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Class 252/646 - Luminescent


Subclass of Class 252 - Compositions
Definition: Subject matter containing matter having the property of
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 06/26/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7234498Self-luminescent pneumatic tire
The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component comprising at least one elastomer containing olefinic unsaturation; a radioactive source of radiation; and a phosphorescent agent capable of emitting visible light upon exposure to said radiation.
06/26/2007
7235792Color-tuned volumetric light using high quantum yield nanocrystals
A light source of coaxially stacked volumetric light cells that can be used either in a lamp or a display. Each light cell is composed of high quantum yield nanocrystals in a silica aerogel matrix that is excited by a controlled ultraviolet light source. From these ...
06/26/2007
7074331Separation system, components of a separation system and methods of making and using them
Permeable polymeric monolithic materials are prepared in a column casing. In one embodiment, the permeable polymeric monolithic materials are polymerized while pressure is applied through a piston having a smooth piston head in contact with the polymerization mixtur...
07/11/2006
7058245Integrated optical circuits
An optoelectronic device having a flexible substrate and an optical interconnect (i.e. waveguide) comprising a sol-gel based material formed on the substrate. The sol-gel based waveguide is capable of being integrated into an all-optical system and provides for grea...
06/06/2006
6933655Self-powered wireless switch
A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photov...
08/23/2005
6855270Nanoscintillation systems for aqueous-based liquid scintillation counting
The present invention relates to the use of nanoscintillation systems, or nanoparticles containing fluor molecules, that can be used to detect an electron-emitting or alpha-particle-emitting radioisotope in the absence of organic-solvents commonly used in organic-ba...
02/15/2005
6544442Method of loading organic materials with group III plus lanthanide and actinide elements
Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising a tributyl phosphate complex of a group 3, lanthanide, actinide, or group 13 salt in an organic carrier and a method of making the complex. These materials are suitable for use in solid or liquid organic sci...
04/08/2003
5744320Quenching reagents and assays for enzyme-mediated luminescence
The present invention relates to single and dual-reporter luminescence assays utilizing general and specific reagents to quench enzyme-mediated reactions. In one embodiment of the invention, a reagent is added to the assay which non-specifically quenches ...
04/28/1998
5714342Compositions for the detection of protease in biological samples and methods of use therefo
The present invention provides for novel reagents whose fluorescence increases in the presence of particular proteases. The reagents comprise a characteristically folded peptide backbone each end of which is conjugated to a fluorophore. When the folded pe...
02/03/1998
5658494Fluorescent compounds
Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimido-triphenylphosphorane), or a phosphine oxide such as p-tolyldiphenylphosphine oxide, with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris...
08/19/1997
5494654Radiolabelled compound formulations
Additives are proposed for compositions comprising radiolabelled organic compounds e.g. 32P-labelled nucleotides. Stabilisers are selected from tryptophan, para-aminobenzoate, indoleacetate and the azole group. Dyes are selected from Sulphorhodamine B, Xy...
02/27/1996
5435937Fluorescent compounds
Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimidotriphenylphosphorane) with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris(dibenzoylmethide) europium III, has the property of fluorescin...
07/25/1995
5306445Inorganic volumetric light source excited by ultraviolet light
The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation. The composition comprises a porous substrate loaded with a component capable of emitting radiation upon interaction with an exciting radiation. Preferably, the composition ...
04/26/1994
5240647Process for making solid-state radiation-emitting composition
The invention provides a process for loading an aerogel substrate with tritium and the resultant compositions. According to the process, an aerogel substrate is hydrolyzed so that surface OH groups are formed. The hydrolyzed aerogel is then subjected to t...
08/31/1993
5137659Solid-state radiation-emitting compositions and devices
The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation, wherein a first substance functions as a source of exciting radiation, and a second substance interacts with the exciting radiation to provide a second radiation. The compo...
08/11/1992
5126442Advanced glycosylation endproducts and associated methods
New and useful chromophores have been isolated from the reaction mixture of proteins exposed to reducing sugars in the presence of sulfite over time. The chromophores are believed to be intermediates in nonenzymatic polypeptide glycosylation. The measurem...
06/30/1992
5122305Solid-state radiation-emitting compositions and devices
The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation, wherein a first substance functions as a source of exciting radiation, and a second substance interacts with the exciting radiation to provide a second radiation. The compo...
06/16/1992
5100587Solid-state radioluminescent zeolite-containing composition and light sources
A new type of RL light source consisting of a zeolite crystalline material, the intralattice spaces of which a tritiated compound and a luminophore are sorbed, and which material is optionally further dispersed in a refractive index-matched polymer matrix...
03/31/1992
5078919Composition containing aerogel substrate loaded with tritium
The invention provides a process for loading an aerogel substrate with tritium and the resultant compositions. According to the process, an aerogel substrate is hydrolyzed so that surface OH groups are formed. The hydrolyzed aerogel is then subjected to t...
01/07/1992
5011781Autoradiography enhancer and method of use
Disclosed is an improved autoradiography enhancer composition and method of use. The enhancer composition uses an acid anhydride as a dehydration agent....
04/30/1991
4997597Solid-state radioluminescent compositions
A solid state radioluminescent composition for light source comprises an optically clear polymer organic matrix containing tritiated organic materials and dyes capable of "red" shifting primary scintillation emissions from the polymer matrix. The tritiate...
03/05/1991
4889660Radioluminescent light sources, tritium containing polymers, and methods for producing the same
A radioluminescent light source comprises a solid mixture of a phosphorescent substance and a tritiated polymer. The solid mixture forms a solid mass having length, width, and thickness dimensions, and is capable of self-support. In one aspect of the inve...
12/26/1989
4871480Audoradiography enhancer and method of use
Disclosed is an improved autoradiography enhancer composition and method of use. The enhancer composition uses an acid anhydride as a dehydration agent....
10/03/1989
4710319Autofluorogram composition
The subject invention provides an autofluorography kit composition comprising (i) a first aqueous solution of a water soluble fluor having a formula selected from R--CO2 --X; R--SO3 --X; and R--NH3 --Y; where X and Y are a...
12/01/1987
4624799Mixture for use in the LSC (liquid scintillation counting) analysis technique
A liquid, homogeneous mixture for use in the LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting) analysis technique, comprising a scintillation liquid, a scintillator and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant includes one or more phosphoric acid esters having formula 1 an...
11/25/1986
4595599Luminescent silane
A luminescent compound, comprising a phosphor group or groups and an alkylalkoxysilane, and a luminescent composition comprising such luminescent compound and a radioactive substance to provide a source of exciting radiation for the luminescent compound i...
06/17/1986
4293436Autofluorogram and composition and method for making the same
An improved method of enhancing the effect of weak, e.g. beta, radioactive emitters, such as tritium and carbon-14, on film by contacting the medium used to contain the radioactive emitter with a fluor dissolved or dispersed in a carboxylic acid. A new co...
10/06/1981
4130571Process for preparing 1,2-diacyl-3-glycerylphosphorylcholines
Improved process for preparing 1,2-diacyl-3-glycerylphosphorylcholines, wherein the diacyl groups are, different or the same, a residue of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid, particularly one of the acyl groups being a residue of a highly unsaturated f...
12/19/1978
4081761Enhanced laser pumping by auxiliary luminescent centers that absorb and transfer normally wasted pump energy to the laser ion
Sensitizer impurities absorb a portion of pump radiation in a laser generator that is not absorbed by the activator impurity. The sensitizer transfers the otherwise wasted radiation to the activator impurity. Mn+2, UO2+2 a...
03/28/1978
4018635Phosphor combination, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label
Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the explosive, either before or after detonation of same. The phosphor...
04/19/1977
4013490Phosphor identification method, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label
Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the explosive, either before or after detonation of same. The phosphor...
03/22/1977
4010109Device for marking fluent materials
The invention is concerned with a device for use in marking fluent materials with a radio-active substance. A radio-active substance in an isotope generator continuously produces a relatively short life radio-active daughter substance and a solvent for th...
03/01/1977
3931591Q-switching device for glass lasers
An improved Q-switched neodymium laser in which uranium as UO.sub.2.sup..sup.+2 and a uranium oxidizing agent such as cerium in a host body such as glass serve as either an external or an internal Q-switching device for the laser....
01/06/1976
 
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