Patents Assigned to Nobuo Kimizuka
  • Gelling organic compounds having ferrocene groups and gels and cast films made by using the same
    Publication number: 20050222277
    Abstract: A ferrocene-containing, organic gelling compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 represent the same or different alkyl groups having 2 or more carbon atoms or alkyl groups containing at least one ether bond, X and Y independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, and a gel and a cast film using the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicants: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nobuo Kimizuka
    Inventors: Nobuo Kimizuka, Noriyuki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Kagawa, Hiroshi Yokobayashi
  • Hydrogel
    Patent number: 6576679
    Abstract: A hydrogel formed by adding an anion having a molecular weight of 90 or more to an aqueous dispersion of a cationic amphiphile comprising a linear or branched alkyl group having 10 or less carbon atoms in a hydrophobic moiety. The hydrogel has a network having a bilayer-membrane, nano-fiber structure and undergoes a reversible gel-sol transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nobuo Kimizuka
    Inventors: Nobuo Kimizuka, Takuya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Kagawa