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7608446 |
Nanostructured surface for microparticle analysis and manipulation
The present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a first mechanical structure having a first rigid surface, an area of the first rigid surface having a nanostructured surface. The apparatus...
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7597850 |
Droplet operation device
A droplet operation device has a substrate with light transmissibility and having been subjected to a water repellent treatment, a way for supplying droplets onto the substrate, a way for...
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7537808 |
Electrode for electric discharge surface treatment, electric discharge surface treatment method and electric discharge surface treatment apparatus
A method, apparatus, and electrode for electric discharge surface treatment. The electrode is a green compact made by molding metallic powers or metallic compound powders, the green compact being...
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7534401 |
Arcing electron stream apparatus and method
An arcing electron stream apparatus and method for reducing pollutants in a fluid. The device includes first and second electrodes and a chamber there-between. Voltage is impressed between the...
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7521031 |
Method and apparatus for treating exhaust gas
A method for treating exhaust gas includes: adsorbing target components in the exhaust gas with an adsorbent ( 5 ); introducing a nitrogen gas with an oxygen concentration of 10 vol % or less and a...
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7507934 |
Plasma generation electrode, plasma reactor, and exhaust gas cleaning apparatus
A plasma generation electrode capable of subjecting predetermined components contained in a fluid to be treated to their respective reaction treatments with plasmas having different intensities...
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7485258 |
Method and device for sterilizing containers
A method and device for sterilizing containers in which a plasma treatment is executed through excitation of an electromagnetic oscillation so that the plasma is excited in a vacuum in the vicinity...
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7476300 |
Process for extracting and recovering metals from aqueous solutions
An apparatus and process for recovering metals from aqueous solutions by passing an aqueous solution, which contains dissolved metals, into a space between two elongated electrodes of a treatment...
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7465843 |
Recycling system for a waste processing plant
A recycling system for a waste converting apparatus collects residues from a post-processing means and re-introduces the residues into the apparatus such that the residues are exposed to the high...
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7465377 |
Method for destroying a nuclear graphite by gasification in aqueous medium
A process for the treatment of a nuclear graphite contaminated with radioelements includes subjecting the graphite, immersed in a medium containing water, to high-voltage pulses. The pulses have...
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7446930 |
Method of inverting polarization by controlling defect density or degree of order of lattice points
A problem to be solved is to provide a method of forming domain inverted regions of short period in a ferroelectric single crystal in a controllable time period of application of voltage and an...
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7438789 |
Decomposition cell
A decomposition cell having a first metal plate with a first layer of dielectric and a second metal plate with a second layer of dielectric wherein each layer of dielectric is sprayed onto the...
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7431897 |
Apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas from a laminar air boundary layer and application of said apparatus
The invention relates to apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas such as N 2 from the minimum of one laminar air boundary layer of substrates moving in the direction of advance,...
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7429313 |
Method of producing electrostatically charged gelatin
Methods of forming electrostatically charged gelatin are provided. Gelatin is extracted by an acid extraction method ( 12 ) thereby producing a gelatin dispersion ( 14 ), the pH of which is...
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7416646 |
Fly ash treatment by in situ ozone generation employing a venturi
Disclosed is a method of treating, fly ash having an unacceptably high concentration of carbon, with ozone produced in situ by corona discharge. This method will allow high carbon-content fly ash...
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7413635 |
Method for the fabrication of periodically poled Lithium Niobate and Lithium Tantalate nonlinear optical components
A process for reducing the poling field of congruent LiNbO 3 and LiTaO 3 crystal-based nonlinear optical devices and for the production of domain structures with precise reproducibility of the...
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7407634 |
Plasmatron fuel converter having decoupled air flow control
A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter (“plasmatron”) that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The plasmatron has multiple...
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7384520 |
Method for manufacturing hybrid carbon nanotube
The invention of present application relates to a method for enabling a hybrid carbon nanotube having an arbitrary composition ratio to be readily manufactured, and the hybrid carbon nanotube. A...
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7381380 |
Plasma based trace metal removal apparatus
A system and method for the removal of metals such as mercury from a gas stream. The method involves contacting a gas stream containing the target metals with reactive chemical species generated in...
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7374688 |
Spark-induced consolidation of sludge
Exposing sludge to underwater, high-intensity sparks, to increase cake solids, provide faster settling, and increase the rate of dewatering.
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7374655 |
Electrochemical water purifier
An electrolytic water purification system and method use provides a water filtration device with a plurality of electrolytic cells having anodes and cathodes specifically selected to remove...
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7361255 |
Method and apparatus for application of electrostatic charges to compounds held within containers
A method and apparatus for application of electrostatic charges to compounds to change the physical characteristics of the compounds. The compound is located within a container, that can be sealed...
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7347979 |
Gas processing method and gas processing apparatus utilizing oxidation catalyst and low-temperature plasma
A method for treating a gas characterized in that a low temperature plasma is generated in the presence of a metallic oxide oxidation catalyst, and an apparatus for treating a gas characterized by...
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7338808 |
Method and apparatus for determining zeta potential using alternating current electric field and T channel
Provided is a method for determining a zeta potential generated between a solid wall and a solution. The method includes (a) injecting an electrolyte solution into a first inlet of a T channel,...
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7335281 |
Method of manufacturing liquid medium containing composite ultrafine particles
A method of manufacturing a liquid medium containing composite ultrafine particles comprises the steps of preparing a dispersion medium that is a liquid medium in which ultrafine particles of...
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7332313 |
Electrical wounding assay for cells in vitro
A method and system for electrically wounding and/or monitoring cell activity in vitro. The invention comprises methods and systems for wounding and/or monitoring cells that place a cell culture on...
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7329290 |
Fuel reforming apparatus for producing a carbon-monoxide free reformed fuel gas comprising hydrogen
This invention relates to a fuel reforming apparatus for producing a carbon-monoxide free reformed fuel gas comprising hydrogen. More particularly, this invention relates to nonthermal plasma...
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7312087 |
Devices and methods for biochip multiplexing
The invention is directed to devices and methods that allow for simultaneous multiple biochip analysis. The method of analyzing the plurality of biochips includes inserting a first biochp into a...
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7311887 |
Hybrid wet and dry electrostatic precipitator ammonia scrubber
A process reduces SO x emissions in a flue gas stream by adding a wet collector plate section to an existing electrostatic precipitator (ESP) or by converting the last field of an existing ESP to...
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7303657 |
Method and apparatus for chemical synthesis
A method and apparatus for forming a chemical hydride is described and which includes a pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor which is operable to receive a solution capable of forming a chemical...
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7298092 |
Device and method for gas treatment using pulsed corona discharges
A novel plasma reactor is provided that includes a discharge chamber with dimensional characteristics and configuration of dielectric and electrodes that optimize efficiency based on the...
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7288171 |
Method for using field emitter arrays in chemical and biological hazard mitigation and remediation
A method is provided, the method comprising operating a field emitter array (FEA) to generate at least one of a high electric field and a high electron flux, and exposing the field emitter array...
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7285189 |
Method for steam reforming of chain hydrocarbon
Disclosed is a novel method for steam reforming, by which selectivity to carbon monoxide is high, which is free from various side reactions, which may be carried out at a lower temperature and at a...
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7272925 |
NOx reduction in lean burn engine exhaust
The nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) content of lean-burn engine exhaust is beneficially prepared for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of these oxides to nitrogen by two sidestream...
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7255839 |
Device and method for treating a substance containing undesirable organisms using a pulsed electrical field
A device for treating a substance containing at least one undesirable organism, using a pulsed electrical field. The device includes at least one treatment zone of the substance located within a...
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7250729 |
Method of spark-processing silicon and resulting materials
The subject invention pertains to a method of spark processing silicon and resulting materials. The subject invention also relates to electroluminescent devices incorporating the materials produced...
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7229555 |
Low-maintenance watermaker
A reverse osmosis system is subject to long periods of non-use in which water stands inside. A hollow-cylindrical spiral-wound type reverse osmosis membrane is disposed inside a cylindrical...
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7220341 |
Controlling solids flow in a gas-solids reactor
This invention is to a process and system for controlling solids distribution in a gas-solids reactor. Solids distribution is controlled by controlling electrical charges between solid particles...
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7217407 |
Plasma synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles
The present invention is a method of increasing particle surface area and decreasing the concentration of over-sized particles in a process for making metal oxide particles, particularly...
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7201882 |
Device for producing a plasma, ionization method, use of said method and production processes using said device
In the field of transformation of material there is a device for producing a plasma, a method for ionizing material using the device, uses of the inventive method and production processes using the...
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7198754 |
Biological material detection element, biological material detection method and apparatus, charged material moving apparatus
A biological material detection apparatus which detects a charged biological material such as a gene or protein contained in a sample liquid is disclosed. A biological material detection element...
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7189578 |
Methods and systems employing electrothermally induced flow for mixing and cleaning in microsystems
A method and system for controlling flow motion in a channel/cavity in a microfluidic system includes positioning at least one pair of electrodes in and/or proximate to the channel/cavity. A buffer...
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7183114 |
Method for the analysis of gas produced by a titanium tetrachloride fluidized bed reactor
A method to determine the concentration ratio of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in the gaseous product of a fluidized bed reactor for producing titanium tetrachloride. The hot fluidized bed of...
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7169250 |
Nanofibrous articles
Nanofibrous articles can be manufactured by a process that includes preparation of a surface of a substrate to provide an adhesion mechanism for securing the nanofibers to the surface. The...
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7163670 |
Membrane for hydrogen recovery from streams containing hydrogen sulfide
A membrane for hydrogen recovery from streams containing hydrogen sulfide is provided. The membrane comprises a substrate, a hydrogen permeable first membrane layer deposited on the substrate, and...
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7156958 |
Preparation of hollow carbon nanocapsules
A method of producing hollow carbon nanocapsules. First, an arc chamber including a graphitic cathode and a graphitic anode is provided and an inert gas is introduced into the arc chamber. Next, a...
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7150859 |
Microarray fabricating device
A device for fabricating a high-density microarray for cDNA or protein having an arbitrary pattern comprises an electrospray part for electrostatically spraying solutions containing a plurality of...
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7147821 |
Treatment process for a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles
The invention relates to a method for treating a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles, such as microorganisms, bacteria, or viruses. The inventive method consists of generating an...
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7147758 |
Method for surface treatment of polymeric substrates
Methods for treating polymeric substrates by placing the substrate in a gaseous mixture and subjecting it to a dielectric barrier electrical discharge. The gaseous mixture, which has a pressure...
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7132996 |
Plasma production device and method and RF driver circuit
An RF driver circuit and an orthogonal antenna assembly/configuration, are disclosed as part of a method and system for generating high density plasma. The antenna assembly is an orthogonal antenna...
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