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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110061478 | METHOD OF MAKING LARGE AREA CONFORMABLE SHAPE STRUCTURES FOR DETECTOR/SENSOR APPLICATIONS USING GLASS DRAWING TECHNIQUE AND POSTPROCESSING A method of making a large area conformable shape structure comprises drawing a plurality of tubes to form a plurality of drawn tubes, and cutting the plurality of drawn tubes into cut drawn tubes of a predetermined shape. The cut drawn tubes have a first end and a seco... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100326506 | Photovoltaic Cells Comprising Group IV-VI Semiconductor Core-Shell Nanocrystals The present invention relates to photovoltaic cells comprising group IV-VI semiconductor nanocrystals as photoactive components. In particular, these nanocrystals are of core-shell or core-alloyed shell configuration, each comprising a core of a first group IV-VI semico... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100051879 | Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanotubes A plasma treatment has been used to modify the surface of BNNTs. In one example, the surface of the BNNT has been modified using ammonia plasma to include amine functional groups. Amine functionalization allows BNNTs to be soluble in chloroform, which had not been possi... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090278094 | Semiconductor nanoparticle and method of producing the same The present invention provides semiconductor nanoparticles which emit light at room temperature and include a sulfide or oxide containing zinc, a Group 11 element in the periodic table, and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component or a sulfide or oxi... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090251759 | Materials, thin films, optical filters, and devices including same A material is disclosed which possesses at least two of the following characteristics: (a) is optically transparent at a wavelength in the range from about 1500 nm to about 1560 nm; (b) has a 1/n dn/dt greater than that of silicon, (c) has an extinction coefficient, k, ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090243043 | GROWTH METHOD USING NANOSTRUCTURE COMPLIANT LAYERS AND HVPE FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS A method utilizes HVPE to grow high quality flat and thick compound semiconductors (15) onto foreign substrates (10) using nanostructure compliant layers. Nanostructures (12) of semiconductor materials car be grown on foreign substrates (10) ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090233124 | Deposition and Selective Removal of Conducting Helplayer for Nanostructure Processing A method for making one or more nanostructures is disclosed, the method comprising: depositing a conducting layer on an upper surface of a substrate; depositing a patterned layer of catalyst on the conducting layer; growing the one or more nanostructures on the layer of... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090218550 | Single-Source Precursor for Semiconductor Nanocrystals A process for preparing a single source solid precursor matrix for semiconductor nanocrystals having the steps of: mixing 0.1-1 Molar of an aqueous/non-aqueous (organic) solution containing the first component of the host matrix with 0.001-0.01 Molar of an aqueous/non-a... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20080118941 | Signal Peptide-Semiconductor Nanocrystal Conjugates The present invention provides signal peptide-semiconductor nanocrystal-peptide conjugates and methods for using the conjugates in methods for imaging live cells and subcellular trafficking processes.... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080092803 | PATTERNED ATOMIC LAYER EPITAXY A patterned layer is formed by removing nanoscale passivating particle from a first plurality of nanoscale structural particles or by adding nanoscale passivating particles to the first plurality of nanoscale structural particles. Each of a second plurality of nanoscale... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070289491 | METHOD OF PREPARING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS A semiconductor nanocrystal composition comprising a Group V to VI semiconductor material and a method of making same. The method includes synthesizing a semiconductor nanocrystal core, where the synthesizing includes dissolving a Group V to VI anion gas in a first solv... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070289315 | Solid state cooling or power generating device and method of fabricating the same The present invention relates to a solid state cooling/power generating device is provided comprising a first and second electrode separated by a vacuum gap. According to the present invention at least one of the electrodes is provided with a nanoscaled heterostructure ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070194279 | Doped semiconductor nanocrystals and methods of making same A method of synthesizing doped semiconductor nanocrystals. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of combining a metal oxide or metal salt precursor, a ligand, and a solvent to form a metal complex in a reaction vessel; admixing an anionic precursor with the m... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070125985 | Doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle, dispersion thereof, and method for producing the same A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersion, comprising a doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersed in water and/or a hydrophilic solvent, wherein the doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle comprises a surface that is modified with... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070116868 | Hybrid synthesis of core/shell nanocrystals Nanocrystals that include a core/shell structure in which the a core of semiconductor material is coated with an inorganic capping agent. The nanocrystals are made by initially providing nanocrystal precursors that include a solubility agent which renders the precursors... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20060165952 | Structures, systems and methods for joining articles and materials and uses therefor This invention provides novel nanofibers and nanofiber structures which posses adherent properties, as well as the use of such nanofibers and nanofiber comprising structures in the coupling and/or joining together of articles or material. ... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060118757 | Multifunctional nanocrystals Multifunctional nanocomposites are provided including a core of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, and, a shell of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, wherein the core and the shell are of differing materials, such multifunct... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060110313 | Method for the preparation of IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticles A high temperature (on the order of about 90° C. or above) non-aqueous synthetic procedure for the preparation of substantially monodisperse IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) is provided. The procedure includes first introducing a first precursor selecte... | 05/25/2006 |
