Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the precision processing of substrates, in particular for the microstructuring of thin layers, local dopant introduction and also local application of a metal nucleation layer in which a liquid-assisted laser, i.e. laser irradiation of a substrate which is covered in the regions to be processed by a suitable reactive liquid, is implemented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device as well as a method for creating three-dimensional structures consisting of a material to be consolidated, in particular a material containing organopolysiloxane, by way of locally selective consolidation of the latter as a result of light-induced organic cross-linking. The device is characterized by a movable focusing optical system for the formation of one or a plurality of laser foci, wherein either the laser beam of a laser source can be introduced into the material to be consolidated through the material container and a movable carrier unit is arranged in said container or the focusing optical system is immersed into the material bath and the laser beams can be introduced into the material to be consolidated via a beam exit area of the focusing optical system.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a vegetable protein fraction, in particular for producing vegetable ice cream, is described wherein vegetable parts are added to water or to an aqueous solvent in order to dissolve and/or disperse vegetable proteins from the vegetable parts, and wherein one or more vegetable protein fractions are separated from the aqueous mixture thus obtained by the separation. According to the method, one or more substances having lipophilic or amphiphilic boundary surfaces are added to the aqueous mixture in order to separate one or more vegetable protein fractions, to which dissolved and/or dispersed proteins having lipophilic or amphiphilic groups in the mixture attach. The substances including the attached proteins are separated from the mixture. A vegetable protein fraction having particularly good emulsifying characteristics is obtained by the method, the protein fraction being advantageous as an emulsifier in the production of vegetable ice cream.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the thermal control of at least one temperature-dependent enzymatic reaction in the presence of magnetic particles, particularly nanoparticles, or magnetic beads in vitro by means of the heating of the magnetic beads or magnetic particles to at least one certain target temperature by means of alternating magnetic fields. The enzymatic reaction which can be controlled with the method according to the invention is preferably a PCR reaction or another reaction for the elongation or amplification of nucleic acids, including DNA, RNA or hybrids or derivatives thereof, which takes place directly on the functionalized magnetic beads. Further aspects of the invention relate to a reactor for carrying out the method and the use of the method or the reactor in analytics and diagnostics.

Abstract: A concept is disclosed for outputting a file having a media data container and a metadata container, the concept including providing an error information related to a data sample and storing the error information together with a sample number related to the data sample in the metadata container.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for testing the leakage rate of an encapsulated device comprising the step: bombing the device with a neon and/or argon atmosphere using a bombing pressure of at least more than environmental pressure and measuring the quality factor before and after bombing. Preferably, the bombing time is about 10 to 100 hours, and the bombing pressure is 1.5 to 100 bar, more preferably 1.5 to 5 bar and most preferably about 4 bar. With this test, the leakage rate of fine leaks of the device may be determined.

Abstract: A method for generating a wire bond between a wire and an electrical contact member is provided. The method comprising the steps of: pressing a first surface of a portion of the wire against a second surface of the electrical contact member with a first force while vibrating the portion of the wire along the second surface in order to generate a bond; measuring the time dependent vibration amplitude of the portion of the wire at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; measuring the time dependent deformation of said portion of the wire due to said applied first force and said vibration at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; and generating a time dependent first signal from at least said vibration amplitude and said deformation at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond that is a direct measure of the stability of the bond at the respective time step.

Abstract: A method for the supervised teaching of a recurrent neutral network (RNN) is disclosed. A typical embodiment of the method utilizes a large (50 units or more), randomly initialized RNN with a globally stable dynamics. During the training period, the output units of this RNN are teacher-forced to follow the desired output signal. During this period, activations from all hidden units are recorded. At the end of the teaching period, these recorded data are used as input for a method which computes new weights of those connections that feed into the output units. The method is distinguished from existing training methods for RNNs through the following characteristics: (1) Only the weights of connections to output units are changed by learning—existing methods for teaching recurrent networks adjust all network weights.

Abstract: Method for production of nanocomposites from nanopowders present in agglomerated form and organic binders. Through surface modification of the nanofillers in an organic medium it is possible to divide the agglomerates permanently to such an extent that transparent nanocomposites can be preserved. The modified nanopowder is preferably isolated as a dry intermediate. The production of the disclosed nanocomposites is simpler than the production of nanocomposites by the sol-gel technique and in addition is more flexible and has wider applicability. An important application for the nanocomposites is scratch-resistant paints.

Abstract: Metal catalysts comprising hollow forms or spheres are made of metal alloy and optionally activated. The metal catalysts can be used for the hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, isomerization reductive alkylation, reductive amination, and/or hydration reaction of organic compounds.

Abstract: Device for heating components 8, 8′ of a microwave-absorbing plastic material, said device incorporating a microwave generator 1 which generates microwaves of a particular frequency, an antenna 4 with at least one free end 5, 5′ to which the microwaves are conducted, and an enclosure 6 surrounding and shielding the antenna 4, with a heating zone 9, 9′ provided between the free end 5, 5′ of the antenna 4 and the shielding enclosure 6 for the localized heating of the components 8, 8′, said device featuring in the area of the heating zone 9, 9′ at least one temperature sensor 11, 11′ which is interactively unaffected by the microwaves and which is capable of determining the temperature of the component 8, 8′ during the heating process. This device in combination with the associated process for heating components 8, 8′ permits the monitoring of the temperature in the heating zone 9, 9′, thus ensuring a consistent quality level of the heated components.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for beam welding of hardenable steels using a short-time heat treatment. A preferred area of application of the invention is motor vehicle and mechanical engineering. In the method according to the invention, the short-time heat treatment occurs first as the sole preheating in a defined manner, and then the beam welding begins after a defined cooling time, at the latest.