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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182867 | Producing composite nanoparticles containing organic ions A method for producing a composite nanoparticle, including the steps of, collapsing at least a portion of a polyelectrolyte polymer in solution about one or more precursor moieties to form a composite precursor moiety having a mean diameter in the range between abou... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173208 | Method for producing dustless graphite spheres from waste graphite fines A method for producing graphite spheres from graphite fines by charging a quantity of spherical media into a rotatable cylindrical overcoater, charging a quantity of graphite fines into the overcoater thereby forming a first mixture of spherical media and graphite f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173209 | Polyolefin dispersion technology used for resin coated sand A polymer-coated particulate material having: a particulate substrate; and an applied compound, wherein the applied compound coats at least 50% of the surface of the particulate substrate, and wherein, at the time of application, the applied compound includes a disp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163336 | Methods for preoducing coated phosphors and host material particles using atomic layer deposition methods Layers of a passivating material and/or containing luminescent centers are deposited on phosphor particles or particles that contain a host material that is capable of capturing an excitation energy and transferring it to a luminescent center or layer. The layers ar... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158194 | Method for preparing surface-modified semiconductive and metallic nanoparticles having enhanced dispersibility in aqueous media Water-dispersible nanoparticles are prepared by applying a coating of a amphipathic dispersant to the surface of a hydrophobic nanoparticle comprised of a semiconductive or metallic material. The amphipathic dispersant is typically polymeric. Preferred polymeric dis... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158193 | Highly luminescent color-selective nanocrystalline materials A nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a nanoparticle having photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142843 | Aerogel particles and methods of making same Aerogel particles having a mean particle size less than 1 micron, products containing the same, processes of making the same, and uses thereof are described. A process of making the particle is also described wherein starting aerogel particles are homogenized or wet... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137746 | Process for making water-swellable material comprising coated water-swellable polymers This invention is directed to a process for making solid, typically particulate, water-swellable material comprising coated water-swellable, preferably hydrogel-forming polymers, which are coated with a coating agent, which is such that it does not rupture when the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8114475 | Adsorbents for smoking articles comprising a non-volatile organic compound applied using a supercritical fluid A surface-modified adsorbent and a process for making a surface-modified adsorbent are provided. The process involves providing an adsorbent and a non-volatile organic compound to a vessel, adjusting the temperature and/or pressure to provide supercritical condition... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8012533 | Composition and method for making a proppant The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions ar... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012534 | Thermosetting coatings for particulate materials and methods of application A process is provided for coating particulate materials with a thermoset polymeric coating that is less prone to creep or abrasion than a thermoplastic coating. The process provides for the coating of water-reactive and water-soluble materials which require a non-aq... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003166 | Composite nanoparticles, nanoparticles and methods for producing same In various aspects provided are methods for producing a nanoparticle within a cross-linked, collapsed polymeric material. In various embodiments, the methods comprise (a) providing a polymeric solution comprising a polymeric material; (b) collapsing at least a porti... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7955643 | Method and device for the continuous coating of cores by means of a dragée-making apparatus Continuously coating cores by a dragee-making apparatus including at least one rotatably driven drum in which the product is coated with one or several coating materials or is subjected to other treatment processes. The charge of the product to be processed divided ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951419 | Dry-coated oxygen-scavenging particles and methods of making them Heterogeneous oxygen-scavenging particles are formed by dry coating activating component particles onto oxidizable component particles, largely through a succession of mechanical motions. The component particles are repeatedly mixed, compressed, and sheared. Smaller... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7914846 | Method for encapsulating reactive metal hydrides A process for encapsulating a metal hydride within a hollow glass sphere is provided. The process includes providing a hollow glass sphere, the hollow glass sphere having a shell enclosing an inner volume. The hollow glass sphere is placed within an enclosed chamber... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910164 | Bifunctional magnetic core-semiconductor shell nanoparticles and manufacturing method thereof Provided are bifunctional magnetic core-semiconductor shell nanoparticles and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes mixing magnetic core material precursors and a reducing agent for the core material precursors; preparing a first mixture solution; heat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7892599 | Surface functionalization of nanomaterials for improved processing into devices and products Methods for functionalizing the surface of nanomaterials to improve processing and product manufacturing. These methods are useful for oxides, nitrides, carbides, borides, metals, alloys, chalcogenides, and other compositions. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883740 | Low-quality particulates and methods of making and using improved low-quality particulates A method of treating a subterranean formation, comprising: at least partially coating particulates with a first layer of a first curable resin and allowing the first curable resin to substantially cure; and then, at least partially coating the particulates with a se... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883741 | Method of manufacturing a bituminous coated material The method comprises a stage of drying of the granular materials followed by a stage of coating of the whole thereof with a hot bituminous binder. According to the invention, the drying stage is carried out in conditions which allow a fraction of the initial ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7829140 | Method of forming iron oxide core metal shell nanoparticles A method of forming mono-disperse iron-oxide core metal shell nanoparticles is disclosed. Particle size of the oxide core seeds is controlled and capped seeds are formed. The capping layer is desorbed by a thermally activated process and metal such as gold is chemic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824731 | Method of forming coated water-soluble nanoparticles by inverse emulsion Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles are provided. The nanoparticles may include semiconductor nanocrystals. A shell may encapsulate a nanoparticle core, and the shell may include non-organic material and may be silica. The shell may also include additi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820240 | Production process of film and column for cation chromatography One object of the present invention is to produce a weakly acidic cation exchanger under mild conditions. Another object of the present invention is to produce a more firm weakly acidic cation exchange film. Still another object of the present invention is to provid... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811631 | Method of treating fluoropolymer particles and the products thereof Fluoropolymer particles are subjected to high energy treatment so as to change the chemical functionality of the particle surfaces and thereby change the surface characteristics of the particles. These characteristics improve the usefulness of these particles and ca... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811630 | Algae resistant roofing granules with controlled algaecide leaching rates, algae resistant shingles, and process for producing same Algae-resistant roofing granules are formed by extruding a mixture of mineral particles and a binder to form porous granule bodies, and algaecide is distributed in the pores. Release of the algaecide is controlled by the structure of the granules. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794784 | Forming nanostructures A method of forming a nanowire comprising: providing nanoparticles of a metallic material; providing a vapor of fluorocarbon molecules by heating a solid polymer; depositing at least some of the carbon of said molecules onto an exterior of one of said particles to f... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790225 | Coatings and methods for corrosion detection and/or reduction Coatings and methods are provided. An embodiment of the coating includes microcapsules that contain at least one of a corrosion inhibitor, a film-forming compound, and an indicator. The microcapsules are dispersed in a coating vehicle. A shell of each microcapsule b... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785660 | Preparation of polymer particles A process for the preparation of polymer magnetic particles, which comprises: providing polymer particles having a porous interior, and contacting the polymer particles with a magnetic fluid comprising a homogeneous dispersion of magnetic particles, whereby the magn... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785661 | Methods of preparing composite carbon-graphite-silicon particles and using same A process for production of coated silicon-carbon composite particles includes providing a carbon residue-forming material, providing particles of a carbonaceous material, and coating in a liquid suspension mixture the particles of carbonaceous material with the car... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7771788 | Spherical ultrafine particles and process for producing the same The method of the present invention can 1) produce spherical and scaly ultrafine particles without pulverization, 2) obtain spherical ultrafine particles having a sharp spherical particle diameter distribution without requiring a sieving step, 3) produce spherical u... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771787 | Particle lithography method and ordered structures prepared thereby Particles having a non-uniform property, such as non-uniform charge, can be used to form complex yet controlled particle assemblies. In one method of fabrication, particles are located on a substrate, and a surface treatment applied to the exposed portion of the par... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767258 | Polymer particle composition and process for producing the same The molding thermoplastic polymer, which can solve a problem with fine particles in a suspension polymerization process, a problem for a reduction in energy consumption at the time of drying in an emulsion polymerization process, and a problem in compounding procedu... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767259 | Methods of manufacturing hot mix on site utilizing a composition of pellets of tacky, deformable material dispersed within a flowable fine material Methods of manufacturing hot mix on site utilizing a composition of discrete substances that are capable of being mixed together to form a composite material are disclosed. The composition includes a plurality of pellets of a tacky, deformable material at an ambient... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744954 | Method of producing a powder, powder, and multilayered ceramic capacitor using the same A core/shell structured powder different in composition between the inside the particle and the surface thereof before sintering, so that it is possible to sinter the powder at lower temperature and give a core/shell structured powder having a shell portion uniform ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7713581 | Method of impregnating a carrier a matrix with solid and/or liquid compounds using compressed gases, and materials thus impregnated The invention relates to a method for impregnating a support matrix with solid and/or liquid compounds using a compressed gas or a compressed mixture of gases at densities ranging from 0.15 to 1.3 kg/l and at least two unsymmetrical pressure changes (pulsations). Th... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7709054 | Particle-rod nano structures and method of forming same by spin coating A method of forming a particle-rod nanostructure is disclosed. The method comprises preparing a mixture comprising an inorganic nanoparticle and an organic molecule in a solvent. The method further comprises spin-coating the mixture to nucleate a crystal growth of t... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7709053 | Method of manufacturing of polymer-coated particles for chemical mechanical polishing A method of manufacturing polymer-coated particles is useful for chemical mechanical polishing magnetic, optical, semiconductor or silicon substrates. First it provides a dispersion of particle cores in a non-aqueous solvent. Then introducing a polymeric precursor i... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704552 | Process for producing chemically treated amorphous precipitated silica Described is an improved process for producing chemically treated fillers by using a certain combination of functionalizing and hydrophobizing agents in an aqueous suspension of inorganic oxide having a pH of 2.5 or less and increasing the pH of the suspension after... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700152 | Liquid feed flame spray modification of nanoparticles Nano- and micron sized metal oxide and mixed metal oxide particles are injected into a high temperature region wherein the temperature is between about 400° C. and less than 2000° C., and collected as particles or as coatings wherein a particulate nature is substa... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7691438 | Enzyme granulate production method and resulting enzyme granulates A method for producing enzyme granulates, the resulting enzyme granulates, and their use in formulations, e.g., for animal feed, food, washing means, rinsing means, and/or for pharmaceutical purposes and the like. The enzyme granulates show, in particular, a high re... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687106 | Algae resistant roofing granules with controlled algaecide leaching rates, algae resistant shingles, and process for producing same Algae-resistant roofing granules are formed by coating mineral particles with a clay-silicate binder including a metal oxide algaecide and small organic particles. When the particles are heated to cure the binder, the organic particles pyrolyse to form pores in the ... | 03/30/2010 |
