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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182920 | Concentrated aqueous nanocomposite dispersions for barrier coatings A concentrated nanocomposite dispersion which includes a silicate filler and a matrix polymer dispersed in an aqueous medium. The dispersions are condensed by selectively removing liquid therefrom, to provide high solids coating formulations. The concentrated formul... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8119247 | Environmental barrier coatings providing CMAS mitigation capability for ceramic substrate components Environmental barrier coatings having CMAS mitigation capability for silicon-containing components. In one embodiment, the barrier coating includes a bond coat layer comprising silicon or silicide, and an outer layer selected from the group consisting of Ln4 | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119248 | Organic-inorganic hybrid free standing film, and its production method A free standing film having excellent mechanical strength and flexibility as well as sufficient area is provided. The organic-inorganic hybrid free standing film includes an organic polymer having a constitutional repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8097343 | Functionalized dendritic polymers for the capture and neutralization of biological and chemical agents The present invention describes compositions and methods for trapping/capturing and/or destroying dangerous substances such as chemical and biological warfare agents. The present invention relates to dendritic polymers, specifically, to quaternary ammonium functiona... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8076003 | Coating composition and a method of coating A coating composition including a compound having a first molecular group or a first combination of atoms, the first molecular group or the first combination of atoms capable of bonding to an oxidizable metal or a metal oxide, and a second molecular group or a secon... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071219 | Culinary item presenting improved hydrophobic properties and method of manufacturing such an item The invention concerns a culinary item comprising a support element and a first coating of a sol-gel baked composition, said first coating overlying at least a portion of a first face of the support element, wherein said culinary item further comprises a second coat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8039113 | Environmental barrier coatings providing CMAS mitigation capability for ceramic substrate components Environmental barrier coating having CMAS mitigation capability for oxide components. In one embodiment, the barrier coating includes an outer layer selected from AeAl2O19, AeHfO3, AeZrO3, ZnAl2O4, Mg... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034459 | Erosion resistant coatings The present disclosure relates to a coating and a method of applying such coating that may include nanocrystals of a transition metal compound embedded in an amorphous phase or layered structure of transition metal compounds with an amorphous phase. The transition m... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029903 | Silicon nitride substrate, silicon nitride circuit board utilizing the same, and use thereof Provided are a silicon nitride substrate and a silicon nitride circuit board with excellent electrical characteristics, and power control parts utilizing them. A silicon nitride substrate comprises a silicon nitride sintered body obtainable by sintering a sil... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012592 | Monolithically integrated semiconductor materials and devices Methods and structures for monolithically integrating monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline non-silicon materials and devices are provided. In one structure, a semiconductor structure includes a silicon substrate and a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007914 | Two layer LTO temperature oxide backside seal for a wafer A two layer LTO backside seal for a wafer. The two layer LTO backside seal includes a low stress LTO layer having a first major side and a second major side, the first major5 side of the low stress LTO layer adjacent to one major side of the wafer. The two layer LTO... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003220 | Nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates Methods, manufactures, machines and compositions are described for nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates. An apparatus, includes a substrate and a nanoreplicant structure coupled to a surface of the substrate. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7989073 | Epitaxial silicon wafer and fabrication method thereof An epitaxial silicon wafer is provided in which an epitaxial layer is grown on a silicon wafer having a plane inclined from a {110} plane of a silicon single crystal as a main surface. In the silicon wafer for growing the epitaxial layer thereon, an inclination angl... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7972703 | Baffle wafers and randomly oriented polycrystalline silicon used therefor Baffle wafers of polycrystalline silicon are placed in non-production slots of a support tower for thermal processing monocrystalline silicon wafers. The polycrystalline silicon is preferably randomly oriented Czochralski polysilicon grown using a randomly oriented ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972704 | Single-crystal silicon carbide ingot, and substrate and epitaxial wafer obtained therefrom The present invention provides a single-crystal silicon carbide ingot capable of providing a good-quality substrate low in dislocation defects, and a substrate and epitaxial wafer obtained therefrom. It is a single-crystal silicon carbide ingot comprising sin... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968202 | Method for sealing natural stones The present invention relates to a sealed natural cut stone, the pores of which are permeable to water vapor but are impermeable to aqueous liquids, and a method for the production thereof and the use of such natural cut stones. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7939173 | Polycrystalline silicon rod for zone reflecting and a process for the production thereof The invention relates to a polysilicon rod for FZ applications obtainable by deposition of high-purity silicon from a silicon-containing reaction gas, which has been thermally decomposed or reduced by hydrogen, on a filament rod. The polysilicon rod contains, surrou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935425 | Insulating film material containing organic silane or organic siloxane compound, method for producing same, and semiconductor device A material for insulating film suitable as an interlayer insulating material for a semiconductor device, from which an insulating film is formed by chemical vapor deposition, and an insulating film formed from such a material and a semiconductor device employing an ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935426 | Layer arrangement for the formation of a coating on a surface of a substrate, coating method, and substrate with a layer arrangement The invention relates to a layer arrangement (1) for the formation of a coating on a surface (2) of a substrate (3), in particular on the surface (2) of a tool (3), wherein the layer arrangement comprises at least one hard layer ( | 05/03/2011 |
| 7923117 | Polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element A polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element includes at least one first monomer chemically bonded to at least one second monomer. The second monomer includes a silane functional group. The at least one second monomer is distributed along a ca... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919187 | Environmental barrier coating for silicon-containing substrates and process therefor A protective coating for use on a silicon-containing substrate, and deposition methods therefor. The coating has a strontium-aluminosilicate (SAS) composition that is less susceptible to degradation by volatilization and in corrosive environments as a result of havi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7901783 | Low κ dielectric inorganic/organic hybrid films and method of making A method of depositing a dielectric film exhibiting a low dielectric constant in a semiconductor and/or integrated circuit by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is provided. The film is deposited using an organosilicon precursor in a manner such that the film is compri... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7858195 | Antiadhesive high temperature layers A substrate having an anti-adhesive coating thereon. The coating is made from a coating composition comprising solid particles of a release agent different from boron nitride and a binder comprising surface-modified nanoscale solid particles. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7816013 | Wafer A wafer has a rare earth fluoride coating disposed, typically sprayed on a substrate as an outermost layer, the rare earth fluoride being selected from lanthanoid fluorides, yttrium fluoride, and scandium fluoride. It is useful as a dummy wafer in a plasma etching o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7794842 | Silicon carbide single crystal, silicon carbide single crystal wafer, and method of production of same The present invention provides a high resistivity, high quality, large size SiC single crystal, SiC single crystal wafer, and method of production of the same, that is, a silicon carbide single crystal containing uncompensated impurities in an atomic number density ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7767307 | Preparation method of a coating of gallium nitride The invention concerns a monocrystalline coating crack-free coating of gallium nitride or mixed gallium nitride and another metal, on a substrate likely to cause extensive stresses in the coating, said substrate being coated with a buffer layer, wherein: at least a ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763356 | Bond coating and thermal barrier compositions, processes for applying both, and their coated articles A coated article includes an article having at least one surface and composed of a molybdenum based refractory metal alloy base substrate, a niobium based refractory metal alloy base substrate or a silicon base substrate. A bond coat layer is disposed upon the surfa... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758967 | Antirust treatment method for an aluminum die-cast part for vehicular lighting fixture, and an aluminum die-cast part for vehicular lighting fixture An aluminum alloy-made part for a vehicular lighting fixture cast by the die-casting method and containing at least silicon is heated, whereby the silicon in the surface layer of the aluminum alloy-made part for a vehicular lighting fixture is oxidized to form a sil... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7749606 | Article with organic-inorganic composite film and process for producing the same An article with an organic-inorganic composite film that contains silica as its main component and does not separate from the substrate after the Taber abrasion test prescribed in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) R 3212. This composite film is formed of a coating... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736747 | Silicon parts joined by a silicon layer preferably plasma sprayed A method of joining two silicon members and the bonded assembly in which the members are assembled to place them into alignment across a seam. Silicon derived from silicon powder is plasma sprayed across the seam and forms a silicon coating that bonds to the silicon... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732054 | Method for preparing ZnO nanocrystals directly on silicon substrate A method for preparing a ZnO nanocrystal directly on a silicon substrate includes the steps of: (S1) forming a Zn—Si—O composite thin film on the silicon substrate; and (S2) thermally treating the obtained thin film. Particularly, ZnO nanocrystals ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7713634 | Non-linear silicon compound, method of manufacturing oligomer probe array using the same, substrate for oligomer probe array with the same, and oligomer probe array with the same A non-linear silicon compound is provided. The non-linear silicon compound may be a non-linear aromatic compound used as a linker for manufacturing an oligomer probe array. The non-linear silicon compound may reduce self-aggregation so as to form a stable and unifor... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7691482 | Structure for planar SOI substrate with multiple orientations The present invention provides a method of forming a substantially planar SOI substrate having multiple crystallographic orientations including the steps of providing a multiple orientation surface atop a single orientation layer, the multiple orientation surface co... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7678460 | Intermediate semiconductor device structures using photopatternable, dielectric materials A cap layer that enables a photopatternable, spin-on material to be used in the formation of semiconductor device structures at wavelengths that were previously unusable is disclosed. The photopatternable, spin-on material is applied as a layer to a semiconductor su... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7666513 | Adhesive of a silicon and silica composite for bonding together silicon parts A method of joining two silicon members, the adhesive used for the method, and the joined product, especially a silicon tower for supporting multiple silicon wafers. A flowable adhesive is prepared comprising silicon particles of size less than 100 μm and preferabl... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666512 | Thermal resistant environmental barrier coating A process for preparing a silicon based substrate with a protective coating having improved thermal resistance at temperature up to at least 1500° C., and the resulting article. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655315 | SOI substrate, silicon substrate therefor and it's manufacturing method A silicon wafer includes a principal face for forming electronic devices; an end region; and a tapered region which is located between the principal face and the end region, in which the thickness of the silicon wafer is gradually reduced, and which has a slope that... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651775 | Plastic optical components, optical unit using the same and method of forming inorganic moisture-proof coating on plastic optical components There are provided plastic optical components which, in addition to their superior characteristics such as lightweightness, low cost and suitability for mass production, exhibit superior moisture barrier properties while experiencing extremely small changes in refra... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645517 | Rare earth-oxides, rare earth nitrides, rare earth phosphides and ternary alloys with silicon Atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) is applied to the fabrication of new forms of rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides. Further, ternary compounds composed of binary (rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides) mixed with sil... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7638200 | Process for making dense mixed metal SiNtargets A composition and method for fabricating high-density Ta—Al—O, Ta—Si—N, and W—Si—N sputtering targets, having particular usefulness for the sputtering of heater layers for ink jet printers. Compositions in accordance with the invention comprise a metal c... | 12/29/2009 |