Sheet, Web, Wire, Or Filament Patents (Class 205/76)
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Patent number: 11798583Abstract: A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a thermally stable soft magnetic material. The method also includes applying a combined stepped and pulsed current to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the thermally stable soft magnetic material is formed on the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Jie Gong, Steven C. Riemer, John A. Rice, Michael C. Kautzky
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Muting glucose sensor oxygen response and reducing electrode edge growth with pulsed current plating
Patent number: 11266332Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes amperometric glucose sensors having electrodes formed from processes that electrodeposit platinum black in a manner that produces relatively smooth three dimensional metal architectures, ones that contribute to sensor reliability and stability. Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having such uniform electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, inc.Inventors: Ting Huang, Ashwin K. Rao, Rajiv Shah, Qingling Yang -
Patent number: 11108036Abstract: This invention relates to the field of energy storage devices, and especially electrochemical energy storage devices where an electroactive moiety is chemically attached to a conductive polymer In particular, the invention relates to the design and fabrication of electrodes for the use in electrochemical storage devices having an electrochemically active conjugate. The electrochemically active conjugate preferably has an electroactive moiety selected from electroactive metal center, an electroactive organic species, or an electroactive non-metal species. Depending on the selected electroactive moiety, it can be attached either directly or through an appropriate linker to the conductive polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: The Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkInventors: Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Esther S. Takeuchi, Amy C. Marschilok
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Patent number: 10113230Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thick film on a substrate, and more particularly, to a method of forming a multilayer h-BN thick film on a substrate including (a) a substrate heating step of heating a first substrate, (b) a h-BN precursor supply step of supplying h-BN precursors to the heated first substrate, (c) a precursor dissolving step of dissolving the supplied h-BN precursors in the first substrate, and (d) a substrate cooling step of cooling the first substrate containing the dissolved h-BN precursors therein, and a laminate including a multilayer h-BN thick film prepared by the preparation method and a substrate which forms a stack structure with the h-BN thick film.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KIST)Inventors: Soo-Min Kim, Ki-Kang Kim, Joo-Song Lee
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Publication number: 20150068909Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a plating solution for aluminum electroplating useful for the production of a high-ductility, high-purity aluminum foil at a high film formation rate, etc., which is an easy-to-handle plating solution that does not solidify and allows for an electroplating treatment even at 25° C. The present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that in a preparation of a plating solution containing at least (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) a nitrogen-containing compound, the blending proportions of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide, and the nitrogen-containing compound are such that per 10 mol of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide is 3.5+n to 4.2+n mol, and the nitrogen-containing compound is n mol (wherein n is 0.001 to 2.0 mol).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Atsushi Okamoto, Junichi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150024232Abstract: The invention concerns the production of segmented nanowires and components having said segmented nanowires. For the production of the nanowire structural element, a template based process is used preferably, wherein the electrochemical deposition of the nanowires in nanopores is carried out. In this manner, numerous nanowires are created in the template foil. For the electrochemical deposition of the nanowires, a reversed pulse procedure with an alternating sequence consisting of cathodic deposition pulses and anodic counter-pulses is carried out. By this means, segmented nanowires can be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Thomas Cornelius, Wolfgang Ensinger, Reinhard Neumann, Markus Rauber
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Publication number: 20150017466Abstract: A self-aligned tunable metamaterial is formed as a wire mesh. Self-aligned channel grids are formed in layers in a silicon substrate using deep trench formation and a high-temperature anneal. Vertical wells at the channels may also be etched. This may result in a three-dimensional mesh grid of metal and other material. In another embodiment, metallic beads are deposited at each intersection of the mesh grid, the grid is encased in a rigid medium, and the mesh grid is removed to form an artificial nanocrystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Arturo A. Ayon, Ramakrishna Kotha, Diana Strickland
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Publication number: 20140356575Abstract: A composite made of alternating layers of elastic and plastic material provides desirable mechanical properties including high toughness. Each layer has a thickness of between 10 nanometers and 500 microns. Plastic materials that may be used include thermoplastic/thermoset elastomers, aluminum, alloys of aluminum, titanium, and alloys of titanium. Elastic materials include various thermoplastic or thermoset polymers, Al2O3, SiC, TiB2 and B4C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: The Government of the U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Guillermo R. Villalobos, Shyam S. Bayya, Woohong Kim, Bryan Sadowski, Michael Hunt, Robert E. Miklos, Colin C. Baker, Jasbinder S. Sanghera
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Publication number: 20140345677Abstract: The present invention relates to an exclusive alloy substrate material for CIGS solar cells. Particularly, the present invention provides a substrate material having a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of a CIGS layer. The substrate material according to the present invention may prevent damage such as interlayer separation due to differing thermal expansion coefficients from occurring because the substrate material has a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the CIGS layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tai Hong Yim, Heung Yeol Lee, Tae Jin Hwang, Young Sik Song, Yong Ki Cho, Min Su Lee, Yoon Ho Han
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Publication number: 20140332069Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled expansion flexible metal substrate material and to a production method therefor. In the present invention, an electrocasting method is used in order to produce a metal substrate material which comprises a controlled expansion alloy and has a textured structure and a wide width. Also, the flexible metal substrate material of the present invention can be used as the substrate for a silicon thin-film solar cell since the Fe—Ni alloying compositional ratio is controlled in such a way that the thermal expansion coefficient approximates that of silicon. The present invention is devised in such a way that the optical pathway is extended and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved since a textured structure is provided on the surface of a flexible metal substrate material by forming a textured structure on the surface of a plating drum used as a plating cathode or anode used in an electrocasting method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Tai Hong Yim, Heung Yeol Lee, Min Su Lee, Yoon Ho Han
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Publication number: 20140209469Abstract: Controlling dimensions of nanowires includes lithographically forming a trench in a layer of a polymer resin with a width less than one micrometer where the polymer resin has a thickness less than one micrometer and is deposited over an electrically conductive substrate, depositing a nanowire material within the trench to form a nanowire, and obtaining the nanowire from the trench with a removal mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventor: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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Publication number: 20140211920Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure by using a silicon mold, in which disturbances in arrangement due to charges are reduced, can be provided. The method for manufacturing a structure includes the steps of forming a recessed portion in a silicon substrate, cleaning, drying, or conveying the silicon substrate while charges of a plurality of portions sandwiched between the recessed portion are removed, and filling a metal into the recessed portion of the silicon substrate subjected to the cleaning, drying, or conveying.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaka Setomoto, Takayuki Teshima
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Publication number: 20140151236Abstract: Producing a nanowire structural element with a nanowire array between two cover layers forming a hollow chamber permeated in a column-like manner with nanowires. The process includes: preparing a template foil; application of a first surface covering electroconductive cover layer on a first side of the template foil; generation of numerous nanopores in the template foil; generation of nanowires in the nanopores wherein an electroconductive material fills the nanopores by electrochemical deposition, wherein the nanowires grow within the nanopores on the first cover layer; generation of a second surface filling cover layer on the second side of the template foil thus forming a sandwich-like arrangement of the two cover layers and the template foil permeated with nanowires; and clearing the structured hollow chamber between by dissolving of the template foil and removal of the dissolved template substance, wherein the two cover layers remain intact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbHInventors: Thomas Cornelius, Wolfgang Ensinger, Reinhard Neumann, Markus Rauber
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Patent number: 8722186Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
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Patent number: 8679221Abstract: A method for producing an alumina template of nanorods, the alumina template, and the nanorods are provided for overcoming the problems of the conventional alumina template having anodic aluminum oxide that may be peeled off from a substrate or forming a non-conductive oxide easily, and the alumina template includes a conductive substrate composed of an active metal and an inert metal, so that the alumina template can be attached onto the active metal and inert metal at the same time, and the active metal can be used for securing the alumina template and supporting the alumina template on the inert metal, and the anodic aluminum oxide attached onto the inert metal can be used for providing a better conductivity, such that a stable and highly conductive alumina template can be produced.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Southern Taiwan UniversityInventors: Hsyi-en Cheng, Bo-jiun Yeh
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Patent number: 8647490Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a micro wire, a sensor including the micro wire, and a method for manufacturing the sensor, having improved production efficiency. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a micro wire includes applying a three-dimensional electric field to a solution for forming a micro wire. The method for manufacturing the micro wire may further include providing an electrode assembly comprising a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the substrate, and providing the solution to a space. The first electrode and the second electrode may form the space therebetween, and the space may have a first width and a second width that is smaller than the first width. The three-dimensional electric field is applied to the solution by applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry FoundationInventors: WooSeok Choi, Guenbae Lim, Tae-Chang An
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Publication number: 20140027294Abstract: A continuous or semi-continuous process for fabricating nanowires or microwires makes use of the substantially planar template that may be moved through electrochemical solution to grow nanowires or microwires on exposed conductive edges on the surface of that template. The planar template allows fabrication of the template using standard equipment and techniques. Adhesive transfer may be used to remove the wires from the template and in one embodiment to draw a continuous wire from the template to be wound around the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLCInventors: Anirudha V. SUMANT, Michael Zach, Alan David Marten
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Publication number: 20140030591Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic copper foil which is excellent in the extension property and can endure the change in the expansion and contraction at the fine units while having high strength, and a method of producing the same. Specifically, the electrolytic copper foil for a negative electrode collector in a secondary battery, wherein in a nominal stress strain curve, a tensile strength is 45 to 70 kg/mm2, and a value of the tensile strength is greater than a value of a breaking stress, and an extension rate is 5% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATIONInventors: Michiya Kohiki, Masafumi Ishii, Terumasa Moriyama, Yoichi Minagawa
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Publication number: 20130270118Abstract: There are provided a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method using low-temperature electrochemical growth, and more particularly, to a manufacturing method allowing easy vapor deposition at low temperatures and also a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method using low-temperature electrochemical growth which retains characteristics such as large-area growth, high-crystallinity nanowire, uniform radial distribution, easy length, radius adjustment, and the like. A monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array manufacturing method of the present invention includes a step of manufacturing a nanopore alumina layer (anodized alumina (AAO)) from a high-purity aluminum (Al) sheet by using a two-step anodic oxidation method; and a step of manufacturing a monocrystalline copper oxide (I) nanowire array by using the nanopore alumina layer as a nanopore molding flask by means of a low-temperature electrochemical growth method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP.Inventors: Bae Ho Park, Sung Oong Kang
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Publication number: 20130270121Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a copper nanowire with high density twins, which comprises steps: providing a template having a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of through-holes penetrating the top surface and the bottom surface and having a diameter of smaller than 55 nm; placing the template in a copper-containing electrolyte at a low temperature lower than ambient temperature and applying a pulse current to perform an electrodeposition process to form a copper nanowire with twin structures in each through-hole. The pulse current increases the probability of stacking faults in the deposited copper ions. The low temperature operation favors formation of nucleation sites of twins. Therefore, the copper nanowire has higher density of twins. Thereby is effectively inhibited electromigration of the copper nanowire.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Chien-Neng LIAO, Yu-Lun CHUEH, Tsung-Cheng CHAN, Yen-Miao LIN
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Publication number: 20130256140Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic copper foil having a surface roughness Rz of 2.0 ?m or less, wherein a foil thickness difference in the width direction is 1.5% or less. Also provided is the electrolytic copper foil, wherein the foil thickness difference in the width direction is 1.3% or less. Further provided is the electrolytic copper foil, wherein a variation in the roughness in the width direction (Rzmax?Rzmin)/Rzavg is 15% or less. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolytic copper foil having low surface roughness, wherein the formation of an “elongation wrinkle” and a discolored streak along the length direction is suppressed by allowing the thickness to be uniform in the width and length directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATIONInventor: Michiya Kohiki
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Publication number: 20130220679Abstract: Provided is a copper foil with a carrier capable of realizing wiring at line/space=15 ?m/15 ?m or less on a printed circuit board on which the copper foil is laminated. Further provided is a printed circuit board or a multilayer printed circuit board capable of realizing fine-pattern wiring at line/space=15 ?m/15 ?m or less using the copper foil. The copper foil is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil having a surface on which a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994 between irregularities of ridges is 25 ?m or more, and peeling off the copper foil from the carrier foil. The copper foil with a carrier is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil that is said copper foil, wherein a spacing between irregularities of ridges on a surface of the carrier foil on which the copper foil is formed is 25 ?m or more in a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD.Inventor: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130199934Abstract: An electroformed sheath for protecting an airfoil includes a sheath body and a mandrel insert is provided. The sheath body includes a leading edge. The sheath body includes a pressure side wall and an opposed suction side wall, which side walls meet at the leading edge and extend away from the leading edge to define a cavity between the side walls. The sheath body includes a head section between the leading edge and the cavity. The mandrel insert is positioned between the pressure side and suction side walls, and includes a generally wedge-shaped geometry. A method for protecting an airfoil includes: 1) securing a mandrel insert to a mandrel; 2) electroplating a sheath body onto the mandrel and the mandrel insert; 3) removing the mandrel from the sheath body so that a sheath cavity is defined within the sheath body; and 4) securing the airfoil within the sheath cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Parkos, JR., James O. Hansen, Christopher A. Hertel, Andrew J. Murphy, Ashley P. Phillips, Jay T. Abraham
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Publication number: 20130180861Abstract: A Ti02-based photocatalyst is fabricated as a composite of titania with adhered nanostructures which contain a non-noble metal in galvanic contact with a noble metal. The catalyst effectively overcome aging and/or deactivation effects observed in a system free of the non-noble metal. The composite material showed a corrosion protective effect on the photoactivity of fresh catalyst for over 180-240 days, and it enhanced the rate of the water reduction reaction relative to bare Ti02. Variations in porosity and non-noble metal content of the alloy portion of the nanostructures influenced the performance of the catalyst composite. The protective effect of the non-noble metal is through a cathodic corrosion protection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYInventors: Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy, Savidra Lucatero
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Publication number: 20130155579Abstract: Electrochemical redox supercapacitor. The supercapacitor includes two thin films of electrically conducting polymer separated by an ion-permeable membrane and including an electrolyte disposed between the two thin films. Electrical contacts are disposed on outer surfaces of the two thin films. The supercapacitor is flexible and may be rolled, folded on itself, or kept substantially flat. A suitable conducting polymer is polypyrrole. In another aspect, the invention is a method for making a redox supercapacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Publication number: 20130145900Abstract: A method for producing an alumina template of nanorods, the alumina template, and the nanorods are provided for overcoming the problems of the conventional alumina template having anodic aluminum oxide that may be peeled off from a substrate or forming a non-conductive oxide easily, and the alumina template includes a conductive substrate composed of an active metal and an inert metal, so that the alumina template can be attached onto the active metal and inert metal at the same time, and the active metal can be used for securing the alumina template and supporting the alumina template on the inert metal, and the anodic aluminum oxide attached onto the inert metal can be used for providing a better conductivity, such that a stable and highly conductive alumina template can be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Hsyi-en CHENG, Bo-jiun YEH
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Publication number: 20130141773Abstract: A method of amplifying a magneto-optical Kerr effect by using photon crystal structures, and a photon crystal having an amplified magneto-optical Kerr effect, and a method of fabricating the photon crystal. The method of amplifying a magneto-optical Kerr effect by using photon crystal structures includes amplifying the magneto-optical Kerr effect by fabricating a magnetic photon crystal including a crystal magnet and using a periodically-structured surface of the crystal magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicants: "FACTORY OF NEW MATERIALS" LLC, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., "Factory Of New Materials" LLC
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Patent number: 8236386Abstract: A method of fabricating nanowires or microwires employs a robust conductive surface whose edges define electrodes for promoting electrochemical deposition of nanowire material at those edges. Controlled deposition times and thin conductive layers allow extremely small diameter wires to be created and then removed without destruction of the pattern and the wires to be applied to a second substrate or used for composite materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: WiSys Technology FoundationInventor: Michael Zach
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Publication number: 20120168315Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a metal substrate for a flexible display and a method of manufacturing the same, which reduce surface roughness of the metal substrate for a flexible display. The method comprises: providing a core mold adapted for a metal substrate for a flexible display; forming an electroforming metal layer at the surface of the core mold by using the core mold as a cathode, an electroforming metal used for the metal substrate for a flexible display as an anode, and a solution of a salt of the electroforming metal as an electroforming solution, and by immerging the core mold in the electroforming solution together with the electroforming metal to carry out electroforming; peeling off the electroforming metal layer from the core mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Min CHEN
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Publication number: 20120097544Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for manufacturing a carrier-attached copper foil is provided. The method includes providing a carrier foil including stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, nickel or alloy thereof with a surface oxide layer, and forming a copper foil onto the carrier foil to prepare the carrier-attached copper foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Yu-Chung CHEN, Yi-Ling Lo, Hung-Kun Lee, Tzu-Ping Cheng
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Publication number: 20120088153Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high-ductility, high-purity aluminum foil at a high film formation rate by electrolysis using a plating solution having a low chlorine concentration. A method for producing an aluminum foil of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that an aluminum film is formed on a surface of a substrate by electrolysis using a plating solution at least containing (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of an ammonium halide, a hydrogen halide salt of a primary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a secondary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a tertiary amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by a general formula: R1R2R3R4N.X (wherein R1 to R4 independently represent an alkyl group and X represents a counteranion for the quaternary ammonium cation), and then the film is removed from the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Hoshi, Setsuo Andou
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Patent number: 8137526Abstract: A method of growing a crystalline nanowire is disclosed. The method includes providing a pair of electrodes, immersing the electrode pair in a salt solution, and selectively applying a voltage signal to the electrode pair to induce growth of the nanowire between the electrode pairs.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State UniversityInventors: Bret N. Flanders, Ishan Talukdar, Birol Ozturk, Prem Singh Thapa
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Publication number: 20110256386Abstract: A hexagonal boron nitride thin film is grown on a metal surface of a growth substrate and then annealed. The hexagonal boron nitride thin film is coated with a protective support layer and released from the metal surface. The boron nitride thin film together with the protective support layer can then be transferred to any of a variety of arbitrary substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yumeng Shi, Jing Kong, Christoph Hamsen, Lain-Jong Li
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Patent number: 7998329Abstract: A porous nickel foil for a negative electrode of an alkaline battery formed by an electrolytic deposition method, wherein the porous nickel foil is flexible and has a thickness of 10-35 ?m and a Vickers hardness of 70-130. An electrodeposition drum for producing porous metal foil by an electrolytic deposition method including a drum having a surface onto which metal foil is deposited, a plurality of holes formed in the surface and an insulating resin filled in the holes, wherein the ratio of depth L and diameter D (L/D) of the hole is at least 1 and no clearance, into which deposited metal otherwise cuts in a wedge shape, exists at the boundary between the insulating resin filled in the hole and an opening edge of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Shiota, Ryoichi Noumi, Kunihiro Fukui, Masanari Kimoto
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Publication number: 20110162968Abstract: The object of the disclosure is to provide a nano-scale molecular assembly such as a conductive nano-wire. Specifically, there is provided an electrochemical apparatus for forming a molecular assembly, including two electrodes and an electrochemical cell holding an electrolytic solution and the two electrodes, wherein the gap between the two electrodes is from 1 nm to 100 ?m, by allowing the electrochemical cell to hold an electrolytic solution containing molecules that is to constitute the molecular assembly, and applying a voltage across the two electrodes in the state wherein the electrolyte and the two electrodes are in contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: National Institutes of Information & Communications TechnologyInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Tohru Kubota, Shinro Mashiko
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Patent number: 7964080Abstract: The invention relates to a turning device for metal deposits used in combination with a separating device, comprising at least one turnable receiving unit mounted on a rotating axle under the separating device and in the vicinity of at least one conveyor, guiding means for guiding a metal deposit to a receiving unit acting as a turning device and means for rotating the receiving unit. The invention also relates to a method for handling metal deposits.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Outotec OyjInventor: Bengt Mörnholm
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Patent number: 7923390Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
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Publication number: 20100305516Abstract: Side-ported microneedles are produced from a suitably shaped microneedle mould (40). A microneedle mould base (32) is made with a number of microneedle mould recesses (30) in it. One surface of the microneedle mould base (32) is coated with a seed layer (34). The microneedle mould base (32) contains two microneedle mould sheets (24, 26), which are separated to gain access to an internal surface of one of the microneedle mould sheets (24, 26). Side-port forming channels (38) are formed on one of the internal surfaces, intersecting with the recesses (30) within the relevant microneedle mould sheet (24). The two microneedle mould sheets (24, 26) are placed back together and joined together as a unitary microneedle mould (40). The microneedles are formed in the recesses (30) by depositing a microneedle layer (44) therein and on the surface with the seed layer (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Yuan Xu, Minghua Wang, Mei Ma Chen, Zhongli Li, Chee Yen Lim, Pei Ying Joyce Tan
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Publication number: 20100276290Abstract: A patterning method includes supplying an imprint material made of a dielectric in an uncured state onto a workpiece, producing a potential difference between the workpiece and a conductive pattern portion of a template opposed to the workpiece to induce dielectric polarization in the imprint material before curing the imprint material, bringing the pattern portion into contact with the imprint material in the uncured state, curing the imprint material with the pattern portion brought into contact with the imprint material, and stripping the template from the imprint material after curing the imprint material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Masamitsu Itoh
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Patent number: 7816015Abstract: A composite copper foil having three layers of a supporting metal layer, an exfoliating layer and a thin copper layer, wherein one surface of the exfoliating layer comprises, as a main component, an alloy of tungsten or an alloy of molybdenum and the other surface thereof comprises, as a main component, a metal oxide containing tungsten or a metal oxide containing molybdenum. The composite copper foil is free from undesired swelling, separation or falling of the supporting metal layer during heating and working at a high temperature, and the supporting metal layer can be exfoliated from the thin copper layer with case, after the heating and the working.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Nippon Denkai, Ltd.Inventor: Yuushi Sato
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Publication number: 20100258443Abstract: A cost-effective and highly reproducible method of fabricating nanowires, and small gaps or spacings in nanowires is disclosed. The nanogaps bridge an important size regime between 1 nm and 100 nm. The nanogaps can be selectively predetermined to be as small as 1.0 nm, or larger than 1000 nm. These electrode gaps can be useful in preparing molecular electronic devices that involve making electrical contact to individual molecules, such as biomolecules, or small clusters of molecules. Microelectrodes having nanogaps for electrical and magnetic applications formed by the method, and as well as biosensors and their use in detecting a biological species, such as DNA, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: John T. Fourkas, Michael J. Naughton, Richard A. Farrer
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Publication number: 20100243456Abstract: A molten salt bath contains tungsten and has a water content of 100 ppm or less and an iron content of 500 ppm or less. The molten salt bath from which high-quality tungsten can be stably deposited, a method for preparing the molten salt bath, and a tungsten film are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Koji NITTA, Masatoshi Majima, Shinji Inazawa
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Patent number: 7794634Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing nanotubes from coaxial jets of immiscible liquids or poorly-miscible liquids. The purpose of the invention is to produce hollow fibers (nanotubes) or composite fibers having diameters ranging from a few micras to tens of nanometers and comprising walls, in the case of nanotubes, with a thickness ranging from hundreds of nanometers to a few nanometers. The inventive nanotube-formation method involves the generation of coaxial nanojets of two liquids using electrohydrodynamic technology.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de MalagaInventors: Antonio Barrero Ripoll, Ignacio Gonzáles Loscertales, Manuel Márquez Sánchez
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Patent number: 7731831Abstract: A composite material useful for the manufacture of a circuit has a support layer, a metal foil layer having opposing first and second sides and a thickness of 15 microns or less and a release layer effective to facilitate separation of the metal foil layer from the support layer, the release layer disposed between and contacting both the support layer and the metal foil layer. A reactive element containing layer, which may be the support layer, effective to react with gaseous elements or compounds to form thermally stable compounds contacts the release layer. The composite material is preferably subjected to a low temperature heat treatment. The combination of the low temperature heat treatment and the reactive element containing layer results in reduced defects including blisters in the copper foil during subsequent processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: GBC Metals, L.L.C.Inventors: William L. Brenneman, Szuchain F. Chen
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Publication number: 20100120205Abstract: A manufacturing method of a wiring board and a semiconductor device at low cost and by a simple process, without performing complicated steps many times is proposed. Furthermore, a manufacturing method of a wiring board at low cost and with fewer adverse effects on the environment, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using the wiring board are proposed. A pattern of a conductive material is formed over a first substrate, a conductive film is formed over the pattern by an electrolytic plating process, the pattern and the conductive film are separated, an IC chip including at least one thin film transistor is formed over a second substrate, and the conductive film is electrically connected to the IC chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Maruyama, Tomoyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20100071811Abstract: Amorphous Fe100-a-bPaMb foil, preferably in the form of a free-standing foil, process for its production by electrodeposition or electroforming of an aqueous plating solution, and its uses as a constitutive element of a transformer, generator, motor, pulse applications and magnetic shieldings. “a” is a real number ranging from 13 to 24, b is a real number ranging from 0 to 4, and M is at least one transition element other than Fe. The amorphous Fe100-a-bPaMb foil has the properties of being amorphous as established by the X-ray diffraction method, an average thickness greater than 20 micrometers, a tensile strength in the range of 200-1100 MPa, an electrical resistivity of over 120 ??cm, and at least one of a high saturation induction (Bs) greater than 1.4 T, a coercive field (Hc) of less than 40 A/m, a loss (W60), at power frequencies (60 Hz), and for a peak induction of at least 1.35 T, of less than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBECInventors: Robert Lacasse, Estelle Potvin, Michel Trudeau, Julian Cave, Francois Allaire, Georges Houlachi
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Patent number: 7678257Abstract: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution, containing as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a compound in which the nitrogen of an acrylic type compound having a dialkylamino group is quaternized, or copolymerizing the compound with another compound having an unsaturated bond, and an electrolytic copper foil manufactured using this electrolytic solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
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Publication number: 20100059383Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for forming topographic features on a surface of a polymer layer comprising: a polymer layer (1); a substrate (2) comprising a conductor, a first surface (1a) of the polymer layer (1) being provided on the substrate (2); and at least one electrode (3) which, when the device is in use, interacts with a second surface (1b) of the polymer layer (1), wherein, when in use, the device is operable to apply a first electrical potential (P1) to the at least one electrode (3) relative to the substrate (2), thereby to cause a protrusion (4) to be formed on the second surface (1b) of the polymer layer (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann, Armin W. Knoll
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Patent number: 7666290Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a textured metal strip. In order to be able to implement a method of this type in a comparatively simple manner and thus cost-effectively, a metal layer (4) is galvanically produced on a textured substrate (1) having electrical conductivity, and the metal layer (4), while producing the textured strip (4a), is removed from the substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ursus Kruger, Marc de Vogelaere
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Publication number: 20100038115Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrodeposited copper foil which has a lower profile and a higher gloss than low-profile electrodeposited copper foil conventionally supplied in markets. For achieving this object, the present invention employs an electrodeposited copper foil which has a super low profile, the surface roughness (Rzjis) of the deposit side of lower than 1.0-micron meter, and the gloss [Gs(60-deg.)] thereof of not lower than 400 irrespective to its thickness. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of an electrodeposited copper foil obtained by electrodeposition using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid and/or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTDInventors: Mitsuyoshi Matsuda, Hisao Sakai, Sakito Tomonaga, Makoto Dobashi