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Nanotechnology Applications

 

Acoustics          *************************************

 

Actuators (Switches)   *******************************

12/25/2007

7,311,506
Actuator base nubbin alignment

 

12/28/2007

Monolithic Actuators from Flash-Welded Polyaniline Nanofibers 
(p 155-158)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Nanoscale Electrolytic Switching in Phase-Change Chalcogenide Films 
(p 4431-4437)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Novel Switching Transition of Resistance Observed in Conducting Polymer Nanowires 
(p 3956-3960)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Photoswitches and Memories Assembled by Electrospinning Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Single Nanowires
(p 3968-3972)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Adhesives     ****************************************

12/28/2007

Gecko-Foot-Mimetic Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dry Adhesives with Unique Electrical and Thermal Properties 
(p 3844-3849)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Antennas    ****************************************

Anti-Ballistic Materials    ****************************

Anti-Corrosion Coatings    ***************************

Anti-Friction Agents     ******************************

Antioxidants   **************************************

Bandages                      *******************************

Barcodes         **************************************

Barrier Materials  **********************************

 

Batteries   *****************************************

12/25/2007

7,311,998
Lithium polymer battery with a crosslinked electrolyte

7,311,997
Rechargeable batteries based on nonconjugated conductive polymers

 

12/28/2007

3-D Integrated All-Solid-State Rechargeable Batteries 
(p 4564-4567)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Progress in Rechargeable Magnesium Battery Technology 
(p 4260-4267)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Capacitors     **************************************

Catalysts                        ******************************

Chromatography      ********************************

Coatings         **************************************

Combintorial Chemistry    ***************************

Computers     **************************************

Controlled Release    ********************************

Cosmetics                     *******************************

Devices               ************************************

Diodes   *******************************************

Displays  ******************************************

Drugs                  ************************************

Drying (Dewetting)  *********************************

Electrochemistry     *********************************

 

Electrochromic Devices      ****************************

12/28/2007

Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers Based on Functionalized Bis-terpyridines as Novel Electrochromic Materials 
(p 3928-3931)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Electrodes   ****************************************

12/25/2007

7,312,155
Forming self-aligned nano-electrodes

 

Electronics    ***************************************

Electro-Optics    ************************************

Emission     ****************************************

 

Fiber Optics (Waveguides)     *************************

12/28/2007

Highly Efficient Amplified Stimulated Emission from CdSe-CdS-ZnS Quantum Dot Doped Waveguides with Two-Photon Infrared Optical Pumping 
(p 69-73)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Optical-Fiber-Mounted Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals for Sensing Organic Vapor Breakthrough in Activated Carbon 
(p 4530-4534)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Micro-scale Truss Structures formed from Self-Propagating Photopolymer Waveguides 
(p 3892-3896)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Wavelength Conversion from Silica to Polymer Optical Fibre Communication Wavelengths via Ultrafast Optical Gain Switching in a Distributed Feedback Polymer Laser 
(p 4054-4057)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Filaments    ****************************************

Filtration    ****************************************

Flame Retardants   *********************************

Fluorescence   *************************************

 

Fuel Cells   ****************************************

12/28/2007

High-Performance Nanostructured Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Fuel Cells Made by Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Carbon Nanocolloids 
(p 3859-3864)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Gratings     ****************************************

12/25/2007

7,312,019
Linear grating formation method

 

Gyroscope     ***************************************

Holography:                     *****************************

Hydrogen Storage    *********************************

Imaging     *****************************************

Ink   **********************************************

Labels     ******************************************

Lasers                    **********************************

 

Lenses       ******************************************

12/28/2007

Microfabrication of a Diffractive Microlens Array on n-GaAs by an Efficient Electrochemical Method 
(p 3912-3918)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Chemically Tunable Lensing of Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Microdomes 
(p 4024-4027)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Light Emitting Diodes (LED)    ***********************

12/25/2007

7,312,573
Organic light emitting diode devices

 

12/28/2007

Advanced Device Architecture for Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with an Orange-Emitting Crosslinkable Iridium(III) Complex 
(p 129-133)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

On the Origin of the Color Shift in White-Emitting OLEDs 
(p 4460-4465)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Fiber Shaped Light Emitting Device 
(p 3897-3900)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Mixing of Excimer and Exciplex Emission: A New Way to Improve White Light Emitting Organic Electrophosphorescent Diodes (p 4000-4005)
Abstract  

 

Lithography  **************************************

12/25/2007

7,312,020
Lithography method

 

Lubrication      *************************************

 

Luminesence  (Emitters)                        *****************

12/25/2007

7,312,571
Organic electroluminescent device including layer having uneven patterns

7,312,570
Organic electroluminescent device with a ceramic output coupler and method of making the same

7,312,568
Organic electro luminescence device having TFT with protrusions

7,312,099
Organic electroluminescent device and fabricating method thereof

7,311,859
Method to produce nanocrystalline powders of oxide-based phosphors for lighting applications

 

12/28/2007

Clusters of Closely Spaced Gold Nanoparticles as a Source of Two-Photon Photoluminescence at Visible Wavelengths 
(p 26-30)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Tunable Emission from Binary Organic One-Dimensional Nanomaterials: An Alternative Approach to White-Light Emission 
(p 79-83)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Reversible Control of Ordering Transitions at Aqueous/Liquid Crystal Interfaces Using Functional Amphiphilic Polymers 
(p 4208-4212)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Three-Color White Electroluminescence from a Single Polymer System with Blue, Green and Red Dopant Units as Individual Emissive Species and Polyfluorene as Individual Polymer Host 
(p 4224-4228)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Mechanochemical Synthesis of Blue Luminescent Alkyl/Alkenyl-Passivated Silicon Nanoparticles 
(p 3984-3988)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Magnetic Devices     *********************************

Medical    *****************************************

 

Memory Devices   **********************************

12/25/2007

7,312,100
In situ patterning of electrolyte for molecular information storage devices

 

12/28/2007

Monoclinic Ferroelastic Domains in LaCoO3-Based Perovskites 
(p 4399-4403)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Optical Analysis of Beads Encoded with Quantum Dots Coated with a Cationic Polymer 
(p 4420-4425)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Nanodecoding by Dewetting 
(p 4453-4459)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

A Bit per Particle: Electrostatic Assembly of CdSe Quantum Dots as Memory Elements 
(p 4172-4176)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Photoswitches and Memories Assembled by Electrospinning Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Single Nanowires
(p 3968-3972)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Metamaterials     ***********************************

Microcombustion      ********************************

 

Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS)    *********

12/28/2007

Recent Developments in Polymer MEMS 
(p 3783-3790)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Microelectronics    **********************************

12/25/2007

7,312,101
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for packaging microelectronic devices

7,312,087
Devices and methods for biochip multiplexing

 

12/28/2007

Field-Induced Carrier Generation in Conjugated Polymer Semiconductors for Dynamic, Asymmetric Junctions 
(p 49-53)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Electrostatic Properties of Ideal and Non-ideal Polar Organic Monolayers: Implications for Electronic Devices 
(p 4103-4117) b
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Growth of an Ordered Crystalline Organic Heterojunction 
(p 4229-4233)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Microencapsulation  ********************************

12/28/2007

Biomimetic pH Sensitive Polymersomes for Efficient DNA Encapsulation and Delivery 
(p 4238-4243)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Microfluidic Devices   *******************************

12/25/2007

7,311,503
Micromachined fluidic device and method for making same

 

Microlenses      *************************************

Micromixing     ************************************

 

Micropumps         ************************************

12/28/2007

Micropumps Based on the Enhanced Electroosmotic Effect of Aluminum Oxide Membranes 
(p 4234-4237)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Microreactors                       **************************

12/28/2007

Inorganic Nanotubes as Nanoreactors: The First MoS2 Nanopods 
(p 4276-4278)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Microrobots    *************************************

Microscopy            **********************************

Microvalves   **************************************

Microwaves       ************************************

Nanomachines    ***********************************

Nanowells        *************************************

Neurology                 ********************************

 

Optical      ****************************************

12/28/2007

Magneto-Optical Investigations of Nanostructured Materials Based on Single-Molecule Magnets Monitor Strong Environmental Effects 
(p 3906-3911)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Optical Switching    ********************************

12/28/2007

Electro-Optical Switching in a Blue Phase III Exhibited by a Chiral Liquid Crystal Oligomer
(p 4145-4148)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Optoelectronics    **********************************

Photocatalysts                                        *****************

 

Photochemistry    **********************************

12/28/2007

A Photosynthetic Reaction Center Covalently Bound to Carbon Nanotubes
(p 3901-3905)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Photoelectric Devices     *****************************

12/28/2007

Studies of Highly Regioregular Poly(3-hexylselenophene) for Photovoltaic Applications 
(p 4544-4547)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

High Photovoltaic Performance of Inkjet Printed Polymer:Fullerene Blends 
(p 3973-3978)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Plastic Near-Infrared Photodetectors Utilizing Low Band Gap Polymer 
(p 3979-3983)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Photonics                       ******************************

12/28/2007

Enhanced Photoconductivity in Thin-Film Semiconductors Optically Coupled to Photonic Crystals 
(p 4177-4182)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Synthesis of Colloidal Photonic Crystals with High Nonlinear Optical Performance: Towards Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation with Centrosymmetric Structures 
(p 3814-3818)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Photopolymerization   ******************************

Plasticizers          ***********************************

Quantum Dots   ************************************

Quantum Wells ************************************

Radiation     ***************************************

Reactions       **************************************

Scaffolds Tissue Engineering)     **********************

 

Sensors      ****************************************

12/25/2007

7,312,095
Modification of selectivity for sensing for nanostructure sensing device arrays

7,312,090
Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant reflectance optical biosensor

7,311,812
Biosensor

 

12/28/2007

Construction of Self-Reporting Specific Chemical Sensors with High Sensitivity 
(p 4327-4332)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Polymer-Silicon Flexible Structures for Fast Chemical Vapor Detection 
(p 4248-4255)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Multiresponsive Inverse-Opal Hydrogels 
(p 3865-3871)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Multimaterial Photodetecting Fibers: a Geometric and Structural Study 
(p 3872-3877)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

A Nitrogen Dioxide Sensor Based on an Organic Transistor Constructed from Amorphous Semiconducting Polymers 
(p 4018-4023)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

Internally Referenced Ammonia Sensor Based on an Electrochemically Prepared Porous SiO2 Photonic Crystal 
(p 4044-4048)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Separations   **************************************

 

Solar Energy                     ****************************

12/25/2007

7,312,507
Sensitizing dye solar cell

 

12/28/2007

Nanorod-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Improved Charge Collection Efficiency 
(p 54-58)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated by Simple Brush Painting 
(p 4410-4415)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Efficient Solar Cells Using All-Organic Nanocrystalline Networks
(p 4166-4171)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

A New Route to Enhance the Light-Harvesting Capability of Ruthenium Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(p 3888-3891)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

A Novel Thermosetting Gel Electrolyte for Stable Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 
(p 4006-4011)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Sorption     ****************************************

Spintronics    *************************************

 

Surfaces       ****************************************

12/28/2007

Superhydrophobic Surfaces Generated from Water-Borne Dispersions of Hierarchically Assembled Nanoparticles Coated with a Reversibly Switchable Shell 
(p 200-205)
Advanced Materials 20 #1 (2008)
Abstract  

Self-Cleaning and Anti-Fog Surfaces via Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes 
(p 3838-3843)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract

Bioinspired Surfaces with Switchable Adhesion 
(p 3833-3837)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Switching    ***************************************

 

Thermal Applications  ******************************

12/28/2007

Transparent Film Heater Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 
(p 4284-4287)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Transistors    **************************************

12/25/2007

7,312,513
Antifuse circuit with well bias transistor

7,312,504
Transistor for memory device and method for manufacturing the same

7,312,470
Thin film transistor array panel and method for fabricating the same

 

12/28/2007

Functional Self-Assembled Monolayers for Optimized Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Organic Field Effect Transistors 
(p 4353-4357)
Advanced Materials 19 #24 (2007)
Abstract  

Novel Thiophene-Thiazolothiazole Copolymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistors 
(p 4160-4165)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Injection-induced De-doping in a Conducting Polymer during Device Operation: Asymmetry in the Hole Injection and Extraction Rates 
(p 4202-4207)
Advanced Materials 19 #23 (2007)
Abstract  

Organic Transistors Based on Di(phenylvinyl)anthracene: Performance and Stability 
(p 3882-3887)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

High-Performance Solution-Deposited n-Channel Organic Transistors and their Complementary Circuits 
(p 4028-4032)
Advanced Materials 19 #22 (2007)
Abstract  

 

Ultrafiltration    ************************************

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