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Polymeric Nanoscale Solid-State Battery
Published Tuesday, October 10, 2000Laptop computers and mobile telephones have become smaller and faster. Unfortunately, the demand for battery power has not fallen; demand for power has increased and as the products decrease in size they approach a size limit dictated by the size of the battery.Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing a nanoscale solid...
Categories: Microelectronics, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): battery, solid state, nanotechnology, portable devices
Docket: PS-2000-075
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Method for Making Spherical Pure Metal Micro and Nanoscale Powders by Spray Pyrolysis
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2001The production of spherical nanoscale particles has drawn considerable interest from the electronic packaging and semiconductor processing industries. For example, spherical nanoscale particles may be used as standards for characterizing nanoscale defects formed during electronic processing. Currently, the most competitive production technology...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles
Docket: PS-2000-077
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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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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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Method and Device for Nanoscale Plasma Processing of Materials
Published Tuesday, March 2, 2004Nanoscale processing of thin-films and substrates by exposure to electrically charged plasmas is a desirable technology for surface modifications. The process requires controlling the interaction time of the plasma with the substrate. Currently, surface modifications are generated using lithography, a technique which is cumbersome and expensive...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoscale processing, plasma etching, surface modifications
Docket: PS-2003-045
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Thermo-Bio-Lithography
Published Monday, April 5, 2004This invention relates to methods for the controlled and selective deposition of a resist of one or more species of molecules, including biomolecules, onto an organic reactive layer such as a polysaccharide mass.Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a method which accomplishes this deposition electrochemically or by...
Categories: Microfluidics, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): bioliogical, resist, MEMS, microfluidic
Docket: PS-2003-093
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Formation of Carbon Nanotubes on Large Free Floating Substrates
Published Sunday, July 10, 2005There are several methods employed to make carbon nanotubes. These methods include chemical vapor deposition (CVD), arc discharge and laser ablation. In general, the CVD method has shown the most promise in being able to produce larger quantities of nanotube (compared to the other methods) at lower cost. The CVD method is usually done by...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): carbon nanotube, CVD, nano, 525
Docket: PS-2005-060
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Sub-Debye Length Patterned Shutter for Nanoscale Plasma Processing of Materials
Published Sunday, August 14, 2005Plasma processes for micro-machining, surface modifications, cleaning, sputter coating and many other operations are widely used in the fabrication of microelectronics. The ionized gas in a plasma generates a high concentration of reactive species at 50-100 C and provides a means of cleaning, etching and depositing materials at much lower...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): plasma, shutter, nano, etching, substrate, deposition, thin films
Docket: PS-2003-047
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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
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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