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Class 977/900 - Having step or means utilizing mechanical or thermal property (e.g., pressure, heat, etc.)


Subclass of Class 977 - Nanotechnology
Definition: Subject matter including process or apparatus that uses
No. of applications: 200
Last issue date: 03/01/2012


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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120049127ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PTFE TAPE
The present invention is directed to a fluoropolymer tape having an electrically conductive surface. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tape and method for producing an electrically conductive tape by blending vapor-...
03/01/2012
20120034512LITHIUM ALLOY-CARBON COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION
A carbon/nanoparticle nanofiber includes a carbon base structure and a plurality of nanoparticles that include a lithium alloy or a lithium alloy precursor. One or more nanofibers may be formed into a nonwoven fabric. The fabric may be utilized as an electrode, such as ...
02/09/2012
20120035767SYSTEM 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
20120021221NANOCOMPOSITE BULK MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
In a nanocomposite bulk magnet according to the present invention, nanocomposite magnet powder particles, including an Nd2Fe14B crystalline phase and an α-Fe phase, are combined together. The composition of the magnet is represented by T100-x...
01/26/2012
20120013047NANOFIBER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NANOFIBERS
A nanofiber manufacturing apparatus (100) which produces nanofibers (301) by electrically stretching a solution (300) in space, includes: an effusing body (115) having effusing holes (118) for effusing the solution (300) into th...
01/19/2012
20120009381CARBON NANOTUBE HONEYCOMB AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF
Materials that have a honeycomb structure are provided that are formed, at least in part, from carbon nanotube sheets. Methods are also provided for making these materials, including the expansion method, in which an adhesive is applied to carbon nanotube sheets, which ...
01/12/2012
20120009118System for Optimizing and Controlling Particle Size Distribution And For Scale-Up Of Nanoparticle Production In An Aerosol Flame Reactor
The present invention relates to a system for optimizing and controlling the particle size distribution and scale-up of production of nanoparticle in an aerosol flame reactor. The method provides nanoparticles with desired, optimized and controlled particle size and the...
01/12/2012
20120003629Biological control of nanoparticle nucleation, shape and crystal phase
The present invention includes compositions and methods for selective binding of amino acid oligomers to semiconductor and elemental carbon-containing materials. One form of the present invention is a method for controlling the particle size of the semiconductor or elem...
01/05/2012
20110291315METHODS FOR ARRANGING NANOSCOPIC ELEMENTS WITHIN NETWORKS, FABRICS, AND FILMS
A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements dr...
12/01/2011
20110282006METHOD OF MELT KNEADING, EXTRUDATE, AND TRANSPARENT RESIN MATERIAL
It is an object of the present invention to obtain an optically transparent nano-dispersion polymer blend extrudate and a transparent resin having a microscopic dispersion structure in which incompatible polymer blend is melted and kneaded, one of resins is formed into ...
11/17/2011
20110269830STATIN NANOPARTICLES
The present invention relates to a complex made up of at least one molecule of statin or a derivative thereof, covalently bonded to at least one hydrocarbon radical including at least 18 carbon atoms and containing at least one 2-methyl-buta-2-ene unit, to nanoparticles...
11/03/2011
20110269731NANOPARTICLES OF BETA-LACTAM DERIVATIVES
The present invention relates to a complex made up of at least one beta-lactam molecule covalently bonded to at least one hydrocarbon radical including at least 18 carbon atoms and containing at least one unit of 2-methyl-buta-2-ene, to nanoparticles of said complexes, ...
11/03/2011
20110253032APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING QUANTUM DOT WITH A PLURALITY OF HEATING ZONES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUANTUM DOT
Disclosed is a technology of producing quantum dots that are nano-size semiconducting crystals. A quantum dot producing apparatus includes a mixer for mixing precursor solutions, and a heating furnace with a plurality of heating areas providing different temperature con...
10/20/2011
20110233455SINTERED ND-FE-B PERMANENT MAGNET WITH HIGH COERCIVITY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS
A type of sintered Nd—Fe—B permanent magnet with high intrinsic coercivity of about 30KOe or more is produced by dual alloy method. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the powders of master phase alloy and intergranular phase alloy respectively, mixi...
09/29/2011
20110230122NANOSCALE CUBIC BORON NITRIDE
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing nanoscale cubic boron nitride and to the nanoscale cubic boron nitride thus obtained. The method according to the invention of manufacturing nanoscale boron nitride of cubic structure is characterized in that it compris...
09/22/2011
20110204290SILICON-BASED BLUE-GREEN PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL OF WHICH LUMINESCENCE PEAK CAN BE CONTROLLED BY EXCITATION WAVELENGTH AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SILICON-BASED BLUE-GREEN PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL
Provided is a silicon-based blue phosphorescent material having a longer luminescence lifetime, a high luminescence intensity, and excellent long-term stability and reproducibility. A method for producing a silicon-based blue-green phosphorescent material controllable b...
08/25/2011
20110193008METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL COMPOSITION
The invention relates to a method for producing a low-exuding preferably non-exuding polymer-bonded phase-change material composition containing phase-change material, characterized in that the phase-change material is liquefied, the liquid phase-change material is intr...
08/11/2011
20110180972METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UNIFORMLY SEPARATED NANOFILAMENTS OR MICROFIBERS
Method for manufacturing uniformly separated, nanofibers, nanofilaments or microfibers. In some embodiments, the method includes steps of preparing a spinning or molten solution with a electrospinning raw material, electrospinning the solution to manufacture nanofibers,...
07/28/2011
20110159070BIOMATERIALS AND IMPLANTS FOR ENHANCED CARTILAGE FORMATION, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM
The invention provides products of manufacture, e.g., biomaterials and implants, for cartilage maintenance and/or formation in-vivo, in-vitro, and ex-vivo, using nanotechnology, e.g., using nanotube, nanowire, nanopillar and/or nanodepots configured on surface structure...
06/30/2011
20110121434METHOD OF FABRICATING A PLANAR SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE
A composition comprises a semiconductor substrate having a crystallographic plane oriented parallel to a surface of the substrate and at least one planar semiconductor nanowire epitaxially disposed on the substrate, where the nanowire is aligned along a crystallographic...
05/26/2011
20110114897FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE SHEETS HAVING HIGH CARBON TO OXYGEN RATIOS
Functionalized graphene sheets having a carbon to oxygen molar ratio of at least about 23:1 and method of preparing the same....
05/19/2011
20110117149INORGANIC NANOTUBES
Discloses are stabilized calcium pyrophosphate nanotubes, a process for making calcium pyrophosphate nanotubes comprising agitating at less than 2 OkHz an aqueous suspension of a calcium and a phosphate for a time sufficient to precipitate said inorganic calcium pyropho...
05/19/2011
20110108774THERMOELECTRIC NANOCOMPOSITE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE NANOCOMPOSITE AND APPLICATION OF THE NANOCOMPOSITE
A thermoelectric nanocomposite is formed from homogeneous ceramic nanoparticles formed from at least one kind of tellurium compound. The ceramic nanoparticles have an average particle size from about 5 nm to about 30 nm and particularly to about 10 nm. The ceramic nanop...
05/12/2011
20110092734METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE BISMUTH-MOLYBDENUM MIXED OXIDE
A method for the production of a nanocrystalline bismuth-molybdenum mixed oxide, the use of the bismuth-molybdenum mixed oxide as catalyst for chemical conversions, in particular for a conversion of propylene to acrolein and/or acrylic acid or of isobutylene to methacro...
04/21/2011
20110091711CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES FROM ORGANIC POLYMERS
Methods and apparatuses for forming carbon nanostructures from a polymer mixture. The methods include the steps of mixing the pre-formed polymer with a liquid to form a polymer mixture, freezing the polymer mixture at an effective freezing rate greater than or equal to ...
04/21/2011
20110084424MOLD FOR NANOIMPRINTING, ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING MOLDED RESIN HAVING FINE CONCAVO-CONVEX STRUCTURE ON ITS SURFACE AND WIRE-GRID POLARIZER
To provide a mold for nanoimprinting capable of accurately transcribing a fine concavo-convex structure, available at a low cost and having high durability, its production process, and processes for producing a molded resin having a fine concavo-convex structure on its ...
04/14/2011
20110079754Fabricating method of nano-powder and application thereof
A fabricating method of nano-powder is provided. First, a mixture having at least a first material and a second material is provided. Then, the mixture is sintered to obtain a single phase alloy body. After that, the single phase alloy body is pre-crumbled to obtain a p...
04/07/2011
20110056593Flaky Powder for an Electromagnetic Wave Absorber, and Method for Producing Same
A flake powder for an electromagnetic wave absorber and a method of manufacturing the flake powder are described. The flake powder is made-up of nano-sized metals and pores forming a flake body having a composite structure formed by aggregation of nano-sized magnetic me...
03/10/2011
20110014310Method and apparatus for forming nano-particles
Nano-scale particles of materials can be produced by vaporizing material and allowing the material to flow in a non-violently turbulent manner into thermal communication with a cooling fluid, thereby forming small particles of the material that can be in the nano-scale ...
01/20/2011
20110005352Method of Producing Inorganic Nanoparticles in Atmosphere and Device Therefor
Provided are a method and a device for producing nanoparticles of a low melting point material such as gold at more than 10 times faster the rate of conventional technology while maintaining the time-averaged temperature of pulse-modulated atmospheric-pressure plasma at...
01/13/2011
20100290979Carbon nanotubes production process
carbon nanotubes can be used in a lot of different applications but the main disadvantage of these tubes are that they are expensive. This invention describes a very simple process for producing carbon nanotubes in large scale. This process is very cheaply. It uses the ...
11/18/2010
20100258724Tip-sharpened carbon nanotubes and electron source using thereof
An electron microscope comprising an electron emitting cathode equipped with a carbon nanotube and an extraction unit to field-emit electrons. The carbon nanotube contains a sharp portion which is approximately conical shape at tip thereof closed at the electron-emittin...
10/14/2010
20100237547Preparation of bulk superhard B-C-N nanocomposite compact
Bulk, superhard, B—C—N nanocomposite compacts were prepared by ball milling a mixture of graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, encapsulating the ball-milled mixture at a pressure in a range of from about 15 GPa to about 25 GPa, and sintering the pressurized encapsul...
09/23/2010
20100230517Shape engineering of nanoparticles
Methods for preparing high aspect ratio nanomaterials from spherical nanomaterials useful for oxides, nitrides, carbides, borides, metals, alloys, chalcogenides, and other compositions....
09/16/2010
20100202247DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MOLECULAR CLUSTERS OF LIQUID TO NANO-SCALE
A device for processing molecular clusters of a liquid to nano-scale is provided and includes a stirring chamber having a hexagonal (or octagonal) column space; a plurality of first stirring modules, each of which has at least one first stirring blade having a left-hand...
08/12/2010
20100190023METAL BONDED NANOTUBE ARRAY
A method for bonding nano-elements to a surface is described. The method includes applying a layer of a first metal to a first end of a plurality of substantially aligned nano-elements, positioning a layer of a second metal adjacent to the layer of the first metal, plac...
07/29/2010
20100151275L10-ORDERED FePt NANODOT ARRAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND HIGH DENSITY MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME
This invention relates to a L10-ordered FePt nanodot array which is manufactured using capillary force lithography, to a method of manufacturing the L10-ordered FePt nanodot array and to a high density magnetic recording medium using the L10
06/17/2010
20100009204CARBON NANOFIBERS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL
A carbon fiber composite material includes an elastomer and carbon nanofibers uniformly dispersed in the elastomer. The carbon nanofibers are produced by a vapor growth method and then heated at a temperature that is in a range from 1100 to 1600° C. and is higher than ...
01/14/2010
20090295005PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF NANOSIZE METAL-CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES AND NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIONS
The invention relates to a process for producing morphologically uniform and virtually monodisperse metal-containing nanoparticles, characterized in that the separation both in time and space of the nucleation and growth processes is achieved by regulation of the temper...
12/03/2009
20090242231SILVER NANOWIRE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND AQUEOUS DISPERSION
A method for producing a silver nanowire including heating a silver complex in a water solvent at a temperature equal to or below the boiling point of the water solvent, and the silver nanowire produced by the method....
10/01/2009
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