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7387712 |
Catalytic process for the treatment of organic compounds
A process for the catalytic reaction of organic compounds, in which the organic compounds are contacted with a catalyst comprising an interstitial metal hydride, having a reaction surface, to...
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7381240 |
Platinum particles with varying morphology
Nanometer to micrometer sized particles containing platinum and having selected morphologies are prepared by a sonochemical process. A compound of platinum is dissolved, suspended, or diluted in a...
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7365236 |
Generation of a creosote-like mixture, or recovery of metals, or both from preserved wood by reaction in supercritical water
An environmentally-friendly method is disclosed for transforming preserved wood, for example creosote-treated or CCA-treated wood with supercritical water. The product of treating weathered...
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7361696 |
1,4-disubstituted diacetyline polymer and process for producing the same
A 1,4-di-substituted diacetylene polymer that is soluble in organic solvent, is composed of a repeating unit represented by the general formula ═CR—C≡C—CR′═ (wherein, R and R′...
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7325392 |
Control system for catalytic processes
The present invention provides methods and systems for controlling a catalytic process. The control system includes: an electroconductive support having a layer of a catalyst thereon; a first...
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7300566 |
Conversion of petroleum resid to usable oils with ultrasound
Petroleum residua are combined with water or an aqueous solution to form an emulsion which is then treated with ultrasound at a sufficient intensity and for a sufficient period of time to cause a...
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7267744 |
Pulp treatment and process
This invention provides a process for treating chemical woodpulp, or chemical cellulose including cotton linter, including the step of applying an electron processing technology (EPT) step to...
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7238261 |
Photo-formed metal nanoparticles and aerogel materials comprising the same
Transparent monolithic aerogels based on silica, the bioderived polymer chitosan, and coordinated ions are employed to serve as a three-dimensional scaffold decorated with metal ions such as Au, Pt...
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7230255 |
Photocatalyst sterilizer
The present invention provides a photocatalyst sterilizer ( 200 ) which draws thereinto water, contained in a water tank ( 120 ) and polluted by bacilli and various organic substances, regardless...
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7150865 |
Method for selective enrichment of carbon nanotubes
A method for treating carbon nanotubes with microwave energy to selective remove metallic-type carbon nanotubes is provided. A sample containing carbon nanotubes is positioned in a microwave cavity...
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7150836 |
Microwave-emitting rotor, separator apparatus including same, methods of operation and design thereof
An apparatus for use in separating, at least in part, a mixture, including at least one chamber and at least one microwave generation device configured for communicating microwave energy into the...
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7144489 |
Photochemical reduction of Fe(III) for electroless or electrodeposition of iron alloys
A method of photochemically reducing iron(III) species in an iron or iron alloy plating solution by adding an additive to the electroplating solution; contacting the additive with iron(III) species...
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7125480 |
Methods for affecting the ultra-fast photodissociation of water molecules
A method for the ultra-fast photodissociation of water molecules into H 2 and O 2 gases is presented. Water vapor is initially produced and supplied to a photolysis bottle. Within the photolysis...
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7122642 |
Method for producing crystal polymorphs and crystal polymorphs produced thereby
A method to prepare new or unexpected polymorphs of materials which have not been observed, or to obtain a known polymorph under different conditions than those in which it is usually made, by...
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7112453 |
Retentate chromatography and protein chip arrays with applications in biology and medicine
This invention provides methods of retentate chromatography for resolving analytes in a sample. The methods involve adsorbing the analytes to a substrate under a plurality of different selectivity...
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7112263 |
Polarization inversion method for ferroelectric substances
A pattern electrode having a predetermined pattern and a connecting electrode connected to the pattern electrode are formed on one surface of a single-polarized ferroelectric substance crystal. An...
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7029513 |
Reactant delivery apparatuses
An aerosol delivery apparatus is used to deliver an aerosol into a reaction chamber for chemical reaction to produce reaction products such as nanoparticles. A variety of improved aerosol delivery...
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7022747 |
Method for creating microsphere polymers and particles
A polymeric material is produced by atomizing into droplets a composition containing addition-polymerizable material and reacting the addition polymerizable material in the droplets to produce the...
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7018546 |
Water treatment method and water treatment device
Embodiments of the invention provide a water treatment method and water treatment device capable of automatically tracking the frequency of ultrasonic waves and automatically controlling their...
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6994774 |
High frequency energy application to petroleum feed processing
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for maintaining the active life of a catalyst in organic feed processing by applying a series of electromagnetic radiation pulses to the...
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6986192 |
Method for reclamation of precious metals from circuit board scrap
The present invention springs from the discovery that mild acids could be utilized to shear undesired metals away from desired precious metals that have been plated onto circuit board runners or...
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6955753 |
Treatment of crude oils
A process and apparatus to extract and recover heavy metals and sulfur from crude oil or petroleum fuel products including the steps of emulsifying the crude oil with an emulsifying agent, adding a...
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6932944 |
High efficiency scrubber for waste gas abatement
A gas scrubber comprises a gas inlet pipe that provides the scrubber with gases to be processed; means for initiating reactions of decomposition that is directed to initialize the decomposition of...
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6923901 |
Non-chemical water treatment method and apparatus employing ionized air purification technologies for marine application
Contaminated water, particularly, ballast water, blackwater, galley water, accommodation water, laundry water, fresh water and seawater, is disinfected by admixture of a highly reactive gas stream...
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6913699 |
Process for selectively removing functionalized organic compounds from a liquid medium
The present invention is directed to a process and device for selectively removing at least one functionalized organic compound present in a liquid medium. More specifically the present invention...
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6911122 |
Method and apparatus for triggering oxygen scavenging composition with pulsed light
A method for triggering an oxygen scavenging composition for use in packaging an oxygen sensitive article includes the steps of providing an oxygen scavenging composition comprising an oxidizable...
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6890414 |
Purification system and method
A system for use with a plating cell configured to plate objects in a plating process. At least one byproduct is created in a plating substance used in the plating cell. The system includes a...
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6878288 |
System and apparatus for removing dissolved and suspended solids from a fluid stream
A system and a method for removing dissolved and suspended solids from a fluid stream by passing the fluid stream into a processing zone in the presence of a ultrasonic standing wave and removing a...
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6863781 |
Process for photocatalysis and two-electron mixed-valence complexes
Embodiments for the invention include a process for the production of hydrogen comprising a protic solution, a photocatalyst capable of a two-electron reduction of hydrogen ions; and a coproduct...
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6860972 |
Process for detecting the location of a phase interface
Disclosed herein are processes for detecting the location of an interface between phases. In one embodiment, the process comprises: introducing a reaction mixture into a vessel wherein the reaction...
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6858114 |
Laser hydrolysis of polypeptides
The present invention relates to methods of hydrolyzing a protein (or peptide) by treating a protein (or peptide)-containing sample with a laser and associated apparatus for effectuating the...
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6855231 |
Method and system for production fullerene
Methods and devices for producing fullerene are provided. The present invention includes a pair of electrodes spaced apart to define a region wherein an arc discharge can be conducted between the...
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6830662 |
Process for microwave destruction of harmful agents and waste
The subject invention provides a potentially economically viable process for the microwave destruction of contaminated waste consisting essentially of chemical and biological agents and harmful...
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6821403 |
Method and device for cleaning and disinfecting treatment of water
Method for cleaning and disinfecting treatment of water, during which the water is exposed to at least one electric field, whereby the electric field is a low-current field with pulsating direct...
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6808603 |
Method for synthesizing absolute asymmetry
The present invention provides a novel method for absolute asymmetric synthesis by irradiation with circularly polarized light, which comprises providing a photochemically reversible reaction...
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6800370 |
Photoresponsive surfaces
The invention relates to an article having a photoresponsive surface, said article comprising a substrate having photoionisable moieties capable of undergoing dimerization attached to at least a...
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6797126 |
Process for the desulphurization and upgrading fuel oils
A method of desulphurizing and cracking of hydrocarbons to produce fuel oil. The fuel oil is first admixed with a sensitizer and solid source of hydrogen and, preferably, with a catalyst and a...
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6780497 |
Surface modified expanded polytetrafluoroethylene devices and methods of producing the same
Improved processes for surface treating expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is disclosed and improved surface-treated devices made from the processes. The processes employ a laser to...
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6777458 |
Method for producing scratch-resistant coatings
A process for producing scratch-resistant coatings, encompassing the following steps: applying at least one UV-curable coating composition to at least one surface of an article to be coated, said...
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6762331 |
Synthesis of organic nanotubes and synthesis of ultrathin nanowires using same as templates
The present invention discloses a method for synthesizing a calix[4]hydroquinone organic nanotube and a method for synthesizing an ultrathin, stable nanowire using said organic nanotube as a template.
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6759521 |
Polarization switching to control crystal form
A method to select and prepare polymorphs of materials by switching the polarization state of light employing non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation.
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6749726 |
Apparatus and method for initiating a combustion reaction with slurry fuel
A method and apparatus for initiating a combustive reaction in a slurry fuel. A transfer device optically interconnects an optical energy source with a combustion chamber containing slurry fuel and...
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6740259 |
Method of manufacture of ceramic materials
A method of manufacture of a ceramic material comprises the steps of preparing a melt of the ceramic materials, cooling the melt slowly through the freezing point of the material to initiate...
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6733586 |
High throughput non-photochemical laser induced nucleation
A method for the high-throughput non-photochemical laser induced nucleation of crystals from aged supersaturated solutions in which short high-intensity laser pulses are used to induce nucleation...
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6716358 |
Demulsification of water-in-oil emulsions
The invention includes a method for demulsification of water-in-oil emulsions.
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6706154 |
Method for fabricating integrated optical components using ultraviolet laser techniques
A process for forming an integrated optical device in a substrate, comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a base index of refraction; providing a UV light beam; focusing the beam on...
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6695953 |
Accelerated methods of oxidizing organic contaminants in aqueous mediums using corona induced reactions and particles therewith
Novel accelerated methods involving corona discharge, and preferably pulsed streamer high voltage corona discharge, in combination with an effective amount of suitable particles to break down...
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6689252 |
Abatement of hazardous gases in effluent
An apparatus and method for reducing hazardous gases exhausted from a process chamber 25 includes an effluent plasma reactor 210 and a downstream catalytic reactor 220 . The reactor 210 may...
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6673214 |
Energy enhanced reaction catalysis and uses thereof
The present invention provides a method/device for enhancing a chemical reaction including PCR and ELISA by utilizing electromagnetic or mechanical energy. Such method/device can also be used for...
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6669995 |
Method of treating an anti-reflective coating on a substrate
A method of treating an anti-reflective coating on a substrate. The method includes exposing the anti-reflective coating to a dosage of ultraviolet radiation sufficient to result in the direct...
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