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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404338 | Force sensor The resolution and the signal-to-noise ration of known force sensors as e.g. capacitive force sensors decrease when scaling them down. To solve this problem there is a solution presented by the usage of a nanostructure as e.g. a carbon nanotube, which is mechanicall... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7352178 | Nanostructured magnetoresistive network and corresponding method for detection of magnetic field Described herein is a magnetoresistive network responsive to a magnetic field of the type comprising a plurality of magnetoresistive elements. According to the invention, the one or more magnetoresistive elements comprise at least one magnetoresistive element in the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7267797 | Nanofabricated photon tunneling based sensor A system and method for detecting changes in the refractive index of a fluid in a small test volume. A change in the refractive index can indicate a change in the chemical composition of the fluid. The test volume has a depth comparable to or less than the wavelengt... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226530 | Conducting polymer nanofiber sensors Polymer nanofibers, such as polyaniline nanofibers, with uniform diameters less than 500 nm can be made in bulk quantities through a facile aqueous and organic interfacial polymerization method at ambient conditions. The nanofibers have lengths varying from 500 nm t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7186460 | Extension and upsetting sensor The invention relates to core-shell particles comprising a shell which forms a matrix, and a core which is essentially solid and has an essentially monodisperse size distribution, the refractive index of the core material being different from that of the shell mater... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7155343 | Nanocircuitry for sensing, recording and outputting data The device implements nanotechnology by embedding nanocircuits with sensors to surfaces such as walls, wall coverings, clothing, windows, window coverings, flooring, roofs, roadways and telephone poles. Using a plurality of nanocircuits in a multitude of locations, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6673615 | Characterization of individual polymer molecules based on monomer-interface interactions The invention relates to a method for detecting a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid by (1) providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and a interface between the two pools, the interface having a channel so dimensioned as to allow sequentia... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671631 | Systems and methods for analyzing viscoelastic properties of combinatorial libraries of materials Systems and methods for analyzing a viscoelastic property of a combinatorial library of materials including a plurality of full bridge devices operable for measuring a temperature-modulated elongation property of each of a plurality of combinatorial mater... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6660533 | Attaching a biological molecule to a support surface The invention concerns a method for fixing a biological molecule, associated with a specific binding site, on the surface of a support made of silica or metal oxide. The invention also concerns a surface functionalized by the method and the use of such a ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6636050 | Four-terminal measuring device that uses nanotube terminals A four-terminal measuring device, which uses nanotube terminals and measures low resistance values and low impedance values of extremely small objects under test with good precision, including two current terminals which cause a constant current to flow f... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6616734 | Dynamic filtration method and apparatus for separating nano powders A method and apparatus for separating nanometer-sized particles of a powder. The method includes (a) feeding the powder particles into a pressurized gas stream which carries the particles into a first stage filter device of a multiple-stage separator syst... | 09/09/2003 |
| 4850707 | Optical pulse particle size analyzer A system for determining the cluster size distribution of submicron-size particles in a solution by optical pulse particle size analysis is provided. The system comprises a laminar flow cell having a translucent chamber, means for passing a sheath liquid ... | 07/25/1989 |
