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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128583 | DTPA DERIVATIVE, METAL COMPLEX, MR AND CT CONTRAST AGENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME The present invention relates to DTPA derivatives capable of forming complexes by combining with metals and the like, metal complexes formed by combining with the DTPA derivatives, MR and CT contrast agents including gold (Au) nano-particles of which surfaces are coated... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128963 | SUPERHYDROPHILIC NANOSTRUCTURE An embodiment of a superhydrophilic nanostructure includes nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are formed into porous clusters. The porous clusters are formed into aggregate clusters. An embodiment of an article of manufacture includes the superhydrophilic nanostructure on... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128743 | POLYMER PARTICLES The present invention relates to a method of forming polymer on the surface of polymer particles, the method comprising:
| 05/24/2012 |
| 20120045573 | SILVER CONDUCTIVE FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Provided is a silver conductive film, a thin film of silver comprising a sintered layer of silver particles having a mean particle size DTEM of at most 100 nm. Its specific resistance is at most 5 μΩ·cm, the ratio of the voids in the sintered layer is at m... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040005 | NANOSTRUCTURED CALCIUM-SILVER PHOSPHATE COMPOSITE POWDERS, PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE POWDERS, AND BACTERICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL APPLICATIONS THEREOF Described in example embodiments are nanocomposite powders including calcium phosphate and silver nanoparticles on the surface of the calcium phosphate. Other example embodiments, describe methods of forming nanocomposite powders comprising a) preparing a nanometric cal... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027865 | Water Dispersible Glyceryl Monooleate Magnetic Nanoparticle Formulation The present invention is an aqueous dispersible magnetic nanoparticle formulation with a high drug loading capacity used for sustained drug delivery. The formulated magnetic nanoparticles are composed of an iron oxide core coated with a long chain polymer, which provide... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027945 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR A NONOVOIDED ARTICLE A process and apparatus for producing a nanovoided article, a nanovoided coating, and a low refractive index coating is described. The process includes providing a first solution of a polymerizable material in a solvent; at least partially polymerizing the polymerizable... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120015098 | CARBON NANOTUBE BASED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND PATTERNING THE SAME Carbon nanotube (CNT) based transparent conductive films and methods for preparing and patterning the same are disclosed. For example, CNT based transparent conductive films with controlled transmittance and conductivity and methods of preparing and patterning the same ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015576 | Antimicrobially Treated and/or Stain-Repellant Planar Substrates and Method for Producing the Same The invention relates to a planar or shaped textile material comprising or constituted of fibers, at least part of the fibers being coated with a hydrolytically condensed inorganic/organic hybrid material having single-walled or multi-walled carbon nanotubes which are e... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004356 | ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES WHICH HAVE BEEN MODIFIED WITH PHOSPHONOCARBOXYLIC ACID AND USE OF ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES Nanoscale ZnO particles are used in aqueous binder systems for increasing the blocking resistance, for reducing the drying time and/or for increasing the resistance to chemicals, detergents, heat, weathering or biological assault on the dried or cured systems. Described... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318485 | METHOD FOR MAKING COMPOSITE CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURE A method for making a composite carbon nanotube structure includes the following steps. An organic solvent, a polymer, and a carbon nanotube structure are provided. The polymer is dissolved in the organic solvent to obtain a polymer solution. The carbon nanotube film st... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318482 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER FOR FUEL CELL The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode catalyst layer for a fuel cell which includes a polymer electrolyte, a catalyst material and carbon particles, wherein the electrode catalyst layer employs a non-precious metal catalyst and has a hig... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110305975 | CATALYTIC PARTICULATE SOLUTION FOR A MICRO FUEL CELL AND RELATED METHOD A catalytic particulate solution is provided for a micro fuel cell. The solution includes a suspension of catalytic nanoparticles in a solvent and a polymerizable oligomer. Also presented is a method for depositing such a catalytic particulate solution that includes a s... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297305 | COLORING COMPOSITION AND COLORING METHOD The present invention provides a coloring composition which comprises pigment particles whose average particle size is not more than 200 nm and binder polymer particles. The composition permits the formation of a thin and uniform colored and coated layer on the surface ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110287173 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE HARD-COATED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A transparent electrically-conductive hard-coated substrate of the invention comprises a transparent base material; a deposited carbon nanotubes layer formed on the transparent base material; and a cured resin layer formed on the deposited carbon nanotubes layer, wherei... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278533 | DOUBLE GYROID STRUCTURE NANOPOROUS FILMS AND NANOWIRE NETWORKS A method of forming a nanoporous film is disclosed. The method comprises forming a coating solution including clusters, surfactant molecules, a solvent, and one of an acid catalyst and a base catalyst. The clusters comprise inorganic groups. The method further comprises... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110268968 | SYNTHESIS OF Pb ALLOY AND CORE/SHELL NANOWIRES Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of producing nanowires comprising a PbSe core and a PbS shell, and methods of producing nanowires comprising a PbSe core and a PbTe shell. The method for producing the PbSe core/PbS shell nanowires comprise th... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110244692 | Method for Forming a Nano-textured Substrate A method for forming a nano-textured surface on a substrate is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises dispensing of a nanoparticle ink of nanoparticles and solvent onto the surface of a substrate, distributing the ink to form substantia... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237862 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL Fe3O4 CORED MAGNETIC-QUANTUM DOT FLUORESCENT NANOCOMPOSITES FOR RF NANO-HYPERTHERMIA OF CANCER CELLS A magnetic oxide-quantum dot nanocomposite and methods of synthesizing it. In one embodiment, the magnetic oxide-quantum dot nanocomposite has at least one magnetic oxide nanoparticle coated with a silica (SiO2) shell and terminated with at least one thiol gr... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110223322 | PRODUCTION OF CONDUCTIVE SURFACE COATINGS USING A DISPERSION CONTAINING ELECTROSTATICALLY STABILISED SILVER NANOPARTICLES The present invention relates to a process which comprises: providing a substrate having a surface; applying a dispersion to the surface, wherein the dispersion comprises at least one liquid dispersant, and electrostatically stabilised silver nanoparticles having a zeta... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223433 | MULTILAYER HETEROSTRUCTURES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE A method of synthesizing multilayer heterostructures including an inorganic oxide layer residing on a solid substrate is described. Exemplary embodiments include producing an inorganic oxide layer on a solid substrate by a liquid coating process under relatively mild co... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223359 | HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF LiFePO4 NANOPARTICLES Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to lithium-ion batteries, and more specifically, to a method of fabricating such batteries using thin-film deposition processes. In one embodiment In one embodiment, a method of forming a film on a substrate is provi... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218113 | SUBSTRATE FOR FABRICATING SUPERCONDUCTIVE FILM, SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Provided is a substrate for superconductive film formation, which includes a metal substrate, and an oxide layer formed directly on the metal substrate, containing chromium oxide as a major component and having a thickness of 10-300 nm and an arithmetic average roughnes... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211246 | Conductive busbars and sealants for chromogenic devices This invention discloses conductive busbars and sealants for electrooptic devices including electrochromic mirrors and windows. The conductive busbars are formed from materials comprising nanoparticles, and the sealants comprise of additives that promote a two phase mor... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110210650 | Piezoelectric composite nanofibers, nanotubes, nanojunctions and nanotrees Piezoelectric nanostructures, including nanofibers, nanotubes, nanojunctions and nanotrees, may be made of piezoelectric materials alone, or as composites of piezoelectric materials and electrically-conductive materials. Homogeneous or composite nanofibers and nanotubes... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110192633 | PHOTOSENSITIVE INK COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME This disclosure is related to photosensitive ink compositions comprising conductive nanostructures and a photosensitive compound, and method of using the same.... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110183105 | Nanocarbon material-composite substrate and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a nanocarbon material-composite substrate including a substrate, a three-dimensional structural pattern formed on the substrate, and a nanocarbon material formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the nanocarbon material is disposed at least on side sur... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110165341 | BLOCK COPOLYMER-ASSISTED NANOLITHOGRAPHY In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for forming submicron size nanostructures on a substrate surface includes contacting a substrate with a tip coated with an ink comprising a block copolymer matrix and a nanostructure precursor to form a printe... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110151254 | ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVE FIBERS WITH CARBON NANOTUBES ADHERED THERETO, ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVE YARN, FIBERS STRUCTURAL OBJECT, AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES THEREOF Electro-conductive fibers comprise synthetic fibers and an electro-conductive layer containing carbon nanotubes and covering a surface of the synthetic fibers, and the coverage of the electro-conductive layer relative to the whole surface of the synthetic fibers is not ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110135827 | METHOD OF FABRICATING CARBON NANOTUBES UNIFORMLY COATED WITH TITANIUM DIOXIDE Provided is CNTs on which TiO2 is uniformly coated. The method includes: functionalizing CNTs with hydrophilic functional groups; mixing the CNTs functionalized with hydrophilic functional groups in a solution that contains with TiO2 precursors; re... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110104077 | Magnetic nanocomposite with multi-biofunctional groups and method for fabricating the same The present invention proposes a magnetic nanocomposite with multi-biofunctional groups, which comprises a core and a shell wrapping the core, wherein the core contains magnetic nanoparticles, and wherein the shell is made of a conductive polymer with multi-biofunctiona... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110070443 | Preparation of Nanoparticle Materials A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nano... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110024158 | CARBON-NANOTUBE/GRAPHENE-PLATELET-ENHANCED, HIGH-CONDUCTIVITY WIRE A conductive wire includes an aramid fiber and at least one layer attached about the aramid fiber, the at least one layer including at least one of aligned carbon nanotubes and graphene platelets.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110014460 | Conductive, EMI shielding and static dispersing laminates and method of making same A method of manufacturing a laminate is disclosed. The method includes dispersing carbon nanotubes in a curable resin and then coating a semi-permeable substrate with this carbon nanotube containing resin. The coated semi-permeable substrat... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110008245 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NANOSTRUCTURE AND NANOSTRUCTURE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME Provided are methods for producing nanostructures and nanostructures obtained thereby. The methods include heating a certain point of a substrate dipped into a precursor solution of the nanostructures so that the nanostructures are grown in a liquid phase environment wi... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100310885 | Self-assembling surface coating Mechanisms for coating surfaces of materials, the resulting coated materials, and solutions for use in material-coating processes are described. Triblock molecule components may be selected for desired properties. When applied in solution to a material, the molecules se... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100272993 | NANOWIRES, METHOD OF FABRICATION THE SAME AND USES THEREOF A method of forming a nanowire structure is disclosed. The method comprises applying on a surface of carrier liquid a layer of a liquid composition which comprises a surfactant and a plurality of nanostructures each having a core and a shell, and heating at least one of... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100273263 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF Disclosed is a method of producing a cell culture vessel (10) having a carbon nanotube (CNT) layer (14) on its surface. The method comprises the steps of providing a vessel (12) having a predetermined shape; providing a CNT dispersion of a CNT mater... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100254914 | NANOWORMS FOR IN VIVO TUMOR TARGETING The disclosure provides elongated nanostructures useful for biological imaging and measurement. More particularly the disclosure provides nanoworms having an increased bioavailability compared to nanospheres.... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100239850 | Method for making composite material A method for fabricating a composite material includes providing a free-standing carbon nanotube structure having a plurality of carbon nanotubes, introducing at least two reacting materials into the carbon nanotube structure to form a reacting layer, activating the rea... | 09/23/2010 |