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Nanotechnology Applications
Acoustics *************************************
Actuators (Switches) *******************************
12/21/2007
Experimental design and analysis for piezoelectric circular actuators in flow
control applications
(#015013)
Smart Materials and Structures 17 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Exact
analysis of two kinds of piezoelectric actuator
(#015018)
Smart Materials and Structures 17 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Shape and
Temperature Memory of Nanocomposites with Broadened Glass Transition
(1294-1296)
Science Magazine 318 #5854 (2007)
Abstract »|
Nanomechanical and electrical characterization of a new cellular electret
sensor–actuator
(#035506)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Antennas ****************************************
12/21/2007
Directed assembly of functional light harvesting antenna complexes onto
chemically patterned surfaces
(#025101)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
Anti-Ballistic Materials ****************************
Anti-Corrosion Coatings ***************************
Anti-Friction Agents ******************************
Antioxidants **************************************
Bandages *******************************
Barcodes **************************************
Barrier Materials **********************************
Batteries *****************************************
12/21/2007
Metal oxide nano-particles for improved electrochromic and
lithium-ion battery technologies
(794-797)
Thin Solid Films 516 #5 (2007)
Abstract
Size effect of tin oxide nanoparticles on high capacity lithium
battery anode materials
(1313-1318)
Surface and Coatings Technology 202 #4-7 (2007)
Abstract
A novel gel electrolyte with lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate
salt and Sb2O3 nanoparticles for lithium ion batteries
(1069-1073)
Solid State Sciences 9, #11 (2007)
Abstract
Capacitors **************************************
12/21/2007
Easy synthesis of ordered meso/macroporous carbon monolith for
use as electrode in electrochemical capacitors
(548-551)
Materials Letters 62 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Catalysts ******************************
Chromatography ********************************
Coatings **************************************
Combintorial Chemistry ***************************
Computers **************************************
12/21/2007
Compact
universal logic gates realized using quantization of current in nanodevices
(#495201)Nanotechnology
18 #49 (2007)
Abstract
Controlled Release ********************************
12/21/2007
Active Nanodiamond Hydrogels for Chemotherapeutic
Delivery
(3305 – 3314)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Cosmetics *******************************
Devices ************************************
Diodes *******************************************
Displays ******************************************
Drugs ************************************
Drying (Dewetting) *********************************
Electrochemistry *********************************
Electrodes ****************************************
12/21/2007
Preparation and characterization of IrO2–YSZ
nanocomposite electrodes by MOCVD
(1608-1616)
Solid State Ionics 178, #29-30 (2007)
Abstract
From
cobalt nitrate carbonate hydroxide hydrate nanowires to porous Co3O4
nanorods for high performance lithium-ion battery electrodes
(#035711)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
A
preliminary investigation into the new class of lithium intercalating LiNiSiO4
cathode material
(#025603)
Abstract
Chemical bath deposition of ZnO nanowire–nanoparticle composite electrodes for
use in dye-sensitized solar cells
(#505706)
Nanotechnology 18 #50 (2007)
Abstract
Active
immobilization of biomolecules on a hybrid three-dimensional nanoelectrode by
dielectrophoresis for single-biomolecule study
(#495503)
Nanotechnology 18 #49 (2007)
Abstract
Electronics ***************************************
12/18/2007
7,309,902
Microelectronic device with anti-stiction coating
7,309,875
Nanocrystal protective layer for crossbar molecular electronic devices
12/21/2007
Open-circuit voltage of ceria-based thin film SOFC supported on
nano-porous alumina
(1602-1607)
Solid State Ionics 178, #29-30 (2007)
Abstract
On the electrostatic behavior of
floating nanoconductors
(17-24)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus |
MIS polymeric structures and OTFTs
using PMMA on P3HT layers
(53-59)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Superconducting
Pair Correlations in an Amorphous Insulating Nanohoneycomb Film
(1273-1275)
Science Magazine 318 #5854 (2007)
Abstract »|
Conductance oscillations in molecularly linked Au nanoparticle
film–superconductor systems
(#025202)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
Characteristics of domain wall pinning and depinning in a three-terminal
magnetic Y-junction
(#015703)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
12/21/2007
Doping-Free Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Based
Ballistic CMOS Devices and Circuits
(3603 – 3607)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Metal-Organic Honeycomb Nanomeshes with Tunable Cavity
Size
(3813 – 3817)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Identification of DNA Basepairing via Tunnel-Current
Decay
(3854 – 3858)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Template-Grown Metal Nanowires as Resonators: Performance
and Characterization of Dissipative and Elastic Properties
(3281 – 3284)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Carbon Nanotube Radio
(3296 – 3299)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Electronic Excitations of a Single Molecule Contacted in
a Three-Terminal Configuration
(3336 – 3342)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Printed Multilayer Superstructures of Aligned
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electronic Applications
(3343 – 3348)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Amine-Gold Linked Single-Molecule Circuits: Experiment
and Theory
(3477 – 3482)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Nanotube Radio
(3508 – 3511)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Electro-Optics ************************************
Emission ****************************************
12/21/2007
Growth of vertically aligned arrays of carbon nanotubes for
high field emission
(706-709)
Thin Solid Films 516 #5 (2007)
Abstract
Field emission properties of carbon nanotubes grown on a
conical tungsten tip for the application of a microfocus x-ray tube
(304-309)
Thin Solid Films 516 #2-4 (2007)
Abstract
A simple method for creating nanotube field emitters from a
surfactant dispersion
(5775-5778)
Surface Science 601 #24 (2007)
Abstract
Synthesis and field emission of single-crystalline copper vanadate nanobelts
(#035607)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Electron field emission of a nitrogen-doped TiO2 nanotube array
(#025606)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
Vacuum-Breakdown-Induced Needle-Shaped Ends of
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Yarns and Their Field Emission Applications
(3792 – 3797)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Fiber Optics (Waveguides) *************************
12/21/2007
Phonon transport and thermal
conductivity in a dielectric quantum waveguide
(37-43)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Fabrication of buried waveguide microstructure using gas-assisted
micro/nanoimprinting with soft mold
(p 993-998)
Polymers for Advanced Technologies 18 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Filaments ****************************************
Filtration ****************************************
Flame Retardants *********************************
Fluorescence *************************************
Fuel Cells ****************************************
12/18/2007
7,309,542
Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell
7,309,535
Air breathing fuel cell having bi-cell unit cells
12/21/2007
XPS Structural Studies of Nano-composite Non-platinum Electrocatalysts for
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
(263-275)
Topics in Catalysis 46 #3-4 ( 2007)
Instability of Supported Platinum Nanoparticles in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
(285-305)
Topics in Catalysis 46 #3-4 ( 2007)
Gratings ****************************************
Gyroscope ***************************************
Holography: *****************************
Hydrogen Storage *********************************
Imaging *****************************************
Ink **********************************************
Labels ******************************************
Lasers **********************************
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) ***********************
12/18/2007
7,309,959
Light-emitting device with improved brightness control and narrow frame and
electronic apparatus with the light-emitting device
7,309,958
Organic light emitting device comprising bypass transistor between cathode and
anode and method of manufacturing the same
7,309,956
Top-emitting OLED device with improved-off axis viewing performance
12/21/2007
Low frequency optical noise from
organic light emitting diode
(7-10)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Effects of exciplex on the
electroluminescent and photovoltaic properties of organic diodes based on
terbium complex
(31-36)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Bandgap engineering in Alq3-
and NPB-based organic light-emitting diodes for efficient green, blue and white
emission
(1618-1623)
Solid State Electronics 51, #11-12 (2007)
Abstract
A soluble self-doped conducting polyaniline graft copolymer as
a hole injection layer in polymer light-emitting diodes
(7236-7240)
Polymer 48 #25 (2007)
Abstract
Steric Inhibition of 
-Stacking:
1,3,6,8-Tetraarylpyrenes as Efficient Blue Emitters in Organic Light Emitting
Diodes (OLEDs)
(5215 – 5218)
Organic Letters 9 #25 (2007)
Abstract
Dual enhancing properties of LiF with varying positions inside
organic light-emitting devices
(30-38)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Improved performance of polymer light-emitting devices based on
blend of MEH–PPV and vinyl copolymer with 1,3,4-oxadiazole chromophores
(45-50)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Influence of plasma treatment of ITO surface on the growth and
properties of hole transport layer and the device performance of OLEDs
(51-62)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Bipyridyl substituted triazoles as hole-blocking and
electron-transporting materials for organic light-emitting devices
(77-84)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Full color and monochrome passive-matrix polymer light-emitting
diodes flat panel displays made with solution processes
(95-100)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Iminodibenzyl-substituted distyrylarylenes as dopants for blue
and white organic light-emitting devices
(101-110)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Sequentially doped blue electrofluorescent organic
light-emitting diodes
(136-142)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Electromechanical interactions in a carbon nanotube based thin film field
emitting diode
(#025701)
Abstract
Localized Current Injection and Submicron Organic
Light-Emitting Device on a Pyramidal Atomic Force Microscopy Tip
(3645 – 3649)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Bright and Color-Saturated Emission from Blue
Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Solution-Processed Colloidal Nanocrystal Quantum
Dots
(3803 – 3807)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Lithography **************************************
Lubrication *************************************
Luminesence (Emitters) *****************
12/18/2007
7,309,957
Organic electroluminescent display device and method of fabricating the same
7,309,955
Organic electroluminescent display device and fabricating method thereof
7,309,533
Substituted anthryl derivative and electroluminescence device using the same
7,309,532
Cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound and organoelectroluminescent device
employing the same
12/21/2007
Characterization of hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon film on
COC for flexible organic electro-luminescence application
(293-298)
Thin Solid Films 516 #2-4 (2007)
Abstract
High efficiency and color saturated
blue electroluminescence by using 4,4′-bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenylamino]biphenyl
as the thinner host and hole-transporter
(121-125)
Solid State Electronics 52, #8 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Enhancement of electroluminescence in p–i–n structures with nano-crystalline
Si/SiO2 multilayers
(#015013)
Semiconductor Science and Technology 23 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Blue-shift and intensity enhancement of photoluminescence in
lead-zirconate-titanate-doped silica nanocomposites
(#035702)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
How
nanoparticles encapsulating fluorophores allow a double detection of
biomolecules by localized surface plasmon resonance and luminescence
(#035705)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Visible
cathodoluminescence of Er ions in β-Ga2O3 nanowires and
microwires
(#035713)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
In
situ synthesis and photoluminescence of QD-CdS on silk fibroin fibers at
room temperature
(#025601)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
Temperature and excitation density dependent photoluminescence of
sputtering-induced GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots
(#015602)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Size-induced crystal field parameter change and tunable infrared luminescence in
Ni2+-doped high-gallium nanocrystals embedded glass ceramics
(#015702)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Plasmonic Modes of Annular Nanoresonators Imaged by
Spectrally Resolved Cathodoluminescence
(3612 – 3617)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Physical Mechanism of Blue-Shift of UV Luminescence of a
Single Pencil-Like ZnO Nanowire
(3879 – 3883)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Magnetic Devices *********************************
Medical *****************************************
12/21/2007
Diffusion of nanoparticles into the capsule and cortex of a crystalline lens
(#025102)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
Carbon
nanopipettes for cell probes and intracellular injection
(#015101)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
High
cytotoxicity and resistant-cell reversal of novel paclitaxel loaded micelles by
enhancing the molecular-target delivery of the drug
(#495101)
Nanotechnology 18 #49 (2007)
Abstract
In
vitro utilization of ferromagnetic nanoparticles in hemodialysis therapy
(#495102)Nanotechnology
18 #49 (2007)
Abstract
All Optical Interface for Parallel, Remote, and
Spatiotemporal Control of Neuronal Activity
(3859 – 3863)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Memory Devices **********************************
12/18/2007
7,309,650
Memory device having a nanocrystal charge storage region and method
12/21/2007
Characteristics of poly-Si TFT combined with nonvolatile SONOS
memory and nanowire channels structure
(1287-1291)
Surface and Coatings Technology 202 #4-7 (2007)
Abstract
Formation of germanium nanocrystals by rapid thermal oxidizing
SiGeO layer for nonvolatile memory application
(1333-1337)
Surface and Coatings Technology 202 #4-7 (2007)
Abstract
Polyetherimide substrates for future high density optical data storage
(p 97-101)
Polymer Engineering & Science 48 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Switching between different conformers of a molecule:
Multilevel memory elements
(39-44)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Switching in polymeric resistance random-access memories
(RRAMS)
(119-128)
Organic Electronics 9 #1 (2008)
SummaryPlus
Organic
memory using [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester:
morphology, thickness and concentration dependence studies
(#035203)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Conductive polymer patterned media for scanning multiprobe data storage
(#505302)
Nanotechnology 18 #50 (2007)
Abstract
Graphene Nanostrip Digital Memory Device
(3608 – 3611)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Nanodisk Codes
(3849 – 3853)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Metamaterials ***********************************
Microcombustion ********************************
Microelectronics **********************************
Microencapsulation ********************************
12/18/2007
7,309,446
Methods of manufacturing diamond capsules
12/21/2007
Facile encapsulation of nanoparticles in nanoorganized
bio-polyelectrolyte microshells
(7598-7603)
Polymer 48 #26 (2007)
Abstract
Mechanical properties of micro- and
nanocapsules: Single-capsule measurements
(7221-7235)
Polymer 48 #25 (2007)
Abstract
How
nanoparticles encapsulating fluorophores allow a double detection of
biomolecules by localized surface plasmon resonance and luminescence
(#035705)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Microfluidic Devices *******************************
12/21/2007
Studies on flow behaviors of polymer melts in nanochannels by
wetting actions
(7645-7652)
Polymer 48 #26 (2007)
12/21/2007
Conformation transition and molecular mobility of isolated
poly(ethylene oxide) chains confined in urea nanochannels
(7364-7373)
Polymer 48 #25 (2007)
Abstract
Electrochemically replicated smooth aluminum foils for anodic alumina
nanochannel arrays
(#015304)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Electrical Detection of Fast
Reaction Kinetics in Nanochannels with an Induced Flow
(3895 – 3900)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of DNA Electrophoretic
Separation in a Microfluidic Obstacle Array
(8794 – 8806)
Macromolecules 40 #24 (2007)
Abstract
Microlenses *************************************
12/18/2007
7,309,562
Microlens manufacturing method and solid-state image pick-up unit manufacturing
method
Micromixing ************************************
Microreactors **************************
12/18/2007
7,309,389
Preparation of azo colorants in microreactors and their use in
electrophotographic toners and developers, powder coatings, ink jet inks and
electronic medias
12/21/2007
Ozonolysis of Acetic Acid 1-Vinyl-hexyl Ester in a
Falling Film Microreactor
(1025 – 1031)
Organic Process Research & Development 11 #6 (2007)
Abstract
Electrical Detection of Fast
Reaction Kinetics in Nanochannels with an Induced Flow
(3895 – 3900)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Microrobots *************************************
Microscopy **********************************
12/21/2007
Competition of elastic and adhesive properties of carbon nanotubes anchored to
atomic force microscopy tips
(#035709)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Behavior of a single nitrogen molecule on the pentagon at a carbon nanotube tip:
a first-principles study
(#025709)
12/21/2007
Microvalves **************************************
Microwaves ************************************
12/21/2007
Mechanical properties of microwave hydrothermally synthesized titanate nanowires
(#025710)
Abstract
Nanomachines ***********************************
12/21/2007
Detection of bacteria based on the thermomechanical noise of a nanomechanical
resonator: origin of the response and detection limits
(#035503)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Manipulation of freestanding Au nanogears using an atomic force microscope
(#505304)
Nanotechnology 18 #50 (2007)
Abstract
Nanowells *************************************
Neurology ********************************
Optical ****************************************
12/21/2007
Moiré Patterns in Superimposed Nanoporous Thin Films
Derived from Block-Copolymer Assemblies
(3628 – 3632)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Optical Switching ********************************
Optoelectronics **********************************
Photocatalysts *****************
Photochemistry **********************************
Photoelectric Devices *****************************
12/18/2007
7,309,833
Photovoltaic devices comprising layer(s) of photoactive organics dissolved in
high Tg polymers
12/21/2007
Analysis of Optical Absorption in Silicon Nanowire Arrays
for Photovoltaic Applications
(3249 – 3252)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Photonics ******************************
12/21/2007
The
tunable acoustic band gaps of two-dimensional phononic crystals with a
dielectric elastomer cylindrical actuator
(#015011)
Smart Materials and Structures 17 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Large
complete bandgaps in a two-dimensional square photonic crystal with isolated
single-atom dielectric rods in air
(#025201)
Nanotechnology 19 #2 (2008)
Abstract
GaSb-based lasers with two-dimensional photonic crystal mirrors
(#015203)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
12/21/2007
Polymeric One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals by Continuous Coextrusion
(p 2210-2216)
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 28 #23 (2007)
Abstract
Photopolymerization ******************************
Plasticizers ***********************************
Quantum Dots ************************************
Quantum Wells ************************************
Radiation ***************************************
Reactions **************************************
Scaffolds Tissue Engineering) **********************
Sensors ****************************************
12/18/2007
7,309,621
Method to fabricate a nanowire CHEMFET sensor device using selective nanowire
deposition
12/21/2007
Bioaffinity platforms based on carbon-polymer biocomposites for
electrochemical biosensing
(284-292)
Thin Solid Films 516 #2-4 (2007)
Abstract
Polyelectrolyte platform for sensitive detection of biological
analytes via reversible fluorescence quenching
(7582-7589)
Polymer 48 #26 (2007)
Abstract
A Water-Soluble, Small Molecular Fluorescent Sensor with
Femtomolar Sensitivity for Zinc Ion
(4995 – 4998)
Organic Letters 9 #24 (2007)
Abstract
Visual
force sensing with flexible nanowire buckling springs
(#035502)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Preparation of porous chromium oxide nanotubes using carbon nanotubes as
templates and their application as an ethanol sensor
(#035504)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Nanomechanical and electrical characterization of a new cellular electret
sensor–actuator
(#035506)
Nanotechnology 19 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Tin
oxide nanocluster hydrogen and ammonia sensors
(#015502)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Scaling
laws for nanoFET sensors
(#015504)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Portable microsensors based on individual SnO2 nanowires
(#495501)
Nanotechnology 18 #49 (2007)
Abstract
An Electrothermal Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor
(3686 – 3690)
Nano Letters 7 #12 (2007)
Abstract
Importance of the Debye Screening Length on Nanowire
Field Effect Transistor Sensors
(3405 – 3409)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation and
Lipid-Membrane-Mediated Biorecognition Reactions Studied with a New
Nanoplasmonic Sensor Template
(3462 – 3468)
Nano Letters 7 #11 (2007)
Abstract
A
volatile-solvent gas fiber sensor based on polyaniline film coated on
superstructure fiber Bragg gratings
(#017002)
Measurement Science and Technology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Separations **************************************
12/21/2007
Closed-form approximation and numerical validation of the influence of van der
Waals force on electrostatic cantilevers at nano-scale separations
(#015501)
Nanotechnology 19 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Solar Energy ****************************
12/18/2007
7,309,832
Multi-junction solar cell device
7,309,831
Protective sheet for solar battery module, method of fabricating the same and
solar battery module
7,309,398
Composite backed prestressed mirror for solar facet
12/21/2007
Conductive carbon nanoparticles hybrid PEO/P(VDF-HFP)/SiO2
nanocomposite polymer electrolyte type dye sensitized solar cells