Abstract: Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye.

Abstract: A plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of 10 nm to 100 ?m, each of the particles having a flat surface; a magnetic metal phase containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni; and a difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the surface, the average value of the ratio of the average length within the surface with respect to the thickness being from 5-10,000. The particles include a particle having at least one of a crack in a thickness direction having a depth equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the depth, and a crack in a direction parallel to the surface having a length equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the length.

Abstract: An array of magnetic or paramagnetic micro-elements comprised of polysilsesquioxane is described having ultra-low-autofluorescence and other optical properties to improve microscopic imaging of cells or other objects present on the array. These materials are also amenable to chemical modification allowing surface attachment of affinity capture moieties or chemical reporters for selective binding or analysis of cells, macromolecules or other targets.

Abstract: A MEMS sound transducer includes a substrate, a membrane formed within the substrate, and a bending actuator applied onto the membrane. The membrane includes at least one integrated permanent magnet and is electrodynamically controllable. The bending actuator can be piezoelectrically controlled separately from the membrane.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide ferrite particles having a high magnetic permeability in a frequency band of 1 MHz to 1 GHz. Another object is to provide a resin composition containing the ferrite particles and an electromagnetic wave shielding material composed of the resin composition. The ferrite particles are composed of a single crystalline body having an average particle size of 1 to 2000 nm and has a spherical particle shape, wherein the ferrite particles contain substantially no Zn, 3 to 25 wt % of Mn, and 43 to 65 wt % of Fe, and a real part ?? of a complex magnetic permeability measured using a molding composed of the ferrite particles and a binder resin has a maximal value in a frequency band of 100 MHz to 1 GHz.

Abstract: A ferrite composition includes main-phase particles, first sub-phase particles, second sub-phase particles, and a grain boundary. At least 10% or more of the main-phase particles contain a portion whose Zn concentrations monotonously decrease from a particle surface toward a particle central part along a length of 50 nm or more. The first sub-phase particles contain Zn2SiO4. The second sub-phase particles contain SiO2. A total area ratio of the first sub-phase particles and the second sub-phase particles is 30.5% or more.

Abstract: Motor vehicles use biomagnetic sensors to determine global position by detecting Earth's geomagnetic field. Magnetosensitive bioparticles, such as magnetotactic bacteria or organelles from a magnetoreceptive eukaryotic species, are dispersed in a gel medium. The magnetosensitive bioparticles generate a local magnetic moment that changes in response to fluctuations in the immediate geomagnetic field vector, the latter of which is dependent on global position. An integrated circuit, such as an array of superconducting quantum detects changes in the local magnetic moment, and a controller thereby determines the ambient geomagnetic field vector. The controller accesses a database having a correlation of geomagnetic field vector and geolocation.

Abstract: Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a permanent magnet comprising: a plurality of aligned iron nitride nanoparticles wherein the iron nitride nanoparticles include ??-Fe16N2 phase domains; wherein a ratio of integrated intensities of an ??-Fe16N2 (004) x-ray diffraction peak to an ??-??-Fe16N2 (202) x-ray diffraction peak for the aligned iron nitride nanoparticles is greater than at least 7%, wherein the diffraction vector is parallel to alignment direction, and wherein the iron nitride nanoparticles exhibit a squareness measured parallel to the alignment direction that is greater than a squareness measured perpendicular to the alignment direction.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic recording medium including: a recording layer containing a powder of particles containing ? iron oxide, in which a ratio ((Hc(50)/Hc(25))×100) of a coercive force Hc(50) measured in a thickness direction of the magnetic recording medium at 50° C. and a coercive force Hc(25) measured in the thickness direction of the magnetic recording medium at 25° C. is 95% or greater, the coercive force Hc(25) is 200 kA/m or greater, and a squareness ratio measured in a transport direction of the magnetic recording medium is 30% or less.

Abstract: An example implantable microparticle for delivering therapeutic heat treatment comprises a generally spherical body. The body may be formed from a first material comprising a biodegradable material and a second material comprising a Curie temperature material. The biodegradable material may be a non-Curie temperature material or have a Curie temperature lower than a Curie temperature of the Curie temperature material. The first material and the second material are mixed to form a composite having a Curie temperature in the range of 35° C. and 100° C.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a CoFe2O4-WTRs composite magnetic catalyst for efficiently degrading atrazine by activating peroxymonosulfate, preparation method and application thereof. The CoFe2O4-WTRs composite magnetic catalyst is prepared by three steps: the first step is acid-leaching of WTRs, using the WTRs as iron source to provide the iron ions required for the synthesis of CoFe2O4; the second step is preparing of a precursor, synthesizing CoFe2O4 by chemical co-precipitation method and uniformly loading the prepared CoFe2O4 on the WTRs; and the third step is calcining the precursor to synthesize the CoFe2O4-WTRs composite magnetic catalyst. The catalytic performance of the CoFe2O4-WTRs composite magnetic catalyst prepared by the present invention is evaluated using PMS as an oxidant and atrazine as a target pollutant. The CoFe2O4-WTRs can efficiently remove atrazine from the actual water, exhibiting good potential for practical application.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide ferrite particles having a high saturation magnetisation, and being excellent in the dispersibility in a resin, a solvent or a resin composition, a resin composition including the ferrite particles, and a resin film composed of the resin composition. The ferrite particles are a single crystalline body having an average particle size of 1 to 2000 nm, and Mn-based ferrite particles having a spherical shape, and have a saturation magnetisation of 45 to 95 Am2/kg. The resin composition includes the ferrite particles as a filler. The resin film is composed of the resin composition.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a magneto-dielectric material comprises a polymer matrix; a plurality of hexaferrite microfibers; wherein the magneto-dielectric material has a permeability of 2.5 to 7, or 2.5 to 5 in an x-direction parallel to a broad surface of the magneto-dielectric material and a magnetic loss tangent of less than or equal to 0.03; as determined at 1 GHz, or 1 to 2 GHz.

Abstract: A method for preparing a material composition comprising a hollow transition metal oxide nanoparticle supported upon a carbon material support includes a solution impregnation process step, followed by a thermal reduction process step and finally a thermal oxidation process step. The material composition, an electrode and an electrical component such as but not limited to a battery are all predicated at least in-part upon the material composition prepared in accord with the foregoing method. The foregoing material composition, electrode, battery and method may ultimately provide a LIB with enhanced performance.

Abstract: Radiofrequency and other electronic devices can be formed from textured hexaferrite materials, such as Z-phase barium cobalt ferrite Ba3Co2Fe24O41 (Co2Z) having enhanced resonant frequency. The textured hexaferrite material can be formed by sintering fine grain hexaferrite powder at a lower temperature than conventional firing temperatures to inhibit reduction of iron. The textured hexaferrite material can be used in radiofrequency devices such as circulators or telecommunications systems.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the polyol-type synthesis of nanoparticulate magnetite starting from mixtures of Fe0 and FeIII in the presence of a mineral acid. The magnetite particles obtainable from the process have uniform size characteristics and have even presented higher SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) values than those of magnetosomes.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of forming magnetically tunable photonic crystals comprising: synthesizing one or more precursory nanoparticles with anisotropic shapes; coating the one or more anisotropic precursory nanoparticles with silica to form composite structures; converting the one or more anisotropic precursory nanoparticles into magnetic nanomaterials through chemical reactions; and assembling the anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles into photonic crystals in a solvent.

Abstract: Porous devices are provided that include a particle-containing fibrous porous matrix and a fluid absorbed in the particle-containing porous fibrous nonwoven matrix. The particle-containing fibrous porous matrix includes a porous fibrous nonwoven matrix containing first polyolefin fibers, second polyolefin fibers including poly(ethylene), and fiberglass fibers; and microorganism-binding particles. The microorganism-binding particles are enmeshed in said porous fibrous nonwoven matrix. Methods of debridement are provided including providing a porous device including a particle-containing fibrous porous matrix and wiping a wound or an area of skin with the device; and providing a porous device including a porous fibrous nonwoven matrix and wiping a wound with the device. Further, kits are provided including a sterile package containing at least one porous device, and typically also instructions for debridement.

Abstract: The present invention describes the use of nanoparticle interfaces to chemically process solid nanomaterials into ones with tailorable core-void-shell architectures. The internal void sizes are proportional to the nanoparticle size, the shell thickness and composition, and can be either symmetric or asymmetric depending on the nature of the interface, each of which is controlled by the process of making.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and processes which prevent fouling of a reactor inlet of an oligomerization reactor. The systems and processes involve placement of an inlet sleeve around at least a portion of a reactor inlet such that a curtain of inert material flows through an annular space coaxially with respect to an outer surface of the end of the reactor inlet and into the reactor.

Abstract: An oxide ceramic expressed by the general formula Sr2-xBaxCo2-yMgyFe12-zAlzO22, where 0.7?x?1.3, 0<y?0.8, and 0.8?z?1.2.

Abstract: A magnetic and thermally conductive material is provided, which includes a thermally conductive compound powder, and an iron-containing oxide at a surface of the thermally conductive compound powder, wherein the iron-containing oxide is an oxide of iron with an other metal, and the other metal is nickel, zinc, copper, cobalt, magnesium, manganese, yttrium, lithium, aluminum, or a combination thereof. A thermally conductive and dielectric layer is also provided, which includes a magnetic and thermally conductive material and a resin, wherein the thermally conductive material includes a thermally conductive compound powder, and an iron-containing oxide at a surface of the thermally conductive compound powder, wherein the iron-containing oxide is an oxide of iron with an other metal, and the other metal is nickel, zinc, copper, cobalt, magnesium, manganese, yttrium, lithium, aluminum, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation allowing oxidative dehydrogenation reactivity to be secured while increasing a first pass yield, and a method of preparing the catalyst.

Abstract: A magnetic material is pressure-molded using dies into a compact having an H-shaped cross section, constituted by a pair of flange parts that are facing each other and a web part connecting the pair of flange parts. Next, a cured product of the compact is turned around a rotational shaft passing through the center parts of the principal faces of the flange parts, and the web part is ground, to form a drum-type ground product having a pair of flange parts on both ends of a shaft part in a manner facing each other. Then, the ground product is heat-treated to obtain a drum core of a magnetic body. On the drum core, terminal electrodes are provided and a conductive wire with sheath is wound around the shaft part, after which an exterior part is given, to obtain a coil component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a ferrite magnetic substance, including: a first mixing operation of providing a first mixture composed of 47 to 49 wt % of Fe, 16 to 18 wt % of Mn, 5.2 to 7.2 wt % of Zn, and a remainder of oxygen and other inevitable impurities, a second mixing operation of providing a second mixture composed of the first mixture and an additive including, based on 100 parts by weight of the first mixture, 28 to 51 ppm of Si, 140 to 210 ppm of Nb and 155 to 185 ppm of Zr, and a finish operation of producing a ferrite magnetic substance by sintering the second mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic contrast structures for magnetic resonance imaging, and methods of their use. The contrast structures include magnetic materials arranged as a pair of disk-shaped magnetic components with a space between a circular surface of each disk shape, or a tubular magnetic structure, a substantially cylindrical magnetic structure, a substantially spherical shell-formed magnetic structure, or a substantially ellipsoidal shell-formed structure, each defining a hollow region therein. The space and/or hollow region in the contrast structure creates a spatially extended region contained within a near-field region of the contrast structure over which an applied magnetic field results in a homogeneous field, such that nuclear magnetic moments of a second material when arranged within the spatially extended region precess at a characteristic Larmor frequency, whereby the contrast structure is adapted to emit a characteristic magnetic resonance signal of the magnetic material.

Abstract: A solid state method of producing inorganic nanoparticles using glass is disclosed. The nanoparticles may not be formed until the glass is reacted with or degraded by contact with a fluid in vivo or in vitro.

Abstract: Systems and methods of manipulating a color displayed by an article of wear comprising iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains are described. Steps may include forming the article of wear from a raw material that include the chains of nanocrystals, applying a magnetic field to the raw material, applying energy to at least some of the chains of nanocrystals to soften materials within the raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to which the energy is applied, adjusting a strength of the magnetic field to control the color displayed by the raw material, removing the energy to allow the materials within the raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to harden and fix a location of the nanocrystals within the chains, and removing the magnetic field.

Abstract: Provided are: a MnZn-based ferrite which allows to have a low magnetic core loss and to suppress a time-dependent change of magnetic property under a high-temperature environment by a control of ambient oxygen concentration and an increase of the magnetic core loss, and a method for manufacturing the same. The MnZn-based ferrite is characterized in that Fe ranges from 53.25 mol % or more to 54.00 mol % or less on the basis of Fe2O3, Zn ranges from 2.50 mol % or more to 8.50 mol % or less on the basis of ZnO and Mn is the remainder on the basis of MnO, Si ranges from more than 0.001 mass % to less than 0.02 mass % on the basis of SiO2, Ca ranges from more than 0.04 mass % to less than 0.4 mass % on the basis of CaCO3, Co is less than 0.5 mass % on the basis of Co3O4, Bi is less than 0.05 mass % on the basis of Bi2O3, Ta is less than 0.05 mass % on the basis of Ta2O5, Nb is less than 0.05 mass % on the basis of Nb2O5, Ti is less than 0.3 mass % on the basis of TiO2, and Sn is less than 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, such as those including strontium. In some embodiments, oxides consistent with the stoichiometry of Sr3Co2Fe24O41, SrFe12O19 or CoFe2O4 can be used form an enhanced hexagonal ferrite material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a ferrite for use in a resistivity logging tool includes mixing a ferrite powder with a binder to provide a mixture, and pressing the mixture into a mold to form the ferrite. The mold exhibits a specific geometry corresponding to a channel defined on an inner surface of a bobbin associated with the resistivity logging tool, and the channel is arcuate and extends at an angle offset from a central axis of the bobbin. At least one of a length, a width, and a thickness of the ferrite is then adjusted to manipulate a magnetic permeability of the ferrite in a direction of a magnetic field passing through the ferrite.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to A method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite powder, which comprises heating to equal to or higher than 300° C. and pressurizing to equal to or higher than 20 MPa a hexagonal ferrite precursor-containing water-based solution, to convert the precursor to hexagonal ferrite, wherein the water-based solution comprises at least a reducing compound selected from the group consisting of a reducing inorganic compound and a reducing organic compound that have a reducing property and exist as a solid or a liquid at ordinary temperature and ordinary pressure, as well as, when the reducing compound is a reducing inorganic compound, the water-based solution further comprises an organic compound.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming such shaped masses. One embodiment provides a shaped mass comprising a drug such as a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The shaped mass is formed by compression of a precursor material comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the mass is a preserved above a minimum level. Drugs which may be incorporated into the shaped mass may include one or more glucose regulating proteins such as insulin, incretins; and immunoglobulins such as TNF-inhibiting antibodies or interleukin neutralizing antibodies. Embodiments of the shaped mass may be incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall allowing for the oral delivery of proteins and peptides which would otherwise be degraded in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, sodium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve high resonance frequencies while maintaining high permeability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material, such as Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, and methods of manufacturing. In some embodiments, sodium or potassium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve improved resonant frequencies in the range of 500 MHz to 1 GHz useful for radiofrequency applications.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties.

Abstract: Provided is a ferrite composition composed of: a main component including 23.0 to 47.0 mole % of Fe compound in terms of Fe2O3, 3.0 to 16.0 mole % of Cu compound in terms of CuO, 4.0 to 39.0 mole % of Zn compound in terms of ZnO, 1.5 to 13.0 mole % of Si compound in terms of SiO2, and a residue of Ni compound; and a subcomponent including, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component, 0.1 to 8.0 parts by weight of Co compound in terms of Co3O4 and 0.25 to 5.00 parts by weight of Bi compound in terms of Bi2O3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a suspension of agglomerates of magnetic alkoxysilane-coated metal nanoparticles, wherein an aqueous suspension of magnetic metal nanoparticles is incubated with alkoxysilane, wherein the incubation is carried out essentially in the absence of an organic solvent. The present invention further relates to suspension of agglomerates of magnetic alkoxysilane-coated metal containing nanoparticles obtainable by the method of the present invention and to a composition comprising agglomerates of magnetic alkoxysilane-coated metal nanoparticles, wherein the agglomerates have an average size of 30 to 450 nm, preferably of 50 to 350 nm and especially of 70 to 300 nm as determined by light scattering.

Abstract: An oxide ceramic represented by the general formula [Sr2?xBaxCo2?y(ZnuNi1?u)yFe12?zAlzO22]. In the formula, 0.7?x?1.3 and 0.8?z?1.2. y is 0?y?0.8 when 0.5?u?1.0 and is 0?y?1.6 when 0?u?0.5. y is preferably 0.4 or less. Further, a variable inductor as a ceramic electronic component has a component base body formed from the oxide ceramic.

Abstract: A combination capacitor and inductor employ a common volume of high permeability material for energy-storing electrical and magnetic fields thereby reducing the bulk of these components with respect to separate components of comparable value. Capacitor conductors are arranged so that while proximate to the high permeability material they provide countervailing current flows to minimize parasitic inductance exacerbated by the high permeability material.

Abstract: There is provided an iron oxide magnetic nanoparticle powder having a ferromagnetic property even if the particles have an average particle size of 15 nm or less, preferably 10 nm or less, and a method of producing the same, an iron oxide magnetic nanoparticle thin film containing the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticle powder and a method of producing the same, wherein the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles having an ?-Fe2O3 single phase, having the average particle size of 15 nm or less, and further 10 nm or less, are generated by using ?-FeO(OH) (iron oxide hydroxide) nanoparticles as a starting material, and coating the (iron oxide hydroxide) nanoparticles with silicon oxide, and applying heat treatment thereto under an atmospheric air, and further the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticle thin film is obtained by using the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermoplastic compositions that provide electromagnetic/radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) shielding characteristics to a molded article. The compositions offer improved delamination behavior. The compositions include a polycarbonate resin, a polysiloxane block co-polycarbonate, a conductive filler capable of providing EMI shielding characteristics and optionally other pigments and/or processing additives. The compositions can be used in a variety of applications such as personal computers, notebook and portable computers, cameras, or other electronic devices.

Abstract: A Faraday rotator excellent in productivity and also hardly causing an isolation function of an optical isolator to deteriorate even when the Faraday rotator is used in a high-power laser with a wavelength of 1.1 ?m or less and an output of 1 W or more. The Faraday rotator comprises a non-magnetic garnet substrate; bismuth-substituted rare-earth iron garnet films grown respectively on both surfaces of the non-magnetic garnet substrate by a liquid phase epitaxial method; and sapphire crystal substrates bonded respectively to outer surfaces of the bismuth-substituted rare-earth iron garnet films, and configured to dissipate heat. The bismuth-substituted rare-earth iron garnet films has an absorption coefficient of 9 cm?1 or less for light at a wavelength of 1.06 ?m, and that the bismuth-substituted rare-earth iron garnet films grown on the respective surfaces of the non-magnetic garnet substrate differ from each other in film thickness by 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a tri-metallic ferrite oxygen carrier for the chemical looping combustion of carbonaceous fuels. The tri-metallic ferrite oxygen carrier comprises CuxFeyMnzO4-?, where CuxFeyMnzO4-? is a chemical composition. Generally, 0.5?x?2.0, 0.2?y?2.5, and 0.2?z?2.5, and in some embodiments, 0.8?x?1.2, y?1.2, and z?0.8. The tri-metallic ferrite oxygen carrier may be used in various applications for the combustion of carbonaceous fuels, including as an oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion.

Abstract: Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye.

Abstract: Procedure for the magnetization of different inorganic surfaces, whether natural or synthetic, such as aluminosilicates, both synthetic and natural (natural zeolites, synthetic zeolites, alumina, allophane, among others) that give magnetic properties to those surfaces. Objectives of the present application are also the above mentioned surfaces, magnetized, and their different uses.

Abstract: An epsilon-type iron oxide having an Fe-site that is substituted with a platinum group element, provided that Fe of a D-site of the epsilon-type iron oxide is not substituted with the platinum group element.

Abstract: The present invention describes the use of nanoparticle interfaces to chemically process solid nanomaterials into ones with tailorable core-void-shell architectures. The internal void sizes are proportional to the nanoparticle size, the shell thickness and composition, and can be either symmetric or asymmetric depending on the nature of the interface, each of which is controlled by the process of making.