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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442413 | Methods and apparatus for treating a work piece with a vaporous element Methods and apparatus for controlling and delivering a vaporous element or compound, for example, selenium or sulfur, from a solid source to a work piece are provided. The methods and apparatus may be used in photovoltaic cell manufacturing. The apparatus may compri... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431878 | Process of making an electron-emitting device A method of making an electron-emitting device including the steps of (A) preparing a member comprising first and second substances composed of carbon, wherein the substances have respective reaction rates different from each other for a gas, and (B) heating the mem... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7374642 | Treatment process for improving the mechanical, catalytic, chemical, and biological activity of surfaces and articles treated therewith A continuous, uninterrupted two-step treatment process capable of forming nanometer scale physical structures on the surface of articles fabricated from metallic, ceramic, glass, or plastic materials, and then depositing a thin conformal coating on the nanostructure... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7358465 | Method for restoring ceramic heater A ceramic heater for heating a semiconductor wafer under processing and has a layered structure wherein on one surface of a supporting substrate made of carbon or a carbon-based composite material, successively formed layers including an insulating layer, and electr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348592 | Carbon nanotube apparatus and method of carbon nanotube modification Carbon nanotube apparatus, and methods of carbon nanotube modification, include carbon nanotubes having locally modified properties with the positioning of the modifications being controlled. More specifically, the positioning of nanotubes on a substrate with a depo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342204 | Heater and heating device A low-radiation-rate film, made of a material whose radiation rate is lower than that of a heater substrate, is formed at least entirely over the surface of a heat-subject-placing surface of a heater substrate. By applying patterning to the low-radiation-rate film, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335395 | Methods of using pre-formed nanotubes to make carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articles Methods of Using Preformed Nanotubes to Make Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. To make various articles, certain embodiments provide a substrate. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to cre... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7307272 | Nanotube based multi-level memory structure A network of electronic devices is provided. The network comprises an organized matrix of armchair nanotubes and zigzag nanotubes. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7286210 | Passive optical sensor using carbon nanotubes A passive optical sensor operates independently of light amplitude by using a semiconducting carbon nanotube material. The material has an optical property dependent on wavelength, e.g., wavelength of absorption, ratio of absorptions at two wavelengths, or fluoresce... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277460 | Generation of optical filaments by use of localized optical inhomogeneities Optical filaments are formed controllably in a gaseous medium such as air. A phase plate introducing a phase discontinuity or other localized optical inhomogeneity is introduced into the path of the pulsed high-power laser beam that forms the optical filaments in th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7176505 | Electromechanical three-trace junction devices Three trace electromechanical circuits and methods of using same. A circuit includes first and second electrically conductive elements with a nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanical elements) disposed therebetween. An insulative layer is disposed on one of the f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172953 | Methods of forming nanoscopic wire-based devices and arrays Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surf... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7135207 | Chemical vapor deposition method using alcohol for forming metal oxide thin film Provided is a method for fabricating a metal oxide thin film in which a metal oxide generated by a chemical reaction between a first reactant and a second reactant is deposited on the surface of a substrate as a thin film. The method involves introducing a first rea... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7056479 | Process for preparing carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes are formed on carbon paper by first depositing a metal catalyst on the carbon paper, and passing a feedstock gas containing a source of carbon over the substrate while applying an electrical current thereto to heat the substrate sufficiently to gene... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7001467 | Direct-write laser transfer and processing A device and method for depositing a material of interest onto a receiving substrate includes a first laser and a second laser, a receiving substrate, and a target substrate. The target substrate comprises a laser transparent support having a back surface and a fron... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979590 | Methods of making electromechanical three-trace junction devices Methods of producing an electromechanical circuit element are described. A lower structure having lower support structures and a lower electrically conductive element is provided. A nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanically responsive element) is formed on an up... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6949490 | High-TC superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods of making the same High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods for making such high-Tc superconducting products. Completely sealed high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide provides are made by a macroscopic process including the steps of pressin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940088 | Molecular structures comprising single wall carbon nanotubes The present invention provides novel molecular structures, which are suitable for use as electrical devices. In one example, the molecular structure comprises a central nanotube of a zigzag type (9) interconnected between two nanotubes of an armchair type ( | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919592 | Electromechanical memory array using nanotube ribbons and method for making same Electromechanical circuits, such as memory cells, and methods for making same are disclosed. The circuits include a structure having electrically conductive traces and supports extending from a surface of the substrate, and nanotube ribbons suspended by the supports... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911682 | Electromechanical three-trace junction devices Three trace electromechanical circuits and methods of using same are described. A circuit includes first and second electrically conductive elements with a nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanical elements) disposed therebetween. The nanotube ribbon is movable to... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6887578 | Fluorocarbon-organosilicon copolymers and coatings prepared by hot-filament chemical vapor deposition Hot-filament chemical vapor deposition has been used to deposit copolymer thin films consisting of fluorocarbon and siloxane groups. The presence of covalent bonds between the fluorocarbon and organosilicon moieties in the thin film has been confirmed by Infrared, X... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6835591 | Methods of nanotube films and articles Nanotube films and articles and methods of making the same. A nanotube films produced from a conductive article includes an aggregate of nanotube segments. The nanotube segments contact other nanotube segments to define a plurality of conductive pathways along the a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6780290 | Method and device for forming film The prevent invention improves the film thickness distribution in the direction of revolution of substrates by a simple manner in a method for forming coating films, wherein a evaporating source 3 is disposed at a predetermined distance from substrates 2, ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6730349 | Mechanical and acoustical suspension coating of medical implants The present invention has several plausible embodiments. In one embodiment an apparatus for coating a medical device is provided. This apparatus includes a coating chamber, a vibrating structure within the coating chamber the vibrating structure capable of suspendin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6689427 | Group IV metal precursors and a method of chemical vapor deposition using the same An organometallic precursor of a formula M(L)2 for use in formation of metal oxide thin films, in which M is a group IV metal ion having a charge of +4 and L is a tridentate ligand having a charge of -2, the ligand being represented by the foll... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6610180 | Substrate processing device and method A substrate processing device is provided in which an interior rotating body for a substrate holder, provided in the interior of a vacuum chamber, and an external rotating body, provided in the exterior of said vacuum chamber, are magnetically coupled, an... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6610416 | Material treatment for reduced cutting energy and improved temperature capability of honeycomb seals The present invention provides for a method to reduce the strength of the honeycomb of a jet turbine stator, increasing its machinability, with a resultant reduction in measured peak tooth temperature, while maintaining or even improving its high temperat... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6593166 | Method for construction of nanotube matrix material A method of constructing nanotube matrix material in a controlled manner wherein, a nanotube fragment having at least two potential energy-binding surfaces including two distinct levels of binding potential energy of H-bonding and a second lower binding p... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6506453 | Deposition method, deposition apparatus, and pressure-reduction drying apparatus Using a scan coating method, a liquid film is formed on a substrate having a temperature distribution for correcting a temperature distribution of a liquid film caused by the heat of evaporation due to the volatilization of a solvent contained in the liqu... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6482473 | Composition and method for dissipating heat A composition for increasing the dissipation of heat from one portion of a surface when heat is applied to another portion of the same surface. The preferred composition is a gel or paste with high water content and a thickener of a mineral clay in a coll... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6427622 | Hot wire chemical vapor deposition method and apparatus using graphite hot rods A hot wire chemical vapor deposition method and apparatus for fabricating high quality amorphous, micro-crystalline, and poly-crystalline thin film silicon, or related materials, devices and large area modules is described. A silane gas impinges upon a ho... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6423456 | Method for manufacture of electronic parts A composition used as a resist in the manufacture of electronic parts, for example printed circuits, and which is rendered soluble in a developer by patternwise delivery of heat, comprises a polymer of general formula (I), wherein R1 represents... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6410201 | Thermal transfer element and process for forming organic electroluminescent devices Disclosed are thermal transfer elements and processes for patterning solvent-coated layers and solvent-susceptible layers onto the same receptor substrate. These donor elements and methods are particularly suited for making organic electroluminescent devi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6291126 | Thermal transfer element and process for forming organic electroluminescent devices Disclosed are thermal transfer elements and processes for patterning organic materials for electronic devices onto patterned substrates. These donor elements and methods are particularly suited for making organic electroluminescent devices and displays. T... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6207229 | Highly luminescent color-selective materials and method of making thereof A coated nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a substantially monodisperse nanoparticle selected from the group consisting of CdX, where x=S, Se, Te and an overcoating of ZnY, where Y=S, Se, uniformly deposited thereon, said coated nanoparticle ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203864 | Method of forming a heterojunction of a carbon nanotube and a different material, method of working a filament of a nanotube A carbon nanotube is contacted with a reactive substance which is a metal or a semiconductor. The reactive substance is heated to diffuse atoms of the reactive substance into the carbon nanotube so that the carbon nanotube is partially transformed or conv... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6168834 | Method for dissipating heat A method for increasing the dissipation of heat from one portion of a surface when heat is applied to another portion of the same surface. The preferred composition is a gel or paste with high water content and a thickener of a mineral clay in a colloidal... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5904872 | Heating device, method of manufacturing the same, and processing apparatus using the same A heating device is formed by a heating plate formed of silica and having a heating surface for heating an object to be heated, a heating element having a predetermined pattern and fixed to a surface opposing the heating surface of the heating plate, and ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5869134 | CVD of metals capable of receiving nickel or alloys thereof using iodide The present invention discloses a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) process where nickel or alloys thereof, such as, Ni/Cu, Ni/Co, are deposited on metal surfaces which are capable of receiving nickel or alloys thereof, using an Iodide source, preferably an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5741557 | Method for depositing metal fine lines on a substrate A method for forming a desired pattern of a material of conductive or non-conductive type on a variety of substrates. It is based on the use of a pen which essentially consists of a refractory tip wetted with the material in the molten state. The pen pref... | 04/21/1998 |
