The Material Primarily Contains Inorganic Material (e.g., Chrome Yellow, Sodium Nitrite) Patents (Class 516/33)
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Patent number: 11505470Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods relating to molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Described herein are methods of producing cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Described herein are cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Further described herein are cerium-oxide nanoclusters produced by methods as described herein. Methods as described herein can comprise providing a first cerium source, an organic acid, and a solvent; and mixing the cerium source and the organic acid in the presence of a solvent to create a reaction mixture at a temperature and a pressure for a period of time to create a composition of molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters containing a plurality of molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: George Christou, Bradley Keith Russell-Webster
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Patent number: 11111145Abstract: A method for modifying a fine particle dispersion liquid with which dispersibility and dispersion stability can be improved includes performing filtration to remove impurities in a dispersion liquid using a dispersion liquid modifying device provided with a removal unit that uses a filtration membrane. The quantity of impurities is reduced from a first region until said quantity reaches a second pH-dependent region. In the second pH-dependent region, the dispersibility of the fine particles in the dispersion liquid is in a range in which the dispersibility depends more on a change in dispersion liquid pH than on a change in the quantity of impurities in the dispersion liquid. With the quantity of impurities reduced to the second pH-dependent region, the dispersibility of the fine particles is controlled by adjusting the pH of the fine particle dispersion liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Enomura, Daisuke Honda
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Patent number: 10806566Abstract: The present invention provides novel intraocular lens compositions comprising a hydroxyl functional acrylic monomer and have a high Abbe number, minimal glistenings, and suitable mechanical properties for small incision delivery.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Xuwei Jiang, Thomas A. Callaghan, Ahmad R. Hadba
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Patent number: 10000714Abstract: Aqueous and substantially crystalline iron oxide nanoparticle dispersions and processes for making them are disclosed. The nanoparticle size and size distribution width are advantageous for use in a fuel additive for catalytic reduction of soot combustion in diesel particulate filters. Nanoparticles of the aqueous colloid are transferred to a substantially non-polar liquid comprising a carboxylic acid and one or more low-polarity solvents. The transfer is achieved by mixing the aqueous and substantially non-polar materials, forming an emulsion, followed by a phase separation into a substantially metal-free remnant polar phase and a substantially non-polar organic colloid phase. A method for rapid and substantially complete transfer of non-agglomerated nanoparticles to the low polarity phase in the presence of an organic amine, and a rapid phase separation of the substantially non-polar colloid from a remnant aqueous phase, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: CERION LLCInventors: Lyn Marie Irving, David Wallace Sandford, Albert Gary DiFrancesco, Richard Kenneth Hailstone
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Patent number: 9914892Abstract: A composition contains an additive for assisting with regeneration of the PF in the form of an organic dispersion of iron particles in crystallized form and a detergent including a quaternary ammonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignees: RHODIA OPERATIONS, THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATIONInventors: Lauriane D'Alencon, Michael Lallemand, Virginie Harle, David J. Moreton, Malcolm G. J. MacDuff, Magali Pudlarz
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Patent number: 9695375Abstract: A fuel additive is formed from dispersions including an organic phase, at least one amphiphlic agent and solid objects based on particles of an iron compound in the crystallized form with a small size, as a fuel additive. The particles have an average size DDRX of less than or equal to 7 nm measured by X-ray diffraction, and at least 80% by number of the particles have a size DMET of less than or equal to 7 nm measured by transmission electron microscopy.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Lauriane D'Alencon, Michael Lallemand, Virginie Harle
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Patent number: 9669375Abstract: An improved process for producing substantially non-polar doped or un-doped cerium oxide nanoparticle dispersions is disclosed. The cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles of an aqueous colloid are transferred to a substantially non-polar liquid comprising one or more amphiphilic materials, one or more low-polarity solvents, and one or more glycol ether promoter materials. The transfer is achieved by mixing the aqueous and substantially non-polar materials, forming an emulsion, followed by a phase separation into a remnant polar solution phase and a substantially non-polar organic colloid phase. The organic colloid phase is then collected. The promoter functions to speed the transfer of nanoparticles to the low-polarity phase. The promoter accelerates the phase separation, and also provides improved colloidal stability of the final substantially non-polar colloidal dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: CERION, LLCInventors: Gary Robert Prok, Stephen Charles Williams
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Patent number: 9574095Abstract: Provided are a composition for printing for use in a printing method which uses a silicon-based blanket, including: 1) a binder resin, 2) a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point of less than 100° C., 3) a medium boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and less than 180° C., and 4) a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 180° C. or more, wherein the medium boiling point solvent and the high-boiling solvent have a difference in solubility parameter with the binder resin of 3 (cal·cm)1/2 or less, a difference in solubility parameter with the silicon-based blanket of 4 (cal·cm)1/2 or more, and a swelling parameter for the silicon-based blanket of 2 or less, and a printing method using the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Yong Goo Son, Ji Young Hwang, Beom Mo Koo, In-Seok Hwang, Seung Heon Lee, Sang Ki Chun, Jiehyun Seong, Joo Yeon Kim
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Patent number: 9574148Abstract: A composition contains an additive for assisting with the regeneration of the PF in the form of an organic dispersion of iron particles and a detergent including a polyester quaternary ammonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: RHODIA OPERATIONS, THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATIONInventors: Lauriane D'Alencon, Michael Lallemand, Virginie Harle, David J. Moreton, Malcolm G. J. MacDuff, Magali Pudlarz, Hannah Greenfield, Dean Thetford, Joanne L. Jones
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Patent number: 9393602Abstract: The present invention provides a safe, low-cost, effective composition and method for the remediation of contaminated subsurface material, the composition comprising solid alkaline material preferably in combination with stabilizing agents, that can be used to increase or maintain the pH of a subsurface zone and improve the performance of in situ treatment processes.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Solutions-IES Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Borden, Jason M. Tillotson, Mark Tony Lieberman
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Patent number: 9353243Abstract: Disclosed are a latex composition for dip-forming and a dip-formed nitrile glove produced therefrom which comprise nanoparticulate zinc oxide in a latex for dip-forming, thus advantageously exhibiting superior workability during glove production, having excellent wear sensation due to low modulus at 300%, and not readily tearing in spite of small thickness due to high tensile strength. In addition, the latex composition stably maintains a pH in spite of using a small amount of pH adjuster and thus improves glove production process efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jung Eun Kim, Jung Su Han, Seung Uk Yeu
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Patent number: 9328251Abstract: An in situ process for preparing a phase change magnetic ink including heating a phase change ink composition to a first temperature sufficient to provide a melt composition; wherein the phase change ink composition comprises a carrier, an optional colorant, and an optional dispersant; placing the melt composition under inert atmosphere; heating the melt composition to a second temperature sufficient to effect decomposition of a metal carbonyl; adding the metal carbonyl to the melt composition under inert atmosphere at this second temperature to form metal nanoparticles thus forming in situ a phase change magnetic ink including the metal nanoparticles; optionally, filtering the phase change magnetic ink while in a liquid state; and cooling the phase change magnetic ink to a solid state.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Gabriel Iftime, C. Geoffrey Allen, Peter G. Odell, Caroline Turek
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Patent number: 9321021Abstract: An improved process for converting an oil suspension of nanoparticles (NPs) into a water suspension of NPs, wherein water and surfactant and a non-surfactant salt is used instead of merely water and surfactant, leading to greatly improved NP aqueous suspensions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Michael S. Wong, Hitesh Ghanshyam Bagaria, Gautam Chandrakanth Kini, Wen Yin Lynn Ko
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Patent number: 9221720Abstract: A method for depositing a protective coating on a complex shaped substrate includes the steps of: (1) dipping a complex shaped substrate into a slurry to form a base coat thereon, the slurry comprising an aqueous solution, at least one refractory metal oxide, and at least one transient fluid additive present in an amount of about 0.1 percent to 10 percent by weight of the slurry; (2) curing the dipped substrate; (3) dipping the substrate into a precursor solution to form a top barrier coat thereon; and (4) heat treating the dipped, cured substrate to form a protective coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Sonia Tulyani, Tania Bhatia, John G. Smeggil
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Patent number: 9120961Abstract: A process for preparing a cyclic siloxane copolymer, a water repellent composition and the use for treating porous substrates like concrete, especially reinforced concrete.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: DOW CORNING CorporationInventors: Lok Ming Li, Yihan Liu, Timothy Roggow, Marie-jose Sarrazin, David Selley, Andreas Stammer, Paul Vandort
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Patent number: 9011890Abstract: Antibacterial sol-gel coating solutions are used to form articles. The antibacterial sol-gel coating solution includes at least one Ti or Si-containing compound that is capable of hydrolyzing to form a base film; a regulating agent capable of regulating the hydrolysis rate of the Ti or Si-containing compounds, an organic solvent, water, and at least one soluble compound of an antibacterial metal, such as Ag, Cu, Mg, Zn, Sn, Fe, Co, Ni, or Ce.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Qinhuangdao Yipeng Special Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: De-xian Wang, Zhen-yu Lei
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Publication number: 20150102265Abstract: A stabilized assembly including a first liquid phase of non-spherical droplets in a second liquid phase, wherein the second liquid phase is immiscible with the first phase, and nanoparticle surfactants assembled at an interface of the non-spherical droplets and the second phase is disclosed. The nanoparticle surfactants include nanoparticles and end-functionalized polymers that can interact through ligand type interactions, and the first phase is stabilized by a disordered, jammed layer of nanoparticle surfactants. A method of preparing a stabilized assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Thomas P. Russell, Mengmeng Cui, Todd Emrick
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Patent number: 8980202Abstract: A method of making cerium-containing metal oxide nanoparticles in non-polar solvent eliminates the need for solvent shifting steps. The direct synthesis method involves: (a) forming a reaction mixture of a source of cerous ion and a carboxylic acid, and optionally, a hydrocarbon solvent; and optionally further comprises a non-cerous metal ion; (b) heating the reaction mixture to oxidize cerous ion to ceric ion; and (c) recovering a nanoparticle of either cerium oxide or a mixed metal oxide comprising cerium. The cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles thus obtained have cubic fluorite crystal structure and a geometric diameter in the range of about 1 nanometer to about 20 nanometers. Dispersions of cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles prepared by this method can be used as a component of a fuel or lubricant additive.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Inventors: Peter Jerome Cowdery-Corvan, Lyn Marie Irving, Richard Kenneth Hailstone, Kenneth Joseph Reed, Thomas Dale Allston, Carly Louise Augustyn
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Publication number: 20150038628Abstract: A method for dispersing an alkali or alkaline earth metal borohydride having median particle size less than 30 microns in an organic solvent. The method comprises combining the alkali or alkaline earth metal borohydride, the organic solvent and a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Michael Bender, Robert Butterick, III, Edward C. Kostansek, Samuel November, John Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140370293Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fine particles, the process comprising introducing a susceptor material into a plasma stream thereby vaporising some or all of the susceptor material; cooling the susceptor material downstream from where the susceptor material was introduced, thereby creating particles of the susceptor material; applying energy selected from electromagnetic radiation of wavelength shorter than the optical band gap of the susceptor material, sound waves, photons, or a combination thereof, to the particles; and modifying the density of defects of the particles. Also described is a fine particle comprising a core comprising a susceptor material and a coating comprising functionality selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or combinations thereof, and a C6-C24 alkyl. A dispersion comprising a dispersed phase and a continuous phase, wherein the dispersed phased comprises a multiplicity of the fine particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Intrinsiq Materials Limited UKInventor: Daniel Robert Johnson
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Publication number: 20140288194Abstract: An apparatus and process for creating uniformly sized, spherical nanoparticles from a solid target. The solid target surface is ablated to create an ejecta event containing nanoparticles moving away from the surface. Ablation may be caused by laser or electrostatic discharge. At least one electromagnetic field is placed in front of the solid target surface being ablated. The electromagnetic field manipulates at least a portion of the nanoparticles as they move away from the target surface through the electromagnetic field to increase size and spherical shape uniformity of the nanoparticles. The manipulated nanoparticles are collected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: William Niedermeyer
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Patent number: 8784702Abstract: Copper-containing nanoparticles with excellent oxidation resistance is provided. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing copper-containing nanoparticles including obtaining copper-containing nanoparticles that contain an organic component by heat treating an organic copper compound at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition initiation temperature of the compound and lower than a complete decomposition temperature of the compound in a non-oxidative atmosphere in the presence of an organic material containing a 1,2-alkanediol having 5 or more carbon atoms and/or a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, Daiken Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Nakamoto, Mari Yamamoto, Yukiyasu Kashiwagi, Yukio Yoshida, Hiroshi Kakiuchi, Shinsuke Matsumura
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Patent number: 8697757Abstract: A hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles and a method for producing the same. The hydrophobic organic solvent-dispersed sol includes surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent having a water solubility of 0.002 to 12% by mass. The surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles are formed by: coating outer surfaces of anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (A) serving as cores with at least one substance (B) of colloidal particles of a composite oxide containing silica and stannic oxide or silica and antimony pentoxide at a silica/stannic oxide or silica/antimony pentoxide ratio of 0.1 to 10, an oligomer of the colloidal particles, or a mixture of the colloidal particles and the oligomer to form modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles (C); and bonding an organosilicon compound and an amine compound to surfaces of the colloidal particles (C).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Tomonari Shinji, Osamu Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8653147Abstract: The present invention discloses an inorganic/organic mixed component (I/O) dispersant and applications thereof, which is primarily applied to dispersing nanoparticles of metal oxides. The I/O dispersant of the present invention can be a composite of inorganic clay and an organic surfactant, a composite of inorganic clay and polyoxyalkylene-amine, or a composite of inorganic clay, polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (PIB-SA) and hydrochloric acid salt or tetraalkyl quaternary salt of polyoxyalkylene-amine, or fatty amines. By mixing with the I/O dispersant of the present invention, nanoparticles of a metal oxide can be uniformly dispersed without aggregation particularly at high solid content. The dispersion has a lower viscosity and is relatively stable in storage even at high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Yen-Chi Hsu, Ming-Li Chiang, Chien-Chia Chu
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Patent number: 8500898Abstract: An yttria-based slurry composition comprising yttria, an aqueous silica binder system or an aqueous ammonium zirconium carbonate binder system and a fluorine compound, which is selected from ammonium fluoride, ammonium hydrogen difluoride, sodium fluoride, potassium fluoride, sodium hydrogen difluoride and/or potassium hydrogen difluoride and a method of stabilizing an yttria-based slurry composition comprising yttria and an aqueous silica binder system or an aqueous ammonium zirconium carbonate binder system which method comprises treating the composition, preferably treating the binder system, with a fluorine compound which is selected as indicated above.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Treibacher Industrie AGInventors: Sigrun Raunig, Peter Janz
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Publication number: 20130197107Abstract: An improved process for producing substantially non-polar doped or un-doped cerium oxide nanoparticle dispersions is disclosed. The cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles of an aqueous colloid are transferred to a substantially non-polar liquid comprising one or more amphiphilic materials, one or more low-polarity solvents, and one or more glycol ether promoter materials. The transfer is achieved by mixing the aqueous and substantially non-polar materials, forming an emulsion, followed by a phase separation into a remnant polar solution phase and a substantially non-polar organic colloid phase. The organic colloid phase is then collected. The promoter functions to speed the transfer of nanoparticles to the low-polarity phase. The promoter accelerates the phase separation, and also provides improved colloidal stability of the final substantially non-polar colloidal dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Cerion Technology, Inc.Inventor: Cerion Technology, Inc.
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Patent number: 8431037Abstract: An embodiment relates to a liquid composite dielectric material (LCDM) comprising a metal-containing dispersed phase material in an organic liquid phase material, wherein the liquid composite dielectric material has a dielectric permittivity (?r) of 10000 or more at 40 Hz and a dielectric loss (tan ?) of 1 or less at 40 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Indian Institute of Technology MadrasInventors: Sri Ramachandra Rao Mamidanna, Ramachandran Balakrishnan
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Patent number: 8323525Abstract: A resin containing a liquid pigment dispersion is disclosed. The dispersion comprises a pigment dispersed in a blend of two or more active hydrogen-containing materials that together have a freezing point that is room temperature or below. The pigment remains dispersed in the blend, even if the dispersion is subjected to freezing and thawing. A curative blend comprising at least two active hydrogen-containing materials, which is liquid at room temperature, is also disclosed. The dispersions and curative blends of the present invention can be solvent-free. Resins and prepolymers comprising the curative blends of the invention, either pigmented or unpigmented, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Kelly J. Gasper, Constantine A. Kondos
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Patent number: 8323594Abstract: Monomelic materials are described, comprising inorganic nanoparticles having covalently bonded to their surface at least one polymerizable organic moiety, preferably an ethylenically unsaturated organic moiety. These monomeric materials combine desirable properties of the inorganic particulate material and of the organic monomer, in addition to having the unique properties of nano-sized particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sparkxis B.V.Inventors: Henk Schutte, Mark Hempenius, Gyula Julius Vancso
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Patent number: 8263668Abstract: The present invention discloses a tunable fluorescent gold nanocluster. The tunable fluorescent gold nanocluster is formed by mixing gold trichloride (AuCl3) with toluene solvent without reductant. The tunable fluorescent gold nanocluster emits blue fluorescence that can be red shifted through ultrasonic vibration. The spectral region of the tunable fluorescent gold nanocluster is from 400 nm to 550 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian UniversityInventors: Walter Hong-Shong Chang, Cherng-Jyh Ke, Cheng-An Lin, Ching-Yun Chen
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Patent number: 8232323Abstract: The invention concerns a two-stage process for the manufacture of a colloid of iron oxide, and results in the dispersion of the desired iron oxide particles within a carrier fluid by a mixture of mono- and polycarboxylic acids providing excellent properties to the colloid. The process also has the advantage of preserving the physical form of the iron oxide particles, allowing any desired properties of the iron oxide core (such as crystal form or magnetism) to be maintained within the colloid.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Infineum International LimitedInventor: Russell Martin Thompson
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Patent number: 8193253Abstract: There is provided an organosol of surface-modified fluoride colloid particles obtained by coating the surface of a fluoride colloid particle as a core with an organophosphorus compound and a method for producing the organosol. An organosol of a surface-modified fluoride colloid particle comprising: a fluoride colloid particle as a core; and at least one type of an organophosphorus compound selected from a group consisting of organophosphorus compounds represented by the following general formula (1), (2), and (3): (R—O)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(1) (R—O)nP(OM)3-n??(2) (R)nP(?O)(OM)3-n??(3) where R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group, M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NZ4 (Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group); and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, the organophosphorus compound coating a surface of the fluoride colloid particle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinari Koyama, Motoko Asada, Osamu Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8097183Abstract: A liquid pigment dispersion is disclosed. The dispersion comprises a pigment dispersed in a blend of two or more active hydrogen-containing materials that together have a freezing point that is room temperature or below. The pigment remains dispersed in the blend, even if the dispersion is subjected to freezing and thawing. A curative blend comprising at least two active hydrogen-containing materials, which is liquid at room temperature, is also disclosed. The dispersions and curative blends of the present invention can be solvent-free. Resins and prepolymers comprising the curative blends of the invention, either pigmented or unpigmented, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, IncInventors: Kelly J. Gasper, Constantine A. Kondos
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Patent number: 8071874Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Konarka Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bill Beckenbaugh, Russell Gaudiana, Kethinni G. Chittibabu
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Patent number: 8039517Abstract: A method of preparing an organic sol of particles is provided. Steps include: a) providing a suspension of particles in an aqueous medium; b) adding an organic liquid to form an admixture where the concentration of particles in the admixture is less than or equal to 40 percent by weight; c) maintaining the admixture at a temperature and pressure and for a time sufficient to reduce the water content to less than 30 percent by weight while simultaneously adding a water-compatible organic liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a concentration of particles in the admixture at less than or equal to 50 percent by weight; and d) adding at least one polymer while maintaining the admixture at a temperature and pressure and for a time sufficient to provide an organic sol of particles comprising 1 percent by weight or less of water.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence G. Anderson, Debra L. Singer, Thomas R. Hockswender
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Patent number: 7976941Abstract: A low viscosity filler boron nitride agglomerate particles having a generally spherical shape bound together by an organic binder and to a process for producing a BN powder composition of spherically shaped boron nitride agglomerated particles having a treated surface layer which controls its viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: David Lodyga, Joseph W. Tereshko, Ajit Sane, Thomas Fox, Paulo Meneghetti
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Patent number: 7955431Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an organic cerium sol in paints, in particular finishes or varnishes, to improve durability. More particularly, the sol used can be a sol comprising an amphiphilic acid system, an organic phase and particles in the form of agglomerates of crystallites with a d80, advantageously d90, of at most 5 nanometers, 90% (by weight) of agglomerates comprising 1 to 5, preferably 1 to 3 crystallites. The paints incorporating a cerium sol have improved water resistance properties and mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Jean-Noel Bousseau, Bruno Echalier, David Fauchadour
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Patent number: 7910084Abstract: A compound oxide manufacturing method includes: dispersing micelles, in each of which an aqueous phase is formed, in an oil phase; producing primary particles of a precursor of compound oxide in the aqueous phases in the micelles; synthesizing secondary particles by causing the primary particles to aggregate; and causing the secondary particles to aggregate by breaking the dispersion state of the micelles, or by causing the micelles to coalesce. In particular, polarization is produced in each of the micelles with the use of a cation having an ionic radius larger than that of a metal ion at least when the secondary particles are synthesized in the micelles.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidoshi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Takeshima, Akio Koyama
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Patent number: 7871955Abstract: A carbon-supported platinum catalyst obtained by chemical reduction of in situ-formed platinum dioxide on a carbon support and a method of production thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: BASF Fuel Cell GmbHInventors: Lixin Cao, Yu-Min Tsou, Emory De Castro, Gian Nicola Martelli
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Patent number: 7829598Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a nano-sized material such as in the form of a colloidal suspension of nano-sized particles and/or as a coating and/or as a thin film comprised by such nano-sized particles on the surface of a substrate. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: SCF Technologies A/SInventors: Steen Brummerstedt Iversen, Henrik Jensen
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Patent number: 7820723Abstract: A method of preparing a sol of lead zirconium titanate, known as PZT, of formula PbZrxTi(1?x)O3 with 0.45?x?0.7, comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a concentrated sol in a diol, the sol comprising a titanium-based precursor, a zirconium-based precursor, and a lead-based precursor; (b) placing the concentrated sol at ambient temperature without agitation, until a sol is obtained having a constant viscosity as a function of time; (c) diluting the sol obtained in (b) with a solvent compatible with the diol used in step (a). The sol is useful for preparing PZT-based films for use in the electronics field.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Philippe Belleville, Philippe Boy, Yves Montouillout
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Patent number: 7807723Abstract: Water-free metal oxide colloids or metal oxide polymers of the formula [M(O)X3X4]n (1) in an aprotic, organic solvent or solvent mixture, wherein M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr or Hf; and X3 and X4 are independently O1/2, H, alkoxy (—OR), wherein R represents an organo radical having 1-20 C-atoms, alkyl having 1-20 C atoms or aryl having 6-C atoms, wherein the alkyl- or aryl radicals an include one or several other halogen substituents, selected from the group of F, Cl, Br or I; and n is from 10-1.000.000.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Chemetall GmbHInventors: Uwe Lischka, Jens Röder, Ulrich Wietelmann
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Patent number: 7772288Abstract: The invention provides a composition that is a dispersion made from a Group III nitride, a solvent system, and a dispersant. The dispersion can be used to prepare Group III nitride thin films on a wide range of substrates, for example, glass, silicon, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, sapphire, and organic polymers. The particle size of the Group III nitride used for producing the thin films can be controlled by adjusting centrifugation of the dispersion and selecting a desired layer of supernatant. The dispersant can be removed from the thin films by calcination. The Group III nitride can contain a dopant. Doped Group III nitride thin films can emit visible light upon irradiation. Green, red, and yellow light emissions result from irradiating erbium-, europium-, and cerium-doped gallium nitride, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Huaqiang Wu, Michael G. Spencer, Emmanuel Giannelis, Athanasios Bourlinos
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Patent number: 7767720Abstract: Single domain wafer-scale colloidal crystals and macroporous polymers are formed by dispersing concentrated solutions of colloids, desirably mondisperse silica colloids, in a viscous monomer, desirably ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate, and spin-coating them onto a substrate. Subsequent photopolymerization produces three-dimensionally ordered colloidal crystals trapped inside a polymer matrix. Selective removal of the polymer matrix, such as by oxygen plasma treatment, or removal of the silica spheres, such as by wet etching, produces large-area colloidal crystals and macroporous polymers, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Peng Jiang
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Patent number: 7745498Abstract: Nanowire dispersion compositions (and uses thereof) are disclosed comprising a plurality of inorganic nanowires suspended in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution comprising at least one low molecular weight and/or low HLB (Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance) value dispersant. Methods of further improving the dispersability of a plurality of inorganic nanowires in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution comprise, for example, oxidizing the surface of the nanowires prior to dispersing the nanowires in the aqueous or non-aqueous solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.Inventors: Cheri X. Y. Pereira, Francesco Lemmi, David P. Stumbo
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Patent number: 7741376Abstract: A dispersed ingredient having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by hydrolyzing a metal alkoxide in an organic solvent in the absence of an acid, a base, and/or a dispersion stabilizer, either with 0.5 to less than 1 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide or at ?20° C. or lower with 1.0 to less than 2.0 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide. In the organic solvent, the dispersed ingredient is stably dispersed without aggregating. Use of the dispersed ingredient enables a thin metal oxide film and a homogeneous organic/inorganic composite to be produced at a temperature as low as 200° C. or below.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita
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Patent number: 7737187Abstract: A process for producing an inorganic oxide organosol that has good dispersibility and low viscosity, has excellent transparency, and shows good compatibility with resin solutions, and includes the steps (A) and (B) of: (A) adding silicon alkoxide having two or more alkoxy groups bonded to a silicon atom or having one or more hydroxy groups bonded to a silicon atom and one or more alkoxy groups bonded to a silicon atom to a hydrophilic inorganic oxide sol containing a hydrophilic solvent having a boiling point (1 atm) of 100° C. or less in an amount of 25 to 100% by weight in a dispersion medium to treat surface of the inorganic oxide particles in the sol; and (B) replacing the dispersion medium of the surface treated inorganic oxide sol obtained in step (A) with a non-alcoholic organic solvent in the presence of a primary alcohol having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Keiko Yoshitake, Yoshinari Koyama, Naohiko Suemura
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Patent number: 7727322Abstract: A method for manufacturing a precursor solution for forming a PZTN compound oxide with Pb, Zr, Ti and Nb as constituent elements by a sol-gel method includes: a step of dissolving at least lead carboxylate with an organic solvent having an alkoxy group, to thereby form a first solution; a step of heat treating the first solution to remove crystallization water of the lead carboxylate and to form lead alkoxide by a ligand replacement reaction between the lead carboxylate and the organic solvent having the alkoxy group, to thereby form a second solution including the lead alkoxide; a step of mixing an alkoxide of a metal selected from at least one of Zr, Ti and Nb excluding Pb with the second solution, to thereby form a third solution including metal alkoxides of Pb, Zr, Ti and Nb, respectively; and a step of adding water to the third solution to cause hydrolysis-condensation of the metal alkoxides, to thereby form a fourth solution including a precursor of PZTN compound oxide.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Motohisa Noguchi
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Patent number: 7718708Abstract: There is provided a sol in which surface-modified colloidal particles are dispersed in a liquid, wherein the surface-modified colloidal particles are obtained by using anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles, metal oxides comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, or tin oxide-doped anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles as nuclei, and by coating the surface of the nuclei with an aluminum-containing substance (e.g., an aluminum chelating agent), a polymer type surfactant (e.g., a polycarboxylic acid ester or polyethylene glycol monoaliphatic acid ester surfactant) or both of them. The anhydrous zinc antimonate sol is used for several purposes such as transparent antistatic materials in the form of resin, plastic, glass, paper, magnetic tape or the like, transparent UV absorbers, transparent heat radiation absorbers, high refractive index hard coating agent, anti-reflective agent and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Tanegashima, Tadayuki Isaji, Osamu Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7709540Abstract: The present invention belongs to a method for preparing organic ligand-capped titanium dioxide nanocrystals, wherein the method comprises steps of using methyl titanate, ethyl titanate, n-propyl titanate, iso-propyl titanate, butyl titanate or titanium tetrachloride as a titanium source, and with capping by oleic acid or an organic capping agent, reacting the titanium source in an organic non-polar solvent with an aqueous alkaline substance solution in the interface at a temperature of 25 to 280° C. for 0.5 to 240 hrs, thus a transparent sol containing titanium dioxide nanocrystals is obtained, said the titanium dioxide nanocrystals have particle diameters of 1-20 nm. The preparing process has the features of mild reaction conditions and is a simpler and easier method with a shorter preparation period, thereby facilitating the industrialization.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chines Academy of SciencesInventors: Daocheng Pan, Nana Zhao, Qiang Wang, Xiangling Ji, Shichun Jiang, Lijia An