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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442660 | Synthetic fire opal A synthetic fire opal having similar physical and chemical properties as natural fire opal. The synthetic fire opal is colored, hard, and transparent. The synthetic fire opal comprises SiO2 and water. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427387 | High-purity quartz powder, process for producing the same, and glass molding Subjects for the invention are to obtain a quartz powder having a high purity and high quality and a process for producing the same and to obtain a glass molding formed by melting and molding the powder and extremely reduced in bubble inclusion. The invention... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7407604 | Nanostructured re-doped SiO-base fluorescent materials and methods for production of same A new class of nanostructured RE-doped SiO2-base materials that display superior fluorescence properties is provided. In particular, high gain combined with a broad and flat spectral band width is observed in material composed of a high fraction of a nano... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357005 | Fiber optic collimator system, fiber optic collimator array, and manufacturing method of the fiber optic collimator system and fiber optic collimator array system A fiber optic collimator system, a fiber optic collimator array, and a fiber optic collimator array system, which can reduce difficulty in an alignment process, minimize a coupling loss, and prevent the optical characteristics from deteriorating. An optical fiber is... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354573 | Shaving, after-shave, and skin conditioning compositions A skin care composition comprising about 20% to about 85% by weight water, about 2% to about 40% by weight stearic acid and about 2% to about 40% by weight glycerin, diglycerin, grapeseed oil or a combination thereof is described. The composition is particularly use... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326422 | Dissolvable oxides for biological applications Controllably dissolvable silica-xerogels prepared via sol-gel process and their use. A delivery device including controllably dissolvable silica-xerogel into which structure a biologically active agent is incorporated. Pharmaceutical preparations including this devi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323136 | Containerless mixing of metals and polymers with fullerenes and nanofibers to produce reinforced advanced materials The present invention relates to fullerene, nanotube, or nanofiber filled metals and polymers. This invention stems from a cross-disciplinary combination of electromagnetic and acoustic processing and property enhancement of materials through fullerene or nanofiber ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305851 | Method for fabricating silica glass containing Bi and Ti using a sol-gel process A method for fabricating silica glass is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) hydrolyzing silicon alkoxide; (b) hydrolyzing heterometal alkoxide containing Bi and Ti components; (c) mixing a solution containing hydrolyzed products of the silicon alkoxide ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303784 | Method for producing self-cleaning ceramic layers and a composition therefore The invention concerns a method for producing a highly-porous ceramic layer and for application of this layer onto metallic, ceramic, enameled and/or glass substrates using porous, ceramic particles, preferably aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and zircon oxide, and an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288239 | Method for producing alkaline earth sulphate nanoparticles The invention relates to synthesis of nanoparticles, in particular to methods for producing nanoparticles with networks consisting of Z sulphate (Z=magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba) or the binary mixtures thereof). The inventive method consis... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285575 | Metal-doped organic gels and method thereof Disclosed herein is a sol-gel polymerization process for synthesizing metal-doped organic gels. The process polymerizes metal salts of hydroxylated benzenes or hydroxylated benzene derivatives with alkyl or aryl aldehydes to form metal-doped, wet, organic gels. The ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7250118 | Agglomerated nanoparticles having a rutile-like crystalline phase Agglomerated nanoparticles including Ti/Sb mixed oxide nanoparticles having a rutile-like crystalline phase content of at least 20 weight percent, wherein the nanoparticles have at least one organic moiety bound to the nanoparticle surface, and wherein the weight ra... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241437 | Zirconia particles Zirconia particles, methods of making zirconia particles, composite materials that contain the zirconia particles, methods of making the composite materials, and zirconia sols that contain the zirconia particles are described. The zirconia particles are substantiall... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216509 | Sol-gel process for the production of high dimensions dry gels and derived glasses It is described a sol-gel process that allows to obtain dry gels, and possibly the corresponding dense glassy bodies, having higher dimensions compared to similar known processes. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215457 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211605 | Super-hydrophobic fluorine containing aerogels An aerogel material with surfaces containing fluorine atoms which exhibits exceptional hydrophobicity, or the ability to repel liquid water. Hydrophobic aerogels are efficient absorbers of solvents from water. Solvents miscible with water are separated from it becau... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7176079 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with a wet oxidation with steam process A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes depositing a dielectric film and subjecting the dielectric film to a wet oxidation in a rapid thermal process chamber. The technique can be used, for example, in the formation of various elements in an integrat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176245 | Block copolymer processing for mesostructured inorganic oxide materials Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling syst... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166150 | Scaffolded borazane-lithium hydride hydrogen storage materials In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composite formed of a mesoporous scaffolding material and a hydrogen storage composition comprising precursors that react to form quarternary B—H—Li—N composition. In another aspect, the invention provid... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160844 | Proppants and their manufacture Small spheres, commonly referred to as proppants, are manufactured from sol-gel ceramics, preferably aluminosilicates or phosphates, and include chemical composites termed geopolymers. In the preferred manufacturing process, the required chemical components are blen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147701 | Printing medium comprising aerogel materials New aerogels are disclosed which comprise silica, at least one organic polymer having polar functional groups, and at least one metal ion. Also disclosed are methods for making such aerogels. The present invention further concerns printable objects comprising these ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145709 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140202 | Method for manufacturing optical glasses and colored glasses at low temperatures The invention relates to a method for manufacturing optical glasses and colored glasses with the aid of a fluid phase sintering process from a basic material encompassing at least SiO.sub.2 powder as well as additives for reducing the temperature of the fluid phase ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125912 | Doped sol-gel materials and method of manufacture utilizing reduced mixing temperatures A method of preparing a solution for forming a doped gel monolith includes providing a first substance including a metal alkoxide. The method further includes providing a second substance including a catalyst. The method further includes providing a chemical includi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122503 | Uniform microcapsules The present invention teaches an improved process for preparing a population of microcapsules having a substantially uniform size distribution, especially useful for manufacture of carbonless paper. The improved process teaches use of membrane material having a pre-... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118727 | Method of making oxide particles The present invention provides a process for producing particles, such as oxide nanoparticles, in a substantially water-free environment. The process involves mixing at least one metal compound of the formula MX(m−n) with at least one surfactant and at ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100400 | Manufacture of silica bodies using sol-gel techniques The use of large dense vitreous spherical (LDVS) silica powders for making sol-gel silica bodies has been found to have important advantages. Among these are higher gel strength, higher silica loading, more rapid aging and drying of the gel, a reduction in the amoun... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087544 | Nano-ceramics and method thereof Disclosed herein is a method to produce ceramic materials utilizing the sol-gel process. The methods enable the preparation of intimate homogeneous dispersions of materials while offering the ability to control the size of one component within another. The method al... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087705 | Process for the monoalkylation of dihydroxy aromatic compounds A continuous process comprising: contacting a mixture comprising dihydroxy aromatic compound, water and an alkylating agent with a catalyst system in the presence of a flowing carrier gas, to form a mono alkylated dihydroxy aromatic compound, wherein the catalyst sy... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083269 | Piezoelectric element, liquid jetting head, and method for manufacturing thereof The present invention provides a piezoelectric element having consistently high piezoelectric characteristics, and a liquid jetting head in which this element is used. A bottom electrode 42 (which contains Ir), a Ti layer of no less than 4 nm and no more than... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081208 | Method to build a microfilter Methods are provided for making microfilters by subtractive techniques which remove a component or part of a filter material to form pores in the filter material and additive techniques which deposit a filter material onto a porous underlying substrate. All the meth... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078859 | Coating composition and use thereof An alternating current type plasma display with front and back facing substrates with a gas discharge space between the substrates and a dielectric layer-covered electrode pair on at least one substrate, the dielectric layer having thereon a protective layer formed ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078359 | Aerogel composite with fibrous batting Aerogel composite materials having a lofty fibrous batting reinforcement preferably in combination with one or both of individual short randomly oriented microfibers and conductive layers exhibit improved performance in one or all of flexibility, drape, durability, ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071113 | Process for removal of photoresist mask used for making vias in low K carbon-doped silicon oxide dielectric material, and for removal of etch residues from formation of vias and removal of photoresist mask A process for removal of a photoresist mask used to etch openings in low k carbon-doped silicon oxide dielectric material of an integrated circuit structure, and for removing etch residues remaining from either the etching of the openings or removal of the resist ma... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066319 | Hyperpolarized gas transport and storage devices and associated transport and storage methods using permanent magnets A transport unit includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to provide a magnetic holding field for protecting hyperpolarized gas during storage and/or transport. The permanent magnets are configured in a relatively light weight manner to project a substanti... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056849 | Nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics for high-temperature structural applications via block-copolymer-assisted assembly and method of making A method of making nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics through block copolymer-assisted assembly. At least one polymeric precursor is mixed with a block copolymer, and self-assembly of the mixture proceeds through an annealing process. During the annea... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048845 | Middle distillate selective hydrocracking process Increased yields of middle distillate products are obtained in a hydrocracking process by the use of a catalyst containing a Beta zeolite which has been hydrothermally treated to adjust the distribution of relatively weak and strong acid sites. The number of strong ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045481 | Nanocatalyst anchored onto acid functionalized solid support and methods of making and using same Supported catalysts include a solid support such as silica that is functionalized to have inorganic acid functional groups attached thereto. Active catalyst particles are supported on the functionalized support material. The acid functionalized support material is m... | 05/16/2006 |
