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MICROWAVE INDUCED SINGLE STEP GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SOME NOVEL 2-ARYL ALDEHYDES AND THEIR ANALOGUES

Application Number: 20120041234
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Sinha, Arun Kumar; Sharma, Abhishek; Kumar, Rakesh; Sharma, Naina

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of some novel 2-aryl and 2,2-diaryl aldehydes and analogues which are privileged intermediates for commercially important nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including naproxen, flurbiprofen and potent anticancer drug candidates, including phenstatin through a unique single step synthetic methodology utilizing easily available substrates in the form of aryl alkenes as well as environmentally benign aqueous reaction conditions in the ...

WATER SOLUBLE SOLID PHASE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS

Application Number: 20120041173
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Collins, Jonathan M.

A solid phase peptide synthesis method is disclosed. The method includes the steps of deprotecting an amino group in its protected form that is protected with a protecting group containing a Michael acceptor site composed of an α,β-unsaturated sulfone in a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, alcohol, and mixtures of water and alcohol; washing the deprotected acid in a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, alcohol, and mixtures of water and alcohol; coupling the ...

REGIOFUNCTIONAL CARBON NANOTUBE BEAM AND METHOD

Application Number: 20120041153
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Nicholas, Nolan Walker

The present invention is generally directed toward a regiofunctional carbon nanotube beam structures and a method the same. The regiofunctional carbon nanotube beam structures contain chemical moieties attached selectively to the ends and/or the sidewalls of the nanotube which differentiate the physico-chemical properties of the nanotube ends from the physico-chemical of the sidewalls to enable directed self-assembly. The method comprises the steps including opening carbon nanotube ends, ...

Analytical Method of Hemoglobin

Application Number: 20120040466
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Nakayama, Yusuke

A method for analyzing hemoglobin in a sample by separation analysis while suppressing the denaturation of the hemoglobin includes separating hemoglobin in the presence of at least one of a sulfurous acid compound and a dithionous acid ...

ON-BOARD CONTROL DETECTION

Application Number: 20120040369
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Newman, Peter Michael; Hodges, Alastair M.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a sensor comprising an on-board control system and a testing system. The on-board system can determine viability of the control system or the testing system. Also disclosed are methods of using such a ...

METHOD FOR ENRICHING A PROKARYOTIC DNA

Application Number: 20120040363
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: SCHMIDT, Karl-Hermann; STRAUBE, Eberhard; RUSSWURM, Stefan

A method is described for enriching procaryotic DNA, said method including the steps of contacting at least one procaryotic DNA with at least one protein or polypeptide which is capable of specifically binding to non-methylated CpG motifs, and separating the protein/polypeptide-DNA complex. Moreover, the application relates to a kit for carrying out said ...

Detecting and Sorting Methylated DNA Using a Synthetic Nanopore

Application Number: 20120040343
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Timp, Gregory; Timp, Winston; Feinberg, Andrew; Mirsaidov, Utkur

Provided are methods for detecting, characterizing or separating DNA based on methylation. Heterogeneous DNA populations are separated based on DNA methylation by providing a membrane having a nanopore through which an electric field is applied. DNA of interest is introduced, and for a given threshold voltage across the nanopore, only DNA having a methylation parameter of interest may transit the pore, thereby facilitating detection, characterization, or separation of DNA based on methylation. ...

PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM

Application Number: 20120040273
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Kim, Tae-young; Heo, Pil-won; Ha, Jin-su; Kang, Sang-kyun

A proton-conductive inorganic thin film including an inorganic proton conductor, a method of forming the proton-conductive inorganic thin film, and a fuel cell including the proton-conductive inorganic thin film as an electrolyte ...

BIFUNCTIONAL (RECHARGEABLE) AIR ELECTRODES

Application Number: 20120040254
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Binder, Michael; Sharp-Goldman, Stefanie; Black, Phillip J.; Amendola, Steven; Johnson, Lois; Kunz, Michael; Oster, Michael; Chciuk, Tesia; Johnson, Regan

Performance, properties and stability of bifunctional air electrodes may be improved by using modified current collectors, and improving water wettability of air electrode structures. This invention provides information on creating non-corroding, electrically rechargeable, bifunctional air electrodes. In some embodiments, this bifunctional air electrode includes a corrosion-resistant outer layer and an electrically conductive inner layer. In some embodiments, this bifunctional air electrode ...

BARRIER FOR THIN FILM LITHIUM BATTERIES MADE ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODS

Application Number: 20120040233
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Sastry, Ann Marie; Buckingham, Stephen; KIM, Hyoncheol; Langlois, Marc; Chung, Myoungdo; Chen, Yen-Hung

A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second ...

COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

Application Number: 20120040163
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: CHANG, HSIN-PEI; CHEN, WEN-RONG; CHIANG, HUANN-WU; CHEN, CHENG-SHI; HU, ZHI-JIE

A coating includes a zirconium yttrium carbon-nitride layer including a first surface and an opposite second surface, the atomic carbon content and the atomic nitrogen content in the zirconium yttrium carbon-nitride layer gradually increasing from the first surface to the second ...

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A GRAPHENE SHEET PROVIDED WITH METAL PINS, STRUCTURE THUS OBTAINED AND USE THEREOF

Application Number: 20120040145
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Zenasni, Aziz; Landis, Stefan; Ivanova-Hristova, Valentina; Coraux, Johann; Pernel, Carole

A structure, method of manufacturing a structure, and methods of using a structure including a graphene sheet is disclosed. According to one aspect, the grapheme sheet is provided, on one of the faces of the structure, with a plurality of metal pins. The metal pins being separated from one another by a dielectric medium chosen from air and dielectric materials. The method including the steps of synthesizing, by vapor phase catalytic growth, the graphene sheet on a plurality of metal pins that ...

MULTI-LAYERED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

Application Number: 20120040140
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Kim, Ho Woo; An, Jin Soo; Oh, Jung Hong; Lee, Jongkyun; Lee, Jae Hong

A multi-layered article includes a substrate; a resin pattern layer; and a thin film coating layer. The substrate, the resin pattern layer, and the thin film coating layer are sequentially layered on each other. A protective film or a first protective coating layer is layered on a surface of the thin film coating layer that faces away from the resin pattern layer. A second protective coating layer is interposed between the thin film coating layer and the protective film or the first protective ...

CERAMIC COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

Application Number: 20120040136
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: CHIANG, CHWAN-HWA; DU, QI-JIAN

A ceramic coating comprised of alumina or zirconia. The ceramic coating defines a plurality of recesses on surface, giving a leather-like appearance thereon. The ceramic coating is formed by ion beam assisted ...

HYDROGEN SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Application Number: 20120037516
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Schwandt, Carsten; FRAY, DEREK JOHN

An apparatus and methods are provided for the accurate determination of hydrogen content in fluid media at elevated temperatures. The apparatus consists of a proton conducting solid electrolyte in contact with an internal metal/hydrogen reference standard, in which the electrolyte and the reference material are in a chemically stable contact. The electrical signal generated is a function of the hydrogen concentration on the measuring ...

IMPEDIMETRIC SENSORS USING DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES

Application Number: 20120037515
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Solanki, Rajendra

A method for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy uses interdigitated electrodes functionalized with a first species and nanoparticles functionalized with a second species that preferentially attaches to the first species. The nanoparticles are composed of a material with a dielectric constant (k value) greater than 2. The chemically functionalized electrodes are then exposed to a solution containing the chemically functionalized nanoparticles which then become immobilized on the electrodes ...

DIAGNOSTIC MULTI-LAYER DRY PHASE TEST STRIP WITH INTEGRATED BIOSENSORS ("ELECTROSTRIP")

Application Number: 20120037513
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Lindemann, Björn F.

A diagnostic multi-layer dry phase test strip with integrated biosensors for use in measuring more than one analyte in a fluid sample includes a body having a port for introducing a fluid sample. Within the body is a spreader layer configured to evenly spread the fluid sample received through the port. The test strip further includes at least one enzyme reaction layer in fluidic communication with the spreader layer. The test strip also includes a first electrode layer in fluidic communication ...

ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER

Application Number: 20120037512
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Robertson, Maurice James

Electrodes for electrolysis of water, for encouraging growth of algae and aerobic bacteria, for removing suspended solids from wastewater during treatment, or for rendering water sterile and potable have a concrete coating over a metallic or carbon fibre core. The coating is from 2 to 50 mm thick; preferably 5 to 25 mm thick. Preferably, a DC current passed between the immersed electrodes periodically reversed but there is no visible “rusting” at the anode if the DC current is steady. The ...

SUPER-CAPACITOR DESALINATION DEVICES AND METHODS

Application Number: 20120037511
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Xiong, Rihua; Cai, Wei; Yang, Hai

A super-capacitor desalination device is described and includes a pair of terminal electrodes and at least one bipolar electrode located between the terminal electrodes. The at least one bipolar electrode has an ion exchange material disposed on opposing surfaces thereof The ion exchange material is a cation exchange material or an anion exchange material. A method for super-capacitor desalination is also ...

PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COMBUSTIBLE FLUID

Application Number: 20120037510
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: BETHUREM, GARY J.

A fuel and hydrogen generator includes electrolysis in a first closed vessel containing a bath of water, electrolyte and sufficient liquid hydrocarbon fuel to serve as an oxygen barrier. The hydrogen produced in the first closed vessel is introduced into a second closed vessel having a bath of water, electrolyte and liquid hydrocarbon fuel in an amount volumetrically equal to the water. Electrodes extend through the liquid hydrocarbon fuel to the water to conduct electrolysis. Makeup water and ...

METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING OF MATERIALS

Application Number: 20120037509
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: IDRISOV, Timur Rashitovich; ZAYTSEV, Vyacheslav Alexandrovich

The invention relates to electrochemical pulse machining (ECM) of high alloy steel, alloys and conducting composite materials that include components with substantially different electrochemical properties. In particular, the invention can be used to perform various copy-piercing operations when producing intricately shaped surfaces of machines and tools made of WC—Co, WC—TiC—Co alloys.

The method comprises machining at low interelectrode gaps using anode or ...

Electrophoresis Apparatus and Control Method Thereof

Application Number: 20120037508
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Nakayama, Yusuke; Shiraki, Yasunori; Adachi, Genki; Matsumi, Rina; Odagaki, Toru

An electrophoresis apparatus that applies voltage from electrodes that are provided in a capillary flow channel and causes component separation by performing electrophoresis on a specimen that is injected into the capillary flow channel comprises: a physical quantity acquisition unit and a physical quantity determination unit. The physical quantity acquisition unit, with migration solution and specimen injected inside the capillary flow channel, acquires an electrical quantity that occurs in ...

METHOD AND MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBULAR KIDNEY DAMAGE AND ILLNESSES

Application Number: 20120037507
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Mischak, Harald

A method for the diagnosis of tubular kidney diseases comprising the step of determining the presence or absence or amplitude of at least three polypeptide markers in a urine sample, the polypeptide marker being selected from the markers characterized in Table 1 by values for the molecular masses and migration ...

METHOD OF MEASURING HEMATOCRIT (Hct), SENSOR USED IN THE METHOD, AND MEASURING DEVICE

Application Number: 20120037506
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Shinno, Teppei; Ikeda, Shin; Fujiwara, Masaki

The present invention provides a method of electrochemically measuring a hematocrit (Hct) value using a sensor, capable of achieving excellent measurement accuracy and reliability and also provides a sensor used in the method. The method of electrochemically measuring a hematocrit (Hct) value of blood include: providing an electrode system having a working electrode (11) and a counter electrode (12), in which a redox substance is provided on the counter electrode (12) but ...

DIAMOND MICROELECTRODES

Application Number: 20120037505
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Hall, Clive Edward; Kleijhorst, Richard Antonius; Pickles, Charles Simon James; Jiang, Li; Perkins, Neil

A microlectrode comprising a diamond layer formed from electrically non-conducting diamond and containing one or more pins or projections of electrically conducting diamond extending at least partially through the layer of non-conducting diamond presenting areas of electrically conducting ...

Multiply Divided Anode Wall Type Plasma Generating Apparatus and Plasma Processing Apparatus

Application Number: 20120037504
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Shiina, Yuichi; Watanabe, Iwao

An object of the present invention is to provide a multiply divided anode wall type plasma generation apparatus, wherein a short circuit between the cathode and the anode is not caused even if deposited matter adhering and depositing on the inner wall of the anode by diffusion plasma detach and fall. Also, an object is to provide a plasma processing apparatus using the same.

When the plasma (P) generated between the cathode (2) and the anode (3) is ...

ROTATABLE SPUTTER TARGET BASE, ROTATABLE SPUTTER TARGET, COATING INSTALLATION, METHOD OF PRODUCING A ROTATABLE SPUTTER TARGET, TARGET BASE CONNECTION MEANS, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING A ROTATABLE TARGET BASE DEVICE FOR SPUTTERING INSTALLATIONS TO A TARGET BASE SUPPORT

Application Number: 20120037503
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Heimel, Oliver; Lippert, Lothar

A rotatable target base device for sputtering installations is provided, wherein the target base device is adapted for receiving thereon a solid target cylinder, the rotatable target base device comprising a target base cylinder (4) having a lateral surface (3), a middle part (12), a first end region (7) and a second end region (9) opposite to the first end region, wherein at least one of the first and the second end regions has a maximum outer diameter ...

Sintered Body for ZnO-Ga2O3-Based Sputtering Target and Method of Producing the Same

Application Number: 20120037502
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Nagayama, Satsuki; Satonosono, Kaoru

[Object] To provide a sintered body for a ZnO—Ga₂O₃-based sputtering target, which has a low resistivity and is capable of suppressing the formation of nodules and flakes, and a method of producing the same.

[Solving Means] The present invention includes the steps of forming a powder mixture of a zinc oxide powder and a gallium oxide powder, housing the compact of the powder mixture in an inside of a container 20 to be installed in an ...

Tantalum Sputtering Target

Application Number: 20120037501
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Oda, Kunihiro; Fukushima, Atsushi; Senda, Shinichiro

Provided is a tantalum sputtering target containing 1 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less of molybdenum as an essential component, and having a purity of 99.998% or more excluding molybdenum and gas components. Additionally provided is a tantalum sputtering target according to the above further containing 0 to 100 mass ppm of niobium, excluding 0 mass ppm thereof, and having a purity of 99.998% or more excluding molybdenum, niobium and gas components. Thereby obtained is a high purity ...

HOLLOW TARGET ASSEMBLY

Application Number: 20120037500
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: WU, Chung-Han; Lai, Kuan-Ting; Wang, Tzu-Wen

A hollow target assembly has a support tube, a target body and a plurality of elastic elements. The target body includes a plurality of hollow target materials and they pass through the support tube sequentially and locate at the outer surface of the support tube. By the grooves formed and extended from an end of the inside wall of the hollow target material and the corresponding concaves formed at the outside wall of the support tube, the elastic elements can lean and be positioned in the ...

COMPOSITE OXYGEN ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME

Application Number: 20120037499
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Mogensen, Mogens; Hjalmarsson, Per; Wandel, Marie

The present invention provides a composite oxygen electrode, comprising—a porous backbone structure comprising two separate but percolating phases, the first phase being an electronic conducting phase, the second phase being an oxide ion conducting phase; and—an electrocatalytic layer on the surface of said backbone structure, wherein said electrocatalytic layer comprises first and second nanoparticles, wherein the first and second particles are randomly distributed throughout said layer, ...

DEVICE FOR GALVANIC PROCESSING OF DRINKING WATER

Application Number: 20120037498
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Pancurák, Frantisek; Jurec, Ladislav

A galvanic processing device includes a flow container having an inlet, an outlet and a longitudinal axis. Anodes are made from a first metal. Cathodes are made from a second, different metal. The electrodes may be disk-shaped. The cathodes and anodes are alternately placed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Dielectric spacer rings separate the anodes and the cathodes. The electrodes may have circumferential segments aligned at an angle α to impart a swirl to a flow of liquid through the ...

DISK DEVICE FOR GALVANIC PROCESSING OF DRINKING WATER

Application Number: 20120037497
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Pancurák, Frantisek; Jurec, Ladislav

An improved galvanic processing device includes disk shaped electrodes made from a metal which have circumferential segments aligned at an angle α relative to the plane of the circumference of the electrode. The circumferential segments may have portions aligned at a different angle β relative to the plane of the circumference of the ...

APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF LIQUID STREAMS

Application Number: 20120037496
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: James, Patrick Ismail; Stejic, George

An apparatus for electrochemical modification of liquid streams employing an electrolytic cell having an oxidation site defined by an anode, an anode compartment comprising liquid electrolyte anolyte where oxidation is effected, a cathode compartment comprising liquid electrolyte catholyte where reduction is effected, a cathode comprising conducting cathode particulates forming a cathode particulates bed and a current feeder device in at least intermittent contact with said cathode particulates ...

DEPLATING CONTACTS IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATING APPARATUS

Application Number: 20120037495
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Zimmerman, Nolan L.; Hanson, Kyle M.; Woodruff, Daniel J.; Klocke, John L.; Pfeifer, Klaus H.

An electroplating apparatus having improved contact deplating features includes a bowl assembly having a bowl for holding an electroplating solution. A head having a rotor including a contact ring and a head motor for rotating the rotor cooperates with the bowl assembly during plating operations. A lift/rotate actuator may be used to move the head to position a sector of the contact ring in a ring slot or opening of a deplating module. Since the deplating is performed within the deplating ...

INSTALLATION FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF PARTS

Application Number: 20120037494
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Vacheron, Frederic

The invention relates to a machine for the surface processing of metal parts by immersion into at least one processing liquid contained in a processing tank comprising a plurality of tanks arranged in series and to a device for transferring the parts between the tanks, said tanks each including a rotary structure mounted on a rotation axis for receiving said parts submerged by a rotation movement of the rotary structures such that the air bubbles generated by the immersion of the parts are ...

ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE AND FILM FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME

Application Number: 20120037493
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Kurokawa, Yoshinori; Fujii, Hirofumi; Tanifuji, Shinichi; Yamamoto, Kenji

Provided is an arc evaporation source wherein film-forming speed is increased by inducing magnetic lines in the substrate direction. The arc evaporation source is provided with: at least one outer circumferential magnet (3), which is disposed such that the outer circumferential magnet surrounds the outer circumference of a target (2) and that the magnetization direction thereof is in the direction orthogonally intersecting the surface of the target (2); and a rear surface ...

MAGNET TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, SPUTTERING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND SPUTTERING METHOD

Application Number: 20120037492
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Lee, Youn-Goo

A sputtering apparatus for uniformly eroding a sputtering target is disclosed. The sputtering apparatus includes a substrate, a sputtering target having a first surface facing the substrate, a magnet configured to apply a magnetic field to the sputtering target, and facing a second surface of the sputtering target, a guide rail connected to the magnet configured to support and guide the magnet member, wherein a first portion of the guide rail, corresponding to a central portion of the ...

ANTENNA FOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA GENERATION, INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA GENERATOR, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME

Application Number: 20120037491
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Park, Young June; Kim, Il Wook

In one embodiment, the antenna for inductively coupled plasma generation includes a first end connected to an alternating current (AC) power supply, a second end connected to a ground terminal, and an antenna coil unit connected to the first end and the second end and configured to generate an induced electric field when power of the AC power supply is applied. The antenna coil unit includes one or more sub-coil units. The one or more sub-coil units generate a magnetic field in a region ...

ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING POLYMER COMPOSITION

Application Number: 20120037400
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Fields, Lenwood L.; Thelen, Dean M.; Martin, Arthur W.; O'Malley, Shawn M.

A composition that includes at least one crosslinkable monomer; at least one hydrophobic monomer; and at least one dielectric constant enhancing agent selected from dielectric enhancing monomers, ferroelectric particulates, and electroactive polymers. Coatings including the polymer of compositions, and articles including electrically isolating layers are also ...

Storage container with sensor device and regrigerator having the same

Application Number: 20120036875
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: YUN, Kwon Chul; KANG, Seok Gin; BAE, Hak Gyun; PARK, Young Gwi

A storage container with a sensor device and a refrigerator having the same. A pair of electrode terminals is exposed from the lower surface of a sensor plate installed on the inner surface of the bottom of the storage container, thereby improving reliability in ...

POLYNUCLEIC ACID-ATTACHED PARTICLES AND THEIR USE IN GENOMIC ANALYSIS

Application Number: 20120035322
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventor: LOGE, GARY W.

Disclosed are methods for preparing particle-linked polynucleotides, and using the particle linked polynucleotides in genomic analysis. The particles as disclosed are characterized as having a size variance of less than ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES

Application Number: 20120034764
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Sferlazzo, Piero; Lampros, Thomas Michael

Described are an apparatus and a method for depositing a thin film on a web. The method includes depositing a first layer of a composite metal onto a web. A first selenium layer is deposited onto the first layer and the web is heated to selenize the first layer. Subsequently, a second layer of the composite metal is deposited onto the selenized first layer and a second selenium layer is deposited onto the second layer. The web is then heated to selenize the second layer. The composition of each ...

COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

Application Number: 20120034489
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: MA, CHUANG; CHANG, HSIN-PEI; CHEN, WEN-RONG; CHIANG, HUANN-WU; CHEN, CHENG-SHI

A coating includes a nano-composite layer including a plurality of films. The films are stacked together one after another. Each film includes a zirconium-copper carbonitride layer and a zirconium carbonitride ...

COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

Application Number: 20120034487
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: MA, CHUANG; CHANG, HSIN-PEI; CHEN, WEN-RONG; CHIANG, HUANN-WU; CHEN, CHENG-SHI

A coating includes a nano-composite layer including an equal number of films. The films are stacked on top of each other one after another. Each film includes a zirconium-copper carbonitride layer and a zirconium carbonitride ...

DIAMOND PARTICLES HAVING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ATTACHED THERETO, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS

Application Number: 20120034464
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Agrawal, Gaurav; DiGiovanni, Anthony A.; Chakraborty, Soma

A substance includes diamond particles having a maximum linear dimension of less than about 1 μm and an organic compound attached to surfaces of the diamond particles. The organic compound may include a surfactant or a polymer. A method of forming a substance includes exposing diamond particles to an organic compound, and exposing the diamond particles in the presence of the organic compound to ultrasonic energy. The diamond particles may have a maximum linear dimension of less than about 1 ...

ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Application Number: 20120034452
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: MA, CHUANG; CHANG, HSIN-PEI; CHEN, WEN-RONG; CHIANG, HUANN-WU; CHEN, CHENG-SHI

An article includes a substrate and a color layer deposited on the substrate. The color layer has an L* value between about 36 to about 48, an a* value between about 4 to about 5, and a b* value between about 2 to about 4 in the CIE L*a*b* color ...

COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Application Number: 20120034438
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: CHEN, XIAO-QIANG; CHANG, HSIN-PEI; CHEN, WEN-RONG; CHIANG, HUANN-WU; CHEN, CHENG-SHI

A coated article comprises a substrate; a bonding layer deposited on the substrate; and a composite layer deposited on the bonding layer. The composite layer includes an equal number of alternating chromium-nitride layers and aluminum-nitride ...

Prediction of Response to Platinum-Based Therapy

Application Number: 20120034317
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Jirström, Karin; Eberhard, Jakob

Method for determining whether a mammalian subject having a cancer belongs to a first or a second group, wherein subjects of the first group are more likely to respond to a platinum-based therapy than subjects of the second group, comprising the steps of: evaluating the amount of RBM3 protein or RBM3 mRNA present in at least part of a sample earlier obtained from said subject, and determining a sample value corresponding to said amount; comparing the sample value with a reference value; and, if ...

GRAPHENE BASED ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS, AND ELECTROOXIDATION PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS FROM LIQUIDS USING SAID ELECTRODES

Application Number: 20120031852
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventor: Aglietto, Ivano

An electrode is described completely made of graphenes or containing high amounts of these compounds in mixture with nanostructured or non-nanostructured carbon-based materials. An electrooxidation process for the removal of contaminants from liquids, and a reactor for performing the process, based on the use of said electrodes, are also ...