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A New Approach to Contacting Nanowire Arrays Using Nanoparticles
Published Wednesday, April 18, 2007Despite significant advancements in nanowire growth techniques and device descriptions, establishment of electrical contacts to nanowire assemblies through non-destructive methods has not yet been successfully realized. The commonly employed method involves physically removing nanowires through some form of lithography. Such a series of steps are...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials, Microelectronics
Keyword(s): Nanowires, 525
Docket: PS-2007-031
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A New Type of Perfluorocarbon Based Nanofluids for Effective Heat Transfer
Published Wednesday, January 18, 2006Thermal management in the next decade of microelectronics and optoelectronics will require heat transfer fluids with improved performance over those currently available. Nanofluids exhibit significant enhancement in thermal conductivity but are not practical because of low long-term stability issues and an inability to currently mass-produce such...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): FC-72, perfluro, working fluid, nano, cooling, evaporation
Docket: PS-2005-091
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Anisotropic Electroconductive Adhesive Film
Published Wednesday, May 13, 2009With the advent of the multimedia society, the development is progressing on a variety of electronic devices capable of quickly and easily retrieving, processing and transmitting large quantities of information, such as video information. These devices require high-density packaging, weight reductions and cost reductions. As a packaging method...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials, Chemical
Keyword(s): electroconductive adhesive film nanowire
Docket: PS-2006-086
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Apparatus for Microarray DNA Binding Sensors Using Electronic Detection of Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Published Wednesday, April 18, 2007DNA microarrays are powerful tools for high throughput monitoring of gene expression at the transcription level, determining genome wide DNA copy changes, identifying targets of transcription factors, sequencing and more recently for profiling of the micro RNA (miRNA) levels in cancer. Currently existing methods rely upon various combinations of...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): DNA hybridization, Microarray gene expression, 525
Docket: PS-2006-020
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Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Magnetic CoFe2O4 Nanoclusters Through a Block Copolymer Nanoreactor Route
Published Monday, December 10, 2001Magnetic nanoparticles are of great interest because they can be used in improved high-density information storage devices, in ferrofluids for biomedical applications and in magnetic sensors.Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new technology that allows self assembled magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles within a diblock...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles, nanoclusters, self-assembling, CoFe2O4, ultra-high density magnetic data storage, 525
Docket: PS-2001-060
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Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Transparent Ferromagnetic Co3 O4 Nanoclusters
Published Monday, December 10, 2001Magnetic nanoparticles are of great interest because they can be used in improved high-density information storage devices, in ferrofluids for biomedical applications and in magnetic sensors.Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new technology that allows self-assembled magnetic metal oxides Co3O4 nanoparticles...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles, nanoclusters, Co3O4, ferromagnetic, thin film, ultra high-density magnetic recording media
Docket: PS-2001-059
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DART Therapeutic Platform Technology for Treating Fn14-Positive Cancers
Published Monday, June 13, 2016Therapeutic nanoparticles (NPs) approved for clinical use in cancer patients provide only modest improvements in patient survival, likely due to a number of delivery challenges. The discovery of unique cell surface proteins associated with certain tumors has facilitated new approaches for nanocarrier design and payload delivery; specifically,...
Investigator(s): Anthony Kim, Jeffrey Winkles, Graeme Woodworth
Categories: Therapeutics, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): blood brain barrier, diagnostic, Therapeutic, brain cancer, nanoparticle
Docket: GW-2014-120; AK-2019-061
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Electroacoustic Wave for Enhancing Heat Transport in Nanofluids (Colloids)
Published Monday, July 27, 2009Downscaling or miniaturization has been a recent major trend in modern science and technology. Engineers now fabricate microscale devices such as microchannel heat exchangers and micropumps that are the size of dust specks. Further major advances would be obtained if the coolant flowing in the microchannels were to contain nanoscale particles to...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): Nanofluids, heat transfer, 525
Docket: PS-2005-077
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Electrostatic-Directed Deposition of Nanoparticles on a Field Generating Substrates
Published Thursday, January 19, 2006Functional nanoparticles are being considered the building blocks of potential micro and nano-scale electronic, optoelectronic devices and gas sensors. Fabrication of nanoparticle-based devices would require accurate alignment of nanoparticles in specific locations. Methods for aligning nano-particles with an electric field in a charge-...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles, nano, electrostatic assembly PN junction
Docket: PS-2005-006
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Fabrication and Integration of Polymeric BioMEMS
Published Sunday, September 11, 2005A variety of methods are used to fabricate microfluidic devices. Channels can be micromachined into silicon using traditional microelectronic techniques. However, glass and silicon processing are time consuming and expensive often require the use of hazardous materials. The present invention provides a micro-electro-mechanical device...
Categories: Biomaterials, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials, Microfluidics
Keyword(s): nano, MEMS, biofabrication, chitosan
Docket: PS-2003-092