, up to 10% Co, up to 3% Cu, up to 5% Ni, up to ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7501077 | Binderless composite scintillator for neutron detection Composite scintillator material consisting of a binderless sintered mixture of a Lithium (Li) compound containing 6Li as the neutron converter and Y2SiO5:Ce as the scintillation phosphor, and the use of this material as a method for ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7491934 | SEM technique for imaging and measuring electronic transport in nanocomposites based on electric field induced contrast Methods and apparatus are described for SEM imaging and measuring electronic transport in nanocomposites based on electric field induced contrast. A method includes mounting a sample onto a sample holder, the sample including a sample material; wire bonding leads fr... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7484626 | Water nano-filtration device A water filter includes a porous support characterized by a mean porosity in the range of 20 to 50% and a mean pore size of 2 to 5 μm; and a carbon filter medium membrane disposed thereon which is characterized by a mean particle size of no more than 50 μm and a m... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7454790 | Method for detecting sophisticated cyber attacks A method of analyzing computer intrusion detection information that looks beyond known attacks and abnormal access patterns to the critical information that an intruder may want to access. Unique target identifiers and type of work performed by the networked targets... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449165 | Robust carbon monolith having hierarchical porosity A carbon monolith includes a robust carbon monolith characterized by a skeleton size of at least 100 nm, and a hierarchical pore structure having macropores and mesopores. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7435399 | Chromatographic extraction with di(2-ethylhexyl)orthophosphoric acid for production and purification of promethium-147 A method of producing and purifying promethium-147 including the steps of: irradiating a target material including neodymium-146 with neutrons to produce promethium-147 within the irradiated target material; dissolving the irradiated target material to form an acidi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432229 | Superconductors on iridium substrates and buffer layers Laminated, biaxially textured superconductors include Ir-based buffer layers and/or substrates. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419925 | Lightweight high performance ceramic material A sintered ceramic composition includes at least 50 wt. % boron carbide and at least 0.01 wt. % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, the sintered ceramic composition being charact... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413687 | Low temperature proton conducting oxide devices A device for conducting protons at a temperature below 550° C. includes a LAMOX ceramic body characterized by an alpha crystalline structure. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7375293 | System and method for weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo A weigh-in-motion device and method having at least one transducer pad, each transducer pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel. At least one pad microcomputer is provided on each tran... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361213 | Borazine-boron nitride hybrid hydrogen storage system A hybrid hydrogen storage composition includes a first phase and a second phase adsorbed on the first phase, the first phase including BN for storing hydrogen by physisorption and the second phase including a borazane-borazine system for storing hydrogen in combined... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7258836 | Freeze resistant buoy system A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258745 | Method for fabricating hafnia films The present invention comprises a method for fabricating hafnia film comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a surface that allows formation of a self-assembled monolayer thereon via covalent bonding; providing an aqueous solution that provides homogene... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7220936 | Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc A method of thermally processing a material includes exposing the material to at least one pulse of infrared light emitted from a directed plasma arc to thermally process the material, the pulse having a duration of no more than 10 s. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217354 | Method and apparatus for detection of chemical vapors The present invention is a gas detector and method for using the gas detector for detecting and identifying volatile organic and/or volatile inorganic substances present in unknown vapors in an environment. The gas detector comprises a sensing means and a detecting ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150904 | Composite, ordered material having sharp surface features A composite material having sharp surface features includes a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, the recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than the protrusive phase, the composite material having an etched surface wherein the p... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141799 | Fiber optic thermal/fast neutron and gamma ray scintillation detector A detector system that combines a 6Li loaded glass fiber scintillation thermal neutron detector with a fast scintillation detector in a single layered structure. Detection of thermal and fast neutrons and ionizing electromagnetic radiation is achieved in ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7105832 | Composite solid-state scintillators for neutron detection Applicant's present invention is a composite scintillator for neutron detection comprising a matrix material fabricated from an inorganic sol-gel precursor solution homogeneously doped with a liquid scintillating material and a neutron absorbing material. The neutro... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093476 | Method for fabricating thin californium-containing radioactive source wires A method for reducing the cross-sectional diameter of a radioactive californium-containing cermet wire while simultaneously improving the wire diameter to a more nearly circular cross section. A collet fixture is used to reduce the wire diameter by controlled pressu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077800 | Cable attachment for a radioactive brachytherapy source capsule In cancer brachytherapy treatment, a small californium-252 neutron source capsule is attached to a guide cable using a modified crimping technique. The guide cable has a solid cylindrical end, and the attachment employs circumferential grooves micromachined in the s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060473 | Fermentative process for making inorganic nanoparticles A method for producing mixed metal oxide compounds includes the steps of: providing a supply of a metal reducing bacteria; providing a culture medium suitable for growth of the bacteria; providing a first mixed metal oxide phase comprising at least a first and a sec... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052561 | Bulk amorphous steels based on Fe alloys A bulk amorphous alloy has the approximate composition: Fe(100−a−b−c−d−e)YaMnbTcMdXe wherein: T includes at least one of the group consisting of: Ni, Cu, Cr and Co; M includes at least one o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6998009 | Filter and method of fabricating A method of making a filter includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a porous surface; applying to the porous surface a coating of dry powder comprising particles to form a filter preform; and heating the filter preform to bind the substrate and the parti... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6982122 | Ir-based alloys for ultra-high temperature applications An alloy composition includes, in atomic percent: about 1 to about 10% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf, balance Ir. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6968114 | Cladding for high temperature optical component and method of making same An optical waveguide includes a sapphire body having thereon a cladding containing spinel. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964857 | Measuring indigenous photosynthetic organisms to detect chemical warefare agents in water A method of testing water to detect the presence of a chemical or biological warfare agent is disclosed. The method is carried out by establishing control data by providing control water containing indigenous organisms but substantially free of a chemical and a biol... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6902600 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisti... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890369 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisti... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6872988 | Semiconductor films on flexible iridium substrates A laminate semiconductor article includes a flexible substrate, an optional biaxially textured oxide buffer system on the flexible substrate, a biaxially textured Ir-based buffer layer on the substrate or the buffer system, and an epitaxial layer of a semiconductor.... | 03/29/2005 |
