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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999161 | Laser-activated nanothermolysis of cells Provided herein are methods and system to increase selective thermomechanical damage to a biological body, such as a cancer cell or cell associated with a pathophysiological condition. The biological body or cancer cell is specifically targeted with nanoparticulates... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999160 | Orienting, positioning, and forming nanoscale structures A method. A first copolymer is provided. A substrate is provided having an energetically neutral surface layer with at least one trough integrally disposed thereon with sidewalls. A first film of the first copolymer is coated inside the trough. Line-forming microdom... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7931812 | TiO2 nanostructures, membranes and films, and applications of same The present invention relates to applications of TiO2-containing, macro-sized nanostructures in the fields including photocatalysis, information writing-erasing-rewriting, microfiltration, controlled drug release, and tire making. In one aspect, the prese... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7425491 | Nanowire transistor with surrounding gate One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming a transistor. According to an embodiment of the method, a pillar of amorphous semiconductor material is formed on a crystalline substrate, and a solid phase epitaxy process is performed to crys... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419601 | Nanomesh article and method of using the same for purifying fluids Disclosed herein are articles for removing contaminants from a fluid, such as a liquid or gas, the article comprising carbon nanotubes, which comprise at least one molecule or cluster attached thereto or located therein, wherein the carbon nanotubes are present in t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419887 | Laser assisted nano deposition An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming a nano structure on a substrate with nano particles. The nano particles are deposited through a nano size pore onto the substrate. A laser beam is directed through a concentrator to focus a nano size laser beam onto t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416699 | Carbon nanotube devices Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a nanotube is adapted to pass current between two conductive elements. In one implementation, each conductive element incl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412428 | Application of hebbian and anti-hebbian learning to nanotechnology-based physical neural networks Methods and systems are disclosed herein in which a physical neural network can be configured utilizing nanotechnology. Such a physical neural network can comprise a plurality of molecular conductors (e.g., nanoconductors) which form neural connections between pre-s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405434 | Quantum dot conjugates in a sub-micrometer fluidic channel A nanofluidic channel fabricated in fused silica with an approximately 500 nm square cross section was used to isolate, detect and identify individual quantum dot conjugates. The channel enables the rapid detection of every fluorescent entity in solution. A laser of... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398259 | Training of a physical neural network Physical neural network systems and methods are disclosed. A physical neural network can be configured utilizing molecular technology, wherein said physical neural network comprises a plurality of molecular conductors, which form neural network connections thereof. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384795 | Methods for verifying fluid movement Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for determining fluid movement, fluid dilution and fluid removal are described. Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for monitoring and quantifying the amounts of solid materials dissolved in a liquid are also des... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384879 | Selection and deposition of nanoparticles using CO-expanded liquids A method for size selection of nanostructures comprising utilizing a gas-expanded liquids (GEL) and controlled pressure to precipitate desired size populations of nanostructures, e.g., monodisperse. The GEL can comprise CO2 antisolvent and an organic solv... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381631 | Use of expanding material oxides for nano-fabrication This invention relates to a method of fabricating nano-dimensional structures, comprising: depositing at least one deformable material upon a substrate such that the material includes at least one portion; and creating an oxidizable layer located substantially adjac... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381625 | Deterministic process for constructing nanodevices A method is provided for constructing a nanodevice. The method includes: fabricating an electrode on a substrate; forming a nanogap across the electrode; dispersing a plurality of nanoobjects onto the substrate using electrophoresis; and pushing one of the nanoobjec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371696 | Carbon nanotube structure and method of vertically aligning carbon nanotubes A Carbon NanoTube (CNT) structure includes a substrate, a CNT support layer, and a plurality of CNTs. The CNT support layer is stacked on the substrate and has pores therein. One end of each of the CNTs is attached to portions of the substrate exposed through the po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371674 | Nanostructure-based package interconnect An embodiment of the present invention is an interconnect technique. A nanostructure bump is formed on a die. The nanostructure bump has a template defining nano-sized openings and metallic nano-wires extending from the nano-sized openings. The die is attached to a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354871 | Nanowires comprising metal nanodots and method for producing the same Nanowires methods for producing the nanowires are provided. The nanowires include a plurality of metal nanodots uniformly disposed therein, and a core portion, wherein each of the plurality of metal nanodots is coupled to the core portion. According to the method, m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339244 | Small scale wires with microelectromechanical devices A process cycles between etching and passivating chemistries to create rough sidewalls that are converted into small structures. In one embodiment, a mask is used to define lines in a single crystal silicon wafer. The process creates ripples on sidewalls of the line... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338752 | Method for forming metal pattern and electromagnetic interference filter using pattern formed by the method Disclosed herein are a method for forming a highly electrically conductive metal pattern and an electromagnetic interference filter (EMI filter) using a metal pattern formed by the method. The method comprises the steps of (i) coating a photocatalytic compound onto ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329567 | Vertical field effect transistors incorporating semiconducting nanotubes grown in a spacer-defined passage Vertical field effect transistors having a channel region defined by at least one semiconducting nanotube and methods for fabricating such vertical field effect transistors by chemical vapor deposition using a spacer-defined channel. Each nanotube is grown by chemic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329931 | Receiver circuit using nanotube-based switches and transistors Receiver circuits using nanotube-based switches and transistors. A receiver circuit includes a differential input having a first and second input link, a differential output having a first and second output link, and first and second switching elements in electrical... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316967 | Flow method and reactor for manufacturing noncrystals A population of nanocrystals having a narrow and controllable size distribution and can be prepared by a segmented-flow method. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316982 | Controlling carbon nanotubes using optical traps An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to control carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A laser beam is focused to a carbon nanotube (CNT) in a fluid. The CNT is responsive to a trapping frequency. The CNT is manipulated by controlling the focused laser beam. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312095 | Modification of selectivity for sensing for nanostructure sensing device arrays An electronic system for selectively detecting and identifying a plurality of chemical species, which comprises an array of nanostructure sensing devices, is disclosed. Within the array, there are at least two different selectivities for sensing among the nanostruct... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294560 | Method of assembling one-dimensional nanostructures A method provides a simple yet reliable technique to assemble one-dimensional nanostructures selectively in a desired pattern for device applications. The method comprises forming a plurality of spaced apart conductive elements (12, 20) in a sequential patter... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258838 | Solid state molecular probe device A solid state nanopore device including two or more materials and a method for fabricating the same. The device includes a solid state insulating membrane having an exposed surface, a conductive material disposed on at least a portion of the exposed surface of the s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238415 | Multi-component conductive polymer structures and a method for producing same Novel electrically conductive polymer composite structures having a horizontal plane that contain effective amounts of two different types of conductive graphitic nanofibers. The first type of graphitic nanofiber is aligned substantially parallel to the horizontal p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235475 | Semiconductor nanowire fluid sensor and method for fabricating the same Nanowire fluid sensors are provided. The fluid sensors comprise a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one nanowire between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each nanowire is connected at a first end to the first electrode and at a second en... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7186381 | Hydrogen gas sensor A hydrogen gas sensor and/or switch fabricated from arrays nanowires composed of metal or metal alloys that have stable metal hydride phases. The sensor and/or switch response times make it quite suitable for measuring the concentration of hydrogen in a flowing gas ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7091084 | Ultra-high capacitance device based on nanostructures The present invention discloses a method including providing a substrate; forming a lower conductor over the substrate; forming a conducting nanostructure over the lower conductor; forming a thin dielectric over the conducting nanostructure; and forming an upper con... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7052618 | Nanostructures and methods of making the same Nanostructures and methods of making the same are described. In one aspect, a film including a vector polymer comprising a payload moiety is formed on a substrate. The film is patterned. Organic components of the patterned film are removed to form a payload-comprisi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6680411 | Carborane supercluster and method of producing same A carborane supercluster consisting of carborane (C2 B10 H12) as its constituent unit expressed as a molecular formula C2m B10m H12m-x, where x is a positive integer (i.e., x=1, 2, 3, . . .... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6670631 | Low-forward-voltage molecular rectifier A single molecular species having a low-forward-voltage rectifying property is provided. The molecular species is represented by the formula: where A is a "conducting" moiety (with a relatively narrow HOMO-LUMO gap), IL and IR are each an "insulating" moiety (... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666481 | Shunt connection to emitter A semiconductor device is formed having a thyristor, a pass device and a conductive shunt that electrically connects an emitter region of the thyristor with a node near an upper surface of the substrate. In one example embodiment of the present invention,... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666935 | Sol-gel manufactured energetic materials Sol-gel chemistry is used for the preparation of energetic materials (explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics) with improved homogeneity, and/or which can be cast to near-net shape, and/or made into precision molding powders. The sol-gel method is a synt... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6664559 | Supermolecular structures and devices made from same Supermolecular structures and devices made from same. Semiconductor materials and devices are manufactured and provided which use controlled, discrete distribution of and positioning of single impurity atoms or molecules within a host matrix to take advan... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6655882 | Twist drill having a sintered cemented carbide body, and like tools, and use thereof There is now provided a twist drill having an elongate body at a first end, a shank at a second and opposite end, the elongate body and the shank sharing a common axis, at least one face on the elongate body at an end opposite the shank, wherein the at le... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6655575 | Superplastic forming of micro components A method for forming a miniaturized shaped component. Bulk superplastic material is contacted with a flat rotating surface of a rotating tool to frictionally heat the bulk superplastic material with the bulk superplastic material positioned between the fl... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6653700 | Transistor structure and method of fabrication A novel transistor structure and its method of fabrication. According to the present invention, the transistor includes an intrinsic silicon body having a first surface. A gate dielectric is formed on the first surface of the intrinsic silicon body. A gat... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6622608 | Variable standoff extendable armor A method of achieving a variable standoff distance on an armored vehicle or structure between a standoff plate and a base armor plate. The method comprises building the armor system with the base armor plating covered by a layer of electromagnetic materia... | 09/23/2003 |
