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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120043858 | Energy Harvesting Devices Using Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Electrodes Energy harvesting elements or membranes are provided that use a layer of electrodes with a mixture of carbon nanotubes (CNT). The energy harvesting device of this type can be used as in sensor-based system in which on application of a bending load, the energy harvesting... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110023608 | DEVICES COMPRISING NANOTUBES FOR USE AS SENSORS AND/OR TRANSDUCERS, AND RELATED METHODS Devices usable as sensors, as transducers, or as both sensors and transducers include one or more nanotubes or nanowires. In some embodiments, the devices may each include a plurality of sensor/transducer devices carried by a common substrate. The sensor/transducer devi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100253184 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An apparatus for generating electrical energy may include; a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a nanowire which includes a piezoelectric material and is disposed on the first electrode, an active layer disposed on the first elect... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100237744 | Actuator on the basis of geometrically anisotropic nanoparticles In an actuator including at least one active electrode disposed in an electrolyte and comprising at least two webs of an electrically conductive material with a plurality of geometrically anisotropic nanoparticles disposed thereon and oriented uni-directionally in a pre... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100033059 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An apparatus for generating electrical energy including a first electrode, a second electrode and one or more nanowires, and a method for manufacturing the apparatus for generating electrical energy. The second electrode may have a concave portion and a convex portion. ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090315011 | NANOTUBE DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION Nanotube device structures and methods of fabrication. A method of making a nanotube switching element includes forming a first structure having at a first output electrode; forming second structure having a second output electrode; forming a conductive article having a... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090146075 | Motorized Manipulator for Positioning a TEM Specimen The invention relates to a motorized manipulator for positioning a TEM specimen holder with sub-micron resolution parallel to a y-z plane and rotating the specimen holder in the y-z plane, the manipulator comprising a base (2), and attachment means (30) fo... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090092509 | Apparatus and method for magnetic-based manipulation of microscopic particles Apparatus and method for manipulating particles on a micro- or nano-scale. An embodiment of the present invention includes a magnetic micro-manipulation technique that utilizes micro-coils and soft magnetic microscopic wires for localized manipulation of particles. Anot... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090056305 | SCALABLE FLAT-PANEL NANO-PARTICLE MEMS/NEMS THRUSTER A scalable flat-panel nano-particle MEMS/NEMS thruster includes a grid having a plurality of electrodes to establish electrical fields. A liquid is disposed in a liquid reservoir of the grid. The liquid is positioned within the electrical fields. A plurality of nano-par... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090009924 | Nanoscale grasping device, method for fabricating the same, and method for operating the same A nanoscale grasping device comprising at least three electrostatically actuated grasping elements, wherein the nanoscale grasping device may be used to more accurately grasp an object, more easily hold an object in a defined location or orientation and more readily man... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080314149 | SENSOR AND TRANSDUCER DEVICES COMPRISING CARBON NANOTUBES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Devices usable as sensors, as transducers, or as both sensors and transducers include one or more nanotubes or nanowires. In some embodiments, the devices may each include a plurality of sensor/transducer devices carried by a common substrate. The sensor/transducer devi... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080197339 | Nanocrystal powered nanomotor A nanoscale nanocrystal which may be used as a reciprocating motor is provided, comprising a substrate having an energy differential across it, e.g. an electrical connection to a voltage source at a proximal end; an atom reservoir on the substrate distal to the electric... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080072357 | REVERSIBLE ACTUATION IN ARRAYS OF NANOSTRUCTURES The present invention provides, in one embodiment, an apparatus. The apparatus, without limitation, may include a substrate with a surface, and a polymer layer attached to a region of the surface. The apparatus may further include a plurality of nanostructures, a first ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080007140 | Actuator device and method of manufacturing the same An actuator device which is made as a laminated structure including a displacement-functioning layer having a region to be deformed by the electric field and an electrode-functioning layer having a region to function as an electrode. And an manufacturing method in which... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080006888 | Nanomachined mechanical components using nanoplates, methods of fabricating the same and methods of manufacturing nanomachines Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating nano-components using nanoplates, including the steps of: printing a grid on a substrate using photolithography and Electron Beam Lithography; spraying an aqueous solution dispersed with nanoplates onto the grid portion to pos... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070164270 | Methods of fabricating nanostructures and nanowires and devices fabricated therefrom One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline mate... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070138888 | ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLIES USING MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE BEAMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION OF SAME Electromechanical systems utilizing suspended conducting nanometer-scale beams are provided and may be used in applications, such as, motors, generators, pumps, fans, compressors, propulsion systems, transmitters, receivers, heat engines, heat pumps, magnetic field sens... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070114880 | Rotational Actuator of Motor Based on Carbon Nanotubes A rotational actuator/motor based on rotation of a carbon nanotube is disclosed. The carbon nanotube is provided with a rotor plate attached to an outer wall, which moves relative to an inner wall of the nanotube. After deposit of a nanotube on a silicon chip substrate,... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070085444 | Nanometer-scale electrostatic and electromagnetic motors and generators It is an object of the present invention to provide NEMS that utilize electrostatic and electromagnetic forces to operate. In one nanoelectrostatic embodiment, a nanometer-scale beam is suspended in an electric field. Electrically charged rails are placed around the bea... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20060156445 | Molecular motor power-supplying device A tiny power-assembly device driven by rotatory molecular motors are disclosed. The molecular motor power-supplying device includes multiple connecting members, multiple upper rotating arms, multiple lower rotating arms and multiple rotatory molecular motors. The F... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060118782 | Nanoscale relaxation oscillator A nanoscale oscillation device is disclosed, wherein two nanoscale droplets are altered in size by mass transport, then contact each other and merge through surface tension. The device may also comprise a channel having an actuator responsive to mechanical oscillation c... | 06/08/2006 |
