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| 6381170 | Ultra high density, non-volatile ferromagnetic random access memory A random access memory element utilizes giant magnetoresistance. The element includes at least one pair of ferromagnetic layers sandwiching a nonmagnetic conductive layer. At least one of the two ferromagnetic layers has a magnetic moment oriented within ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6001587 | Chemically specific patterning on solid surfaces using surface immobilized enzymes An immobilized substrate surface is chemically modified by manipulating an nzyme which is immobilized to a solid surface. Modifications include (1) chemical dissection of a substrate surface such as by chemical hydrolysis, (2) chemical synthesis on a subst... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6001715 | Non-thermal process for annealing crystalline materials Bulk crystalline materials are annealed by introducing into them mechanical energy of sufficient intensity to create a large amplitude sound wave. The mechanical energy may be introduced into the material, for example, by laser ablation. Where the bulk cr... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5985173 | Phosphors having a semiconductor host surrounded by a shell Phosphors having a doped core are surrounded by a shell material. Additionally, these nanocrystalline phosphors, or larger phosphors formed by conventional or other processes may be surrounded by a shell that prevents or significantly reduces non-radiativ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5953478 | Metal-coated IR-transmitting chalcogenide glass fibers Chalcogenide glass fibers are coated with metals. The products have impro bending strength and resistance to UV, visible light, and moisture. The metal coating may be applied by any method, such as dip coating or sputtering. Typical metals include In, Sn... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5952272 | HIP method of making high temperature mercury-containing superconductors Hg,Tl-based superconductors are produced by HIPping. A new superconducting phase, having a double (Hg,Tl)-layer and the nominal composition: (Hg1-x Tlx)2 (Ba1-a Sra)2 (Ca1-b Yb | 09/14/1999 |
| 5948621 | Direct molecular patterning using a micro-stamp gel A stamp for transferring molecules and molecular patterns to a substrate face includes a backing and a polymeric gel bound to the backing and loaded with the a molecular species. Where the molecule to be patterned is a biomolecule, such as a protein or n... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5939508 | High temperature epoxy-phthalonitrile blends A copolymer is formed from reacting, within a melt, a phthalonitrile resin with an epoxy resin having at least three epoxy groups. In an alternative embodiment, a copolymer is formed by reacting a phthalonitrile resin with an epoxy resin, at least one of ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5918680 | Water spray cooling system for extinguishment and post fire suppression of compartment fires A water spray mist is used to cool a compartment fire before discharge of a gaseous fire suppression. As a result, less water and less fire suppression agent is needed than required with conventional method of suppressing compartment fires. The water spra... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5886525 | Apparatus and method for performing NMR spectroscopy on solid sample by rotation Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of powdery or other randomly oriented solid samples is improved by slowly rotating the sample with a period exceeding the nuclear spin relaxation time of nuclei in the sample. As a result, a relatively large proportion ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5879426 | Process for making optical fibers from core and cladding glass rods A core/clad glass optical fiber is made by melting a core glass rod and a adding glass rod in separate crucibles which are not intersecting with respect to each other and the respective core and cladding glass melts passed out of contact with each other t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5843245 | Process for making superplastic steel powder and flakes In a process for making superplastic steel powder or flakes, molten steel rapidly solidified to form a solidified material comprising substantially single-phase austenitic steel powder or flakes having a grain size of no greater than about 2 μm. The pow... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5804715 | Hydrodynamic dampening system for the precise measurement of dynamic sediment pore water pressure A multi-sensor piezometer is disclosed that includes a shaft and an upper amber. The shaft houses a plurality of porous stones that operatively cooperate with the positive input of respective differential pressure transducers. The multi-sensor piezometer ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5759230 | Nanostructured metallic powders and films via an alcoholic solvent process Nanostructured metal powders and films are made by dissolving or wetting a metal precursor in an alcoholic solvent. The resulting mixture is then heated to reduce the metal precursor to a metal precipitate. The precipitated metal may be isolated, for exam... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5756631 | Siloxanes with strong hydrogen bond donating functionalities Viscous, liquid hexafluoroisopropanol-siloxane polymers having the basic structure: ##STR1## wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical selected from the group consisting of C1 -C6 alkyl groups; cyclohexyl groups ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5746942 | Erbium-doped low phonon hosts as sources of fluorescent emission A high-efficiency fluorescent emitter includes an excitation source and a w phonon host doped with erbium. The emitter can be used as a lasing medium or as a phosphor. Typical hosts include RcX3 and chalcogenide glasses, wherein Rc is yttrium, ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5738737 | Process for making superplastic steel powder and flakes In a process for making superplastic steel powder or flakes, molten steel is rapidly solidified to form a solidified material comprising substantially single-phase austenitic steel powder or flakes having a grain size of no greater than about 2 μm. The p... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5736313 | Method of lyophilizing platelets by incubation with high carbohydrate concentrations and supercooling prior to freezing A process and medium are disclosed for the lyophilization of platelets. During lyophilization, carbohydrate-load platelets are supercooled while suspended in a buffer solution including a biocompatible polymer that serves to preserve the structure of the ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735927 | Method for producing core/clad glass optical fiber preforms using hot isostatic pressing Core/clad glass optical fiber preforms free of bubbles and soot at the coclad interface are fabricated by inserting a glass core rod into a cladding glass tube sized so that space remains between them, sealing the top and bottom of the tube onto the core... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733606 | Inter-level dielectrics with low dielectric constants A metallization is coated with a network polymer. The network polymer may either a cross-linked polyfluorinated polyallylether-polyhydromethylsiloxane copolymer or a network polymer formed from cross-linked fluoromethylene cyanate ester monomers. These ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5714378 | Pseudomonas chlororaphis microorganism polyurethane degrading enzyme obtained therefrom and method of using enzyme Wild-type bacteria with polyurethanase activity, and the ability to excrete polyurethanase into a culture medium have been genetically altered to significantly increase their polyurethanase activity. Biologically pure cultures of these genetically altered... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5704976 | High temperature, high rate, epitaxial synthesis of diamond in a laminar plasma A method for synthesizing large, single crystal diamond comprising mixing carbon source and a hydrogen source to form a mixture. The mixture is excited and reacted to form a reactive species in a laminar plasma plume. A substrate having a diamond seed cry... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5688642 | Selective attachment of nucleic acid molecules to patterned self-assembled surfaces Patterns of pre-formed hybridizable nucleic acid oligomers are formed upon a substrate. The substrate is coated with molecules, such as aminosilanes, whose reactivity with nucleic acid molecules can be transformed by irradiation. The coated substrate expo... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5661062 | Ultra high density, non-volatile ferromagnetic random access memory A random access memory element utilizes giant magnetoresistance. The element includes at least one pair of ferromagnetic layers sandwiching a nonmagnetic conductive layer. At least one of the two ferromagnetic layers has a magnetic moment oriented within ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5652027 | Robust, nontoxic, antifouling polymer A robust, nontoxic, antifouling coating and process for making the same are isclosed. The antifouling coating comprises a basecoat formed typically from a polyol and a polyiisocyanate wherein a molar excess of polyiisocyanate is typically used. A topcoat i... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5637883 | Optically addressed spatial light modulator using an intrinsic semiconductor active material and high resistivity cladding layers An optically addressed spatial light modulator includes top and bottom conductive layers sandwiching an intrinsic semiconductor multilayer structure. A cladding layer having a high trapping density is sandwiched between at least one of the electrodes and ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5593612 | U, W, X, Y and Z-type ferrites A U, W, X, Y, or Z-type hexagonal ferrite and method for making such a fete are disclosed. The hexagonal ferrite has a formula as follows: NQ Zn2-z FeH-2x TiX MX OE AZ According to the me... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5575888 | Sidewall passivation by oxidation during refractory-metal plasma etching Sidewalls in a pattern of a refractory metal on a substrate are passivated during plasma etching by introducing water vapor into the etching chamber. This process obtains nearly vertical sidewalls. In one exemplified embodiment, a pattern of tungsten on a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5567551 | Method for preparation of mask for ion beam lithography A mask for ion beam lithography is made by coating a front side, sidewalls, nd a backside of a substrate with an insulating layer; opening, on the front side of the substrate, a window in the insulating layer to expose a front substrate surface; depositing... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5560960 | Polymerized phospholipid membrane mediated synthesis of metal nanoparticles Nanoparticle metal powder having a controllable and narrow size distribution are by electrolessly plating a metal on the interior of a vesicle made of at least one polymerized phospholipid. Electroless plating may be accomplished by catalytic reduction of... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5552505 | High temperature copolymers from inorganic-organic hybrid polymers and multi-ethynylbenzenes Copolymers are formed from aromatic acetylenic monomers, or prepolymers fed therefrom, and carborane-(siloxane or silane)-unsaturated hydrocarbon polymers. These copolymers can be used as is to form useful articles, adhesives, matrix materials, and coati... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5534311 | Production of structures by electrostatically-focused deposition Structures having a controlled three-dimensional geometry are deposited by lectrostatically focused deposition using charged particle beam and gaseous precursors, or polarizable precursors with or without a charged particle beam. At least one apertured ele... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5532057 | India-stabilized ziroconia coating for composites A coating of india-stabilized zirconia protects a self-supporting substrate rom high temperatures, as well as vanadate and sulfate corrosion. In one method of making such a protected substrate, a coating of india-stabilized zirconia is applied to the subst... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5516662 | Process for the preparation of headgroup-modified phospholipids using phosphatidylhydroxyalkanols as intermediates Phospholipase D enzyme is used to mediate the synthesis of a phosphatidylhydroxyalkanol in a first step. This phosphatidylhydroxyalkanol is reacted to produce a headgroup modified phospholipid in a subsequent step. In the first step, phospholipase D ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5494634 | Modified carbon for improved corrosion resistance Graphite or carbon particles with a graphitic skin are intercalated with a compound including an oxidized form of a metal and then reduced in a hydrogen atmosphere. This process reduces the driving force for the galvanic reaction between the particles and... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5477482 | Ultra high density, non-volatile ferromagnetic random access memory A random access memory element utilizes giant magnetoresistance. The element includes at least one pair of ferromagnetic layers sandwiching a nonmagnetic conductive layer. At least one of the two ferromagnetic layers has a magnetic moment oriented within ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5471072 | Platinum and platinum silicide contacts on ଲ-silicon carbide Gold, which is the commonly used metallization on ଲ-silicon carbide, is known to degrade at temperatures above 450° C. It also exhibits poor adhesion to silicon carbide. Schottky contacts with platinum metallization have rectifying characteristics ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5466578 | Surfactant-enhanced light emission- or absorbance-based binding assays for polynucleic acids The fluorescence of polycyclic aromatic labels, and excimers of these lab, attached to nucleic acids is greatly enhanced by the presence of quaternary ammonium surfactants having at least one long chain (C4 or greater) alkyl group. This enchancement may ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464926 | Synthesis and polymerization of oligomeric multiple aromatic ether-containing phthalonitriles Oligomeric monomers are produced by reaction of a bisphenol compound with ther a dihalobenzophenone or a (2,2)bis(4-halophenyl)hexafluoropropane and any other activated halogen containing aromatic compounds in the presence of a base and an appropriate sol... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5441876 | Process for the preparation of headgroup-modified phospholipids using phosphatidylhydroxyalkanols as intermediates Phospholipase D enzyme is used to mediate the synthesis of a phosphatidylhydroxyalkanol in a first step. This phosphatidylhydroxyalkanol is reacted to produce a headgroup modified phospholipid in a subsequent step. In the first step, phospholipase D ... | 08/15/1995 |
