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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124047 | Method for manufacturing (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)Otype piezoelectric material A method for manufacturing (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)O3 type piezoelectric material having an improved relative dielectric constant and an electric-field-induced strain is provided. The method is a process in which a formed body of powder particles constituted o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7959893 | Method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide of the LiVOtype The invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide and the thus obtained products. The method comprises preparing a precursor gel by reacting hydrogen peroxide with α-V2O5 in an aqueous medium in the presence of a lit... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943112 | Methods of making lithium vanadium oxide powders and uses of the powders Methods relate to making lithium vanadium oxide powders. Applications for the lithium vanadium oxide powders include use as a negative electrode or anode material for lithium ion batteries. Liquid phase reactions and reduction in vanadium oxidation state of precurso... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7867472 | Insulating target material, method of manufacturing insulating target material, conductive complex oxide film, and device An insulating target material for obtaining a conductive complex oxide film represented by a general formula ABO3. The insulating target material includes: an oxide of an element A; an oxide of an element B; an oxide of an element X; and at least one of a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7842273 | Method for the preparation of γLiVO The invention relates to the preparation of an optionally carbonaceous γ-LiV2O5 material. The process consists in preparing a composition formed of carbon and of precursors of Li and of V and in subjecting it to a heat treatment. The co... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7713511 | Lithium tantalate substrate and process for its manufacture A lithium tantalate substrate obtained by working in the state of a substrate a lithium tantalate crystal grown by the Czochralski method is buried in a mixed powder of Al and Al2O3, followed by heat treatment carried out at a temperature kept ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7618610 | Niobium suboxide powder A niobium suboxide powder comprising 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium is described. The niobium suboxide powder may (alternatively or in addition to 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium) further include 50 to 400 ppm of molybdenum and/or tungsten. The niobium suboxide powder is s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7585487 | Composition for the removal of heavy metals from gases A composition, containing vanadium and a support, wherein at least a portion of the vanadium has crystallite sizes of less than about 100 Å as determined by an analytical method such as X-Ray Diffraction, is disclosed. A method of preparing such composition is als... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7422807 | Potassium niobate deposited body and method for manufacturing the same, piezoelectric thin film resonator, frequency filter, oscillator, electronic circuit, and electronic apparatus A method for manufacturing a potassium niobate deposited body includes: forming a buffer layer above a substrate composed of an R-plane sapphire substrate; forming above the buffer layer a potassium niobate layer or a potassium niobate solid solution layer that epit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7381397 | Using condensed chemicals to precondition lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381396 | Niobium suboxide powder A niobium suboxide powder comprising 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium is described. The niobium suboxide powder may (alternatively or in addition to 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium) further include 50 to 400 ppm of molybdenum and/or tungsten. The niobium suboxide powder is s... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381394 | Method for producing perovskite-type composite oxide Methods of producing a safe and hygienic method for industrially and efficiently producing a perovskite-type composite oxide are provided that can maintain the catalytic activity of a noble metal at a high level. Methods include preparing a precursor of the perovski... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7357910 | Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347983 | Mg2MM'o 6+x, (M=Y, rare earth metal and M'=SN, OR Zr) dielectric ceramics Complex ceramic oxides of the general formula Mg2MM′O6+x where M=Rare metal ion or Yttrium or Lanthanum and M′=Sn, Sb, Zr, Hf, Ta, and Nb; and where −0.5 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338647 | Synthesis of cathode active materials The present invention relates to a method for preparing an electroactive metal polyanion or a mixed metal polyanion comprising forming a slurry comprising a polymeric material, a solvent, a polyanion source or alkali metal polyanion source and at least one metal ion... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326398 | Non-silica mesoporous oxide having improved pore structure periodism, method of producing the mesoporous oxide and method of crystallizing pore wall of non-silica mesoporous oxide using template to be filled in pores A method for preparation for mesoporous oxide comprising a non silica oxide having a hexagonal pore structure periodicity and an average maximum pore length of from 2 nm to 5 nm, characterized by comprising blending 0.003 mol to 0.01 mol of TaCl5, NbCl | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323158 | Multiple metal oxide submicron particles Collections of particles comprising multiple a metal oxide can be formed with average particle sizes less than about 500 nm. In some embodiments, the particle collections have particle size distributions such that at least about 95 percent of the particles have a di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317566 | Electrode with transparent series resistance for uniform switching of optical modulation devices Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314607 | Meso-porous transition metal oxide having crystallized pore wall and method for preparing the same A meso porous transition metal oxide comprising one or more transition metal oxides, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Hf, Ta, W and Re, and the pore wall of the meso... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309392 | Lithium niobate substrate and method of producing the same In a method of producing a lithium niobate substrate by the use of a lithium niobate crystal grown by the Czochralski process, the lithium niobate crystal is heat-treated at a temperature of from 300° C. or more to less than 500° C. in the state the lithium niobat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297322 | Process and apparatus for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen, and the powders produced by the process A process for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen including the steps of: feeding at least one material selected from a liquid material and a solution material obtained by dissolving solid ingredient in organic solvent via a liquid flow controller ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294597 | Translucent ceramics, process for producing the same, optical part and optical apparatus A translucent ceramic principally contains a composition represented by the formula Ba{Tix1Mx2(Mg1-tZnt)y(Ta1-uNbu)z}vOw, wherein M is at least one selected... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276218 | Methods of making transition metal compounds useful as cathode active materials A method for carrying out solid state reactions under reducing conditions is provided. Solid state reactants include at least one inorganic metal compound and a source of reducing carbon. The reaction may be carried out in a reducing atmosphere in the presence of re... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270797 | Process for producing positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery To provide a process for producing a lithium-cobalt composite oxide for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery excellent in volume capacity density, safety, charge and discharge cyclic durability, press density and productivity, by using in expensive co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267783 | Piezoelectric ceramic composition, its production method, and piezoelectric device and dielectric device This invention provides a piezoelectric ceramic composition that does not contain lead, can be sintered at a normal pressure and is excellent in at least one of a piezoelectric constant, an electro-mechanical coupling coefficient, a dielectric loss, a relative diele... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255962 | Eulytite solid acid electrolytes for electrochemical devices Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid in a eulytine structure capable of undergoing rotational ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241911 | Niobium compound The present invention relates to novel, water-soluble niobium compounds, a process for their preparation and their formulations. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232556 | Titanium comprising nanoparticles and related nanotechnology Nanoparticles comprising titanium, such as nanoscale doped titanium metal compounds, inorganic titanium compounds, and organic titanium compounds, their methods of manufacture, and methods of preparation of products from nanoparticles comprising titanium are provide... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223377 | Process for producing micro-mesoporous metal oxide having regulated pores formed by novel template removal method The present invention is the method for preparation of transition metal oxide having micro-mesoporous structure whose average fine pores size is not less than 1 nm and not more than 2 nm comprising, adding and dissolving transition metal salt which is a precursor of... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214362 | Purification method for producing high purity niobium compound and/or tantalum compound An object of the present invention is to provide a method for purifying a highly pure niobium compound and/or tantalum compound, the method enabling the purification of a highly pure niobium compound and tantalum compound in a simplified manner at a low cost. The ob... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211238 | Mesoporous aluminum oxide, preparation and use thereof Mesoporous aluminum oxides with high surface areas have been synthesized using inexpensive, small organic templating agents instead of surfactants. Optionally, some of the aluminum can be framework-substituted by one or more other elements. The material has high the... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211234 | Hydrothermal growth of lanthanide vanadate crystals for use in laser and birefringent applications and devices The present invention is directed to lanthanide vanadate crystals having the formula LnVO4, wherein Ln is selected from La, Nd, Ce, Pr, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and combinations of at least two thereof, made by a hydrothermal method ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208135 | Preparation of mixed oxides having mean diameters of less than 10 nanometers Process for preparing mixed oxides by reacting alkoxides of the elements titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum or mixtures thereof with metal hydroxides, metal carboxylates, metal hydroxycarbonates, metal carbonates or mixtures thereof of the elements lithium, sodi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7153487 | Using condensed chemicals to precondition lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147834 | Hydrothermal synthesis of perovskite nanotubes A low-temperature hydrothermal reaction is provided to generate crystalline perovskite nanotubes such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) and strontium titanate (SrTiO3) that have an outer diameter from about 1 nm to about 500 nm and a length from abou... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149074 | Methods of making a niobium metal oxide Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes heat treating the niobium oxide in the presence of a getter material and in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen atoms from the niobium oxide to the getter ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145714 | Segmented electrodes for poling of ferroelectric crystal materials The manufacture of optical devices by reversing domains in specific patterns in ferroelectric crystal material is practiced using a segmented electrode rather than a continuous electrode on at least one of the surfaces of the ferroelectric crystal material. Independ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138102 | Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized double oxide powder A method for manufacturing a highly-crystallized double oxide powder composed of a single crystal phase which can be used as a phosphor material, a dielectric material, a magnetic material, etc. The method involves forming fine droplets of a raw material solution co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132092 | Metallized mesoporous silicate and method of oxidation with the same A metallized mesoporous silicate which is obtained by (i) reacting (a) either a metal peroxide obtained by the reaction of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution with at least one metal or metal compound selected from the group consisting of the following 1) to 4) 1)... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125536 | Nano-structured particles with high thermal stability This invention relates to a composition comprising nano-structured metal oxide particles (particularly, zirconia) and at least one stabilizing agent, a method to produce the composition, and a method to produce the thermally stable nano-structured particles. The met... | 10/24/2006 |
