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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092595 | Self-assembly of water-soluble nanocrystals A method for forming an ordered array of nanocrystals where a hydrophobic precursor solution with a hydrophobic core material in an organic solvent is added to a solution of a surfactant in water, followed by removal of a least a portion of the organic solvent to fo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7993454 | Surface modified quartz glass crucible, and its modification process A surface modified quartz glass crucible and a process for modifying the crucible includes a layer of a metal oxide on the whole or a part of the inside and/or outside of the crucible, and baking it. At least an inside surface of the crucible is coated with a said m... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7824491 | Method for crystallizing aurora 2 kinase catalytic domain polypeptide The present invention discloses nucleic acids that encode an active human Aurora 2 kinase catalytic domain. The present invention also discloses methods of growing X-ray diffractable crystals of polypeptides comprising the active human Aurora 2 kinase catalytic doma... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806980 | Method for crystallizing human beta secretase in complex with an inhibitor An inhibitor bound form of human beta secretase, also known as memapsin 2 and BACE, particularly in a glycosylated form as expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), HEK293 cells, or in insect cells as part of a Baculovirus expression system has been crystallized, an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7563320 | Hydrothermal method for preparing large single crystals of scandium, yttrium, and lanthanide sesquioxides Scandium, yttrium, and lanthanide sesquioxide crystals having the formula Ln2O3, wherein Ln is selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, with or without an activator ion, are made by a hydrothermal met... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7540917 | Hydrothermal growth of rhombohedral potassium fluoroberyllium borate crystals for use in laser and non-linear optical applications and devices Single, acentric, rhombohedral, potassium fluoroberyllium borate crystals of a size sufficient for use in a variety of laser and non-optical applications are formed by a hydrothermal method. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7422633 | Method of forming gallium-containing nitride bulk single crystal on heterogeneous substrate The present invention provides a process for forming a bulk monocrystalline gallium-containing nitride, i.e. GaN etc., on the surface of heterogeneous substrate, i.e. SiC etc., comprising the steps of forming a supercritical ammonia solvent containing ion or ions of... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7402716 | Hybrid cubic/hexagonal diamondoids Novel compounds having a hybrid cubic/hexagonal diamond crystal structure are disclosed. Each of the four compounds have the stoichiometric formula C26H32 and a molecular weight of 344. The four compounds are contemplated to have a utility in d... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384478 | Apparatus and process for preparing crystalline particles A process for preparing crystalline particles, especially particles of a pharmaceutical or carrier substance suitable for inhalation therapy, in addition to apparatus for the preparation of such particles. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374615 | Method and equipment for manufacturing aluminum nitride bulk single crystal The present invention provides a process for forming a bulk monocrystalline aluminum nitride by using a supercritical ammonia. The process comprises the steps of forming a supercritical solvent containing ions of an alkali metal in an autoclave; and dissolving a fee... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365359 | Organic semiconductor material and organic semiconductor element An organic semiconductor material having high charge mobility characteristics and an organic semiconductor element is provided. The organic semiconductor material has rodlike low-molecular liquid crystallinity, including a skeleton structure comprising L 6 π electr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364673 | Widely wavelength tuneable polychrome colloidal photonic crystal device The present invention discloses a widely wavelength tunable polychrome colloidal photonic crystal device whose optical Bragg diffraction stop bands and higher energy bands wavelength, width and intensity can be tuned in a continuous and fine, rapid and reversible, r... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357836 | Crystalline membranes In certain aspects, the invention features methods for forming crystalline membranes (e.g., a membrane of a framework material, such as a zeolite) by inducing secondary growth in a layer of oriented seed crystals. The rate of growth of the seed crystals in the plane... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351283 | System and method for fabricating a crystalline thin structure A crystalline thin structure (104, 204, 404) is grown on a surface (108, 228) of a substrate (112, 208, 400) by depositing molecules (136, 220) from a molecular precursor to a lateral growth front (144, 224) of the structure using ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329319 | Method for producing crystals and screening crystallization conditions A method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific functional groups, for preparing and screening the conditions necessary to promote a specific polymorph of a crystal, and a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329377 | Cyclic shrinkage of a templated 3D network material Methods are provided for producing a shrunken replica or a shrunken inverse replica of a multicontinuous structure. In one embodiment, the method comprises (1) infiltrating a first multicontinuous structure with a first fluid material which can be immobilized and sh... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329592 | Method for screening crystallization conditions using multifunctional substrates A method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific functional groups by using multi-functional substrates comprising a plurality of self-assembled monolayers having at least t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326294 | Preparation of small crystals Small crystals are made by mixing a solution of a desired substance with an anti-solvent in a fluidic vortex mixer in which the residence time is less than 1s, for example 10 ms. The liquid within the fluidic vortex mixer (12) is subjected to high intensity u... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314516 | Hydrodynamic cavitation crystallization device and process A device and process for crystallizing a compound using hydrodynamic cavitation comprising the steps of mixing at least one stream of a feed solution of such compound to be crystallized with at least one stream of an anti-solvent in a nucleating section via collisio... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311773 | Biopolymer crystal mounting device and manufacturing method thereof The invention provides a biopolymer crystal mounting device with which a biopolymer crystal having been grown in a solution containing a biopolymer can be taken out of the solution. The device can be manufactured efficiently without requiring labors and can be mass-... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311774 | Shaped nanocrystal particles and methods for working the same Shaped nanocrystal particles and methods for making shaped nanocrystal particles are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method for forming a branched, nanocrystal particle. It includes (a) forming a core having a first crystal structure in a solution, (b) forming ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306672 | Microfluidic free interface diffusion techniques A static fluid and a second fluid are placed into contact along a microfluidic free interface and allowed to mix by diffusion without convective flow across the interface. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the fluids are static and initiall... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291223 | Epitaxial organic layered structure and method for making The present invention relates to layered organic structures in which anisotropic crystalline seed layers control crystalline structure of the subsequent epitaxial organic layers. The structure comprises in sequence a substrate, a globally ordered crystalline seed la... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276219 | Preparation of 157nm transmitting barium fluoride crystals with permeable graphite The present invention is directed to a method of making large diameter metal fluoride sungle crystals that can be used in optical lithograpby systems, for example, excimer laser that operate below 200 nm. In addition, the invention is directed to metal fluoride sing... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255741 | Process for the isolation of high purity crystalline citalopram base A method is provided for the isolation of high purity crystalline citalopram (1-[3-dimethylamino)propyl}-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-5-isobenzofurancarbonitrile) base directly from the alkylation reaction mixture of 5-cyanophthalane with N,N-dimethylaminoprpylch... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252712 | Process and apparatus for obtaining bulk monocrystalline gallium-containing nitride The present invention refers to an ammonobasic method for preparing a gallium-containing nitride crystal, in which gallium-containing feedstock is crystallized on at least one crystallization seed in the presence of an alkali metal-containing component in a supercri... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247203 | Process for producing crystalline nucleus and method of screening crystallization conditions The present invention relates to a process for producing high-quality crystals of protein or organic substances easily and efficiently. A solution of protein or an organic substance is prepared and then is cooled slowly to be supersaturated to a low degree. This sup... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244307 | Production of crystalline materials by using high intensity ultrasound A crystalline material sufficiently pure for use in pharmaceuticals may be made by forming a saturated solution of the material changing the temperature of the solution so it becomes supersaturated, and briefly subjecting the solution to irradiation by high intensit... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232486 | Crystallization and purification of macrolides Provided is a method for crystallization and purification of a macrolide such as tacrolimus, sirolimus, pimecrolimus, or everolimus that includes the step of providing a combination of a macrolide, and a polar solvent, dopolar aprotic solvent, or hydrocarbon solvent... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232485 | Method of determining crystallization The present invention relates to a method for determining crystallization in a very small amount of a material of interest (eg a chemical or biological material of interest). ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223305 | Method of manufacturing potassium niobate single crystal thin film, surface acoustic wave element, frequency filter, frequency oscillator, electric circuit, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing a potassium niobate (KNbO3) single crystal thin film, includes the steps of maintaining the substrate under a predetermined oxygen partial pressure; maintaining the substrate within a temperature region which is equal to or highe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217321 | Microfluidic protein crystallography techniques The present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods facilitating the growth and analysis of crystallized materials such as proteins. In accordance with one embodiment, a crystal growth architecture is separated by a permeable membrane from an adjacent ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195670 | High throughput screening of crystallization of materials High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193098 | Process for producing semiconductor nanocrystal cores, core-shell, core-buffer-shell, and multiple layer systems in a non-coordinating solvent utilizing in situ surfactant generation A process for producing semiconductor nanocrystal cores, core-shell, core-buffer-shell, and multiple layer systems is disclosed. The process involves a non-coordinating solvent and in situ surfactant generation. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182810 | Protein temperature evaporation-controlled crystallization device and method thereof A temperature- and evaporation-controlled device for the crystallization of proteins from a protein-containing solution. The device comprises a compartment, such as a microcapillary tube, for holding the solution from which crystals are formed. The compartment is in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175704 | Method for reducing defect concentrations in crystals A method for removing defects at high pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) or for relieving strain in a non-diamond crystal commences by providing a crystal, which contains defects, and a pressure medium. The crystal and the pressure medium are disposed in a high p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161029 | DiL-lysine monosulfate trihydrate crystal and method of making A diL-lysine monosulfate trihydrate crystal which has a large tabular form and is more easily separable from the mother liquor. The crystal is obtained by a novel process of conducting crystallization at a lower temperature. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160388 | Process and apparatus for obtaining bulk monocrystalline gallium-containing nitride The present invention refers to an ammonobasic method for preparing a gallium-containing nitride crystal, in which gallium-containing feedstock is crystallized on at least one crystallization seed in the presence of an alkali metal-containing component in a supercri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118626 | Crystallization cassette for the growth and analysis of macromolecular crystals and an associated method The invention is a crystallization cassette and associated method for growing and analyzing macromolecular crystals in situ by X-ray crystallography. The cassette allows proteins (as well as other macromolecules) to be crystallized by the counter-diffusion method in... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112241 | Protein crystallography hanging drop multiwell plate The present invention includes a microplate for performing crystallography studies. In particular, the microplate has a frame that includes a plurality of wells formed therein. Each well includes a first well and a second well. The first well includes a relatively l... | 09/26/2006 |
