Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid material and a method for forming a hybrid material comprising actuator made from a stimuli responsive polymer mounted in a porous framework. The present invention also provides devices employing the actuator of the present invention.

Abstract: An artificial reef comprising a string of open bodies, a floatation device and an anchoring device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-tip array device comprising: a substrate; a multi-tip array of atomic tips on the substrate, the multi-tip array having a pitch of 0.94 to 5.4 nm between adjacent tips in at least one direction; and means for moving the substrate. The present invention also provides an atomic claw comprising: a mounting block; a paddle having a multi-tip array thereon, the multi-tip array having a pitch of 0.94 to 5.4 nm between adjacent tips in at least one direction; and a cantilever connected to the paddle and the mounting block, wherein the cantilever allows the paddle to be moved in at least one arcuate direction.

Abstract: A conductive element with a lateral oxidation barrier is provided for the control of lateral oxidation processes in semiconductor devices such as lasers, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers and light emitting diodes. The oxidation barrier is formed through modification of one or more layers which initially were receptive to oxidation. The quality of material directly below the oxidation barrier may be preserved. Related applications include the formation of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers on non-GaAs substrates and on GaAs substrates.

Abstract: The invention provides a crystallization apparatus that includes an agitation tank, a liquid circulation means for circulating a liquid or a slurry along a wall of the agitation tank, and one or more temperature difference creation means capable of creating a temperature difference at the wall of the agitation tank, wherein the temperature difference creation means is installed to the agitation tank. The temperature difference creation means is, for example, arranged at a region where liquid or slurry spouted by rotating the liquid spouting device contacts the wall of the agitation tank or a region below that region, and which increases or decreases the temperature of the spouted liquid or slurry compared to the temperature of surrounding liquid or slurry. Since the apparatus with this configuration has a large vaporization area and a large heat transfer area, the induction period for crystal generation can be shortened, and crystals with narrow size distribution and large size can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shock protein immunotoxin comprising: at least a fragment of a heat shock protein, the fragment being capable of being bound by an immune cell; and a toxin bound to the fragment. The present invention also provides a method for decreasing the number of immune cells in an individual using the heat shock protein immunotoxins of the present invention. In addition, the present invention provides a method for decreasing the number of immune cells in an organ using the heat shock protein immunotoxins of the present invention.

Abstract: A process for controlling the miss use of disposable medical products with the steps of: a unique ID code secured to a disposable medical accessory product, a control circuit built into a main, non disposable medical unit that can sense the introduction and time of use of the disposable medical accessory product, an ID reader built into the main, non disposable medical unit that does not allow the main medical unit to be turned on if it senses that the disposable medical accessory has already been used before, the ID reader only allowing the main medical unit to be turned on when it senses that the the ID tag on the disposable medical accessory has never been read before, the ID reader to be programmed to accept only particular numbers, known only to the manufacturer, thereby protecting against competitors who do not know the numbers, and An alternate embodiment that also can time the length of cleaning of a medical accessory that is meant to be re used but needs to first be cleaned or sterilized for a predet

Abstract: A method for purifying heat shock protein complexes is provided which comprises the steps of adding a solution containing heat shock protein complexes, in which heat shock proteins are associated with peptides, polypeptides, denatured proteins or antigens, to a column containing an ADP matrix to bind the heat shock proteins complexes to the ADP matrix and adding a buffer containing ADP to the column to remove the heat shock protein complexes in an elution protein. Additionally a method for synthesizing heat shock protein complexes and purifying the complexes so produced is provided which comprises the steps of adding heat shock proteins to an ADP matrix column to bind them to the matrix, adding a solution of peptides, polypeptides, denatured proteins or antigens to the column to bind them to the heat shock proteins as heat shock protein complexes and adding a buffer containing ADP to the column to remove the complexes in an elution product.

Abstract: A novel electro-opto-mechanical assembly is provided. The electro-opto-mechanical assembly comprising: a first wafer, the wafer having a top and bottom surface; at least one optical element disposed on one surface of the first wafer; at least one discrete opto-electronic transducer element disposed on the bottom surface of the first wafer and in optical communication with the optical element; and an optical waveguide; wherein the first wafer and the optical element form an optical relay which relays light between the discrete opto-electronic transducer and the optical waveguide and thereby forms an efficient optical coupling between the discrete opto-electronic transducer and the optical waveguide.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coherent light-generating semiconductor structure comprising: at least one active region including a pumped portion for achieving optical gain; a first optical waveguide for confining light waves in the transverse direction and for propagating light waves along the optical axis of said first optical waveguide; first and second reflective means, the first and second reflective means being spaced apart from one another and defining a resonant optical cavity therebetween, the pumped portion of the at least one active region being located at least partially within the resonant optical cavity, and the resonant optical cavity encompassing at least a portion of the optical waveguide; the active region, the optical waveguide, and the resonant optical cavity having properties necessary to establish and maintain a principal optical mode; a grating located in at least a portion of the resonant optical cavity, the grating having grating teeth oriented at an angle relative to the first and

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing atomic ridges on a substrate comprising: depositing a first metal on a substrate; heating the substrate to form initial nanowires of the first metal on the substrate; depositing a second metal on the initial nanowires of the first metal to form thickened nanowires that are more resistant to etching than the initial nanowires; and etching the substrate to form atomic ridges separated by grooves having a pitch of 0.94 to 5.35 nm. The present invention also provides a method for forming Au and other metal nanowires that may be used for electrical conductors and both positive and negative etch masks to form a plurality of ridges at a pitch of 0.94 to 5.35 nm containing at least two adjacent grooves with widths of 0.63 to 5.04 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a splint that may be telescopically extendable, coarsely and finely adjustable, and providing a mechanical advantage while being readily transportable. The splint may have two to three telescoping members that nest inside one another when not in use, and may be triangular, rectangular, or circular in cross section. The present invention also provides a single member adjustable splint.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating an electro-optically active fiber segment comprising the steps, in any order, of inducing a second-order nonlinearity in the fiber segment, and placing a portion of the fiber segment between and in contact with two electrodes. Also, the present invention provides an electro-optically active fiber segment comprising a second-order nonlinearity induced within the fiber segment, and a portion of the fiber segment being between and in contact with a first electrode and a second electrode.

Abstract: Several methods are used in novel ways with newly identified and viable parameters to decrease the peak transition energies of the pseudomorphic InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures. These techniques, taken separately or in combination, suffice to permit operation of light emitting devices at wavelengths of 1.3 &mgr;m or greater of light-emitting electro-optic devices. These methods or techniques, by example, include: (1) utilizing new superlattice structures having high In concentrations in the active region, (2) utilizing strain compensation to increase the usable layer thickness for quantum wells with appropriately high In concentrations, (3) utilizing appropriately small amounts of nitrogen (N) in the pseudomorphic InGaAsN/GaAs laser structure, and (4) use of nominal (111) oriented substrates to increase the usable layer thickness for quantum wells with appropriately high In concentrations.