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8183164 |
Method for preferential growth of semiconducting vertically aligned single walled carbon nanotubes
A method and system for the preferential growth of semiconducting vertically-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) is provided. The method combines the use of plasma-enhanced chemical...
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8170335 |
Image processing systems employing image compression and accelerated decompression
A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the...
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8170334 |
Image processing systems employing image compression and accelerated image decompression
A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the...
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8170333 |
Image processing systems employing image compression
A system for processing an image includes a an image data input port, a compressed image data output port or a compressed image data storage node, a non-transitory memory component storing a set of...
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8133465 |
Polymer-carbon nanotube composite for use as a sensor
A polymer-carbon nanotube composite film is provided for use as a sensor for detecting chemical vapors. The composite film is formed by coating perpendicularly-aligned carbon nanotubes with a...
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US20120037306 |
POLYMER-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE FOR USE AS A SENSOR
A polymer-carbon nanotube composite film is provided for use as a sensor for detecting chemical vapors. The composite film is formed by coating perpendicularly-aligned carbon nanotubes with a...
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US20120033886 |
IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING IMAGE COMPRESSION
A system for processing an image includes a an image data input port, a compressed image data output port or a compressed image data storage node, a non-transitory memory component storing a set of...
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US20120033881 |
IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING IMAGE COMPRESSION AND ACCELERATED DECOMPRESSION
A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the...
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US20120033880 |
IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING IMAGE COMPRESSION AND ACCELERATED IMAGE DECOMPRESSION
A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the...
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US20110262836 |
LITHIUM-AIR CELL INCORPORATING LITHIUM ALUMINUM GERMANIUM PHOSPHATE CATHODE
A lithium-air cell is provided which incorporates a cathode comprised of a lithium aluminum germanium phosphate (LAGP) glass-ceramic material for facilitating an oxygen reduction reaction. The...
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8008930 |
Characterization technique for dielectric properties of polymers
A test structure for polymer characterization over a wide frequency range, temperature range and under an applied DC electric field is disclosed. A high resistivity silicon substrate is topped by...
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7956715 |
Thin film structures with negative inductance and methods for fabricating inductors comprising the same
An inductor structure comprising a substrate and a planar conductor structure on a surface of the substrate, and methods for fabricating an inductor structure. The planar conductor structure may...
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7922975 |
Resonant sensor capable of wireless interrogation
A resonant sensor for detecting a specific environmental analyte is presented. The resonant sensor comprises a top conductive layer of two ground conductors and a center signal line, a bottom...
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7921727 |
Sensing system for monitoring the structural health of composite structures
A sensing system for use in monitoring the structural health of a structure such as a polymeric matrix composite structure is provided. The system includes a sensor formed from a conductive ink...
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7914612 |
Compliant column sheath assembly for gas chromatography
A compliant column sheath assembly for use in a gas chromatograph is provided which includes an open tubular column in the form of a helical coil having a coiled length of between about 5 and 15...
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7904202 |
Method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi-jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination
A method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination are disclosed. The present invention calibrates multi-jointed...
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7900507 |
Device and method for monitoring the quality of an oil change and condition of engine oil from an oil change
A device and method for measuring the quality of a vehicle oil change and the condition of oil obtained during an oil change is provided which includes an oil measurement compartment and at least...
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US20110024717 |
METHOD FOR PREFERENTIAL GROWTH OF SEMICONDUCTING VERTICALLY ALIGNED SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
A method and system for the preferential growth of semiconducting vertically-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) is provided. The method combines the use of plasma-enhanced chemical...
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7857194 |
Method of joining metals to ceramic matrix composites
A method of joining metals to a ceramic material such as a ceramic matrix composite is provided which utilizes a compliant interlayer having a coefficient of thermal expansion between the...
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US20100295694 |
Smart Aerospace Structures
Smart aerospace structures are described herein utilizing a deactivated RFID tag including an IC and an electrical by-pass. The electrical by-pass is conductive and the electrical by-pass is in...
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7833331 |
Non-toxic corrosion-protection pigments based on cobalt
Corrosion-inhibiting pigments based on cobalt are described that contain a trivalent or tetravalent cobalt/valence stabilizer complex. An inorganic or organic material is used to stabilize the...
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7799163 |
Substrate-supported aligned carbon nanotube films
This invention relates to a process for preparing a substrate-supported aligned carbon nanotube film including: synthesizing a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on the substrate capable of...
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7789958 |
Non-toxic corrosion-protection pigments based on manganese
Corrosion-inhibiting pigments based on manganese are described that contain a trivalent or tetravalent manganese/valence stabilizer complex. An inorganic or organic material is used to stabilize...
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US20100209404 |
ENHANCED METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEM-LIKE CELLS FROM SOMATIC CELLS
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the production and use of pluripotent stem-like cells from low passage somatic cells, e.g., fibroblasts.
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7777478 |
Touch and auditory sensors based on nanotube arrays
A sensor including at least one sensor probe including a pair of electrodes; a vertically aligned nanotube disposed between the pair of electrodes; optionally a piezoelectric polymer on the...
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7771880 |
Solid composite electrolyte membrane and method of making
A solid composite electrolyte membrane for use in a lithium battery is provided which exhibits a conductivity ranging from about 10−4 S cm−1 to about 10−3 S cm−1 at ambient temperature. The membran...
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7771696 |
Nanocomposites and functionalized carbon nanofibers
A composition is provided in which carbon nanofibers are functionalized with at least one moiety where the moiety or moieties comprise at least one bivalent radical. The composition can include a...
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US20100183950 |
METAL-FREE VERTICALLY-ALIGNED NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL CATHODES
Metal-free fuel cell cathodes having a catalytic layer of vertically-aligned, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (VA-NCNTs) are provided. The fuel cell cathodes comprise a cathode body, a binder layer...
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US20100145004 |
RIGID-ROD COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND THE POLYMERIC FIBERS FABRICATED FROM THOSE COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED FLAME RESISTANCE
Rigid-rod copolymer compositions incorporating PBO (poly(p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole)), DiOH-PBO (poly(2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-phenylenebenzobisoxazole), DiOH-PBI...
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US20100141939 |
METHODS OF POLARIZATION ENGINEERING AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Special polarization states are generated that have unique focusing properties that may be used to create extremely strong longitudinal fields. Combined with surface plasmon excitation, these...
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7719392 |
Ferroelectric varactors suitable for capacitive shunt switching
A ferroelectric varactor suitable for capacitive shunt switching is disclosed. High resistivity silicon with a SiO2 layer and a patterned metallic layer deposited on top is used as the substrate. A...
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7716987 |
Non-contact thermo-elastic property measurement and imaging system for quantitative nondestructive evaluation of materials
A non-contact thermo-elastic property measurement and imaging system and method thereof are described. Acoustic energy is incident on a first surface of a specimen under test. The acoustic energy...
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US20100096678 |
NANOSTRUCTURED BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE (BST) THIN-FILM VARACTORS ON SAPPHIRE
Varactor shunt switches based on a nonlinear dielectric tunability of BaxSr(1−x)TiO3 (BST) thin-film on a sapphire substrates are presented. Nanostructured BST thin-films with dielectric t...
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7692270 |
Ferroelectric varactors suitable for capacitive shunt switching
A ferroelectric varactor suitable for capacitive shunt switching is disclosed. High resistivity silicon with a SiO2 layer and a patterned metallic layer deposited on top is used as the substrate. A...
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7687436 |
Flux pinning enhancements in superconductive REBa2CU3O7-x (REBCO) films and method of forming thereof
Nanometer-sized non-superconducting particulates in superconductive REBCO films, where RE is a rare earth metal, for flux pinning enhancement and a method of forming are disclosed. A target with a...
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US20100014586 |
FRAME DECIMATION THROUGH FRAME SIMPLICATION
System and method of providing improved signal compression using frame decimation through frame simplification and generating an encoded bitstream of video frames therefrom are disclosed. The...
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US20100008825 |
RESONANT SENSOR CAPABLE OF WIRELESS INTERROGATION
A resonant sensor for detecting a specific environmental analyte is presented. The resonant sensor comprises a top conductive layer of two ground conductors and a center signal line, a bottom...
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US20090317724 |
LITHIUM-AIR CELLS INCORPORATING SOLID ELECTROLYTES HAVING ENHANCED IONIC TRANSPORT AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY
Liquid-free lithium-air cells are provided which incorporate a solid electrolyte having enhanced ionic transport and catalytic activity. The solid electrolyte is positioned between a lithium anode...
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7618731 |
Ceramic-ceramic nanocomposite electrolyte
A ceramic-ceramic nanocomposite electrolyte having enhanced conductivity is provided. The nancomposite electrolyte is formed from chemically stabilized zirconia such as yttria stabilized zirconia...
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US20090211436 |
COMPLIANT COLUMN SHEATH ASSEMBLY FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
A compliant column sheath assembly for use in a gas chromatograph is provided which includes an open tubular column in the form of a helical coil having a coiled lengt of between about 5 and 15 cm....
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US20090191160 |
Methods of producing pluripotent stem-like cells
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the production and use of pluripotent stem-like cells from somatic cells, e.g., fibroblasts.
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US20090186214 |
METHOD OF GROWING CARBON NANOMATERIALS ON VARIOUS SUBSTRATES
A method of growing carbon nanomaterials such as carbon πanotubes, carbon nanofibers, and carbon whiskers on a variety of substrates is provided which includes exposing at least a portion of the ...
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7538062 |
Substrate-enhanced electroless deposition (SEED) of metal nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes
An electroless deposition method of depositing metal nanoparticles onto conductive substrates such as carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotubes are provided on a support comprising a metal...
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7537663 |
Corrosion-inhibiting coating
A corrosion-inhibiting coating, process, and system that provides a tight, adherent zinc- or zinc-alloy coating that is directly deposited onto steel or cast iron surfaces for enhanced corrosion...
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US20090084171 |
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY OF AN OIL CHANGE AND CONDITION OF ENGINE OIL FROM AN OIL CHANGE
A device and method for measuring the quality of a vehicle oil change and the condition of oil obtained during an oil change is provided which includes an oil measurement compartment and at least...
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7488508 |
Asymmetric end-functionalization of carbon nanotubes
A method of making an asymmetric end-functionalized carbon nanotube film is described. The method includes providing a carbon nanotube film having a first end and a second end; contacting the first...
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US20090011232 |
ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME
A nanocomposite dry adhesive. The nanocomposite dry adhesive includes a substrate; and an array of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes or vertically aligned multi-walled carbon...
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US20090000382 |
NON-CONTACT ACOUSTO-THERMAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INCIPIENT DAMAGE IN MATERIALS
A non-contact acousto-thermal method and apparatus are provided for detection of incipient damage in materials. The apparatus utilizes an ultrasonic horn which receives an acoustic wave generated...
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US20080318026 |
METHOD OF MODIFYING CARBON NANOMATERIALS, COMPOSITES INCORPORATING MODIFIED CARBON NANOMATERIALS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE COMPOSITES
A polymer-carbon nanomaterial composite. The composite includes a polymer matrix; and plasma-modified carbon nanomaterials having surface functional groups attached thereto, wherein the carbon...
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7422793 |
Non-toxic corrosion-protection rinses and seals based on rare earth elements
Rinsing or sealing solutions comprising a rare earth element and a valence stabilizer for barrier films. The treated films contain a rare earth/valence stabilizer complex. The rare earth element is...
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