Abstract: Isopropyl alcohol is a very useful chemical that is widely used in the industry as a solvent. Economical and easy process to make ispopropyl alcohol using novel composite catalyst is described in the instant application. Production of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) from dimehtyl ketone (DMK) and hydrogen (H2) in gas-phase using a ruthenium nano-particle-supported on activated charcoal/nano-zinc oxide composite catalyst is described. Gas phase production of isopropyl alcohol using DMK and hydrogen is also described using optimal time on stream, temperature, catalyst ratio and DMK/H2 ratio. Ruthenium nano-zinc oxide composite catalyst is formulated using different ratios of ruthenium activated charcoal and n-ZnO is described. CAT-IV is shown to be the best performer for the efficient production of isopropyl alcohol.

Abstract: A fuser belt for an electrostatographic device and methods for making the fuser belt can include the use of a polyimide and a plurality of copper nanoparticles. The use of copper nanoparticles can result in a fuser belt having a lower heat capacity and a higher thermal conductivity than conventional fuser belts.

Abstract: A nanopore capture system may include a material configured to pass through a nanopore device in a controlled manner based upon its interaction with the nanopore device. The system may also include a capture mechanism connected to one end of the material. The capture mechanism may be configured to catch a particular type of molecule while ignoring other types of molecules. The system may also include a controller to manipulate and/or detect the particular type of molecule.

Abstract: Disclosed in a composition comprising at least one ionomer (A) and at least one blend comprising at least one polyamide and at least one ionomer (B) wherein the polyamide is an aliphatic polyamide and the ionomer (B) is a copolymer of ethylene, an ?, ?-unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid, at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and optionally an alkyl (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for fluid hydrocarbon product, and more specifically, to compositions and methods for fluid hydrocarbon product via catalytic pyrolysis. Some embodiments relate to methods for the production of specific aromatic products (e.g., benzene, toluene, naphthalene, xylene, etc.) via catalytic pyrolysis. Some such methods may involve the use of a composition comprising a mixture of a solid hydrocarbonaceous material and a heterogeneous pyrolytic catalyst component. In some embodiments, an olefin compound may be co-fed to the reactor and/or separated from a product stream and recycled to the reactor to improve yield and/or selectivity of certain products. The methods described herein may also involve the use of specialized catalysts. For example, in some cases, zeolite catalysts may be used. In some instances, the catalysts are characterized by particle sizes in certain identified ranges that can lead to improve yield and/or selectivity of certain products.

Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolite-based monolith including dry-mixing zeolite particles and a temporary binder until homogenization; adding silica and water dispersion; wet-kneading and high-shear mixing until obtaining a homogenous pulp; extrusion-molding the pulp resulting from the previous step; controlled drying of the mold obtained; and oxidizing at a high temperature to obtain the monolith.

Abstract: A catalyst-coated support including a sheetlike support, a primer layer applied thereto and composed of nanoparticles composed of silicon oxide-comprising material, and at least one catalyst layer applied to the primer layer. The layers applied are notable for a particularly good adhesive bond strength and can be used particularly efficiently in heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reactions, especially in microreactors.

Abstract: An elastic device includes a first elastic supporter; a second elastic supporter and a carbon nanotube film. The second elastic supporter is spaced from the first elastic supporter. The carbon nanotube film has a first side fixed on the first elastic supporter and a second side opposite to the first side and fixed on the second elastic supporter. The carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotube strings separately arranged, located side by side and extending substantially along a first direction from the first side to the second side and one or more carbon nanotubes located between adjacent carbon nanotube strings. The carbon nanotube film is capable of elastic deformation along a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Process for the recovery of oils from a solid matrix comprising: subjecting said solid matrix to extraction by mixing with an oil-in-water nanoemulsion, obtaining a solid- liquid mixture; subjecting said solid- liquid mixture to separation, obtaining a liquid phase comprising said oils and a solid phase comprising said solid matrix; recovering said oils from said liquid phase. Said process is particularly advantageous for the recovery of oils from water wet oil sands (or water wet tar sands), oil wet sands (or oil wet tar sands), oil rocks, oil shales, more specifically from oil wet sands (or oil wet tar sands).

Abstract: A process for preparing an oxygenate product by direct conversion of a C1-C3 alkane in either the gas or liquid phase, by contacting the selected alkane with hydrogen peroxide or a hydroperoxy species in the presence of a gold-based heterogeneous catalyst on a metal oxide support having a morphology of nanotubes, nanofibers, nanowires, or nanorods. The result is efficient conversion under mild conditions. The hydrogen peroxide or hydroperoxy species may themselves be prepared, in situ, by contacting a hydrogen source and oxygen in the presence of the same type of catalyst. The process may be particularly useful in the conversion of methane to methanol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocatalytically active nanoparticulate material. A nanoparticle of the invention is a composite nanoparticle having two crystalline phases: hydrogen titanate and titania, which are uniformly mixed in the nanoparticle. The invention also relates to forming a nanoparticulate composite material by heating a basic titania sol under solvothermal conditions.

Abstract: A light extraction substrate includes a glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface. A first light extraction region can be defined on and/or adjacent the first surface. The first light extraction region includes nanoparticles. A second light extraction region can be defined on at least a part of the second surface. The second light extraction region has a surface roughness of at least 10 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanoscale or microscale container for encapsulation and delivery of materials or substances, including, but not limited to, cells, drugs, tissue, gels and polymers contained within the container, with subsequent release of the therapeutic materials in situ, methods of fabricating the container by folding a 2D precursor into the 3D container, and the use of the container in in-vivo or in-vitro applications. The container can be in any polyhedral shape and its surfaces can have either no perforations or nano/microscale perforations. The container is coated with a biocompatible metal, e.g. gold, or polymer, e.g. parylene, layer and the surfaces and hinges of the container are made of any metal or polymer combinations.

Abstract: A culture medium includes a carbon nanotube structure and a hydrophilic layer. The culture medium is capable of culturing at least one neuron. The hydrophilic layer has a polar surface and is located on a surface of the carbon nanotube structure. The polar surface is located on a surface of the hydrophilic layer away from the carbon nanotube structure, and has a polarity attracted to a polarity of the at least one neuron.

Abstract: Compositions that include a detergent composition and an active metal compound are described wherein the detergent composition includes a quaternary ammonium salt detergent and optionally an oxygen-containing detergent, and wherein the active metal compound is in the form of a colloidal dispersion, comprising an organic phase, particles of an iron compound in its amorphous form, and at least one amphiphilic agent. These compositions can be used in fuels to provide improved engine performance by, for example, reducing fuel injector fouling in the engine and/or by improving the regeneration of the engine's particulate exhaust trap.

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a nanochannel. The method comprises providing a microchannel and controlling collapse of the microchannel so that it collapses to form a nanochannel of desired dimensions. The method employs a collapsible, flexible material such as the elastomer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to form the nanochannel. A master is provided that is configured to have geometric conditions that promote a desired frequency of microchannel collapse. A collapsible material having a stiffness that also promotes a desired frequency of microchannel collapse is molded on the master. The molded collapsible material is removed from the master and bonded to a base, thereby forming the microchannel, which then collapses (or is collapsed) to form the nanochannel of desired dimensions. Nanofluidic and microfluidic devices comprising complex nanochannel structures and micro to nanochannel transitions are also provided.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus comprises a container configured to hold an article to be cleaned, a cleaning solvent dispenser configured to supply a cleaning solvent to the container, an energy generator configured to provide thermal energy to an interior of the container; and a control device in communication with the energy generator and configured to select thermal energy sufficient to sublimate the particles. The cleaning solvent comprises a solvent and nanofabricated particles dispersed therein. The control device controls the energy generator to provide thermal energy to the cleaning solvent in container in which the article is submerged in order to cause sublimation of the particles.

Abstract: This invention concerns a polymer coating composition for use as non-focal optical power limiting dye containing polymeric materials. This composition contains: (1) one or more Modified Polymers comprising a Polymer, such as a hyperbranched polymer family, especially HB—PCS, HB—PU, HB—PUSOX or PC with one or more of: a) reverse saturable dye (RSA), b) multi-photon absorption dye (MPA), c) an azo dye, or d) absorption dye, which dye is chemically bonded to the pendant groups of the Polymer (along its chain and/or termini) or which forms a part of the backbone of the Polymer; (2) carbon nanotubes (CNT) as optical power limiters (OPL); and (3) a self-focusing component. This Modified Polymer composition contains the dye incorporated into the polymer chain backbone or chemically bonded to the terminal groups at the ends or along the chain of the polymer, which provides efficient protection from laser beam damage along with its self-focusing mechanism.

Abstract: A hierarchical mesoporous carbon is provided in which a total volume of mesopores of the hierarchical mesoporous carbon is 80% or greater of a total volume of pores of the hierarchical mesoporous carbon; a volume of mesopores with a average diameter greater than 20 nm and no greater than 50 nm is 3% or greater of the total volume of the pores; and a volume of mesopores with a average diameter greater than 2 nm and no greater than 10 nm is 65% or greater of the total volume of the pores. The hierarchical mesoporous carbon, which also contains macropores, has an optimized mesoporous distribution characteristic, and has an increased total volume of pores, thereby having a significantly improved catalytic activity when used as a catalyst support. When such a supported catalyst is used in a fuel cell, supply of fuel and transporting of byproducts are facilitated.

Abstract: A detecting method is herein disclosed. The method includes steps of providing an eukaryotic cell, having a cell nucleus and a cell membrane, wherein the cell nucleus endogenetically translates a first receptor and a second receptor, and wherein the first receptor and the second receptor pass through the cell nucleus and translocate to the cell membrane; coupling the first receptor to a first bioactive ligand with a quantum dot; washing the cell coupled with the first bioactive ligand and the quantum dot by centrifugation; coupling the second receptor to a second bioactive ligand with a magnetic bead; washing the cell coupled with the first bioactive ligand and the second bioactive ligand by magnetic separation; irradiating a exciting energy for the quantum dot to emit a fluorescence, wherein the quantum dot coupled with the cell is excited in a pH range from pH 9 to pH 14; and detecting the fluorescence.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition capable of storing hydrogen from molecular hydrogen. The composition comprises a magnesium nanoparticle (NP) and a polymer, wherein the Mg NC is essentially embedded in the polymer. The polymer is selectively permeable wherein the polymer is essentially not permeable to O2 and H2O. The composition is capable of absorbing and desorbing molecular hydrogen.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kidney-imaging agent which is composed of bioabsorbable materials, transiently accumulates in a kidney for a short period of time, and does not remain in the kidney for a prolonged time after accumulation. The present invention provides a kidney-imaging agent which comprises a gelatin-like protein.

Abstract: One embodiment is a gas turbine engine component including a metal foam nanofiber composite. Another embodiment is a gas turbine engine component including a ceramic foam nanofiber composite. Other embodiments include unique gas turbine engine components including foam nanofiber composites.

Abstract: A method includes providing and adding a measured dose amount of manufactured metallic nanoparticle material to a carrier material for pre-treatment of the carrier material prior to use of the carrier material and the manufactured metallic nanoparticle material in the sub-surface earth activity. Another method includes accessing a sub-surface earth opening used with a sub-surface earth activity, introducing an amount of manufactured metallic nanoparticle material into the sub-surface earth opening, and treating a sub-surface earth condition present at a sub-surface earth location accessible via the sub-surface earth opening. The sub-surface earth condition is treated with the manufactured metallic nanoparticle material. Another method includes accessing a product from a sub-surface earth location that is extracted in conjunction with the sub-surface earth activity, measuring and introducing a dose amount of manufactured metallic nanoparticle material with the product from the sub-surface earth location.

Abstract: This invention is related to a functional inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposite structured with boron. With the present invention, a nanosized material is obtained with enhanced UV and Visible region activity wherein metal-oxide nanoparticle combinations with boron compounds are used.

Abstract: Reactive system comprising at least one component (I) composed of particles in very finely divided form present in a liquid phase of at least one further component (II) with which component (I) is capable of reacting following activation through energy supply, wherein component (I) is not soluble in component (II), process for preparation and use.

Abstract: A reconfigurable surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, system and method employ a stimulus responsive material to move nanorods of a plurality between inactive and active configurations. The apparatus includes the plurality of nanorods and the stimulus responsive material. The system further includes a Raman signal detector. The method of reconfigurable SERS includes providing the plurality of nanorods and exposing the stimulus responsive material to a stimulus. The exposure causes a change in one or more of a size, a shape and a volume of the stimulus responsive material that moves the nanorods between the inactive and active configurations. The active configuration facilitates one or both of production and detection of a Raman scattering signal emitted by the analyte.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension of anionic colloidal silica having a neutral pH which is stable over time and comprises individualized particles of colloidal silica which are not bound to one another by siloxane bonds. The instant suspensions show high storage stability and are particularly useful for the clarification of beer, for the preparation of cosmetic formulations, for the production of ink for printers, for paints and for anticorrosive treatments.

Abstract: A method of making a crystalline molecular sieve of MFS framework type, preferably ZSM-57, from a synthesis mixture comprising at least one source of tetravalent element (Y), at least one source of trivalent element (X), at least one source of alkali metal hydroxide (MOH), at least one structure-directing-agent (R) and water, said alkali metal (M) comprising potassium, and having the following mole composition (expressed in terms of oxide): YO2:(p)X2O3:(q)OH?:(r)R:(s)H2O, wherein (p) is in the range from 0.005 to 0.05, (q) is in the range from 0.01 to 3, (r) is in the range from 0.03 to 2 and (s) is in the range from 10 to 75 (based on total weight of said synthesis mixture); wherein the crystals of molecular sieve formed having an average diameter (D) of less than or equal to 1.5 micron and an average thickness (T) of less than or equal to 300 nanometers.

Abstract: A zeolite beta according to the present invention has a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 10 to 16 and is aluminum-rich. The zeolite beta has a BET specific surface area measured in the state of a sodium type of 500 to 700 m2/g, a micropore specific surface area of 350 to 500 m2/g, and a micropore volume of 0.15 to 0.25 cm3/g.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal composite material includes applying a mechanical impact force to a carbon material and a metal powder at such an intensity as capable of pulverizing the carbon material, thereby adhering the carbon material to a surface of the metal powder.

Abstract: Coloring particles contain a dye and a polymeric dispersant, and particles of the dye are coated on their surface with the polymeric dispersant. The average particle size of the coloring particles is in a range of 10 nm to 80 nm, inclusive, and the dye content is in a range of 60% by mass to 90% by mass, inclusive. The polymeric dispersant is insoluble in water of pH 6.0 to 8.0, inclusive, and the dye has a solubility parameter of equation (1) equal to or larger than 9.20 in water of pH 6.0 to 11.0, inclusive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric composition composed of a fluoropolymer and of zinc oxide (ZnO) of nanometric size which is intended for the manufacture of films transparent in the visible region and opaque to UV radiation. More particularly, in the composition according to the invention, the said filler is present in a proportion by weight of 0.1 to 10%, preferably of 0.5 to 6%, the ZnO particles have a size ranging from 25 to 40 nm, preferably from 30 to 35 nm, these particles have a surface treatment and the said composition is devoid of acrylic polymers.

Abstract: Methods and compositions that comprise sub-micron alumina for accelerating setting of a cement composition. An embodiment includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation. The method may comprise introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises hydraulic cement, sub-micron alumina, and water. The method further may comprise allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Another embodiment includes a cement composition that may comprise hydraulic cement, sub-micron alumina, and water.

Abstract: The present invention includes well treatment fluids and methods utilizing nano-particles. An embodiment of a method of the present invention may comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising nano-clay into a subterranean formation. The treatment fluid may be selected from the group consisting of a cement composition, a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid, and a lost circulation control composition. Another embodiment of the present invention may comprise a method of cementing. The method of cementing may comprise introducing a cement composition comprising a hydraulic cement, nano-clay, and water into a subterranean formation. The method further may comprise allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Yet another embodiment of the present invention may comprise a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid comprising nano-clay. The treatment fluid may be selected from the group consisting of a cement composition, a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid, and a lost circulation control composition.

Abstract: A layered heterostructured coating has functional characteristics that enable the controlled release of volatile agents. The coating has photocatalytic properties, since it uses titanium dioxide, its derivatives or materials with similar photocatalytic properties (2), which upon solar irradiation open and/or degrade nano or microcapsules (3) and subsequently releases in a controlled form the volatile agents contained in them.

Abstract: A self-cleaning humidity sensor based on Mg2+/Na+-doped TiO2 nanofiber mats is provided. Examples show the response and recovery characteristic curves for ten circles with the RH changing from 11% to 95%. The nanofibers are manufactured by mixing together a metal salt comprising titanium, a magnesium compound, a sodium compound, and a high molecular weight material to form a mixture, electrospinning the mixture to form composite nanofibers, and calcining the composite nanofibers to yield a TiO2 nanofiber material doped with magnesium and sodium.

Abstract: Armor with ceramic material and transformed nanotube material produced during/via process transformation, the transformed material in one aspect being graphene ribbon-like material; in one be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).

Abstract: A method for magnetically aligning non-particles within a polymer, involving adding a magnetic nano-particle filler to a plastic material, such as a molten thermoplastic. The magnetic property allows the filler or particles to be aligned through the use of magnetic fields during the molding process. In one embodiment, the nano-particles are synthesized to a specific size, and are made by applying suitable coatings to existing fillers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic silica glass for an optical member in which not only a fast axis direction in an optical axis direction is controlled, and a birefringence in an off-axis direction is reduced, but a magnitude of a birefringence in the optical axis direction is controlled to an arbitrary value, such that an average value of a value BR cos 2?xy defined from a birefringence BR and a fast axis direction ?xy as measured from a parallel direction to the principal optical axis direction is defined as an average birefringence AveBR cos 2?xy, and when a maximum value of a birefringence measured from a vertical direction to the principal optical axis direction of the optical member is defined as a maximum birefringence BRmax in an off-axis direction, the following expression (1-1) and expression (2-1) are established: ?1.0?AveBR cos 2?xy<0.0??(1-1) 0.0?BRmax?1.0??(2-1).

Abstract: A polymer composition having a modified absorption and transmission characteristic particularly suited for photoreactors or photobioreactors made of plastic molded parts and exposed to sunlight or suitable artificial light sources, the polymer selectively comprises the following substances or a combination thereof in addition to the conventional standard additives: an inorganic or organic near infrared absorber for absorbing long-wavelength radiation, an inorganic or organic reflector for reflecting ultraviolet radiation, an inorganic or organic reflector for reflecting visible, near infrared, or infrared radiation, an optical brightener or fluorescent dye for converting the absorbed ultraviolet radiation into visible light or fluorescent light, a photochromic dye for modifying the transmission characteristic of the plastic molded part as a function of light intensity, and an antimicrobial additive for preventing or reducing organic deposits in the photobioreactor.

Abstract: Nanoparticle deposition systems including one or more of: a hollow target of a material; at least one rotating magnet providing a magnetic field that controls movement of ions and crystallization of nanoparticles from released atoms; a nanoparticle collection device that collects crystallized nanoparticles on a substrate, wherein relative motion between the substrate and at least a target continuously expose new surface areas of the substrate to the crystallized nanoparticles; a hollow anode with a target at least partially inside the hollow anode; or a first nanoparticle source providing first nanoparticles of a first material and a second nanoparticle source providing second nanoparticles of a second material.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to triclosan derivatives and nanoparticles comprising said derivatives together with an organic or an inorganic carrier. The present invention is also directed to uses of the triclosan nanoparticles for preventing or inhibiting bacterial growth.

Abstract: Natural and/or synthetic antibodies for specific proteins are adhered to nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are adhered to a substrate and the substrate is exposed to a sample that may contain the specific proteins. The substrates are then tested with surface enhanced Raman scattering techniques and/or localized surface plasmon resonance techniques to quantify the amount of the specific protein in the sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a concentrator for concentrating solar radiation and to the production thereof from polymeric materials. The concentrator according to the invention can be used in photovoltaically or in particular in solar thermally usable systems. The concentrator according to the invention allows for the efficient concentration of solar radiation onto objects such as solar cells, independent of the geometry thereof. This relates, for example, to the surface of a solar cell as it is used in concentrating photovoltaics, and also an absorber tube as it is used in concentrating solar heating, for example in the scope of the parabolic trough technology.

Abstract: Methods of using nanohybrid-containing fluids in a well are provided. The methods include the steps of: (a) forming or providing a well fluid comprising a nanohybrid; and (b) introducing the well fluid into a well. The methods can be used in various applications, such as in drilling, completion, or intervention operations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor having a color-changeable sensory surface, characterized in that at least one molecular layer of a positively charged polymer (4) is bonded to a further molecular layer of a negatively charged polymer (5) in alternation by means of ionic forces, wherein a solvent is stored in the charged polymer layers (4, 5), whereby the polymer layers swell at least 10%, and colored, preferably metal or semiconducting nanoparticles (6) are bonded to the last charged polymer molecular layer, and the total layer thickness of the inert intermediate layer (3) and all polymer layers (4, 5) is at least 40 nm but less than 500 nm so that the layer setup has an interference color that is visible to the human eye or measurable in the infrared and that can be changed by means of interaction with an analyte, the interference color being caused by optical interference between the material surface (2) and the layer of the nanoparticles (6).

Abstract: The present invention include fluorescent nanocrystals which have high fluorescence intensity, are water soluble, exhibit physical and chemical stability, and whose spectral properties are detectably modified as the size of functional groups bonded to the nanocrystal surface change when contacted with target molecules in a sample. The molecules in the sample add to or reduce the size of functional groups on the fluorescent nanocrystal proportional to the activity and amount of the target molecules. The present invention may be used to detect telomerase in a sample.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of anti-reflective films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate to form a nanostructured, anti-reflective coating. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. In some embodiments, a scratch-resistant, anti-reflective coating is applied to a polycarbonate substrate, such as a lens. In certain embodiments, an anti-reflective coating is applied to a surface of a solar catalytic microreactor suitable for performing endothermic reactions, where energy is provided to the reactor by absorption of solar radiation. The composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate can be tailored.

Abstract: This invention concerns a polymer coating material composition (PCM) comprising as components a Polymer Matrix, carbon nanotubes (CNT) as optical power limiters (OPL), and carbon-rich molecules. One aspect of the invention is where the Polymer Matrix is a hyperbranched polymer, such as a hyperbranched polycarbosiloxane polymer. Another aspect of the invention is where the CNT is a short multiwall carbon nanotube (sMWNT). A further aspect of the invention is where the carbon-rich molecules are triethoxysilyl anthracene derivatives. The composition wherein the ratio in weight percent of Polymer Matrix to CNT to carbon-rich molecule is from 94:3:3 to 99.8:0.1:0.1. The composition can further contain one or more of multi-photon absorbers (MPA) chromophores or reverse saturable absorbers (RSA) chromophores. These compositions can be used as: a) a film, b) a coating, c) a liquid, d) a solution, or e) a sandwiched film between two transparent substrates.