Liquid Extraction Of Coating Constituent Or Cleaning Coating Patents (Class 427/352)
  • Patent number: 10879488
    Abstract: An encapsulation structure, an encapsulation method and an electronic device are provided. The encapsulation structure includes an inorganic layer, an aluminum carbon layer and an organic layer. The aluminum carbon layer is on the inorganic layer and contacts with the inorganic layer; the organic layer is on the aluminum carbon layer and contacts with the aluminum carbon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingying Song
  • Patent number: 9945069
    Abstract: A textile having high fluorine adhesion rate, and excellent water- and oil-repellency can be obtained by a method of producing a treated textile, comprising steps of: (1) preparing a treatment liquid comprising a water- and oil-repellent agent which comprises at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing polymer or a fluorine-containing low molecular weight compound, (2) adjusting pH of the treatment liquid to at most 7, (3) applying the treatment liquid to a textile, (4) treating the textile with steam, and (5) washing the textile with water and dehydrating the textile, wherein the treatment liquid comprises a thermally gelling substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisako Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Usugaya
  • Patent number: 9720140
    Abstract: Provided is an optical film containing a cellulose derivative, the optical film having an in-plane retardation Ro550 within the range of 120 to 160 nm measured at a wavelength of 550 nm under an atmosphere of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 55%, and a ratio Ro450/Ro550 within the range of 0.65 to 0.99, Ro450/Ro550 being a ratio of an in-plane retardation Ro450 measured at a wavelength of 450 nm to the in-plane retardation Ro550 measured at a wavelength of 550 nm, wherein, a substituent of a glucose skeleton in the cellulose derivative satisfies the requirements (a) and (b) which are described in the specification, and the optical film contains a compound A satisfying the following condition defined by Expression (a1) which is described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Rie Fujisawa, Hiroyoshi Kiuchi, Kiyoshi Fukusaka, Takatugu Suzuki, Hiroshi Kita
  • Patent number: 9484273
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for measuring impurities on a wafer and a method of measuring impurities on a wafer. The apparatus includes: a wafer aligning device for aligning a wafer; a loading robot for moving and loading the aligned wafer; a rotation stage for rotating the loaded wafer; a scan robot for holding a natural oxide layer etching solution for the wafer and a metallic impurity recovery solution; and a container for receiving a predetermined etching solution and a recovery solution, wherein the scan robot removes an oxide layer on an edge region of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG SILTRON INC.
    Inventor: Seung Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9073083
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions useful as pretreatments prior to painting and to reduce the formation of rust in the uncoated condition consist essentially of water, an organo-functional silane, a compound of a Group IV-B element, and optionally a polyvinyl alcohol, stabilizing agents, wetting agents, thickeners, and biocides, and have an alkaline pH>7. A process for treating a metal surface includes contacting the surface with such an aqueous composition. The compositions and processes were found to have further benefits in comparison to the zinc phosphate metal pretreatment thought to be the standard in the industry. Preferably, the pH of the compositions is alkaline, which has been found to improve the efficacy of a silane as a surface treatment to improve uniformity of paint adhesion. By operating in the alkaline pH range, it was found that flash rusting and/or blush rust were significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Bulk Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted M. Schlosser, José B. Rivera
  • Publication number: 20150119238
    Abstract: A method for marking an item including a shape memory polymer (SMP) having a visual readable and/or machine readable graphic element on the surface of the item. The method includes pretreating the surface of the item; colouring the surface of the item with a dye solution containing an organic dye and an organic solvent; cleaning and drying the surface of the item; and engraving by at least partially ablating the surface of the item. The dyeing process is suitable for colouring the surface of a shape memory polymer (SMP), wherein the information is engraved in a form of a code or other label on the coloured surface. The colouring causes an increased contrast and thus facilitates machine readability of marking and coding without affecting the other properties of the SMP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten Pretsch, Melanie Ecker, Markus Schildhauer
  • Publication number: 20150072066
    Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and compositions for antimicrobial silver compositions comprising silver nanoparticles. The present invention further comprises compositions for preparing silver nanoparticles comprising at least one stabilizing agent, one or more silver compounds, at least one reducing agent and a solvent. In one aspect, the stabilizing agent comprises a surfactant or a polymer. The polymer may comprise polymers such as polyacrylamides, polyurethanes, and polyamides. In one aspect, the silver compound comprises a salt comprising a silver cation and an anion. The anion may comprise saccharinate derivatives, long chain fatty acids, and alkyl dicarboxylates. The methods of the present invention comprise treating devices with the silver nanoparticle compositions, including, but not limited to, such devices as woven wound care materials, catheters, patient care devices, and collagen matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Bhalchandra M. Karandikar, Bruce L. Gibbins, Kenneth A. Cornell
  • Publication number: 20150010708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metallic surfaces with a composition containing silane/silanol/siloxane/polysiloxane, the composition consisting essentially of a) at least one compound selected from silanes, silanols, siloxanes and polysiloxanes, b) at least two compounds selected from compounds containing titanium, hafnium, zirconium, aluminium and/or boron, and optionally c) at least one type of cation selected from cations of metals of subgroups 1 to 3 and 5 to 8, including lanthanides, and of main group 2 of the periodic table of the elements, and/or at least one corresponding compound, d) at least one organic compound selected from monomers, oligomers, polymers, copolymers and block copolymers, and/or e) at least one substance that influences the pH, as well as f) water, and g) optionally at least one organic solvent. The invention further relates to corresponding aqueous compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas KOLBERG, Manfred WALTER, Peter SCHUBACH
  • Publication number: 20140314957
    Abstract: A substrate plating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate holder; a plating bath configured to plate a surface of the substrate in a plating solution; a cleaning bath configured to clean the substrate holder and the substrate with a cleaning liquid; an inner shell disposed in the cleaning bath and configured to house the substrate holder holding the substrate therein; and a cleaning liquid supply conduit configured to supply a cleaning liquid into the inner shell to clean the substrate, together with the substrate holder, with the cleaning liquid. The inner shell has an inner surface having an uneven configuration that follows an uneven exterior configuration of the substrate holder holding the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio MINAMI, Masaaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140302304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, the use thereof and a method for producing highly porous, crystalline surface coatings comprising at least two spraying devices operating in sequential sequence for applying coating agents from the storage vessels (3, 4) to a material arranged on a sample holder (1) and at least one rinsing device (5, 13, 16) for removing unbound molecules from the coated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Christof Woell, Osama Shekhah, Matthias Franzreb, Hasan Arslan, Jonas Wohlgemuth, Roland Fischer
  • Patent number: 8828488
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a thin film consisting of nanosheet monolayer film(s) and use of the thin film obtained thereby. The method for producing a thin film consisting of nanosheet monolayer film(s) by a spin coat method according to the invention comprises a step for preparing an organic solvent sol formed by allowing nanosheets obtained by the exfoliation of an inorganic layered compound to be dispersed in an organic solvent; and a step for dropping the organic solvent sol onto a substrate and rotating the substrate using a spin coater. Preferably, the nanosheet size, the organic solvent sol concentration and the spin coater rotation speed are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute For Materials Science
    Inventors: Takayoshi Sasaki, Kazuko Saruwatari, Kazuaki Matsuba, Kousyo Akatsuka, Yasuo Ebina, Minoru Osada
  • Patent number: 8829154
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple, non-destructive and versatile method that enables layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to be performed on virtually any substrate. A novel catechol-functionalized polymer which adsorbs to virtually all surfaces and can serve as a platform for LbL assembly in a surface-independent fashion is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Haeshin Lee, Yuhan Lee, Zhongqiang Liu, Lesley Hamming
  • Publication number: 20140248512
    Abstract: A method of repairing or manufacturing a superalloy component (50) by depositing a plurality of layers (22, 24, 26, 28) of additive superalloy material having a property that is different than an underlying original superalloy material (30). The property that is changed between the original material and the additive material may be material composition, grain structure, principal grain axis, grain boundary strengthener, and/or porosity, for example. A region (60) of the component formed of the additive material will exhibit an improved performance when compared to the original material, such as a greater resistance to cracking (58).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Kamel, Gerald J. Bruck, Dhafer Jouini
  • Patent number: 8808798
    Abstract: A coating method includes supplying a coating liquid from a coating nozzle onto a front side central portion of a substrate held on a substrate holding member, rotating the substrate holding member about a vertical axis to spread the coating liquid toward a peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force and thereby form a film of the coating liquid, forming a liquid film of a process liquid for preventing a contaminant derived from the coating liquid from being deposited or left on a back side peripheral portion of the substrate, and damping a vertical wobble of the peripheral portion of the substrate being rotated, by a posture regulating mechanism, while delivering a gas from delivery holes onto a back side region of the substrate on an inner side of the peripheral portion on which the liquid film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitano, Koichi Obata, Hiroichi Inada, Nobuhiro Ogata
  • Patent number: 8784991
    Abstract: A composition and a method for coating metallic surfaces with a silane/silanol/siloxane/polysiloxane-containing composition, whereby the composition contains a) at least one compound selected from the silanes, silanols, siloxanes and polysiloxanes, b) at least two compounds selected from titanium-, hafnium-, zirconium-, aluminum- or boron-containing compounds, optionally c) at least one type of cation selected from cations of metals of the 1st to 3rd and 5th to 8th sub-groups including the lanthanides and the 2nd main group of the periodic table of the elements or at least one corresponding compound, d) at least one organic compound selected from monomers, oligomers, polymers, copolymers and block copolymers or e) at least one substance affecting the pH value, water and optionally at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kolberg, Manfred Walter, Peter Schubach
  • Patent number: 8765229
    Abstract: A method for producing a porous thin film with variable transmittance, includes placing a polymer into an oven for an drying process to remove water vapor from the polymer and obtain a dry polymer; mixing the dry polymer, a salt and a solvent in accordance with a mixing ratio so as to obtain a first mixed solution; placing the first mixed solution into an ultrasonic vibrator, dissolving the salt to form a second mixed solution; coating the second mixed solution on a glass plate to form a solution thin film; placing solution thin film into an exhaust cabinet to obtain a composite thin film; and washing the composite thin film to remove the salt from the composite thin film to obtain a porous thin film wherein the polymer is a polyacrylonitrile, the salt is a lithium chloride, the porous thin film changes its transmittance via dry and wet state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Wen-Kuang Hsu, Ying-Tzu Chen
  • Patent number: 8758855
    Abstract: A coating film forming apparatus that holds a substrate upon a spin chuck and forms a coating film by supplying a chemical liquid upon a top surface of said substrate comprises: an outer cup provided detachably to surround the spin chuck; an inner cup provided detachably to surround a region underneath the substrate held upon the chuck; a cleaning nozzle configured to supply a cleaning liquid for cleaning a peripheral edge part of the substrate, such that the cleaning liquid is supplied to a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the substrate; a cutout part for nozzle mounting, the cutout part being provided to the inner cup to engage with the cleaning nozzle; and a cleaning liquid supply tube connected to the cleaning nozzle, the cleaning nozzle being detachable to the cutout part in a state in which the cleaning liquid supply tube is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogata, Hiroichi Inada, Taro Yamamoto, Akihiro Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140079884
    Abstract: The disclosure provides materials, apparatuses, and methods for making multilayer coatings with a high degree of efficiency and control. In some aspects, for example, coatings are described having multiple layers of nanoparticles and a polyelectrolyte, wherein the nanoparticles form tightly packed monolayers. The interface between monolayers may include polyelectrolyte material. One or more aspects of such monolayers and interfaces are controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Svaya Nanotechnologies, Inc
    Inventors: Kevin Krogman, J. Wallace Parce, Melissa Fardy, Siglinde Schmid, Thomas Workman, Thomas Fong, William E. Jarvis, Benjamin Wang
  • Patent number: 8668958
    Abstract: A mascara applicator brush is provided, including polymer bristles which are coated with a germicidal composition. The aforementioned composition is made from a mixture based on at least one large cation and at least one large anion, in which one or both develop germicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Strand Cosmetics Europe
    Inventors: Dominique Bouvier, Emmanuelle Couval, Gaelle Bouland, Christelle Darier, Aurélie Gervon
  • Publication number: 20140054221
    Abstract: A membrane with rejection properties for mono and divalent-salts, BOD and COD good resistance to cleaning chemicals and maintaining high permeability for water. A polymeric coating prepared from polydopamine or hydroquinone or catechol or mixtures thereof, is deposited. In another embodiment, coating process steps and conditions are taught to achieve thickness control to tune the rejection properties of the membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED HYDRO INC
    Inventors: Dileep Agnihotri, Xiaofei Huang, Hua Li
  • Patent number: 8642118
    Abstract: The present invention can easily provide a method of manufacturing a pattern electrode with excellent electroconductivity and excellent transparency and a pattern electrode manufactured according to the method. The method of manufacturing a pattern electrode is characterized in that it comprises the steps of forming on a substrate an electroconductive layer containing metal nanowires, and carrying out pattern printing on the electroconductive layer employing a metal nanowire removing solution, followed by washing with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Goto, Akihiko Takeda, Kazuaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8632858
    Abstract: The photocuring efficiency of a photoinitiator is increased by mixing it with an organic phosphite and an aldehyde. This mixture or photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Deepak Shukla
  • Publication number: 20130323518
    Abstract: A coating process, a coating, and a coated component are disclosed. The coating process includes providing a MCrAlY substrate, applying a thermal barrier coating to the MCrAlY substrate, applying a flash layer to the thermal barrier coating, the flash layer including an inert ceramic, applying a reaction product deposition onto the thermal barrier coating, the reaction product deposition including reaction products selected from the group consisting of a magnesium oxide compound, a magnesium orthovanadate compound, a magnesium vanadate compound, a magnesium pyrovanadate compound, a magnesium sulfate compound, and combinations thereof. The reaction products are by-products of a doped fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Surinder Singh PABLA, Gilbert Otto KRAEMER, Richard Todd EVERHART, William Francis CARNELL, JR.
  • Patent number: 8586145
    Abstract: Methods and treatment compositions for imparting durable antimicrobial properties to carpet are provided. The method includes applying a composition comprising a first antimicrobial compound and a fluoropolymer to the carpet substrate. The carpet substrate may be steamed thereafter. The treatment composition may comprise a fluoropolymer, an antimicrobial compound selected from a group consisting of zinc pyrithione, a silver-containing antimicrobial compound and combinations thereof, and a foamer. Carpet products treated with the treatment composition or treated in accordance with the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Beaulieu Group, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Mull, James Lesslie, Danny S. Wade
  • Patent number: 8580348
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating textile material to confer flame retardant properties, the method comprising the steps of impregnating the material with an aqueous solution of a treatment agent which is a poly(hydroxyorgano)phosphonium compound; drying the impregnated material; curing the dried impregnated material with ammonia to produce a cured, water-insoluble polymer which is mechanically fixed within the fibers of the material; oxidizing the cured polymer to convert trivalent phosphorus to pentavalent phosphorus; and washing and drying the material; wherein one or both of steps (d) and (e) result in the co-production of an aqueous effluent; and wherein the conditions are controlled such that the atomic ratio of N:P present on the material increases during step (c) by 0.8 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Geoffrey Hand, Robert Hicklin
  • Publication number: 20130287955
    Abstract: The present invention describes the highly advantageous properties of a mixture of thiol-perfluoropolyether (PFPE) molecules with perfluorinated bisphosphonic (PF-BP) compounds. This mixture makes it possible in effect to obtain a lipophobic behaviour (also referred to as “epilame” effect) with common watch-making lubricants on all the materials tested, including metals, inter alia gold and alloys thereof, ceramics and semiconductors, and gives the surface treated a good resistance to ageing and to cleaning products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: David Portet, Gregory Lecollinet
  • Publication number: 20130273797
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrically conductive polymers grafted to the surface of insulating polymers. Simultaneous polymerization and grafting reactions of conducting precursors form conductive polymer layers that dramatically increase the electrical conductivity of the respective insulating polymer films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: SIMONA PERCEC, CONOR GORDON BOLAS
  • Patent number: 8551568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple, non-destructive and versatile method that enables layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to be performed on virtually any substrate. A novel catechol-functionalized polymer which adsorbs to virtually all surfaces and can serve as a platform for LbL assembly in a surface-independent fashion is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Haeshin Lee, Yuhan Lee, Zhongqiang Liu, Lesley Hamming
  • Publication number: 20130256263
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes: forming a functional layer having a functional group to cross-link a first polymer on a substrate; forming a diblock copolymer layer having the first polymer and a second polymer on the functional layer; self-assembling the diblock copolymer layer to form a self-assembled layer, the self-assembled layer having a first domain corresponding to the first polymer, and a plurality of second domains corresponding to the second polymer and surrounded by or interposed in the first domain; cross-linking the first polymer in the self-assembled layer with the functional group in the functional layer to form a bonding layer disposed in the self-assembled layer and bonded to the functional layer; and washing or etching the self-assembled layer to remain the bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoko KIHARA, Hiroyuki Hieda, Akiko Yuzawa, Norikatsu Sasao, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Kamata
  • Publication number: 20130202800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous alkaline composition (A) for alkaline passivation of metallic components comprising at least in part surfaces of zinc or zinc alloys, containing iron(III) ions, phosphate ions, and one or more complexing agents, where a free alkalinity ranges from 1 to 6 points, and the pH is at least 11. The aqueous compositions (A) can additionally contain nonionic surfactants, so that such compositions are suitable for use in a method in which both cleaning and alkaline passivation of the metallic component occur in one step. The present invention further relates to a method for alkaline passivation of metallic components by contacting them with composition (A), and further a method for surface treatment in automobile body production, in which the alkaline passivation step using composition (A) is followed by an acid passivation step using a composition (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KG aA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem BROUWER, Jens KROEMER, William E. FRISTAD, Annette WILLER
  • Patent number: 8455042
    Abstract: A method for making a material useful in an optoelectronic device comprises: providing a mixture of a polytriarylamine and a compound; forming a film of the mixture; and treating the film; wherein the compound comprises at least one functional group selected from arylamine and arylphosphine and at least two functional groups selected from vinyl, allyl, vinyl ether, epoxy, and acrylate. The materials made and the optoelectronic device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Qing Ye, Cheryl Louise Jones, Hideo Taka
  • Publication number: 20130122218
    Abstract: A ceramic sprayed member comprises a substrate and a ceramic sprayed coating thereon. Splats have been removed from the surface of the sprayed coating, typically by blasting. The ceramic sprayed member with improved plasma resistance mitigates particle contamination of wafers and enables stable manufacture when used in a halogen plasma process for semiconductor fabrication or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130115262
    Abstract: A substrate with an electron donating surface, characterized in having metal particles on said surface, said metal particles having palladium and at least one metal selected from gold, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, or platinum, wherein the amount of said metal particles is from about 0.001 to about 8 ?g/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BACTIGUARD AB
    Inventor: Bactiguard AB
  • Publication number: 20130095314
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of immobilizing carbon nanotubes on a surface, wherein the method comprises: (1) mixing carbon nanotubes with a superacid to form a carbon nanotube solution; and (2) exposing the carbon nanotube solution to the surface. The exposing results in the immobilization of the carbon nanotubes on the surface. In some embodiments, the method occurs without the utilization of carbon nanotube wrapping molecules. Other embodiments of the present invention pertain to systems that comprise immobilized carbon nanotubes on a surface, as developed by the aforementioned methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Angel A. Marti-Arbona, Avishek Saha, Matteo Pasquali
  • Patent number: 8361553
    Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and compositions comprising metal nanoparticles. The invention comprises metal nanoparticles and surfaces treated with a metal nanoparticle coating. The present invention further comprises compositions for preparing nanoparticles comprising at least one stabilizing agent, one or more metal compounds, at least one reducing agent and a solvent. In one aspect, the stabilizing agent comprises a surfactant or a polymer. The polymer may comprise polymers such as polyacrylamides, polyurethanes, and polyamides. In one aspect, the metal compound comprises a salt comprising a metal cation and an anion. The anion may comprise saccharinate derivatives, long chain fatty acids, and alkyl dicarboxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhalchandra M. Karandikar, Bruce L. Gibbins
  • Publication number: 20130017332
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple, non-destructive and versatile method that enables layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to be performed on virtually any substrate. A novel catechol-functionalized polymer which adsorbs to virtually all surfaces and can serve as a platform for LbL assembly in a surface-independent fashion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventor: Northwestern University
  • Patent number: 8343578
    Abstract: A method and associated structure. A substrate is provided. The substrate has an energetically neutral corrugated surface layer. A film is formed on the corrugated surface layer. The film includes a combination of a di-block copolymer and a stiffening compound. The di-block copolymer includes lamellar microdomains of a first polymer block and lamellar microdomains of a second polymer block. The stiffening compound is dissolved within the first polymer block. At least one lamellar microdomain is removed from the film such that an oriented structure remains on the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ho-Cheol Kim, Charles Thomas Rettner
  • Patent number: 8303853
    Abstract: A method using a chemical synthesis method to produce a metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite having fine metallic nanoparticles that are uniformly dispersed at a high density in a solidified matrix, a metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite, and a plasmon waveguide using this composite are provided. Thus, a method including: preparing a precursor solution, applying the precursor solution onto a substrate, and then hydrolyzing the precursor solution to form an oxide film having fine pores, bringing the oxide film into contact with an acidic aqueous solution of tin chloride to chemically adsorb Sn2+ ions in the fine pores, removing an excess of the Sn2+ ions, bringing the oxide film into contact with an aqueous metal chelate solution to precipitate metallic nanoparticles in the fine pores, and removing an excess of ions of the metal is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Miho Maruyama, Kenji Todori, Tsukasa Tada, Reiko Yoshimura, Yasuyuki Hotta, Ko Yamada, Masakazu Yamagiwa
  • Publication number: 20120273460
    Abstract: A random copolymer having a structure represented by the following Formula 1: wherein R is phosphonic acid, Me is a methyl group, x is a number of styrene units, and y is a number of methyl methacrylate units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Hyuck KANG, Su-Mi LEE, Eun-Ae KWAK, Moon-Gyu LEE, Bong-Jin MOON, Suk-Ho KIM, Ju-Hee KIM, Won-Tae JOO
  • Publication number: 20120269973
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an automated apparatus capable of spray depositing polyelectrolytes via the LbL mechanism with minimal or no human interaction. In certain embodiments, the apparatus sprays atomized polyelectrolytes onto a vertically oriented substrate. To counteract the effects of irregular spray patterns, the substrate is preferably slowly rotated about a central axis. In certain embodiments, the apparatus also includes a forced pathway for the droplets, such as a pathway created by using a vacuum. In this way, a thicker or three-dimensional substrate can be coated. In certain embodiments, the apparatus is designed so as to be scalable. Thus, through the use of multiple instantiations of the apparatus, a large or irregularly shaped substrate can be coated. Rolls of textile can therefore be coated using the apparatus. Additionally, the present invention includes a method to uniformly coat a substrate, such as a hydrophobic textile material, using aqueous solutions of polyelectrolytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kevin C. Krogman, Paula T. Hammond, Nicole S. Zacharia
  • Publication number: 20120255898
    Abstract: A polyamide membrane comprising reaction product of an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, at least one polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst; and an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional aromatic amine-reactive reactant comprising one ring. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising the polyamide membrane on a porous support. A method of making a composite semipermeable membrane by coating a porous support with an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, a polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst, to form an activated pre-polymer layer on the porous support and contacting the activated pre-polymer layer with an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive reactant to interfacially condense the amine-reactive reactant with the polyfunctional secondary amine, thereby forming a cross-linked, interfacial polyamide layer on the porous support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Eltron Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne E. Buschmann
  • Patent number: 8277884
    Abstract: There is provided a coating and processing apparatus including a spin chuck horizontally holding a quadrangular substrate and rotating the substrate in a horizontal plane, a coating solution nozzle for supplying a coating solution to a front surface of the substrate horizontally held by the spin chuck, and a solvent supply mechanism provided in the spin chuck for supplying a solvent to a back surface of the substrate, in which the solvent supplied to the back surface of the substrate is allowed to reach the back surface and side surface of each of corners of the substrate by centrifugal force, thereby removing the coating solution attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Kobayashi, Tetsushi Miyamoto, Masahito Hamada, Masatoshi Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20120244385
    Abstract: A surface treating method of a metal housing includes the following steps. First, a workpiece is provided. The workpiece includes a surface formed by a metal material. Thereafter, the workpiece is pre-treated to clean the surface of the metal material. Next, a titanium diffusion treating is performed on the workpiece to form a titanium-containing diffusion layer on the surface of the metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MU-CHI HSU, SHAO-MING FU
  • Patent number: 8182874
    Abstract: A process for coating a metallic surface by contacting the metallic surface with a first coating composition to form a first coating on the metallic surface, wherein the first coating composition contains water and at least one compound a) selected from a silane, a silanol, a siloxane and a polysiloxane. The first coating is the rinsed with an aqueous surfactant-containing fluid without drying so that the at least one compound a) does not condense before the rinsing step. The silane, silanol, siloxane or polysiloxane is capable of condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kolberg, Manfred Walter, Peter Schubach
  • Patent number: 8182866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a substrate which is coated with a mesoporous layer and to the use thereof in ophthalmic optics. The inventive method comprises the following steps comprising: preparing a precursor sol containing (i) a precursor agent that is selected from compounds having formula M(X)4 (I), in which X is a hydrolysable group and M represents silicon or a tetravalent metal and mixtures thereof, (ii) at least one organic solvent, (iii) at least one pore-forming agent and (iv) water; depositing a film of the precursor sol on a main surface of the substrate; optionally consolidating the mesoporous structure of the deposited film; eliminating the pore-forming agent; and recovering the substrate coated with the mesoporous layer. The method is characterized in that: (i) the pore-forming agent is eliminated at a temperature of less than or equal to 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Muriel Matheron, John Biteau, Jean-Paul Cano, Jean-Pierre Boilot, Thierry Gacoin
  • Patent number: 8173200
    Abstract: A method of coating an implantable medical device may include providing an implantable medical device, applying a polymer base to the medical device, and directing a first solution including therapeutic agent and solvent through the nozzle onto a target zone of the polymer base coating to penetrate the polymer base coating. The solution may be directed at the target zone until a predetermined concentration of the therapeutic agent can be integrated within the polymer base coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Liza J. Davis, Thomas Priebe, Kim Robertson
  • Publication number: 20120077045
    Abstract: A soil resistant laminate composition and a soil resistant treatment use composition are provided. In particular, a laminate composition comprising a multilayer composition of a clean or soiled surface and a dried layer of a soil resistant agent are disclosed. Soil resistant agents according to the invention include copolymers of a maleic/olefin, an olefin/acrylate and combinations thereof and are suitable for delivery with a detergent carrier. A kit and methods for treating a clean or soiled surface using a soil resistant laminate composition and a soil resistant treatment use composition are provided by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Erik C. Olson, Keith E. Olson, Steven E. Lentsch, Minyu Li, Catherine Hanson, Andrew Wold
  • Publication number: 20120052208
    Abstract: A self-cleaning varnish supply machine and method of using the same. The machine has a plurality of at least two cylindrical storage containers, a supply line, a return line, a pump, a compressed air supply source, a plurality of at least two outlet valves, a plurality of two inlet valves, and a compressed air supply source valve. The machine can be operated in three different modes. In the first mode, the machine can be used to supply varnish to a varnish application device. Next, the machine can be operated in an automated self-cleaning mode. Finally, the machine can be operated in a manual self-cleaning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chuanbin JIANG
  • Publication number: 20120045581
    Abstract: A hydrophobizing agent is supplied to a substrate and a surface of the substrate is hydrophobized. Thereafter, the substrate is dried. The substrate to be processed is maintained in a state of not contacting water until it is dried after being hydrophobized. Collapse of a pattern formed on the substrate surface is thereby suppressed or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiro KIMURA, Tomonori KOJIMARU, Tetsuya EMOTO, Manabu OKUTANI, Masayuki OTSUJI
  • Publication number: 20120015002
    Abstract: The disclosure provides polymers having antimicrobial activity and articles with the polymers coated thereon. The polymers include a first pendant group comprising a first quaternary ammonium component, a second pendant group comprising a nonpolar component, and a third pendant group comprising an organosilane component. The disclosure also includes methods of coating articles with the antimicrobial polymers. The methods further include the use of adhesion-promoting reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Mahfuza B. Ali, Naiyong Jing, Valeri Lirine, Pradnya V. Nagarkar, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Nancy S. Lennhoff