Sheet, Web, Wire, Or Filament Patents (Class 205/76)
  • Patent number: 11798583
    Abstract: A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a thermally stable soft magnetic material. The method also includes applying a combined stepped and pulsed current to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the thermally stable soft magnetic material is formed on the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jie Gong, Steven C. Riemer, John A. Rice, Michael C. Kautzky
  • Patent number: 11266332
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes amperometric glucose sensors having electrodes formed from processes that electrodeposit platinum black in a manner that produces relatively smooth three dimensional metal architectures, ones that contribute to sensor reliability and stability. Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having such uniform electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, inc.
    Inventors: Ting Huang, Ashwin K. Rao, Rajiv Shah, Qingling Yang
  • Patent number: 11108036
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of energy storage devices, and especially electrochemical energy storage devices where an electroactive moiety is chemically attached to a conductive polymer In particular, the invention relates to the design and fabrication of electrodes for the use in electrochemical storage devices having an electrochemically active conjugate. The electrochemically active conjugate preferably has an electroactive moiety selected from electroactive metal center, an electroactive organic species, or an electroactive non-metal species. Depending on the selected electroactive moiety, it can be attached either directly or through an appropriate linker to the conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Esther S. Takeuchi, Amy C. Marschilok
  • Patent number: 10113230
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thick film on a substrate, and more particularly, to a method of forming a multilayer h-BN thick film on a substrate including (a) a substrate heating step of heating a first substrate, (b) a h-BN precursor supply step of supplying h-BN precursors to the heated first substrate, (c) a precursor dissolving step of dissolving the supplied h-BN precursors in the first substrate, and (d) a substrate cooling step of cooling the first substrate containing the dissolved h-BN precursors therein, and a laminate including a multilayer h-BN thick film prepared by the preparation method and a substrate which forms a stack structure with the h-BN thick film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KIST)
    Inventors: Soo-Min Kim, Ki-Kang Kim, Joo-Song Lee
  • Publication number: 20150068909
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a plating solution for aluminum electroplating useful for the production of a high-ductility, high-purity aluminum foil at a high film formation rate, etc., which is an easy-to-handle plating solution that does not solidify and allows for an electroplating treatment even at 25° C. The present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that in a preparation of a plating solution containing at least (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) a nitrogen-containing compound, the blending proportions of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide, and the nitrogen-containing compound are such that per 10 mol of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide is 3.5+n to 4.2+n mol, and the nitrogen-containing compound is n mol (wherein n is 0.001 to 2.0 mol).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Okamoto, Junichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150024232
    Abstract: The invention concerns the production of segmented nanowires and components having said segmented nanowires. For the production of the nanowire structural element, a template based process is used preferably, wherein the electrochemical deposition of the nanowires in nanopores is carried out. In this manner, numerous nanowires are created in the template foil. For the electrochemical deposition of the nanowires, a reversed pulse procedure with an alternating sequence consisting of cathodic deposition pulses and anodic counter-pulses is carried out. By this means, segmented nanowires can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Cornelius, Wolfgang Ensinger, Reinhard Neumann, Markus Rauber
  • Publication number: 20150017466
    Abstract: A self-aligned tunable metamaterial is formed as a wire mesh. Self-aligned channel grids are formed in layers in a silicon substrate using deep trench formation and a high-temperature anneal. Vertical wells at the channels may also be etched. This may result in a three-dimensional mesh grid of metal and other material. In another embodiment, metallic beads are deposited at each intersection of the mesh grid, the grid is encased in a rigid medium, and the mesh grid is removed to form an artificial nanocrystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Arturo A. Ayon, Ramakrishna Kotha, Diana Strickland
  • Publication number: 20140356575
    Abstract: A composite made of alternating layers of elastic and plastic material provides desirable mechanical properties including high toughness. Each layer has a thickness of between 10 nanometers and 500 microns. Plastic materials that may be used include thermoplastic/thermoset elastomers, aluminum, alloys of aluminum, titanium, and alloys of titanium. Elastic materials include various thermoplastic or thermoset polymers, Al2O3, SiC, TiB2 and B4C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Guillermo R. Villalobos, Shyam S. Bayya, Woohong Kim, Bryan Sadowski, Michael Hunt, Robert E. Miklos, Colin C. Baker, Jasbinder S. Sanghera
  • Publication number: 20140345677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exclusive alloy substrate material for CIGS solar cells. Particularly, the present invention provides a substrate material having a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of a CIGS layer. The substrate material according to the present invention may prevent damage such as interlayer separation due to differing thermal expansion coefficients from occurring because the substrate material has a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the CIGS layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tai Hong Yim, Heung Yeol Lee, Tae Jin Hwang, Young Sik Song, Yong Ki Cho, Min Su Lee, Yoon Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20140332069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled expansion flexible metal substrate material and to a production method therefor. In the present invention, an electrocasting method is used in order to produce a metal substrate material which comprises a controlled expansion alloy and has a textured structure and a wide width. Also, the flexible metal substrate material of the present invention can be used as the substrate for a silicon thin-film solar cell since the Fe—Ni alloying compositional ratio is controlled in such a way that the thermal expansion coefficient approximates that of silicon. The present invention is devised in such a way that the optical pathway is extended and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved since a textured structure is provided on the surface of a flexible metal substrate material by forming a textured structure on the surface of a plating drum used as a plating cathode or anode used in an electrocasting method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tai Hong Yim, Heung Yeol Lee, Min Su Lee, Yoon Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20140211920
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure by using a silicon mold, in which disturbances in arrangement due to charges are reduced, can be provided. The method for manufacturing a structure includes the steps of forming a recessed portion in a silicon substrate, cleaning, drying, or conveying the silicon substrate while charges of a plurality of portions sandwiched between the recessed portion are removed, and filling a metal into the recessed portion of the silicon substrate subjected to the cleaning, drying, or conveying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Setomoto, Takayuki Teshima
  • Publication number: 20140209469
    Abstract: Controlling dimensions of nanowires includes lithographically forming a trench in a layer of a polymer resin with a width less than one micrometer where the polymer resin has a thickness less than one micrometer and is deposited over an electrically conductive substrate, depositing a nanowire material within the trench to form a nanowire, and obtaining the nanowire from the trench with a removal mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
  • Publication number: 20140151236
    Abstract: Producing a nanowire structural element with a nanowire array between two cover layers forming a hollow chamber permeated in a column-like manner with nanowires. The process includes: preparing a template foil; application of a first surface covering electroconductive cover layer on a first side of the template foil; generation of numerous nanopores in the template foil; generation of nanowires in the nanopores wherein an electroconductive material fills the nanopores by electrochemical deposition, wherein the nanowires grow within the nanopores on the first cover layer; generation of a second surface filling cover layer on the second side of the template foil thus forming a sandwich-like arrangement of the two cover layers and the template foil permeated with nanowires; and clearing the structured hollow chamber between by dissolving of the template foil and removal of the dissolved template substance, wherein the two cover layers remain intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Cornelius, Wolfgang Ensinger, Reinhard Neumann, Markus Rauber
  • Patent number: 8722186
    Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
  • Patent number: 8679221
    Abstract: A method for producing an alumina template of nanorods, the alumina template, and the nanorods are provided for overcoming the problems of the conventional alumina template having anodic aluminum oxide that may be peeled off from a substrate or forming a non-conductive oxide easily, and the alumina template includes a conductive substrate composed of an active metal and an inert metal, so that the alumina template can be attached onto the active metal and inert metal at the same time, and the active metal can be used for securing the alumina template and supporting the alumina template on the inert metal, and the anodic aluminum oxide attached onto the inert metal can be used for providing a better conductivity, such that a stable and highly conductive alumina template can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hsyi-en Cheng, Bo-jiun Yeh
  • Patent number: 8647490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a micro wire, a sensor including the micro wire, and a method for manufacturing the sensor, having improved production efficiency. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a micro wire includes applying a three-dimensional electric field to a solution for forming a micro wire. The method for manufacturing the micro wire may further include providing an electrode assembly comprising a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the substrate, and providing the solution to a space. The first electrode and the second electrode may form the space therebetween, and the space may have a first width and a second width that is smaller than the first width. The three-dimensional electric field is applied to the solution by applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: WooSeok Choi, Guenbae Lim, Tae-Chang An
  • Publication number: 20140027294
    Abstract: A continuous or semi-continuous process for fabricating nanowires or microwires makes use of the substantially planar template that may be moved through electrochemical solution to grow nanowires or microwires on exposed conductive edges on the surface of that template. The planar template allows fabrication of the template using standard equipment and techniques. Adhesive transfer may be used to remove the wires from the template and in one embodiment to draw a continuous wire from the template to be wound around the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Anirudha V. SUMANT, Michael Zach, Alan David Marten
  • Publication number: 20140030591
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic copper foil which is excellent in the extension property and can endure the change in the expansion and contraction at the fine units while having high strength, and a method of producing the same. Specifically, the electrolytic copper foil for a negative electrode collector in a secondary battery, wherein in a nominal stress strain curve, a tensile strength is 45 to 70 kg/mm2, and a value of the tensile strength is greater than a value of a breaking stress, and an extension rate is 5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiya Kohiki, Masafumi Ishii, Terumasa Moriyama, Yoichi Minagawa
  • Publication number: 20130270121
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a copper nanowire with high density twins, which comprises steps: providing a template having a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of through-holes penetrating the top surface and the bottom surface and having a diameter of smaller than 55 nm; placing the template in a copper-containing electrolyte at a low temperature lower than ambient temperature and applying a pulse current to perform an electrodeposition process to form a copper nanowire with twin structures in each through-hole. The pulse current increases the probability of stacking faults in the deposited copper ions. The low temperature operation favors formation of nucleation sites of twins. Therefore, the copper nanowire has higher density of twins. Thereby is effectively inhibited electromigration of the copper nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Neng LIAO, Yu-Lun CHUEH, Tsung-Cheng CHAN, Yen-Miao LIN
  • Publication number: 20130270118
    Abstract: There are provided a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method using low-temperature electrochemical growth, and more particularly, to a manufacturing method allowing easy vapor deposition at low temperatures and also a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method using low-temperature electrochemical growth which retains characteristics such as large-area growth, high-crystallinity nanowire, uniform radial distribution, easy length, radius adjustment, and the like. A monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method of the present invention includes a step of manufacturing a nanopore alumina layer (anodized alumina (AAO)) from a high-purity aluminum (Al) sheet by using a two-step anodic oxidation method; and a step of manufacturing a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array by using the nanopore alumina layer as a nanopore molding flask by means of a low-temperature electrochemical growth method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP.
    Inventors: Bae Ho Park, Sung Oong Kang
  • Publication number: 20130256140
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic copper foil having a surface roughness Rz of 2.0 ?m or less, wherein a foil thickness difference in the width direction is 1.5% or less. Also provided is the electrolytic copper foil, wherein the foil thickness difference in the width direction is 1.3% or less. Further provided is the electrolytic copper foil, wherein a variation in the roughness in the width direction (Rzmax?Rzmin)/Rzavg is 15% or less. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolytic copper foil having low surface roughness, wherein the formation of an “elongation wrinkle” and a discolored streak along the length direction is suppressed by allowing the thickness to be uniform in the width and length directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michiya Kohiki
  • Publication number: 20130220679
    Abstract: Provided is a copper foil with a carrier capable of realizing wiring at line/space=15 ?m/15 ?m or less on a printed circuit board on which the copper foil is laminated. Further provided is a printed circuit board or a multilayer printed circuit board capable of realizing fine-pattern wiring at line/space=15 ?m/15 ?m or less using the copper foil. The copper foil is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil having a surface on which a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994 between irregularities of ridges is 25 ?m or more, and peeling off the copper foil from the carrier foil. The copper foil with a carrier is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil that is said copper foil, wherein a spacing between irregularities of ridges on a surface of the carrier foil on which the copper foil is formed is 25 ?m or more in a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130199934
    Abstract: An electroformed sheath for protecting an airfoil includes a sheath body and a mandrel insert is provided. The sheath body includes a leading edge. The sheath body includes a pressure side wall and an opposed suction side wall, which side walls meet at the leading edge and extend away from the leading edge to define a cavity between the side walls. The sheath body includes a head section between the leading edge and the cavity. The mandrel insert is positioned between the pressure side and suction side walls, and includes a generally wedge-shaped geometry. A method for protecting an airfoil includes: 1) securing a mandrel insert to a mandrel; 2) electroplating a sheath body onto the mandrel and the mandrel insert; 3) removing the mandrel from the sheath body so that a sheath cavity is defined within the sheath body; and 4) securing the airfoil within the sheath cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Parkos, JR., James O. Hansen, Christopher A. Hertel, Andrew J. Murphy, Ashley P. Phillips, Jay T. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20130180861
    Abstract: A Ti02-based photocatalyst is fabricated as a composite of titania with adhered nanostructures which contain a non-noble metal in galvanic contact with a noble metal. The catalyst effectively overcome aging and/or deactivation effects observed in a system free of the non-noble metal. The composite material showed a corrosion protective effect on the photoactivity of fresh catalyst for over 180-240 days, and it enhanced the rate of the water reduction reaction relative to bare Ti02. Variations in porosity and non-noble metal content of the alloy portion of the nanostructures influenced the performance of the catalyst composite. The protective effect of the non-noble metal is through a cathodic corrosion protection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy, Savidra Lucatero
  • Publication number: 20130155579
    Abstract: Electrochemical redox supercapacitor. The supercapacitor includes two thin films of electrically conducting polymer separated by an ion-permeable membrane and including an electrolyte disposed between the two thin films. Electrical contacts are disposed on outer surfaces of the two thin films. The supercapacitor is flexible and may be rolled, folded on itself, or kept substantially flat. A suitable conducting polymer is polypyrrole. In another aspect, the invention is a method for making a redox supercapacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • Publication number: 20130145900
    Abstract: A method for producing an alumina template of nanorods, the alumina template, and the nanorods are provided for overcoming the problems of the conventional alumina template having anodic aluminum oxide that may be peeled off from a substrate or forming a non-conductive oxide easily, and the alumina template includes a conductive substrate composed of an active metal and an inert metal, so that the alumina template can be attached onto the active metal and inert metal at the same time, and the active metal can be used for securing the alumina template and supporting the alumina template on the inert metal, and the anodic aluminum oxide attached onto the inert metal can be used for providing a better conductivity, such that a stable and highly conductive alumina template can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Hsyi-en CHENG, Bo-jiun YEH
  • Publication number: 20130141773
    Abstract: A method of amplifying a magneto-optical Kerr effect by using photon crystal structures, and a photon crystal having an amplified magneto-optical Kerr effect, and a method of fabricating the photon crystal. The method of amplifying a magneto-optical Kerr effect by using photon crystal structures includes amplifying the magneto-optical Kerr effect by fabricating a magnetic photon crystal including a crystal magnet and using a periodically-structured surface of the crystal magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicants: "FACTORY OF NEW MATERIALS" LLC, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., "Factory Of New Materials" LLC
  • Patent number: 8236386
    Abstract: A method of fabricating nanowires or microwires employs a robust conductive surface whose edges define electrodes for promoting electrochemical deposition of nanowire material at those edges. Controlled deposition times and thin conductive layers allow extremely small diameter wires to be created and then removed without destruction of the pattern and the wires to be applied to a second substrate or used for composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: WiSys Technology Foundation
    Inventor: Michael Zach
  • Publication number: 20120168315
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a metal substrate for a flexible display and a method of manufacturing the same, which reduce surface roughness of the metal substrate for a flexible display. The method comprises: providing a core mold adapted for a metal substrate for a flexible display; forming an electroforming metal layer at the surface of the core mold by using the core mold as a cathode, an electroforming metal used for the metal substrate for a flexible display as an anode, and a solution of a salt of the electroforming metal as an electroforming solution, and by immerging the core mold in the electroforming solution together with the electroforming metal to carry out electroforming; peeling off the electroforming metal layer from the core mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min CHEN
  • Publication number: 20120097544
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for manufacturing a carrier-attached copper foil is provided. The method includes providing a carrier foil including stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, nickel or alloy thereof with a surface oxide layer, and forming a copper foil onto the carrier foil to prepare the carrier-attached copper foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Yu-Chung CHEN, Yi-Ling Lo, Hung-Kun Lee, Tzu-Ping Cheng
  • Publication number: 20120088153
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high-ductility, high-purity aluminum foil at a high film formation rate by electrolysis using a plating solution having a low chlorine concentration. A method for producing an aluminum foil of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that an aluminum film is formed on a surface of a substrate by electrolysis using a plating solution at least containing (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of an ammonium halide, a hydrogen halide salt of a primary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a secondary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a tertiary amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by a general formula: R1R2R3R4N.X (wherein R1 to R4 independently represent an alkyl group and X represents a counteranion for the quaternary ammonium cation), and then the film is removed from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Hoshi, Setsuo Andou
  • Patent number: 8137526
    Abstract: A method of growing a crystalline nanowire is disclosed. The method includes providing a pair of electrodes, immersing the electrode pair in a salt solution, and selectively applying a voltage signal to the electrode pair to induce growth of the nanowire between the electrode pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Bret N. Flanders, Ishan Talukdar, Birol Ozturk, Prem Singh Thapa
  • Publication number: 20110256386
    Abstract: A hexagonal boron nitride thin film is grown on a metal surface of a growth substrate and then annealed. The hexagonal boron nitride thin film is coated with a protective support layer and released from the metal surface. The boron nitride thin film together with the protective support layer can then be transferred to any of a variety of arbitrary substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yumeng Shi, Jing Kong, Christoph Hamsen, Lain-Jong Li
  • Patent number: 7998329
    Abstract: A porous nickel foil for a negative electrode of an alkaline battery formed by an electrolytic deposition method, wherein the porous nickel foil is flexible and has a thickness of 10-35 ?m and a Vickers hardness of 70-130. An electrodeposition drum for producing porous metal foil by an electrolytic deposition method including a drum having a surface onto which metal foil is deposited, a plurality of holes formed in the surface and an insulating resin filled in the holes, wherein the ratio of depth L and diameter D (L/D) of the hole is at least 1 and no clearance, into which deposited metal otherwise cuts in a wedge shape, exists at the boundary between the insulating resin filled in the hole and an opening edge of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Shiota, Ryoichi Noumi, Kunihiro Fukui, Masanari Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20110162968
    Abstract: The object of the disclosure is to provide a nano-scale molecular assembly such as a conductive nano-wire. Specifically, there is provided an electrochemical apparatus for forming a molecular assembly, including two electrodes and an electrochemical cell holding an electrolytic solution and the two electrodes, wherein the gap between the two electrodes is from 1 nm to 100 ?m, by allowing the electrochemical cell to hold an electrolytic solution containing molecules that is to constitute the molecular assembly, and applying a voltage across the two electrodes in the state wherein the electrolyte and the two electrodes are in contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: National Institutes of Information & Communications Technology
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Tohru Kubota, Shinro Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7964080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turning device for metal deposits used in combination with a separating device, comprising at least one turnable receiving unit mounted on a rotating axle under the separating device and in the vicinity of at least one conveyor, guiding means for guiding a metal deposit to a receiving unit acting as a turning device and means for rotating the receiving unit. The invention also relates to a method for handling metal deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventor: Bengt Mörnholm
  • Patent number: 7923390
    Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
  • Publication number: 20100305516
    Abstract: Side-ported microneedles are produced from a suitably shaped microneedle mould (40). A microneedle mould base (32) is made with a number of microneedle mould recesses (30) in it. One surface of the microneedle mould base (32) is coated with a seed layer (34). The microneedle mould base (32) contains two microneedle mould sheets (24, 26), which are separated to gain access to an internal surface of one of the microneedle mould sheets (24, 26). Side-port forming channels (38) are formed on one of the internal surfaces, intersecting with the recesses (30) within the relevant microneedle mould sheet (24). The two microneedle mould sheets (24, 26) are placed back together and joined together as a unitary microneedle mould (40). The microneedles are formed in the recesses (30) by depositing a microneedle layer (44) therein and on the surface with the seed layer (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Yuan Xu, Minghua Wang, Mei Ma Chen, Zhongli Li, Chee Yen Lim, Pei Ying Joyce Tan
  • Publication number: 20100276290
    Abstract: A patterning method includes supplying an imprint material made of a dielectric in an uncured state onto a workpiece, producing a potential difference between the workpiece and a conductive pattern portion of a template opposed to the workpiece to induce dielectric polarization in the imprint material before curing the imprint material, bringing the pattern portion into contact with the imprint material in the uncured state, curing the imprint material with the pattern portion brought into contact with the imprint material, and stripping the template from the imprint material after curing the imprint material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Masamitsu Itoh
  • Patent number: 7816015
    Abstract: A composite copper foil having three layers of a supporting metal layer, an exfoliating layer and a thin copper layer, wherein one surface of the exfoliating layer comprises, as a main component, an alloy of tungsten or an alloy of molybdenum and the other surface thereof comprises, as a main component, a metal oxide containing tungsten or a metal oxide containing molybdenum. The composite copper foil is free from undesired swelling, separation or falling of the supporting metal layer during heating and working at a high temperature, and the supporting metal layer can be exfoliated from the thin copper layer with case, after the heating and the working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100258443
    Abstract: A cost-effective and highly reproducible method of fabricating nanowires, and small gaps or spacings in nanowires is disclosed. The nanogaps bridge an important size regime between 1 nm and 100 nm. The nanogaps can be selectively predetermined to be as small as 1.0 nm, or larger than 1000 nm. These electrode gaps can be useful in preparing molecular electronic devices that involve making electrical contact to individual molecules, such as biomolecules, or small clusters of molecules. Microelectrodes having nanogaps for electrical and magnetic applications formed by the method, and as well as biosensors and their use in detecting a biological species, such as DNA, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: John T. Fourkas, Michael J. Naughton, Richard A. Farrer
  • Publication number: 20100243456
    Abstract: A molten salt bath contains tungsten and has a water content of 100 ppm or less and an iron content of 500 ppm or less. The molten salt bath from which high-quality tungsten can be stably deposited, a method for preparing the molten salt bath, and a tungsten film are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Masatoshi Majima, Shinji Inazawa
  • Patent number: 7794634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing nanotubes from coaxial jets of immiscible liquids or poorly-miscible liquids. The purpose of the invention is to produce hollow fibers (nanotubes) or composite fibers having diameters ranging from a few micras to tens of nanometers and comprising walls, in the case of nanotubes, with a thickness ranging from hundreds of nanometers to a few nanometers. The inventive nanotube-formation method involves the generation of coaxial nanojets of two liquids using electrohydrodynamic technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Malaga
    Inventors: Antonio Barrero Ripoll, Ignacio Gonzáles Loscertales, Manuel Márquez Sánchez
  • Patent number: 7731831
    Abstract: A composite material useful for the manufacture of a circuit has a support layer, a metal foil layer having opposing first and second sides and a thickness of 15 microns or less and a release layer effective to facilitate separation of the metal foil layer from the support layer, the release layer disposed between and contacting both the support layer and the metal foil layer. A reactive element containing layer, which may be the support layer, effective to react with gaseous elements or compounds to form thermally stable compounds contacts the release layer. The composite material is preferably subjected to a low temperature heat treatment. The combination of the low temperature heat treatment and the reactive element containing layer results in reduced defects including blisters in the copper foil during subsequent processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: GBC Metals, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William L. Brenneman, Szuchain F. Chen
  • Publication number: 20100120205
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a wiring board and a semiconductor device at low cost and by a simple process, without performing complicated steps many times is proposed. Furthermore, a manufacturing method of a wiring board at low cost and with fewer adverse effects on the environment, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using the wiring board are proposed. A pattern of a conductive material is formed over a first substrate, a conductive film is formed over the pattern by an electrolytic plating process, the pattern and the conductive film are separated, an IC chip including at least one thin film transistor is formed over a second substrate, and the conductive film is electrically connected to the IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Maruyama, Tomoyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20100071811
    Abstract: Amorphous Fe100-a-bPaMb foil, preferably in the form of a free-standing foil, process for its production by electrodeposition or electroforming of an aqueous plating solution, and its uses as a constitutive element of a transformer, generator, motor, pulse applications and magnetic shieldings. “a” is a real number ranging from 13 to 24, b is a real number ranging from 0 to 4, and M is at least one transition element other than Fe. The amorphous Fe100-a-bPaMb foil has the properties of being amorphous as established by the X-ray diffraction method, an average thickness greater than 20 micrometers, a tensile strength in the range of 200-1100 MPa, an electrical resistivity of over 120 ??cm, and at least one of a high saturation induction (Bs) greater than 1.4 T, a coercive field (Hc) of less than 40 A/m, a loss (W60), at power frequencies (60 Hz), and for a peak induction of at least 1.35 T, of less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Robert Lacasse, Estelle Potvin, Michel Trudeau, Julian Cave, Francois Allaire, Georges Houlachi
  • Patent number: 7678257
    Abstract: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution, containing as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a compound in which the nitrogen of an acrylic type compound having a dialkylamino group is quaternized, or copolymerizing the compound with another compound having an unsaturated bond, and an electrolytic copper foil manufactured using this electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20100059383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for forming topographic features on a surface of a polymer layer comprising: a polymer layer (1); a substrate (2) comprising a conductor, a first surface (1a) of the polymer layer (1) being provided on the substrate (2); and at least one electrode (3) which, when the device is in use, interacts with a second surface (1b) of the polymer layer (1), wherein, when in use, the device is operable to apply a first electrical potential (P1) to the at least one electrode (3) relative to the substrate (2), thereby to cause a protrusion (4) to be formed on the second surface (1b) of the polymer layer (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann, Armin W. Knoll
  • Patent number: 7666290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a textured metal strip. In order to be able to implement a method of this type in a comparatively simple manner and thus cost-effectively, a metal layer (4) is galvanically produced on a textured substrate (1) having electrical conductivity, and the metal layer (4), while producing the textured strip (4a), is removed from the substrate (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ursus Kruger, Marc de Vogelaere
  • Publication number: 20100038115
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrodeposited copper foil which has a lower profile and a higher gloss than low-profile electrodeposited copper foil conventionally supplied in markets. For achieving this object, the present invention employs an electrodeposited copper foil which has a super low profile, the surface roughness (Rzjis) of the deposit side of lower than 1.0-micron meter, and the gloss [Gs(60-deg.)] thereof of not lower than 400 irrespective to its thickness. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of an electrodeposited copper foil obtained by electrodeposition using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid and/or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Matsuda, Hisao Sakai, Sakito Tomonaga, Makoto Dobashi