Abstract: Battery cell module for electrically operated vehicles, which has a plurality of elongated, in particular cylindrical, battery cells whose longitudinal axes are aligned parallel to one another, the battery cells being arranged in such a way that a first row of battery cells runs parallel to a second row of battery cells, so that in each case two battery cells are arranged opposite one another in pairs, the respectively opposite battery cells being electrically and mechanically rigidly connected to one another by means of at least one contact sheet in each case. In each case adjacent contact sheets are rigidly connected to one another electrically and mechanically by means of at least one contact sheet connector in each case.

Abstract: A sensor and a method of using the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a conductive region in electrical communication with two electrodes, the conductive region including a MXene material combined with a mercaptoimidazolyl metal-ligand complex, wherein the MXene has the formula Mn+1Xn and M is a Group 3 transition metal, Group 4 transition metal, Group 5 transition metal, and Group 6 transition metal, X is carbon, nitrogen or a combination thereof, and n has a value of 1 to 3. The sensor can be used to detect volatile compounds that have a double or triple bond.

Abstract: A volatile alkene sensing device includes a gas pathway having a desiccant area located upstream of a sensor, wherein the sensor is disposed in a housing. The sensor includes a conductive region in electrical communication with two electrodes. The conductive region includes nanosized particles of a metal dichalcogenide, a mercaptoimidazolyl metal-ligand complex, and single-walled carbon nanotubes or metallic nanowires.

Abstract: A sensor compound and sensor composition comprising the sensor compound are disclosed. The sensor compound includes a metal atom and a mercaptoimidazolyl multidentate ligand. The sensor composition comprises the sensor compound and a metal dichalcogenide.

Abstract: The present application relates generally to a method and a composition matter that provides a rapid and potent antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) of pathogenic bacteria that express high-affinity cell-surface hemin receptors (CSHRs) using Ga(III)-protoporphyrins IX (GaPpIX or Ga-PpIX). The invention provides an effective treatment option for infections of skin or body cavities that are accessible to visible-light irradiation, such as a handheld LED array emitting visible light (405 nm), especially for infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), pathogenic staphylococci, Streptococcus mutans, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, streptococci, corynebacteria, mycobacteria, and Bacillus anthracis.

Abstract: A sensor and a method of using the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a conductive region in electrical communication with two electrodes, the conductive region including single-walled carbon nanotubes, nanosized particles of a metal dichalcogenide, and a mercaptoimidazolyl metal-ligand complex. The sensor can be used to detect volatile compounds that have a double or triple bond.

Abstract: A sensor compound and sensor composition comprising the sensor compound are disclosed. The sensor compound includes a metal atom and a mercaptoimidazolyl multidentate ligand. The sensor composition comprises the sensor compound and a metal dichalcogenide.

Abstract: A sensor and a method of using the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a conductive region in electrical communication with two electrodes, the conductive region including metallic nanowires, nanosized particles of a dichalcogenide, and a mercaptoimidazolyl metal-ligand complex. The sensor can be used to detect volatile compounds that have a double or triple bond.

Abstract: The present application relates generally to a method and a composition matter that provides a rapid and potent antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) of pathogenic bacteria that express high-affinity cell-surface hemin receptors (CSHRs) using Ga(III)-protoporphyrins IX (GaPpIX or Ga-PpIX). The invention provides an effective treatment option for infections of skin or body cavities that are accessible to visible-light irradiation, such as a handheld LED array emitting visible light (405 nm), especially for infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), pathogenic staphylococci, Streptococcus mutans, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, streptococci, corynebacteria, mycobacteria, and Bacillus anthracis.

Abstract: A method for detecting a defective damper device of a vehicle, including the following steps: monitoring the specific damper travel values (DW) of at least two wheel carriers of the vehicle in a monitoring period (UZ), determining the specific damper speeds (DG) and the specific damper accelerations (DB) on the basis of the monitored specific damper travel values (DW) in the monitoring period (UZ), acquiring the specific damper work values (DA) on the basis of the determined specific damper speeds (DG) and on the basis of the determined specific damper accelerations (DB), generating a comparison result (VE) from a comparison of the acquired specific damper work values (DA) with one another, and generating at least one specific status signal (SS) on the basis of the comparison result (VE) for the at least two wheel carriers.

Abstract: The present application relates generally to a method and a composition matter that provides a rapid and potent antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) of pathogenic bacteria that express high-affinity cell-surface hemin receptors (CSHRs) using Ga(III)-protoporphyrins IX (GaPpIX or Ga-PpIX). The invention provides an effective treatment option for infections of skin or body cavities that are accessible to visible-light irradiation, such as a handheld LED array emitting visible light (405 nm), especially for infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), pathogenic staphylococci, Streptococcus mutans, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, streptococci, corynebacteria, mycobacteria, and Bacillus anthracis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aptamer-binding partner conjugates for detection of an analyte in a sample; a substrate having attached thereto the aptamer-binding partner conjugate according to the invention; a method for the detection of an analyte in a sample comprising use of said aptamer-binding partner conjugate; and a binding partner for conjugating to an aptamer to generate an aptamer-binding partner conjugate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55° C. to 150° C., a crude oil having more than 20° API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.

Abstract: A method for detecting a defective damper device of a vehicle, including the following steps: monitoring the specific damper travel values (DW) of at least two wheel carriers of the vehicle in a monitoring period (UZ), determining the specific damper speeds (DG) and the specific damper accelerations (DB) on the basis of the monitored specific damper travel values (DW) in the monitoring period (UZ), acquiring the specific damper work values (DA) on the basis of the determined specific damper speeds (DG) and on the basis of the determined specific damper accelerations (DB), generating a comparison result (VE) from a comparison of the acquired specific damper work values (DA) with one another, and generating at least, one specific status signal (SS) on the basis of the comparison result (VE) for the at least two wheel carriers.

Abstract: Methods and products formed thereby that include depositing a light-absorbing particle on a substrate and irradiating the particle with a pulsed laser beam to cause an increase in local temperature of a portion of the substrate contacted by and adjacent to the particle, enabling the particle to penetrate and migrate through the substrate to form a pore. The methods may include additional steps of applying a magnetic field gradient to the particle as the particle is irradiated with the laser beam in order to promote the movement of the particle within the substrate or to direct the movement of the particle within the substrate, and/or the step of filling the pore with a material that provides a functional capability independent of the properties of the substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a display device for performing wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV). The display device includes a display screen that includes a plurality of pixels where each pixel contains at least two discrete emitters that generate electromagnetic radiation at a certain wavelength. By controlling the luminance of the respective emitter, the display device sets the color of the pixel. When performing WMV, the display device uses the pixels to generate a left eye display frame and a right eye display frame. Generally, the left eye frame is generated using a different set of wavelengths than the right eye frame. The user can wear special glasses that have interference filters in the lenses which permit only one of the wavelengths to pass through. As a result, each eye of the user sees only one of the display frames, thereby creating the 3D effects.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the cleansing of nanoparticles in aqueous cationic surfactant solutions, including polyalkylammonium salts such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, as demonstrated by surfactant exchange, followed by the addition of peptizing agents to stabilize the cleansed nanoparticle solutes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the cleansing of nanoparticles in aqueous cationic surfactant solutions, including polyalkylammonium salts such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, as demonstrated by surfactant exchange, followed by the addition of peptizing agents to stabilize the cleansed nanoparticle solutes.

Abstract: Pathogens are detected through the use of mutation-resistant ligands.

Abstract: A solid-state MOPA includes a mode-locked laser delivering a train of pulses. The pulses are input to a fast E-O shutter, including polarization-rotating elements, polarizing beam-splitters, and a Pockels cell that can be driven alternatively by high voltage (HV) pulses of fixed long and short durations. A multi-pass amplifier follows the E-O shutter. The E-O shutter selects every Nth pulse from the input train and delivers the selected pulses to the multi-pass amplifier. The multi-pass amplifier returns amplified seed-pulses to the E-O shutter. The shutter rejects or transmits the amplified pulses depending on whether the HV-pulse duration is respectively short or long. Transmitted amplified pulses are delivered to a transient amplifier configured for separately suppressing first-pulse over-amplification and residual pulse leakage.