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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744845 | Synthesis of lithium zirconate A process is disclosed for the preparation of lithium zirconate and doped lithium zirconates for use as regenerable carbon dioxide sorbants by wet mixing zirconium hydroxide with lithium carbonate and then calcining the mixture. Due to the improved physical properti... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731933 | Insulating target material, method of manufacturing insulating target material, insulating complex oxide film, and device An insulating target material for obtaining an insulating complex oxide film represented by a general formula AB1-XCXO3, an element A including at least Pb, an element B including at least one of Zr, Ti, V, W, and Hf, and an element ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7438837 | Method of producing solid electrolyte and solid electrolyte A method of producing a solid electrolyte (3, 13) is disclosed wherein solid electrolyte material is prepared having a composition expressed by a formula: (1-x) ZrO2 {xSc2O3 (where x is a number equal to or greater than 0.05 and equa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431910 | Process for preparing zirconium-cerium-based mixed oxides A process for preparing zirconium-cerium-based mixed oxides which comprises reacting an alkali with an aqueous solution of a zirconium salt containing 0.42-0.7 mole of sulphate anion (SO42−) per mole of zirconium cation at a temperature of no... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7381394 | Method for producing perovskite-type composite oxide Methods of producing a safe and hygienic method for industrially and efficiently producing a perovskite-type composite oxide are provided that can maintain the catalytic activity of a noble metal at a high level. Methods include preparing a precursor of the perovski... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368097 | Preparation of nanocrystalline lithium titanate spinels Process for preparing nanocrystalline lithium titanate spinels by reacting lithium hydroxide and a titanium alkoxide at elevated temperature in a reaction mixture which forms water of reaction. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357910 | Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7326398 | Non-silica mesoporous oxide having improved pore structure periodism, method of producing the mesoporous oxide and method of crystallizing pore wall of non-silica mesoporous oxide using template to be filled in pores A method for preparation for mesoporous oxide comprising a non silica oxide having a hexagonal pore structure periodicity and an average maximum pore length of from 2 nm to 5 nm, characterized by comprising blending 0.003 mol to 0.01 mol of TaCl5, NbCl | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314607 | Meso-porous transition metal oxide having crystallized pore wall and method for preparing the same A meso porous transition metal oxide comprising one or more transition metal oxides, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Hf, Ta, W and Re, and the pore wall of the meso... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314846 | Method for preparing metal oxide particles and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst The present invention relates to metal oxide particles having cores comprising larger molar amounts of zirconia than of ceria, and surface layers comprising larger molar amounts of ceria than of zirconia. Further, the present invention relates to a method for prepar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7270797 | Process for producing positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery To provide a process for producing a lithium-cobalt composite oxide for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery excellent in volume capacity density, safety, charge and discharge cyclic durability, press density and productivity, by using in expensive co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271114 | Perovskite ceramic powder and electronic component using same and manufacturing methods thereof A ceramic powder having a perovskite structure is manufactured by synthesizing a ceramic powder by a dry synthesis process and then heat-treating the synthesized ceramic powder in a solution. The dry synthesis method includes a solid phase synthesis method, an oxala... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261833 | Ceramic electrolyte coating and methods Aqueous coating slurries useful in depositing a dense coating of a ceramic electrolyte material (e.g., yttrium-stabilized zirconia) onto a porous substrate of a ceramic electrode material (e.g., lanthanum strontium manganite or nickel/zirconia) and processes for pre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247283 | Method of preparing a titanium and zirconium-based oxide, the oxides thus obtained and the use of same as catalysts The invention concerns a process for preparing an oxide based on zirconium and titanium in which a liquid medium containing a zirconium compound and a titanium compound is formed; said medium is then heated; the precipitate obtained from the end of the preceding ste... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247597 | Composite oxide, process for producing the same, and exhaust gas reducing co-catalyst A composite oxide includes CeO2, ZrO2 and a metallic oxide being free from reacting with CeO2 and ZrO2 at 700° C. or more, preferably at 900° C. or more and further preferably at 1,000° C. or more. The composite oxide h... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232556 | Titanium comprising nanoparticles and related nanotechnology Nanoparticles comprising titanium, such as nanoscale doped titanium metal compounds, inorganic titanium compounds, and organic titanium compounds, their methods of manufacture, and methods of preparation of products from nanoparticles comprising titanium are provide... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223377 | Process for producing micro-mesoporous metal oxide having regulated pores formed by novel template removal method The present invention is the method for preparation of transition metal oxide having micro-mesoporous structure whose average fine pores size is not less than 1 nm and not more than 2 nm comprising, adding and dissolving transition metal salt which is a precursor of... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211236 | Flame made metal oxides Described is a method for the production of metal oxides by flame spray pyrolysis, in particular mixed metal oxides such as ceria/zirconia, and metal oxides obtainable by said method. Due to high enthalpy solvents with a high carboxylic acid content said metal oxide... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208135 | Preparation of mixed oxides having mean diameters of less than 10 nanometers Process for preparing mixed oxides by reacting alkoxides of the elements titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum or mixtures thereof with metal hydroxides, metal carboxylates, metal hydroxycarbonates, metal carbonates or mixtures thereof of the elements lithium, sodi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179441 | Method for preparing barium-titanate based powder The present invention relates to a method for preparing barium titanate based powder. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for preparing barium titanate powder comprising the following steps of precipitation of barium titanyl oxalate (BaTiO(C | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172747 | Metal oxide nanotube and process for production thereof Spiral shaped fibers were utilized to prepare completely novel metal oxide nanotubes comprising solely metal oxides. The metal oxide nanotubes comprise solely a hollow cylinder shaped metal oxide which may contain hydroxyl groups constituting a double helix and havi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166267 | Solid solutions, applicable as catalysts, with perovskite structure comprising noble metals Materials with a perovskite structure in form of solid solutions with general formula: AzZr1−xBxO3 Where A is Ba or a rare earth element, B is Pt, Ir, Rh or Ce z is 1 when A is Ba and is ⅔ when A is a rare earth, x is ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157406 | Catalysts or carriers which consist essentially of monoclinic zirconium dioxide Catalysts or carriers which consist essentially of monoclinic zirconium dioxide are prepared by pecipitation of zirconium salts with ammonia, by adding a zirconyl nitrate or zirconyl chloride solution to an aqueous ammonia solution at a decreasing pH from 14 to 6 an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147834 | Hydrothermal synthesis of perovskite nanotubes A low-temperature hydrothermal reaction is provided to generate crystalline perovskite nanotubes such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) and strontium titanate (SrTiO3) that have an outer diameter from about 1 nm to about 500 nm and a length from abou... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138102 | Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized double oxide powder A method for manufacturing a highly-crystallized double oxide powder composed of a single crystal phase which can be used as a phosphor material, a dielectric material, a magnetic material, etc. The method involves forming fine droplets of a raw material solution co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132093 | Mesoporous mixed oxide materials as a new class of SOresistant catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation The oxide materials are of the class of ternary mesoporous mixed oxide materials including lanthanum, a metal M selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, and zirconium or cerium such a mesoporous La—Co—Zr mixed oxide material designate... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125536 | Nano-structured particles with high thermal stability This invention relates to a composition comprising nano-structured metal oxide particles (particularly, zirconia) and at least one stabilizing agent, a method to produce the composition, and a method to produce the thermally stable nano-structured particles. The met... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7105235 | Isotropic zero CTE reinforced composite materials A reinforced composite material, having isotropic thermal expansion properties and a low coefficient of thermal expansion over at least the temperature range of from about 0° C. to at least about 150° C., which composite material comprises in combination a first c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081235 | Cathode materials for primary batteries The cathode of a primary alkaline battery is composed of electrode grade manganese dioxide containing Zr. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067446 | Material demonstrating negative or low thermal expansion coefficient and method for manufacture thereof A material having a negative or low thermal expansion coefficient and composed substantially of a single crystal system is provided. The material is an oxide represented by the chemical formula ((R4+M2+)1-xA3+2... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049347 | Method for making fine and ultrafine spherical particles of zirconium titanate and other mixed metal oxide systems Disclosed is a method for making amorphous spherical particles of zirconium titanate and crystalline spherical particles of zirconium titanate comprising the steps of mixing an aqueous solution of zirconium salt and an aqueous solution of titanium salt into a mixed ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049257 | Low thermal expansion materials It is a principal object of the present invention to provide low thermal expansion materials able to answer to the needs of various uses. The present invention relates to low thermal expansion materials constituted substantially from a crystalline body represented b... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6986879 | Method for producing complex metal oxide powder A complex metal oxide powder composed of fine particles, each in an approximately spherical shape, is provided by a method for producing a complex metal oxide powder, which method comprises heating at least two kinds of metal salts, or a complex metal salt comprisin... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6974566 | Method for producing mixed metal oxides and metal oxide compounds A process to produce mixed metal oxides and metal oxide compounds. The process includes evaporating a feed solution that contains at least two metal salts to form an intermediate. The evaporation is conducted at a temperature above the boiling point of the feed solu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956008 | Storage-reduction type NOx purifying catalyst A storage-reduction type NOx purifying catalyst includes a monolith substrate having formed thereon a coat layer containing a cerium-zirconium composite oxide and a cerium-free oxide, a noble metal and an NOx storing material being supported on... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6933259 | Composite oxide powder, a method for producing the same and a catalyst using the same This composite oxide powder can secure a large pore volume even after calcination at high temperature and, when a catalyst is formed by loading a noble metal on this composite oxide powder, noble metal grain growth can be suppressed. The composite oxide powder compr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6878490 | Positive electrode active materials for secondary batteries and methods of preparing same The present invention is a positive electrode active material that can be used in secondary lithium and lithium-ion batteries to provide the power capability, i.e., the ability to deliver or retake energy in short periods of time, desired for large power application... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844283 | Zero thermal expansion material and practical component parts making use of the same Using as a negative thermal expansion material a double oxide containing at least partly a compound represented by the chemical formula: RQ,O, (wherein R is Zr, Hf or a tetravalent metallic element represented by a mixture system of these, and Q is a hexavalent meta... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6835367 | Single step process for the synthesis of nanoparticles of ceramic oxide powders The present invention relates to a single step process for the synthesis of nanoparticles of phase pure ceramic oxides of a single or a multi-component system comprising one or more metal ions. The process comprises preparing a solution containing all the required m... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6803027 | Molecular decomposition process for the synthesis of nanosize ceramic and metallic powders A process is disclosed for forming a nanosize ceramic powder. A precursor ceramic material is formed of a fugitive constituent and a non-soluble constituent in a single phase. The precursor is contacted with a selective solvent (water, acid, etc.) to form a solution... | 10/12/2004 |
