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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435310 | Method for surface imprinted films with carbon nanotubes A method of making films surface imprinted with nanometer-sized particles to produce micro- and/or nano-structured electron and hole collecting interfaces, include providing at least one transparent substrate, providing at least one photoabsorbing conjugated polymer... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427438 | Polymerizable oligomeric urethane compositions comprising nanoparticles Presently described are microstructured articles such as a brightness enhancing film or optical turning film. The microstructured articles comprise a brightness enhancing polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of a composition comprising an organic co... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422790 | Methods of processing nanocrystals, and compositions, devices and systems including same Methods of processing nanocrystals to remove excess free and bound organic material and particularly surfactants used during the synthesis process, and resulting nanocrystal compositions, devices and systems that are physically, electrically and chemically integrata... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407604 | Nanostructured re-doped SiO-base fluorescent materials and methods for production of same A new class of nanostructured RE-doped SiO2-base materials that display superior fluorescence properties is provided. In particular, high gain combined with a broad and flat spectral band width is observed in material composed of a high fraction of a nano... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387747 | Method of making thermal interface material (TIM) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) According to embodiments of the present invention, a very thin thermal interface material (TIM) is developed, which is composed of carbon nanotubes, silicon thermal grease, and chloroform. The carbon nanotubes and chloroform comprise the filler and the silicone ther... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384668 | CCVD method for producing tubular carbon nanofibers The invention relates to a CCVD method for producing tubular carbon nanofibers on a support by catalytically depositing carbon out of the vapor phase. The inventive method is characterized in that a catalyst layer, which is deposited without current and which is bas... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7335259 | Growth of single crystal nanowires The present invention provides nanowires which are substantially straight and substantially free of nanoparticles and methods for making the same The nanowires can be made by seeded approaches, wherein nanocrystals bound to a substrate are used to promote growth of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329709 | Photoactive materials and related compounds, devices, and methods The present invention relates to fullerene derivatives including a pendant group that may be reacted to prepare a composition including a plurality of covalently bound fullerenes. The pendant group may be a cyclic ether, such as an epoxide. The present invention als... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309517 | Durable optical element A durable optical film or element includes a polymerized structure having a microstructured surface and a plurality of surface modified colloidal nanoparticles of silica, zirconia, or mixtures thereof. Display devices including the durable microstructured film are a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7282272 | Polymerizable compositions comprising nanoparticles Polymerizable compositions comprising nanopartilces particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7253119 | Passivated nanoparticles, method of fabrication thereof, and devices incorporating nanoparticles A plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles having an elementally passivated surface are provided. These nanoparticles are capable of being suspended in water without substantial agglomeration and substantial precipitation on container surfaces for at least 30 days. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7158346 | Heat assisted magnetic recording film including superparamagnetic nanoparticles dispersed in an antiferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic matrix Heat assisted magnetic recording systems with composite recording films are disclosed. The magnetic recording films include superparamagnetic nanoparticles dispersed in an antiferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic matrix. The matrix provides antiferromagnetic coupling with... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7129097 | Integrated circuit chip utilizing oriented carbon nanotube conductive layers A conductive layer in an integrated circuit is formed as a sandwich having multiple sublayers, including at least one sublayer of oriented carbon nanotubes. The conductive layer sandwich preferably contains two sublayers of carbon nanotubes, in which the carbon nano... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7071258 | Nano-scaled graphene plates A nano-scaled graphene plate material and a process for producing this material. The material comprises a sheet of graphite plane or a multiplicity of sheets of graphite plane. The graphite plane is composed of a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms and... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6682504 | Single use disposable jet injector A jet injector having cartridge and power pack assemblies is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cartridge assembly includes a tube containing the medicament with a plunger at one end and a stopper at the other end. The plunger is movable within the tube lu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6676887 | Oxidation resistant carbon composites with improved friction performance and methods for making and using them An oxidation resistant carbon composite material comprises nanocrystalline silicon carbide regions distributed throughout a carbon matrix. The composite is prepared by intermixing in a solvent a silicon carbide precursor and a carbon precursor and forming... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669256 | Nanotweezers and nanomanipulator To provide nanotweezers and a nanomanipulator which allow great miniaturization of the component and are capable of gripping various types of nano-substances such as insulators, semiconductors and conductors and of gripping nano-substances of various shap... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6639039 | Photochromic coating composition comprising nanoscales particles and process for providing substrate coated with the same A photochromic coating composition contains a silicon-containing precondensate derived from a hydrolysable silane containing a polymerizable functional group on a hydrolysis-stable radical, a photochromic dye, a stabilizer, and nanoscale particles. The co... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 4501726 | Intravascularly administrable, magnetically responsive nanosphere or nanoparticle, a process for the production thereof, and the use thereof An intravascularly administrable, magnetically responsive nanosphere or nanoparticle made up of a crystalline carbohydrate matrix, preferably starch, enclosing a magnetic material, is described. The nanosphere or nanoparticle is produced by dissolving a c... | 02/26/1985 |