Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143149 | Method of forming a flexible nanostructured material for photovoltaic panels An efficient and low-cost method is intended for forming a flexible nanostructured material suitable for use as an active element of a photovoltaic panel. The method consists of evaporating a colloidal solution, which contains nanoparticles of various sizes and/or m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8043944 | Process for enhancing solubility and reaction rates in supercritical fluids Processes for enhancing solubility and the reaction rates in supercritical fluids are provided. In preferred embodiments, such processes provide for the uniform and precise deposition of metal-containing films on semiconductor substrates as well as the uniform and p... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030191 | Method of manufacturing micro structure, and method of manufacturing mold material Disclosed herein are a method of producing microstructure and a method of producing mold, the methods permitting production of much smaller pores than before in an atmosphere where impurities are negligible and also permitting production of microstructures having a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7915151 | Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors and fabricating such devices A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest cross-sectional dimension less than 500 nanometers, and a free-standing and bu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7741198 | Method for fabricating a probing pad of an integrated circuit chip A method for fabricating a probing pad is disclosed. A substrate having thereon a dielectric layer is provided. An inlaid metal wiring is formed in the dielectric layer. The inlaid metal wiring and the dielectric layer are covered with a passivation dielectric film.... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7704863 | Method of the application of a zinc sulfide buffer layer on a semiconductor substrate Chemical bath deposition (CBD) has proved top be the most favorable method for application of a buffer layer to semiconductor substrates, for example, chalcopyrite thin-film solar cells, whereby previously cadmium sulphide (CdS) was deposited and as cadmium is a hig... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7538015 | Method of manufacturing micro structure, and method of manufacturing mold material Disclosed herein are a method of producing microstructure and a method of producing mold, the methods permitting production of much smaller pores than before in an atmosphere where impurities are negligible and also permitting production of microstructures having a ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7381586 | Methods for manufacturing thin film transistors that include selectively forming an active channel layer from a solution A method for manufacturing TFTs is provided. It can be applied to both inverted staggered and co-planar TFT structures. The manufacturing method for the staggered TFT includes the formation of a gate electrode, a gate insulator, an active channel layer, a drain elec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371633 | Dielectric layer for semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises a silicate interface layer and a high-k dielectric layer overlying the silicate interface layer. The high-k dielectric layer comprises metal alloy oxides. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368086 | Functionalized fluorescent nanocrystals, and methods for their preparation and use Functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods for making and using these compositions are disclosed. The compositions are fluorescent nanocrystals coated with at least one material. The coating material has chemical compounds or ligands with functi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7335345 | Synthesis of water soluble nanocrystalline quantum dots and uses thereof An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335945 | Multi-gate MOS transistor and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a multi-gate MOS transistor and a method of manufacturing the same. Two silicon fins are vertically stacked on a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate, and four side surfaces of an upper silicon fin and three side surfaces of a lower silicon fin are used... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326365 | Composite material including nanocrystals and methods of making Temperature-sensing compositions can include an inorganic material, such as a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal can be a dependable and accurate indicator of temperature. The intensity of emission of the nanocrystal varies with temperature and can be highly... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316968 | Methods of forming semiconductor devices having multiple channel MOS transistors In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a preliminary active pattern including gate layers and channel layers is formed on a substrate. The gate layers and the channel layers are alternatively stacked. A hard mask is formed on the preliminary active pat... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7282190 | Silicon layer production method and solar cell production method A solar cell is produced by dipping a multicrystalline silicon substrate 28 in a solution 24 containing silicon, growing a silicon layer on the substrate 28 while decreasing with time the temperature drop rate of the solution during the dipping ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265037 | Nanowire array and nanowire solar cells and methods for forming the same Homogeneous and dense arrays of nanowires are described. The nanowires can be formed in solution and can have average diameters of 40-300 nm and lengths of 1-3 μm. They can be formed on any suitable substrate. Photovoltaic devices are also described. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256982 | Electrolytic capacitor A capacitor is provided which includes a plurality of electrodes and a fluid electrolyte provided to electrically associate the plurality of electrodes. One of the plurality of electrodes includes poly (ethylene 3,4-dioxythiophene) or a titanate. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250359 | Controlling threading dislocation densities in Ge on Si using graded GeSi layers and planarization A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate, at least one first crystalline epitaxial layer on the substrate, the first layer having a surface which is planarized, and at least one second crystalline epitaxial layer on the at least one first layer.... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220310 | Nanoscale junction arrays and methods for making same A nanoscale junction array includes an elongated nanowire and a plurality of elongated nanobelts. Each nanobelt has a proximal end and an opposite distal end. The proximal end of each nanobelt is attached to a different location on the nanowire. Each nanobelt extend... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214428 | Highly luminescent functionalized semiconductor nanocrystals for biological and physical applications The present invention provides for detection apparatus with functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods for making and using these compositions in biological detection applications, material separations, and in the production of biosensors. The c... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205048 | Functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods of making The present invention provides for functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods for making these compositions. The compositions are fluorescent nanocrystals coated with at least one material. The coating material has chemical compounds or ligands ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186575 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor device In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by processing of a wafer level, in the case of forming the semiconductor device at the wafer level, on the basis of inspection results on individual semiconductor chips constituting a semiconductor wafer, a treatm... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183146 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device To provide a method for manufacturing a wiring, a conductive layer, a display device, and a semiconductor device, each of which can meet a large sized substrate and which is manufactured with a higher throughput by using a material efficiently, the conductive layer ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175706 | Process of producing multicrystalline silicon substrate and solar cell There is provided a process of producing a multicrystalline silicon substrate having excellent characteristics as a solar cell substrate. A multicrystalline silicon ingot made by directional solidification 10 is cut such that a normal line of a principal surf... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7151047 | Stable, water-soluble quantum dot, method of preparation and conjugates thereof A method for manufacturing powdered quantum dots comprising the steps of: a) reacting quantum dots comprising a core, a cap and a first ligand associated with the outer surfaces thereof with a second ligand, the second ligand displacing the first ligand and attachin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141492 | Method for forming thin-film, apparatus for forming thin-film, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, electro-optical unit, and electronic apparatus The invention provides a method of forming a high-performance thin-film at low cost using a liquid material in safety, an apparatus to form a thin-film, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an electro-optical unit, and an electronic apparatus. An... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138098 | Preparation of nanocrystallites A method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite from a M-containing salt forms a nanocrystallite. The nanocrystallite can be a member of a population of nanocrystallites having a narrow size distribution and can include one or more semiconductor materials. Semiconductin... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7115532 | Methods of forming patterned photoresist layers over semiconductor substrates This invention comprises methods of forming patterned photoresist layers over semiconductor substrates. In one implementation, a semiconductor substrate is provided. An antireflective coating is formed over the semiconductor substrate. The antireflective coating has... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7067439 | ALD metal oxide deposition process using direct oxidation Methods of forming metal compounds such as metal oxides or metal nitrides by sequentially introducing and then reacting metal organic compounds with ozone or with oxygen radicals or nitrogen radicals formed in a remote plasma chamber. The metal compounds have surpri... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056471 | Ternary and quarternary nanocrystals, processes for their production and uses thereof The present invention relates to nanocrystals consisting of a homogeneous ternary or quaternary alloy having the composition M11-xM2xA and M11-xM2xAyB1-y, respectively, a process for its production, a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045446 | Semiconductor device fabrication method In a semiconductor device fabrication method using a fluidic self-assembly technique in which in a liquid, a plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted in a self-aligned manner on a substrate with a plurality of recessed portions formed therein, protruding poti... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035308 | Method and system for countering laser technology Described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser detection systems using nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022628 | Method for forming quantum dots using metal thin film or metal powder Disclosed herein is a method for forming quantum dots, comprising the steps of (a) depositing a metal thin layer onto a substrate, (b) coating a dielectric precursor onto the metal thin layer, and (c) stepwisely heating the resultant substrate; or a method for formi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6955855 | Nanocrystals Provided herein are compositions of functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals comprising fluorescent nanocrystals coated with an imidazole-containing compound; compositions of functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals comprising fluorescent nanocrystals coated with an... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918959 | Semiconducting oxide nanostructures Nanostructures and methods of fabricating nanostructures are disclosed. A representative nanostructure includes a substrate having at least one semiconductor oxide. In addition, the nanostructure has a substantially rectangular cross-section. A method of preparing a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914301 | CMOS integrated circuit devices and substrates having buried silicon germanium layers therein and methods of forming same CMOS integrated circuit devices include an electrically insulating layer and an unstrained silicon active layer on the electrically insulating layer. An insulated gate electrode is also provided on a surface of the unstrained silicon active layer. A Si1-x... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905737 | Method of delivering activated species for rapid cyclical deposition A method for providing activated species for a cyclical deposition process is provided. In one aspect, the method includes delivering a gas to be activated into a plasma generator, activating the gas to create a volume of reactive species, delivering a fraction of t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6890781 | Transparent layer of a LED device and the method for growing the same A transparent layer of a LED device and the method for growing the same are disclosed in this present invention. This present invention provides an improved liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) process for growing a transparent layer of a LED device. In the above-mentioned LP... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6881654 | Solder bump structure and laser repair process for memory device A solder bump structure and laser repair process for memory device include forming a first dielectric layer on a bump pad of a semiconductor wafer. After that, the first dielectric layer is etched to form a contact hole and to expose portions of the bump pad. A seco... | 04/19/2005 |
