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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128965 | MESOPOROUS FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MESOPOROUS FILM A method of producing a mesoporous film includes a step of preparing a mesostructured film containing a surfactant and an inorganic oxide; a step of holding the mesostructured film in an atmosphere containing a compound having the following formula; and a step of removi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107736 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYMERIZED TONER The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polymerized toner, and in particular to a process for preparing a polymerized toner and a polymerized toner prepared therefrom, wherein a certain block copolymer and copper phthalocyanine are used within a prede... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071682 | ORGANOSILICA NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR MAKING Preparation of Free-Flowing Organosilica Nanoparticles by Forming a solution of an organosilica nanoparticle precursor in a mixed solvent system comprising a first solvent and a second solvent, wherein the first solvent is different from the second solvent, wherein the ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071571 | COBALT CATALYSTS A catalyst suitable for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons is described comprising cobalt nanocrystallites containing a precious metal promoter, dispersed over the surface of a porous transition alumina powder wherein the cobalt content of the catalyst is ≧... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070775 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A toner capable of ensuring cleanness and the amount of specific charge for extended periods of time and having excellent charge stability and fixing property, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. A toner includes t... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120045754 | NOVEL GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF USE The invention is drawn to novel nanostructures comprising hollow nanospheres and nanotubes for use as chemical sensors, conduits for fluids, and electronic conductors. The nanostructures can be used in microfluidic devices, for transporting fluids between devices and st... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037840 | USE OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO REMOVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS Methods and compositions for removing a contaminant from its environment. The method includes forming a magnetic composition comprising the contaminant and an amphiphilic substance, and applying a magnetic field to the magnetic composition so as to separate the magnetic... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037306 | POLYMER-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE FOR USE AS A SENSOR A polymer-carbon nanotube composite film is provided for use as a sensor for detecting chemical vapors. The composite film is formed by coating perpendicularly-aligned carbon nanotubes with a polymer selected from poly(vinyl acetate), poly(isoprene), or blends thereof. ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035767 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING AND CONTROLLING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION OF NANOPARTICLES IN FURNACE REACTOR The present invention relates to a system for optimizing and controlling the particle size distribution and production of nanoparticles in a furnace reactor. The method provides nanoparticles with desired, optimized and controlled particle size distribution and specific... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120020879 | PROCESS, COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ANION DEPOSITION INTO FERRITIN FOR THERAPEUTIC AND OTHER USE Provided herein is a process for production of a metal nanoparticle, the process comprising providing a first solution containing a protein nanocage complex comprising a hydrophobic metal core and an ion-transport mechanism, providing a second solution containing a pres... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120003463 | MULTIPLE FUNCTION, SELF-REPAIRING COMPOSITES WITH SPECIAL ADHESIVES A system for self-repairing matrices such as concrete or cementitous matrices, polymeric matrices, and/or fibrous matrices, including laminates thereof The system includes repair agents retained in and/or on vessels, such as hollow fibers, within the matrix. Upon impact... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004094 | NANOPARTICLE CARRYING METHOD A nanoparticle carrying method making a carrier adsorb ammonium ions, making the nanoparticles adsorb an organic acid, and making the carrier and the nanoparticles contact each other in a basic solution to thereby cause the carrier to adsorb the nanoparticles. Nanoparti... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top i... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110300222 | LUMINESCENT POROUS SILICON NANOPARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME The disclosure relates to imaging agents and drug delivery systems.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110237748 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING NANOPARTICLES In one aspect, the present invention provides a process for forming polymeric nanoparticles, which comprises using a static mixer to create a mixed flowing stream of an anti-solvent, e.g., by introducing a liquid anti-solvent into a static mixer, and introducing a polym... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110214487 | ELECTRO-SPUN FIBERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFORE A supported nanofiber medium useful for segregating chemical species is provided by selecting a polymer, selecting a substrate; and electrospinning the polymer to form a nanofiber medium on the supporting substrate. When the substrate is a planar surface, the nanofiber ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212561 | III-V SEMICONDUCTOR CORE-HETEROSHELL NANOCRYSTALS Provided is a core/multishell semiconductor nanocrystal including a core and multiple shells, which exhibits a type-I band offset and high photoluminescence quantum yield providing a bright tunable emission covering the visible range from about 400 nm to NIR over 1600 n... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110194970 | Production of Nanocrystalline Metal Powders via Combustion Reaction Synthesis Nanocrystalline metal powders comprising tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium or niobium can be synthesized using a combustion reaction. Methods for synthesizing the nanocrystalline metal powders are characterized by forming a combustion synthesis solution by dissolving in wat... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110183123 | Modified Surfaces The invention provides a method for producing a modified surface (5) comprising: patterning a surface (7) by forming thereon a porous molecular network (9) defined by non-covalent interactions between constituent molecules; and depositing in said po... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110171269 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UNIFORM SIZE POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING POORLY SOLUBLE DRUGS The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing uniform size polymeric nanoparticles containing poorly soluble drugs, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing uniform size polymeric nanoparticles containing poorly soluble drugs, including a first... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169012 | NANOWIRE AND LARGER GaN BASED HEMTS Nanowire and larger, post-based HEMTs, arrays of such HEMTs, and methods for their manufacture are provided. In one embodiment, a HEMT can include a III-N based core-shell structure including a core member (e.g., GaN), a shell member (e.g., AlGaN) surrounding a length o... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110132144 | Method For Producing Metal Nanoparticles In Polyols The invention relates to a process for the preparation of metal nanoparticles, selected from the group consisting of lead, bismuth, zinc, antimony, indium, gold, nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, rhenium, vanadium, chromium, manga... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110135928 | METAL SILICON NITRIDE OR METAL SILICON OXYNITRIDE SUBMICRON PHOSPHOR PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING THESE PHOSPHORS Submicron powders of metal silicon nitrides and metal silicon oxynitrides are synthesized using nanoscale particles of one or more precursor materials using a solid state reaction. For example, nanoscale powders of silicon nitride are useful precursor powders for the sy... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110087009 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTROLLED PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PARTICLES A process for the production of a microparticle or a nanoparticle of a chemical compound comprising the steps of providing a solution of said chemical compound in a first liquid; providing a second liquid in which said chemical compound is insoluble or substantially ins... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110082024 | Controllable Synthesis of Porous Carbon Spheres, and Electrochemical Applications Thereof The invention disclosed relates to porous carbon of spherical morphology having tuned porosity and to a method of making same, comprising: (a) providing a precursor solution, by combining in an aqueous solution a colloidal silica template material and a water-soluble py... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110059233 | Method For Preparing Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles A process for preparing stabilized metal nanoparticles, the process comprising reacting a metal compound with a reducing agent in the presence of a stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the metal compound, the reducing agent, and the stabilizer, wherein the reacti... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110052671 | NEAR INFRA-RED PULSED LASER TRIGGERED DRUG RELEASE FROM HOLLOW NANOSHELL DISRUPTED VESICLES AND VESOSOMES The disclosure provides drug delivery methods and compositions. More particularly, the application provides liposomal delivery compositions comprising a nanostructure.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110053927 | NANOPARTICLE FORMATION VIA RAPID PRECIPITATION The invention encompasses a method for making nano-sized particles of water-insoluble pharmaceuticals comprising: (1) dissolving the water-insoluble pharmaceutical in a water-miscible solvent, optionally with water and inactive pharmaceutical ingredients, to make a solu... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100326836 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING AND/OR DEPOSITING NANOTUBES Methods and apparatus for forming devices using nanotubes. In one embodiment, an apparatus for depositing nanotubes onto a workpiece comprises a vessel configured to contain a deposition fluid having a plurality of nanotubes including first nanotubes having a first char... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100320141 | PRODUCTION OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE GRIDS A method of forming a nanotube grid includes placing a plurality of catalyst nanoparticles on a grid framework, contacting the catalyst nanoparticles with a gas mixture that includes hydrogen and a carbon source in a reaction chamber, forming an activated gas from the g... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100279128 | Single-Crystalline Metal Nanorings and Methods for Synthesis Thereof In various embodiments, methods for synthesizing single-crystalline zero-valent metal nanorings, such as single-crystalline copper nanorings, are described herein. The methods include providing a solution containing a metal cation, a complexing agent bound to the metal ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100261827 | ISOLABLE AND REDISPERSABLE TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES THEIR PREPARATION AND USE AS IR ABSORBERS The instant invention relates to easily isolable and re-dispersible transition metal nanoparticles, their manufacture and use as IR-absorbers, in particular in transparent thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymers. A further aspect of the invention is a composition of the... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100251856 | METHODS FOR PREPARING METAL AND METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles can be prepared via a simple synthesis by using a hydrolysable gallotannin, such as tannic acid, to reduce a metal precursor compound and to act as a stabilizer for the resultant nanoparticles. By controlling the molar ratio of hydrol... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100243579 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT METAL This invention describes a process for producing a nanoscale zero-valent metal, including reduction of a metal ion solution with a dithionite compound, wherein the reduction is carried out under alkaline conditions under substantially an inert atmosphere. A nanoscale ze... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100224026 | A PROCESS FOR SYNTHESISING SILVER NANOPARTICLES An improved process for synthesising discrete high definition silver nanoparticles in large batch volumes. The method enables the reproducible production of silver nanoparticles having a predetermined size, shape and surface chemistry. The process comprises the steps of... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100218645 | METHOD OF REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS FROM WATER A method for removal of heavy metal ions from water including submerging an aquatic plant or dried material thereof in said water and subsequently irradiating the water in which the aquatic plant or dried material has been submerged with microwave irradiation.... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100200501 | GREEN SYNTHESIS OF NANOMETALS USING PLANT EXTRACTS AND USE THEREOF The present invention relates to methods of making and using and compositions of metal nanoparticles formed by green chemistry synthetic techniques. For example, the present invention relates to metal nanoparticles formed with solutions of plant extracts and use of thes... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100186550 | PRODUCTION OF CHAIN AGGLOMERATIONS OF NANO-SCALE METAL PARTICLES A process and apparatus for producing chain agglomerations of nano-scale metal particles includes feeding at least one decomposable moiety selected from the group consisting of organometallic compounds, metal complexes, metal coordination compounds and mixtures thereof ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100143184 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL NANORODS AND USE THEREOF A method for manufacturing metal nanorods includes: a step of adding a reducing agent to a metallic salt solution; a step of radiating light into the metallic salt solution containing the reducing agent; and a step of leaving the light-radiated metallic salt solution co... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100143721 | POROUS METAL OXIDE PARTICLES AND THEIR METHODS OF SYNTHESIS Methods are generally disclosed for synthesis of porous particles from a solution formed from a leaving agent, a surfactant, and a soluble metal salt in a solvent. The surfactant congregates to form a nanoparticle core such that the metal salt forms about the nanopartic... | 06/10/2010 |
