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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128731 | BIOCOMPATIBLE CARRIER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME The invention provides a biocompatible carrier and method for fabricating the same. The biocompatible carrier includes: a gel, and a plurality of metal nanoparticles, an organic compound or combinations thereof embedded in the gel, wherein the metal nanoparticles, the o... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125156 | METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersity, and scale of synthesis.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128577 | Metal oxide synthesis The present invention is generally directed to the synthesis of metal oxides. It is more specifically directed to the synthesis of metal oxides possessing useful electrochemical properties. In one method aspect, the present invention provides a method of making metal ox... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128529 | NANOWIRE PREPARATION METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND ARTICLES Nanowire preparation methods, compositions, and articles are disclosed. Such nanowires may be thicker than other nanowires and may be useful in devices requiring high electrical current densities.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128780 | NANOPARTICULATE BISPHOSPHONATE COMPOSITIONS Nanoparticulate bisphosphonate compositions, having an effective average particle size of less than 2000 nm, are described. The compositions are useful in treating bone resorption in a mammal.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104335 | PHTHALOCYANINE NANOWIRES, INK COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC ELEMENT EACH CONTAINING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHTHALOCYANINE NANOWIRES The present invention provides phthalocyanine nanowires having a minor diameter of 100 nm or less and a ratio (length/minor diameter) of length to minor diameter of 10 or more, an ink composition characterized by containing, as essential components, the phthalocyanine n... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103789 | Greener Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Fine Tuned Hydrothermal Routes The synthesis of energy and sensor relevant nanomaterials that involves the colloidal synthesis of quantum dots (e.g. CdSe, CdS, ZnS, CdSe/ZnS) under well-controlled hydrothermal conditions (100-200 degrees C.) using simple inorganic precursors. The resulting nanomateri... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104325 | Materials and Methodss for the Preparation of Nanocomposites Disclosed herein is an isolable colloidal particle comprising a nanoparticle and an inorganic capping agent bound to the surface of the nanoparticle, a solution of the same, a method for making the same from a biphasic solvent mixture, and the formation of structures an... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080642 | Process For Preparing Alloy Composite Negative Electrode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries The present invention relates to a process for preparing an alloy composite negative electrode material having a spherical carbon matrix structure for lithium ion batteries by spray-drying carbothermal reduction. The invention covers a process for preparing a negative e... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068126 | POST-SYSTHESIS MODIFICATION OF COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS Methods for precise and predictable modification of previously synthesized nanocrystals. The methods rely on the solubility behavior of crystalline materials to provide for controlled reversal of the nanocrystal growth process (i.e., dissolution). A method for post-synt... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071680 | SURFACE-MODIFIED ZIRCONIA NANOCRYSTAL PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME The invention provides a surface-modified zirconia nanocrystal particle, wherein the surface of the zirconia nanoparticle is modified by organic sulfonyloxy groups, and a method of producing a zirconia nanocrystal particle whose surface is modified by carbonyloxy groups... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068124 | Process for the Production of Carbon Graphenes and other Nanomaterials Process for producing nanomaterials such as graphenes, graphene composites, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxides and other nanomaterials by high heat vaporization and rapid cooling. In some of the preferred embodiments, the high heat is produced by an oxidation-reducti... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052006 | GOLD/LANTHANIDE NANOPARTICLE CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF The present disclosure is directed generally to gold/lanthanide nanoparticle conjugates, such as gold/gadolinium nanoparticle conjugates, nanoparticle conjugates including polymers, nanoparticle conjugates conjugated to targeting agents and therapeutic agents, and their... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049113 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHAPE OF SYNTHESIZED FERROELECTRIC OXIDE NANOCRYSTAL PARTICLES Shape controlled synthesis of ferroelectric nanocrystals such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanocrystals is described. By tuning the molar ratio between the surfactant and the metal precursors, BaTiO3 nanocrystals with different shapes are readily ob... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048064 | MULTI MODE PRODUCTION COMPLEX FOR NANO-PARTICLES OF METAL A production complex is used for producing nano-particles of metal from volatile moieties like metal carbonyls in a flow through reactor. The carbonyls are fed into the reactor through a first feeder, which is a moiety feeder. The moiety, a mixture of metal carbonyl and... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046184 | METHOD FOR THE SELECTIVE CONCENTRATION OF A SPECIFIC LOW ABUNDANCE BIOMOLECULE Provided herein is a method for the isolation or removal of a cellular component from a cell that comprises the steps of applying a pulse of nanoparticles to the cell, allowing the nanoparticles to traffic through the cell for a period of time sufficient to allow the na... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043510 | COATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR The present invention provides coated silver nanoparticles for use as an electrically conductive material capable of sintering at lower temperatures that is able to be used even with flexible printed substrates having low heat resistance, and a manufacturing method ther... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045387 | POROUS COPPER SULFIDE NANO/MICRO HOLLOW SPHERE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME The present invention relates to a porous copper sulfide nano/micro hollow sphere and a method for preparing the same. The porous copper sulfide nano/micro hollow sphere of the present invention has plural through holes and a hollow structure so as to increase the react... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037041 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL NANOPARTICLES AND NANOPARTICLES OBTAINED IN THIS WAY AND USE THEREOF The invention relates to a method for producing metal nanoparticles, wherein metal ions are reduced by means of at least one reducing agent in the presence of at least one polymer stabilizer and are converted into metal nanoparticles. The invention further relates to me... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041150 | INORGANIC - ORGANIC HYBRID PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME An object o of the present invention is to provide an inorganic-organic hybrid particle which has a structure where an organic material composed of two or more different components forms separate phases, wherein an inorganic material is included in the phase, and a meth... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041178 | Coenzyme Q10 Nanoparticles, Preparation Method Thereof and Composition Containing Said Nanoparticles Provided are a coenzyme Q10 nanoparticle, a method of preparing the same and a composition having the nanoparticle. According to the present invention, Coenzyme Q10 may be dissolved in only a water-miscible organic solvent, and easily made into a nano-sized particle and... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034141 | FLUORINE BASED VANADIUM BORIDE NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS The present disclosure generally relates to Vanadium Boride nanoparticle synthesis. In some examples, a method is described that includes fluorine based Vanadium Boride nanoparticle synthesis. In some examples, the method includes providing Vanadium Boride battery waste... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032122 | METHOD FOR FORMING A CADMIUM CONTAINING NANOCRYSTAL The present invention provides a method of forming a nanocrystal of the composition CdA, with A being S or Se. The method includes forming in a suitable solvent a solution of cadmium, or a compound thereof, in a form suitable for the generation of a nanocrystal. The sol... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034465 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICA-DYSPROSIUM OXIDE CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES Silica-dysprosium oxide core-shell nanoparticles and a method for preparing the silica-dysprosium oxide core-shell nanoparticles are disclosed. Initially, ethyl silicate, n-butanol, ethylenediamine, and distilled water are mixed in the presence of ultrasonic radiation t... | 02/09/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120025154 | SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITE THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL A process for forming thermoelectric nanoparticles includes the steps of forming a core material reverse micelle or micelle, adding a bismuth containing compound to the core material reverse micelle or micelle forming a reverse micelle or micelle having the bismuth cont... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025146 | II-III-N SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME The present application provides nitride semiconductor nanoparticles, for example nanocrystals, made from a new composition of matter in the form of a novel compound semiconductor family of the type group II-III-N, for example ZnGaN, ZnInN, ZnInGaN, ZnAlN, ZnAlGaN, ZnAl... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028791 | Highly Reactive Photocatalytic Material and Manufacturing Thereof A method for manufacturing anatase TiO2 nanoparticles comprises mixing (210) of Ti-containing alkoxide precursors with a solvent into a precursor solution, hydrolyzing (212) the precursor solution to yield a mixture of a fine titanium containing precipitate a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029109 | PRODUCING COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING ORGANIC IONS A method for producing a composite nanoparticle, including the steps of, collapsing at least a portion of a polyelectrolyte polymer in solution about one or more precursor moieties to form a composite precursor moiety having a mean diameter in the range between about 1 ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018551 | Method of Producing Stable Oxygen Terminated Semiconducting Nanoparticles A method is provided of producing inorganic semiconducting nanoparticles having a stable surface. The method comprises providing an inorganic bulk semiconductor material, such as silicon or germanium, and milling the bulk semiconductor material in the presence of a sele... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015800 | PRODUCING COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES A method for producing a composite nanoparticle, including the steps of: changing the conformation of a dissolved polyelectrolyte polymer from a first extended conformation to a more compact conformation by changing a solution condition so that at least a portion of the... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012778 | Magnetic Nanoparticles Methods for preparing magnetic nanoparticles comprising metal, metal carbide, metal nitride, metal sulfide, metal phosphide, metal oxide or a mixture thereof are disclosed. Methods for preparing magnetic nanoparticles having a core comprising metal, metal carbide, metal... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012522 | MAKING AND USING COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING NANOSPHERES AND DEVICES FOR WATER FILTRATION AND DEVICES CONTAING SUCH COMPOSITES The present invention relates to the method of producing concentric carbon nanospheres from the pyrolytic combustion of a carbonaceous material such as plant material. The material can be carboxylated and then optionally metallated to produce nanospheres capable of filt... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120000137 | CRYSTALLINE CERIUM OXIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD OF THE SAME The present invention relates to crystalline cerium oxide prepared in a simple, economical, and efficient manner, of which crystal structure, shape, and size can be easily adjusted and that exhibits excellent polishing properties, and a preparation method thereof. The c... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120000526 | AIR STABLE ORGANIC-INORGANIC NANOPARTICLES HYBRID SOLAR CELLS A solar cell includes a low work function cathode, an active layer of an organic-inorganic nanoparticle composite, a ZnO nanoparticle layer situated between and physically contacting the cathode and active layers; and a transparent high work function anode that is a bil... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003563 | POROUS DENDRITIC PLATINUM TUBES AS FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYSTS Platinum particles have been formed as porous, hollow tubular dendrites by using silver dendrite particles in a galvanic replacement reaction conducted in an aqueous solution of a platinum compound. The dendritic platinum particles have been found useful as catalysts an... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318250 | RAPID SOLID-STATE METATHESIS ROUTES TO NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON-GERMAINUM Methods for producing nanostructured silicon and silicon-germanium via solid state metathesis (SSM). The method of forming nanostructured silicon comprises the steps of combining a stoichiometric mixture of silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) and an alkaline earth met... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318261 | Preparation Method of Ferroferric Oxide Magnetic Nanospheres Disclosed is a process of preparing magnetite nanoparticles, comprising the following steps: 1) preparing a ferric salt mixed system, wherein a soluble ferric salt is dissolved in glycol at ambient temperature, and then urea and polyethylene glycol are added and mixed h... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311505 | Photosensitive Aminoacid-Monomer Linkage and Bioconjugation Applications in Life Sciences and Biotechnology This invention is related to preparation of photosensitive ruthenium based aminoacid monomers and oligomers, aminoacid monomer-protein cross-linking using photo sensitat ion and conjugation on micro and nano-structures by ruthenium-chelate based monomers. Its vast range... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311438 | Autosynthesizer for the controlled synthesis of nano- and sub-nanostructures The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the synthesis of nanostructures using at least one solution providing at least one chemical element appropriate for the type of nanostructure, the method comprising the steps of: a) adding (admixing) a reducing... | 12/22/2011 |
