Abstract: A method for producing a porous element is presented. A powdery metal-ceramic composite material is produced. The composite material has a metal matrix and a ceramic portion amounting to less than 25 percent by volume. The metal matrix is at least partially oxidized to obtain a metal oxide. The metal-ceramic composite material is grinded and mixed with powdery ceramic supporting particles to obtain a metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture. The metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture is shaped into the porous element. The porous element can be used as an energy storage medium in a battery.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for recessing a channel region of the PFET and epitaxially growing channel SiGe in the recessed region inside of a horizontally oriented processing furnace. Embodiments include forming an n-channel region and a p-channel region in a front side of a wafer and at least one additional wafer, the n-channel and p-channel regions corresponding to locations for forming an NFET and a PFET, respectively; placing the wafers inside a horizontally oriented furnace having a top surface and a bottom surface, with the wafers oriented vertically between the top and bottom surfaces; recessing the p-channel regions of the wafers inside the furnace; and epitaxially growing cSiGe without hole defects in the recessed p-channel regions inside the furnace.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous element is presented. A powdery metal-ceramic composite material is produced. The composite material has a metal matrix and a ceramic portion amounting to less than 25 percent by volume. The metal matrix is at least partially oxidized to obtain a metal oxide. The metal-ceramic composite material is grinded and mixed with powdery ceramic supporting particles to obtain a metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture. The metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture is shaped into the porous element. The porous element can be used as an energy storage medium in a battery.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive metal-based tape for use as contacting aid for SOFC fuel cells is provided. The double-sided metal-based adhesive tape is suitable for simplifying the construction of cell bundles. The double-sided metal-based adhesive tape is used for electrical contacting of the cell connector with the anode and for electrical contacting of the interconnector of the fuel cells with the cell connector. A method for producing the double-sided adhesive metal-base tape is also provided.

Abstract: A rechargeable energy storage unit is proposed. The rechargeable energy storage unit has a first and a second electrode. The first electrode is assigned an energy storage material in the form of metal particles made from at least one metal which can be deoxidized during charging operation of the energy storage unit and can be oxidized during discharging operation of the energy storage unit. The metal particles are incorporated into a matrix-forming carrier material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for recessing a channel region of the PFET and epitaxially growing channel SiGe in the recessed region inside of a horizontally oriented processing furnace. Embodiments include forming an n-channel region and a p-channel region in a front side of a wafer and at least one additional wafer, the n-channel and p-channel regions corresponding to locations for forming an NFET and a PFET, respectively; placing the wafers inside a horizontally oriented furnace having a top surface and a bottom surface, with the wafers oriented vertically between the top and bottom surfaces; recessing the p-channel regions of the wafers inside the furnace; and epitaxially growing cSiGe without hole defects in the recessed p-channel regions inside the furnace.

Abstract: A method disclosed herein includes forming sacrificial gate structures for a PFET and NFET transistor, removing the sacrificial gate structures and forming a replacement P-type gate structure for the PFET transistor and a replacement N-type gate structure for the NFET transistor, forming P-contact openings and N-contact openings in at least one layer of insulating material, wherein the P-contact openings expose portions of a P-active region and the N-contact openings expose portions of an N-active region, forming a masking layer that covers the exposed portions of the N-active region, performing an etching process though the P-contact openings in the layer of insulating material to define source/drain cavities in the P-active region proximate the replacement gate structure of the PFET transistor, and performing an epitaxial deposition process through the P-contact openings to form source/drain regions comprised of a semiconducting material in at least the source/drain cavities of the PFET transistor.

Abstract: The invention relates to purified hemocyanins, subunits or immunogenic fragments thereof, wherein the hemocyanins are purified from a hemolymph of Fissurella latimarginata (black limpet), Fissurella cumingi (strawberry limpet), or Fissurella maxima (queen limpet). The invention also relates to compositions including the purified hemocyanins and methods of treating neoplastic diseases by administering such compositions.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive metal-based tape for use as contacting aid for SOFC fuel cells is provided. The double-sided metal-based adhesive tape is suitable for simplifying the construction of cell bundles. The double-sided metal-based adhesive tape is used for electrical contacting of the cell connector with the anode and for electrical contacting of the interconnector of the fuel cells with the cell connector. A method for producing the double-sided adhesive metal-base tape is also provided.

Abstract: A contact used to electrically connect High-temperature density fuel cells together is provided. The contact includes at least one hollow cord which each has at least three contact surfaces with the fuel cell, of which two contact surfaces connect neighboring anode surfaces and the third contact surface connects the interconnector of the next High-temperature density fuel cell. A method for producing a fuel cells system including high-power density fuel cells is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to purified hemocyanins, subunits or immunogenic fragments thereof, wherein the hemocyanins are purified from a hemolymph of Fissurella latimarginata (black limpet), Fissurella cumingi (strawberry limpet), or Fissurella maxima (queen limpet). The invention also relates to compositions including the purified hemocyanins and methods of treating neoplastic diseases by administering such compositions.

Abstract: The use of CCH-A subunit isolated from hemocyanin of the marine gastropod Concholepas concholepas (CCH), or a combination thereof, as an immunostimulant agent in the innate or adaptive immune response of vertebrates or as an immunotherapeutic agent in cancer of either humans or animals, where the CCH-A subunit has a molecular weight of about 404 kDa, is stable in the absence of Ca+2 and Mg+2 and is at least 95% pure.