Environmental Containment Or Disposal Of Nanostructure Material Patents (Class 977/841)
-
Patent number: 8727112Abstract: Methods and articles of manufacture for storage and shipping of nanowires are disclosed. One disclosed method includes: (a) providing a nanowire suspension including nanowires suspended in a liquid; and (b) disposing the nanowire suspension in a container for storage and shipping, where the container is configured to inhibit agglomeration of nanowires from the nanowire suspension.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Innova Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Michael Eugene Young, Arjun Daniel Srinivas, Matthew R. Robinson
-
Patent number: 8592732Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques relating to a resistive heating device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventor: Kwangyeol Lee
-
Patent number: 8530227Abstract: A method of degrading carbon nanomaterials includes mixing the carbon nanomaterials with a composition comprising a peroxide substrate and at least one catalyst selected from the group of an enzyme and an enzyme analog. The peroxide substrate undergoes a reaction in the presence of the catalyst to produce an agent interactive with the nanotubes to degrade the carbon nanomaterials. The peroxide substrate can, for example, be hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Alexander Star, Valerian E. Kagan, Brett Lee Allen
-
Patent number: 8524339Abstract: A container-enclosed fullerene, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of storing fullerene are provided, that make it possible to inhibit alteration of fullerene, especially that make it possible to prevent degradation of the solubility to solvent. A container-enclosed fullerene includes fullerene hermetically enclosed in a container with a high degree of vacuum. The internal pressure of the container is preferably 10 Pa or lower. The fullerene is preferably a metal encapsulated fullerene. The container-enclosed fullerene is manufactured by filling fullerene in a container, evacuating the container, and thereafter sealing the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Yuji Takimoto
-
Publication number: 20120164199Abstract: This disclosure provides novel compositions comprising an inorganic and organic compound, which provides a means for the indirect attachment of a reactive species, such as an organic reactive molecule, within a binder polymer matrix. Such compositions provide a hydrophilic nanoscale domain that is uniformly dispersed within the polymer matrix. The nanoscale domain comprises inorganic particles having a nanoscale dimension. Such compositions can enhance the performance potential of the re-active species within the polymer material. The polymer composite that results from the introduction of such reactive species into a polymer matrix provides a self-decontaminating feature. The reactive species include those that are capable of associating with a halogen to form a complex that is active in decontamination of chemical or biological agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Isotron CorporationInventors: Henry LOMASNEY, Christina Lomasney, John Grawe
-
Publication number: 20120107525Abstract: Disclosed is a device which uses CO2 in exhaust gases as a carbon source and immobilises the carbon (C) in the CO2 to create an advanced carbon fuel in the form of useful, high added-value nanocarbon structures such as multi-layer carbon-nanotubes, carbon-onions or the like, and which also reduces the quantity of the CO2 contained in exhaust gases that is emitted into the atmosphere. A reactor is provided with at least: a substrate upon the surface whereof a catalyst layer of iron or the like is formed; a heat source means for heating the substrate; a gas introducing means for introducing carbon oxide containing gas onto the surface of the substrate; a microwave plasma generation means for generating microwave plasma on the surface of the substrate; and a power supply means, for the generation of microwave plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Nobuo Ohmae
-
Patent number: 8020508Abstract: The present invention is a process for uniformly depositing nanomaterials having particles smaller than 1 ?m (i.e., nanoparticles) onto a surface of a base material (substrate or surface). The process is used to deposit any solid (nanoparticle) of any shape such as nanofibers, nanotubes, nanoclays (e.g., platelet shaped), nano-spheres, or irregularly shaped granules. The base material upon which the nano-particles are deposited can be made of any material. The method substantially prevents the deposition on the base material of larger particles (contaminants or clusters of the nanoparticles) which are often mixed with the nanomaterials. The amount of deposition and the range of particle sizes to be deposited can also be controlled by this method.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaInventors: M. Cengiz Altan, Levent Aktas
-
Patent number: 7851294Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nanotube non-volatile memory cell is proposed. The method includes the steps of: forming a source electrode and a drain electrode, forming a nanotube implementing a conduction channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode, forming an insulated floating gate for storing electric charges by passivating conductive nanoparticles with passivation molecules and arranging a disposition of passivated conductive nanoparticles on the nanotube, the conductive nanoparticles being adapted to store the electric charges and being insulated by the passivation molecules from the nanotube, and forming a control gate coupled with the channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Basco, Maria Viviana Volpe, Maria Fortuna Bevilacqua, Valeria Casuscelli
-
Patent number: 7795037Abstract: Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for determining fluid movement, fluid dilution and fluid removal are described. Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for monitoring and quantifying the amounts of solid materials dissolved in a liquid are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Willy Lagwinski, Charles Harrington, Bruce Phelps
-
Publication number: 20100166815Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a nanocomposite material by simultaneous vapour phase chemical deposition and vacuum injection of nanoparticles and to the materials and nanoparticles obtained thus and the application thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Sophie Mailley, Laurent Bedel, Fabrice Emieux
-
Patent number: 7384795Abstract: Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for determining fluid movement, fluid dilution and fluid removal are described. Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for monitoring and quantifying the amounts of solid materials dissolved in a liquid are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Willy Lagwinski, Charles A. Harrington, Bruce H. Phelps