Group Iva Or Ivb (ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, Sn, Pb) Patents (Class 106/287.19)
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Publication number: 20140349139Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for ferroelectric thin film formation which is used in the formation of a ferroelectric thin film of one material selected from the group consisting of PLZT, PZT, and PT. The composition for ferroelectric thin film formation is a liquid composition for the formation of a thin film of a mixed composite metal oxide formed of a mixture of a composite metal oxide (A) represented by general formula (1): (PbxLay)(ZrzTi(1-z))O3 [wherein 0.9<x<1.3, 0?y<0.1, and 0?z<0.9 are satisfied] with a composite oxide (B) or a carboxylic acid (B) represented by general formula (2): CnH2n+1COOH [wherein 3?n?7 is satisfied]. The composite oxide (B) contains one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of P (phosphorus), Si, Ce, and Bi and one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Sn, Sm, Nd, and Y (yttrium).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Fujii, Hideaki Sakurai, Takashi Noguchi, Nobuyuki Soyama
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Publication number: 20140349834Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for ferroelectric thin film formation which is used in the formation of a ferroelectric thin film of one material selected from the group consisting of PLZT, PZT, and PT. The composition for ferroelectric thin film formation is a liquid composition for the formation of a thin film of a mixed composite metal oxide formed of a mixture of a composite metal oxide (A) represented by general formula (1): (PbxLay)(ZrzTi(1-z))O3 [wherein 0.9<x<1.3, 0?y<0.1, and 0?z<0.9 are satisfied] with a composite oxide (B) or a carboxylic acid (B) represented by general formula (2): CnH2n+1COOH [wherein 3?n?7 is satisfied]. The composite oxide (B) contains one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of P (phosphorus), Si, Ce, and Bi and one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Sn, Sm, Nd, and Y (yttrium).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Jun Fujii, Hideaki Sakurai, Takashi Noguchi, Nobuyuki Soyama
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Publication number: 20140335275Abstract: Provided are modified hybrid sol-gel precursor solutions and coatings formed from such solutions. A modified hybrid sol-gel precursor solution includes an inorganic precursor, cross-linkable inorganic-organic precursor, cross-linkable organic precursor, protic solvent, and aprotic solvent. The inorganic precursor may include a metal or metalloid and two or more hydrolysable groups. The cross-linkable inorganic-organic precursor may include a metal, hydrolysable group, and organic molecule. The cross-linkable organic precursor has another organic molecule with two or more second cross-linking groups. A combination of protic and aprotic solvents in the same solution may be used to control properties of the solutions, thermodynamics, and other processing aspects. The solution may also include nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may include functionalized surface to form covalent bonds with one or more precursors of the solution, such as a plasma treated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: ADVENIRA ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventor: Elmira Ryabova
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Publication number: 20140331898Abstract: Disclosed is a resist ink having superior acid-resistance and coupling property, the resist ink composed of 70% or less by weight of solvent, 10-15% by weight of base polymer, 10-15% by weight of tacktifier, 3% or less by weight of additive, and 1-10% by weight of coupling agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: LG Display Co., LTD.Inventor: LG Display Co., LTD.
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Publication number: 20140328889Abstract: There is provided provide a method for efficiently producing a rutile type titanium sol having a particle diameter based on dynamic light scattering method of 5 nm to 100 nm that is excellent in dispersibility. The method for producing a rutile type titanium oxide sol comprising: process (a): mixing metastannic acid, a titanium alkoxide, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, oxalic acid, and water so as to contain 0.02 moles to 0.8 moles of tin atoms, 0.1 moles to 3.5 moles of the quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and 0.1 moles to 8.0 moles of the oxalic acid with respect to 1 mole of titanium atoms of the titanium alkoxide to prepare a titanium-containing aqueous solution with a concentration in terms of TiO2 of 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass; and process (b): subjecting the titanium-containing aqueous solution obtained in process (a) to a hydrothermal treatment at a temperature from 100° C. to 170° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Natsumi Murakami, Ai Miyamoto, Yoshinari Koyama
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Patent number: 8876963Abstract: A dielectric coating material system for use in a single-sided back contact solar cell is disclosed. The material system serves to electrically isolate electrodes of opposite polarity types on the same side of a silicon-based solar cell, and includes titanium and phosphorus.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLCInventors: Ben E. Cruz, George E. Graddy, Jr., Aziz S. Shaikh, Jalal Salami
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Publication number: 20140319659Abstract: A resist underlayer composition, a method of forming patterns, and semiconductor integrated circuit device, the composition including a solvent; and a compound including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Hyo-Young KWON, Min-Gyum KIM, Jun-Ho LEE, Hwan-Sung CHEON
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Publication number: 20140318414Abstract: A nano-metal solution, nano-metal complex grains, and a manufacturing method of a metal film are provided. The nano-metal solution includes metal grains having an amount of 0.1˜30 wt %, metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules having an amount of 0.1˜50 wt % and having formula 1, and a solvent having an amount of 20˜99.8 wt %: wherein M represents a metal ion. The metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules and the metal grains are evenly mixed in the solvent, and the metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules are adsorbed on surfaces of the metal grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Kuo-Chan Chiou, Hong-Ching Lin, Szu-Po Huang, Chun-An Lu
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Patent number: 8864896Abstract: A method is provided for forming an organic thin film comprising: 1) preparing a hydroxyl group-containing solution by mixing the following (a), (b) and (c) so that the total amount of (A) and (B) in the hydroxyl group-containing solution becomes 0.1 wt% to 80 wt%, and conducting hydrolysis to generate a hydroxyl group-containing compound; a) an adjuvant for forming an organic thin film comprising a metal surfactant (A) having at least one or more hydrolysable group, and a compound (C) that can interact with the metal surfactant in an organic solvent b) a metal surfactant having at least one or more hydrolysable group (B), and c) water 2) preparing a solution for forming an organic thin film by mixing an organic solvent and the hydroxyl group-containing solution of 1); and 3) allowing the substrate to contact with the solution for forming an organic thin film of 2).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Hidaka, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto, Kazuhisa Kumazawa, Eiji Hoshi
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Patent number: 8852333Abstract: A new generation environmental friendly water-based coating composition which exhibits excellent coating film properties is disclosed. Said water-based coating composition comprises mesoporous silica nanoparticles in organosilica, water, and a film-forming catalyst, and optionally with a small amount of ethanol. Method for manufacturing said water-based coating composition and the use thereof are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute LimitedInventors: Ka Wai Wong, Xinghua Li, Yee Man Ho, Wing Yee Cheng, Ka Cheong Luk
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COATING COMPOSITIONS EXHIBITING CORROSION RESISTANCE PROPERTIES, RELATED COATED ARTICLES AND METHODS
Publication number: 20140287256Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions, such as primer compositions, suitable for providing corrosion protection to metal substrates, as well as related coated articles and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Matthew S. Scott, Richard F. Syput, Steven R. Zawacky -
Publication number: 20140273447Abstract: The invention provides a composition for forming a titanium-containing resist underlayer film comprising: as a component (A), compounds selected from titanium compounds represented by the following general formulae (A-1) and (A-2) and a titanium-containing compound obtained by hydrolysis and/or condensation of the titanium compounds, as a component (B), compounds selected from titanium compounds represented by the following general formulae (B-1) and (B-2) and a titanium-containing compound obtained by hydrolysis and/or condensation of the titanium compounds, and as a component (D), solvent. There can be provided a composition for forming a titanium-containing resist underlayer film to form a resist underlayer film having favorable pattern adhesiveness and excellent etching selectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu OGIHARA, Seiichiro TACHIBANA, Takafumi UEDA, Yoshinori TANEDA
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Publication number: 20140273448Abstract: The invention provides a composition for forming a titanium-containing underlayer film comprising: as a component (A), a titanium-containing compound obtained by reacting a divalent or a trivalent alcohol represented by the following general formula (A-2) to one or more kinds of compounds selected from a titanium compound represented by the following general formula (A-1) and a titanium-containing compound obtained by hydrolysis and/or condensation of the titanium compound and as a component (C), solvent. There can be provided a composition for forming a titanium-containing underlayer film that is excellent in storage stability without changes in characteristics, pattern adhesiveness relative to a fine pattern, and etching selectivity relative to conventional organic film and silicon-containing film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu OGIHARA, Seiichiro TACHIBANA, Takafumi UEDA, Yoshinori TANEDA
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Publication number: 20140227514Abstract: Compositions and methods for depositing improved zirconium oxide conversion coatings, as well as compositions capable of depositing an adherent zirconium oxide conversion coating on a substrate in the absence of prior cleaning are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Elizabeth J. Siebert, Bruce H. Goodreau
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Patent number: 8795774Abstract: Compositions containing certain organometallic oligomers suitable for use as spin-on, metal hardmasks are provided, where such compositions can be tailored to provide a metal oxide hardmask having a range of etch selectivity. Also provided are methods of depositing metal oxide hardmasks using the present compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLCInventors: Deyan Wang, Jibin Sun, Peng-Wei Chuang, Peter Trefonas, III, Cong Liu
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Patent number: 8791044Abstract: Methods for preparing and using a photocatalyst are described. The catalyst is prepared by oxidation of a metal salt which has been doped in situ to form a photocatalyst active in visible light. The photocatalyst is used for degrading toxic and irritating compounds and infectious agents.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyInventors: Rajender S. Varma, Babita Baruwati, Jurate Virkutyte
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Patent number: 8790538Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for ferroelectric thin film formation which is used in the formation of a ferroelectric thin film of one material selected from the group consisting of PLZT, PZT, and PT. The composition for ferroelectric thin film formation is a liquid composition for the formation of a thin film of a mixed composite metal oxide formed of a mixture of a composite metal oxide (A) represented by general formula (1): (PbxLay)(ZrzTi(1?z))O3 [wherein 0.9<x<1.3, 0?y?0.1, and 0?z?0.9 are satisfied] with a composite oxide (B) or a carboxylic acid (B) represented by general formula (2): CnH2n+1COOH [wherein 3?n?7 is satisfied]. The composite oxide (B) contains one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of P (phosphorus), Si, Ce, and Bi and one or at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Sn, Sm, Nd, and Y (yttrium).Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, STMicroelectronics (Tours) SASInventors: Jun Fujii, Hideaki Sakurai, Takashi Noguchi, Nobuyuki Soyama
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Publication number: 20140199554Abstract: A metal oxide particle containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide including: a titanium oxide-containing core particle (A); and a coating layer with which the titanium oxide-containing core particle (A) is coated and that is made of silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles (B) having a mass ratio of silicon dioxide/stannic oxide of 0.1 to 5.0, wherein one or more intermediate thin film layers that are made of any one of an oxide; a complex oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Sn, Zr, Zn, Sb, Nb, Ta, and W; and a mixture of the oxide and the complex oxide are interposed between the titanium oxide-containing core particle (A) and the coating layer made of the silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomoki Furukawa, Motoko Asada
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Publication number: 20140193757Abstract: The invention provides a composition for forming a metal oxide-containing film comprising, as a component (A), a metal oxide-containing compound A1 obtained by hydrolysis and/or condensation of one or more kinds of hydrolysable metal compounds shown by the following general formula (A-1), as a component (B), an aromatic compound shown by the following general formula (B-1), the compound generating a hydroxyl group by thermal and/or an acid. There can be provided a composition for a resist lower layer film, which has high etching selectivity, capable of subjecting to stripping under mild conditions than the conventional process, has excellent pattern adhesiveness, and fine pattern formation can be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu OGIHARA, Takafumi UEDA, Seiichiro TACHIBANA, Yoshinori TANEDA
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Publication number: 20140193590Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nanocomposite having a continuous organic phase and oligomer-modified nanoplatelet mesomorphic structures, wherein the oligomer has a molecular weight of at least 100 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicants: Kaneka Corporation, The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Hung-Jue Sue, Minhao Wong, Peng Li, Riichi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20140165876Abstract: A porous ceramic (honeycomb) structure skin coating and a method of producing a porous ceramic structure skin coating which provides a hardshell, strong, acid- and alkali-resistant, chip-resistant ceramic honeycomb structure coating which resists pollution control catalyst from being absorbed into the skin coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Unifrax I LLCInventors: Joseph A. FERNANDO, Kenneth B. MILLER
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Publication number: 20140159278Abstract: The present disclosure relates to soluble, multi-ligand-substituted metal compounds with improved stability as well as compositions made from them and methods of their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.Inventors: Huirong YAO, M. Dalil RAHMAN, Salem K. MULLEN, JoonYeon CHO, Clement ANYADIEGWU, Munirathna PADMANABAN
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Publication number: 20140161980Abstract: Methods and formulations are provided for: selecting a sol-gel precursor containing a material for forming a thin film layer on a substrate; selecting a solvent having a boiling point at or above a solvent boiling point threshold and a viscosity at or below a solvent viscosity threshold; combining the sol-gel and the solvent into a mixture; applying the mixture onto a surface of the substrate; permitting the mixture to spread and level on the surface; and at least one of drying and curing the mixture to form the thin layer on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Melissa Danielle Cremer, Shandon Dee Hart, David Henry, Shawn Michael O'Malley, Vitor Marino Schneider
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Patent number: 8747542Abstract: A method for producing a rutile titanium oxide sol having a particle diameter measured by dynamic light scattering of 5 nm to 100 nm, the method comprising: a process (a): mixing a tin oxalate aqueous solution, a titanium alkoxide, oxalic acid, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and water, while adjusting, per mole of titanium atoms, a proportion of tin atoms to be from 0.1 mol to 0.8 mol, a proportion of the oxalic acid to be from 0.01 mol to 5 mol, and a proportion of the quaternary ammonium hydroxide to be from 0.1 mol to 3.5 mol to prepare a titanium-containing aqueous solution having a concentration in terms of TiO2 of 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass; and a process (b): performing hydrothermal treatment on the titanium-containing aqueous solution produced in the process (a) at 100° C. to 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Natsumi Murakami, Ai Miyamoto, Yoshinari Koyama
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Publication number: 20140147398Abstract: The present invention includes a solvent system comprising a pristine nanoparticle solute suspended in a liquid solvent. The solute is selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a mixed metal oxide, a chalcogenide, and a mixed metal chalcogenide; and the solvent system is characterized by a value of chi less than about 0.00.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: WiSys Technology FoundationInventors: James P. Hamilton, Lester F. Lampent
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Publication number: 20140106061Abstract: In some embodiments, a method and/or system may include assessing a disturbance of a marked enclosure. The method may include applying a composition to at least a portion of an enclosure. The method may include forming a coating over at least the portion of the enclosure using the applied composition. The coating may be substantially translucent and fluorescent. The method may include acquiring evidence using the coating upon disturbance of the enclosure. The method may include detecting evidence of disturbance acquired by the coating using an ultraviolet light source. In some embodiments, the enclosure substantially contains an explosive device. In some embodiments, the coating may be substantially undetectable within the standard visible light spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventor: Ray E. Hilburn
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Patent number: 8697179Abstract: A method of evaluating a coating applied to a surface comprises the step of applying the coating to the surface. The coating including a conversion gel to chemically bind the surface and an indicator substantially uniformly distributed throughout the coating wherein the indicator modifies an appearance of the coating. The method further comprising the step of determining whether the indicator is present on the surface at a substantially uniform concentration.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph H. Osborne, Ronald R. Stephenson, Kenneth A. Krienke, Larry K. Olli
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Patent number: 8697757Abstract: A hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles and a method for producing the same. The hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol includes surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent having a water solubility of 0.002 to 12% by mass. The surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles are formed by: coating outer surfaces of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (A) serving as cores with at least one substance (B) of colloidal particles of a composite oxide containing silica and stannic oxide or silica and antimony pentoxide at a silica/stannic oxide or silica/antimony pentoxide ratio of 0.1 to 10, an oligomer of the colloidal particles, or a mixture of the colloidal particles and the oligomer to form modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (C); and bonding an organosilicon compound and an amine compound to surfaces of the colloidal particles (C).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomonari Shinji, Osamu Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140079945Abstract: An Infra Red-reflective architectural paint composition comprising: i. red iron oxide pigment ii. phthalocyanine blue pigment iii. titanium dioxide and optionally yellow iron oxide wherein the composition is free of Infra Red-absorptive black pigments, Infra Red-transparent black pigments and Infra Red-reflective black pigments, has a lightness value, L*, when dry, of from 38 to 88 and the weight ratio of i:ii is from 3:1 to 15:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Murray, Barry Norman Osborn
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Publication number: 20140072720Abstract: Aspects relate to patterned nanostructures having a feature size not including film thickness of below 5 microns. The patterned nanostructures are made up of nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 100 nm. A nanoparticle composition, which, in some cases, includes a binder material, is applied to a substrate. A patterned mold used in concert with electromagnetic radiation function to manipulate the nanoparticle composition in forming the patterned nanostructure. In some embodiments, the patterned mold nanoimprints a suitable pattern on to the nanoparticle composition and the composition is cured through UV or thermal energy. Three-dimensional patterned nanostructures may be formed. A number of patterned nanostructure layers may be prepared and suitably joined together. In some cases, a patterned nanostructure may be formed as a layer that is releasable from the substrate upon which it is initially formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: University of MassachusettsInventors: James Watkins, Michael R. Beaulieu, Nicholas R. Hendricks
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Patent number: 8653147Abstract: The present invention discloses an inorganic/organic mixed component (I/O) dispersant and applications thereof, which is primarily applied to dispersing nanoparticles of metal oxides. The I/O dispersant of the present invention can be a composite of inorganic clay and an organic surfactant, a composite of inorganic clay and polyoxyalkylene-amine, or a composite of inorganic clay, polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (PIB-SA) and hydrochloric acid salt or tetraalkyl quaternary salt of polyoxyalkylene-amine, or fatty amines. By mixing with the I/O dispersant of the present invention, nanoparticles of a metal oxide can be uniformly dispersed without aggregation particularly at high solid content. The dispersion has a lower viscosity and is relatively stable in storage even at high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Yen-Chi Hsu, Ming-Li Chiang, Chien-Chia Chu
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Publication number: 20140044862Abstract: A sunscreen composition for application for plants comprises Titanium Dioxide (TiO2), Zinc Oxide (ZnO), Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), a surfactant, wetting agent, dispersant (SWD) and water. The composition forms a suspension concentrate when combined that when diluted in water provides a solution that provides uniform coverage using convention spraying equipment. A method of protecting plants including turfgrass from ultraviolet radiation, heat stress and/or sunburn comprises combining TiO2, ZnO, SiO2, SWD and water to form a suspension concentrate. The suspension concentrate is then diluted in water and applied to an area in which sun protection is desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventor: Scott May
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Publication number: 20140030660Abstract: A multilayer resist process pattern-forming method includes providing an inorganic film over a substrate. A protective film is provided on the inorganic film. A resist pattern is provided on the protective film. A pattern is provided on the substrate by etching that utilizes the resist pattern as a mask. A multilayer resist process inorganic film-forming composition includes a compound, an organic solvent, and a crosslinking accelerator. The compound includes a metal compound that includes a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolysate of a metal compound that includes a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolysis-condensation product of a metal compound that includes a hydrolyzable group, or a combination thereof. The compound includes at least one metal element belonging to Group 6, Group 12, or Group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori TAKANASHI, Yoshio TAKIMOTO, Takashi MORI, Kazuo NAKAHARA, Masayuki MOTONARI
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Patent number: 8617305Abstract: Novel families of tri-valent metal complexes including scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, aluminum, gallium, indium, manganese, antimony, bismuth; and of divalent metal complexes including magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, manganese, cobalt, iron, nickel, ruthenium, copper, zinc, cadium are disclosed. These metal complexes can be used as precursors to deposit metal or metal oxide films in semi-conductor industries.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Daniel P. Spence
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Publication number: 20130344301Abstract: Embodiments relate to printing features from an ink containing a material precursor. In some embodiments, the material includes an electrically active material, such as a semiconductor, a metal, or a combination thereof. In another embodiment, the material includes a dielectric. The embodiments provide improved printing process conditions that allow for more precise control of the shape, profile and dimensions of a printed line or other feature. The composition(s) and/or method(s) improve control of pinning by increasing the viscosity and mass loading of components in the ink. An exemplary method thus includes printing an ink comprising a material precursor and a solvent in a pattern on the substrate; precipitating the precursor in the pattern to form a pinning line; substantially evaporating the solvent to form a feature of the material precursor defined by the pinning line; and converting the material precursor to the patterned material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Erik SCHER, Steven MOLESA, Joerg ROCKENBERGER, Arvind KAMATH, Ikuo MORI, Wenzhuo GUO, Dmitry KARSHTEDT, Vladimir DIOUMAEV
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Publication number: 20130337659Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4B group metalorganic compounds represented by following formula I and the preparation thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to a thermally and chemically stable 4B group organo-metallic compound utilized in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or atomic layer deposition (ALD), and the preparation thereof. A 4B group metalorganic compound prepared according to the present invention volatiles easily and is stable at high temperature, and can be used effectively in manufacturing 4B group metal oxide thin films. wherein M represents Ti, Zr or Hf, R1 represents C1˜C4 alkyl, R2 and R3 represent independently C1˜C6 alkyl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: MECHARONICS CO. LTD.Inventors: Dae-jun Ahn, Hyun-chang Kim
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Publication number: 20130328234Abstract: The invention relates to polytitanic acid esters having linear cross-linking structures, obtainable by reacting a titanium compound that is soluble in an alcohol, in water or in a mixture of water and alcohol and that has the composition (I) Ti(R)mXn??(I), wherein the groups R independently mean alkoxy, carboxy, or OH, X means halogen, m=0 to 4, n=0 to 4, and m+n=4, with a compound (II) that contains the following structural unit: [O?CR4—(CR5R3)p—CR1R2—O]?, wherein p is 0 or 1 and wherein (a) R1 and R2 are independently selected from among hydrogen, alkyl and alkenyl, R3 and R5 are independently selected from among hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or alkenyl, R4 is OH or O(Mx+)1/x, wherein M is a metal or ammonium and x is 1 or 2, or (b) R1 and R2 together mean ?O and R3, R5 and R4 are independently selected from among hydrogen, alkyl and alkenyl, wherein the titanium compound (I) is reacted with compound (II) at a molar ratio of 1 to 0.5-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Rainer Jahn, Miranda Rothenburger-Glaubitt, Walther Glaubitt, Joern Probst
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Publication number: 20130331463Abstract: A method for producing a rutile titanium oxide sol having a particle diameter measured by dynamic light scattering of 5 nm to 100 nm, the method comprising: a process (a): mixing a tin oxalate aqueous solution, a titanium alkoxide, oxalic acid, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and water, while adjusting, per mole of titanium atoms, a proportion of tin atoms to be from 0.1 mol to 0.8 mol, a proportion of the oxalic acid to be from 0.01 mol to 5 mol, and a proportion of the quaternary ammonium hydroxide to be from 0.1 mol to 3.5 mol to prepare a titanium-containing aqueous solution having a concentration in terms of TiO2 of 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass; and a process (b): performing hydrothermal treatment on the titanium-containing aqueous solution produced in the process (a) at 100° C. to 200° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Natsumi Murakami, Ai Miyamoto, Yoshinari Koyama
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Publication number: 20130305960Abstract: A process for forming a coating layer on a substrate comprising: depositing a thin film of a concentrated aqueous nano titania sol onto at least a portion of the substrate; exposing at least a portion of the deposited film to a sufficient amount of ultraviolet radiation in order to gel the film of aqueous sol; and drying at least a portion of the gelled portion, thereby forming the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Tioxide Europe LimitedInventors: John L. Edwards, Karl Lowry, John Robb
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Publication number: 20130302524Abstract: A deacidification composition for use in for treating printed cellulosic materials is provided. A method of making the composition and a method of preparing components of the composition also are provided. The composition includes a single metal alkoxide and a double metal alkoxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Richard Daniel Smith
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Publication number: 20130302593Abstract: The invention provides a process for exfoliating a 3-dimensional layered material to produce a 2-dimensional material, said process comprising the steps of mixing the layered material in a water-surfactant solution to provide a mixture wherein the material and atomic structural properties of the layered material in the mixture are not altered; applying energy, for example ultrasound, to said mixture; and applying a force, for example centrifugal force, to said mixture. The invention provides a fast, simple and high yielding process for separating 3-dimensional layered materials into individual 2-dimensional layers or flakes, which do not re-aggregate, without utilising hazardous solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: The Provost, Fellows, Foudation Scholars, and the Other Members of Board of the College of the HolyInventors: Jonathan Coleman, Ronan Smith, Mustafa Lotya
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Patent number: 8568525Abstract: Disclosed herein are a hard coating film, a material coated with the hard coating film, and a die for cold plastic working, the coating film excelling conventional surface coating layers in wear resistance as well as slidability with a low frictional coefficient. The hard coating film is characterized by a chemical composition of (VxM1-x)(BaCbN1-a-b), where 0.4?x?0.95 ??(1A) 0?a?0.2 ??(2A) 0?1-a-b?0.35 ??(3A) 0.6?b?1 ??(4A) M denotes at least one species of elements belonging to Groups 4a, 5a, and 6a and Si and Al; and x, 1-x, a, b, and 1-a-b represent respectively the atomic ratio of V, M, B, C, and N.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8569537Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles, methods for making and using the same, and high index of refraction films made therefrom. The provided zirconia nanoparticles are surface modified with ligands that include N-hydroxyurea functionalities. The provided ligands also can contain compatibilizing groups that allow the provided surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles to be incorporated into an organic matrix. High index of refraction films can be made using these organic matrices.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Guy D. Joly, Nathan E. Schultz, Encai Hao
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Publication number: 20130260482Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ferroelectric thin film on a lower electrode by electrostatically spraying a ferroelectric thin film-forming electrostatic spray solution so as to coat the electrostatic spray solution on the lower electrode and form a coated film, drying, calcining, and then firing the coated film so as to crystallize the coated film. In this method, the electrostatic spray solution is a mixed solution in which a ferroelectric thin film-forming sol-gel solution and powder having the same composition as the solid content of the sol-gel solution and having a particle diameter that can be ejected from the spout are uniformly mixed, and, when the metallic compound-converted mass of a metallic compound dissolved in the sol-gel solution is represented by A and the mass of the powder is represented by B, a ratio of B with respect to (A+B) is in a range of 5% to 40%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Iida, Hideaki Sakurai
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Patent number: 8545616Abstract: A sulphur cement pre-composition, comprising sulphur and at least an organotitanate, which organotitanate is of the general molecular formula: wherein OR1, OR2 and OR3 are independently chosen from acyloxy, phosphato, pyrophosphate, sulfonato and glycoxy; and XO and X?O are independently chosen from alkoxy or neoalkoxy group or XO and X?O together form a glycoxy group. The invention further provides a process for preparing such sulphur cement pre-composition, processes for the preparation of a sulphur cement product, a sulphur cement product and the use of such sulphur cement pre-composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Michael David Lankshear, Rob Aloysius Maria Van Trier, Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist
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Publication number: 20130239849Abstract: The present invention provides novel biolatex conjugate compositions and methods of production and use thereof. The novel biolatex conjugate compositions comprise a biopolymer-additive complex (prepared by co-extruding a biopolymer feedstock, at least one performance-enhancing additive, and at least one plasticizer under shear forces) reacted with a crosslinking agent under shear forces. The biolatex conjugate compositions exhibit enhanced performance properties for coated paper, paperboard, and other applications using extremely low levels of performance-enhancing additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: EcoSynthetix Ltd.Inventors: Steven BLOEMBERGEN, Do I. LEE, Ian J. MCLENNAN, Robert H. WILDI, Edward VAN EGDOM
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Patent number: 8524122Abstract: A production method capable of producing ITO particles without using a solvent with a high boiling point as a solvent used in the producing step by a simple treatment method without through a heating process in an atmosphere which disadvantageously causes sintering among the ITO particles to coarsen the ITO particles. An ITO powder suitable for a coating material for a transparent electroconductive material, being produced by a first step of dissolving salt containing indium and salt containing tin into an organic solvent, then adding to this organic solvent, an organic solvent containing a basic precipitant, to thereby manufacture a mixture of a precursor containing indium and tin, and the organic solvent; and a second step of applying heat treatment to the mixture of the precursor containing indium and tin, and the organic solvent in a pressurizing vessel at 200° C. or more and 300° C. or less, to generate ITO particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignees: Tohoku University, Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Muramatsu, Kiyoshi Kanie, Kazuhisa Saito, Koji Tanoue, Akira Nagatomi
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Publication number: 20130220178Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of making metal oxide nanoparticles comprising the reaction of—at least one metal oxide precursor (P) containing at least one metal (M) with—at least one monofunctional alcohol (A) wherein the hydroxy group is bound to a secondary, tertiary or alpha-unsaturated carbon atom—in the presence of at least one aliphatic compound (F) according to the formula Y1—R1—X—R2—Y2, wherein—R1 and R2 each are the same or different and independently selected from aliphatic groups with from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, —Y1 and Y2 each are the same or different and independently selected from OH, NH2 and SH, and —X is selected from the group consisting of chemical bond, —O—, —S—, —NR3—, and CR4R5, wherein R3, R4 and R5 each are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group with from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which optionally carries functional groups selected from OH, NH2 and SH.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2010Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Justus-Liebig-Universitat GiessenInventors: Roman Zieba, Alexander Traut, Cornelia Röger-Göpfert, Torsten Brezesinski, Bernadette Landschreiber, Claudia Grote, Georg Garnweitner, Alexandra Seeber, Bernd Smarsly, Christoph Wiedmann, Till von Graberg, Jan Haetge
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Patent number: 8518174Abstract: Under the presence of at least one out of copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, zinc, and compounds thereof, a tetravalent titanium salt solution and a basic solution are reacted together to form a hydroxide of titanium and the above metal, and then the titanium hydroxide is peroxidated with an oxidizing agent to manufacture an aqueous liquid or dispersion having titania-metal composite having peroxy groups, and not having a photocatalytic activity fine particles dispersed therein, wherein the titania-metal composite includes particles of at least one of elemental copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, zinc and compounds thereof; using this to form a coating film, a drop in decorativeness of color due to fading or discoloration of a coating material, a printed article, a building material, a fiber, an organic polymer resin product or the like can be prevented, and moreover surface anti-soiling and hydrophilic properties can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sustainable Titania Technology IncorporatedInventors: Shiro Ogata, Yoshimitsu Matsui
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Patent number: 8512602Abstract: ITO particles are provided, which are small in variations of particle diameters and used for an ITO coating material capable of forming a transparent conductive film having high transparency and low haze value. Also, ITO coating material is provided, containing such ITO particles, and a transparent conductive film containing such ITO particles. Further, ITO powders are provided, wherein 90% or more of ITO particles constituting the ITO powders have a primary particle diameter of 20 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Nagatomi, Koji Tanoue