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Nanotechnology Applications
2/16/2008
Accelerometers
Acoustics
Actuators (Switches)
4/4/2008
Homogenous Spherical
Mosslike Assembly of Pd Nanoparticles by using DNA Compaction: Application of
Pd-DNA Hybrid Materials to Volume-Expansion Hydrogen Switches
(p 1122-1128)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Random Circuit
Breaker Network Model for Unipolar Resistance Switching
(p 1154-1159)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Adhesives
Analysis
Antennas
Anti-Ballistic Materials
Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Anti-Friction Agents
Antioxidants
Bandages
Barcodes
Barrier Materials
Batteries
4/1/2008
7,351,501
Electrolyte for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery
comprising same
7,351,500
Lithium-containing composite oxide and nonaqueous secondary cell using the same,
and method for manufacturing the same
7,351,499
Cathode material for battery
7,351,497
Reducing battery terminal contact resistance stemming from insulating
contaminant layer on same
7,351,498
Lithium ion polymer secondary battery its electrode and method for synthesizing
polymer compound in binder used in adhesion layer thereof
4/4/2008
Nanomaterials for
Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
(p 2930-2946)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Tin-Nanoparticles
Encapsulated in Elastic Hollow Carbon Spheres for High-Performance Anode
Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries
(p 1160-1165)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Bioreactors
Capacitors
4/1/2008
7,352,558
Dry particle based capacitor and methods of making same
Catalysts
See Reactions: Catalysts
Cathodes
Chromatography
Coatings
Combinatorial Chemistry
4/4/2008
Combinatorial Discovery and Optimization of a Complex
Oxide with Water Photoelectrolysis Activity
(2495 – 2502)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Phase-transfer dynamic combinatorial chemistry
(1738 – 1740)
Chemical Communications #15 (2008)
Facile acetal dynamic combinatorial library
(1686 - 1688,)
Chemical Communications #14 (2008)
Computers
Conductive Materials
Controlled Release
Cosmetics
Devices
Diodes
Displays
4/1/2008
7,351,506
Polymerization-encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal for bistable reflective
displays
Drugs
Drying (Dewetting)
Electrochemistry
Electrochromic Devices
Electrodes
4/4/2008
Study on coordination of selenoamino acids with Ag+
at silver nitrate-modified carbon paste electrode
(110-115)
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 63 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Interface Modification on TiO2 Electrode Using
Dendrimers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(2538 – 2543)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Correlation between film structures and potential limits for
hydrogen and oxygen evolutions at a-C:N film electrochemical electrodes
(663-670)
Carbon 46 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Improvement in dye-sensitized solar cells with a ZnO-coated TiO2
electrode by rf magnetron sputtering
(# 122106)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Transparent Carbon
Films as Electrodes in Organic Solar Cells
(p 2990-2992)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Label-Free Sequence-Specific DNA Sensing Using
Copper-Enhanced Anodic Stripping of Purine Bases at Boron-Doped Diamond
Electrodes
(2391 – 2399)
Analytical Chemistry 80, #7 (2008)
Abstract
Electroluminescence
4/1/2008
7,351,481
Imidazole ring-containing compound and organic electroluminescence display
device
Electrolytes
Electromagnetic Shielding
Electronic Gates
Electronics
4/4/2008
Finite element method calculations of ZnO nanowires for nanogenerators
(# 122904)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Nanogaps with very large aspect ratios for electrical measurements
(# 113102)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Molecular electronics in silico
(181-210)
Applied Physics A Materials Science & Processing 91 #2 (2008)
Electro-optics
Electrophoresis
Emission
4/4/2008
NOVEL RED LIGHT-EMITTING POLYMERS BASED ON 2,7-CARBAZOLE AND THIOPHENE
DERIVATIVES
(231 – 240)
Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 26, #2 (2008)
InN nanotips as excellent field emitters
(# 123105)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Fiber Optics; Waveguides
4/4/2008
Single-Crystal
Semiconductor Wires Integrated into Microstructured Optical Fibers
(p 1135-1140)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Filaments
Filtration
Flame Retardants
Fluorescence
Fuel Cells; See Fuel Cells page.
Gratings
4/4/2008
Huge retardation of grating formation in holographic polymer-dispersed liquid
crystals
(11-15)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #1 (2008)
Low threshold and high contrast polymer dispersed liquid crystal grating based
on twisted nematic polarization modulator
(17-20)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #1 (2008)
Gyroscope
Heat Transfer
Holography
Hydrogenation
Hydrogen Storage
4/1/2008
7,351,395
Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates
Imaging
4/4/2008
Fluorescent magnetic nanohybrids as multimodal imaging agents
for human epithelial cancer detection
(2548-2555)
Biomaterials 29 #16 (2008)
Abstract
A
Near-Infrared-Fluorescence-Quenched Gold-Nanoparticle Imaging Probe for In Vivo
Drug Screening and Protease Activity Determination
(p 2804-2807)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Immobilization
Ink
4/1/2008
Ion Exchange Reactions
Integrated Circuits
Labels
Lasers
4/4/2008
Shape-engineered epitaxial InGaAs quantum rods for laser applications
(# 121102)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Diode-pumped polymeric dye lasers operating at a pump power level of
10 mW
(# 113310)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Lenses
Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
4/1/2008
7,351,356
Luminescent material, especially for LED application
4/4/2008
Aluminium–salen luminophores as new hole-blocking materials for phosphorescent
OLEDs
(1818 – 1820)
Dalton Transactions #14 (2008)
Solution-Processible Bipolar Triphenylamine-Benzimidazole
Derivatives for Highly Efficient Single-Layer Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
(2532 – 2537)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
High-efficiency nondoped green organic light-emitting devices
(79-82)
Chemical Physics Letters 455 #1-3 (2008)
Abstract
Achieving three-peak white organic light-emitting devices using
wavelength-selective mirror electrodes
(# 123303)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Dielectric passivation effects on ZnO light emitting diodes
(# 112101)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Excimer-based red/near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with very
high quantum efficiency
(# 113302)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
LED to LEC Transition
Behavior in Polymer Light-Emitting Devices
(p 1191-1193)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Lithography
Lubrication
Luminesence
4/4/2008
Synthesis and photoluminescence of hollow microspheres
constructed with ZnO nanorods by H2 bubble templates
(93-97)
Chemical Physics Letters 455 #1-3 (2008)
Abstract
The influence of the specific surface of grains on the luminescence properties
of Nd3+-doped Y3Al5O12 nanopowders
(89-93)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #1 (2008)
Direct Light-Driven
Modulation of Luminescence from Mn-Doped ZnSe Quantum Dots
(p 2685-2688)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #14 (2008)
Abstract
Photothermal Methods for Single Nonluminescent
Nano-Objects
(2288 – 2294)
Analytical Chemistry 80, #7 (2008)
No abstract.
Magnetic Devices
Magnetophoresis
Mechanical Devices
4/4/2008
A frustrated nanomechanical device powered by the lateral Casimir force
(# 113103)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Medical
4/4/2008
Highly Emissive
Self-assembled Organic Nanoparticles having Dual Color Capacity for Targeted
Immunofluorescence Labeling
(p 1117-1121)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Memory Devices
7,352,607
Non-volatile switching and memory devices using vertical nanotubes
7,351,992
Forming nonvolatile phase change memory cell having a reduced thermal contact
area
7,351,991
Methods for forming phase-change memory devices
7,351,516
Optical information recording medium
7,351,460
Information recording medium, information recording device, and information
recording method
4/4/2008
Formation of high density TiN nanocrystals and its application in non-volatile
memories
(1070-1077)
Chinese Physics B 17 #3 (2008)
Abstract
Nanocrystallization and interfacial tension of sol-gel derived memory
(# 123111)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Microcombustion
Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
4/1/2008
7,352,040
Microelectromechanical systems having trench isolated contacts, and methods for
fabricating same
7,352,039
Methods and apparatuses for microelectronic assembly having a material with a
variable viscosity around a MEMS device
7,351,602
Process for producing a thin film with MEMS probe circuits
7,350,758
Module for mounting a MEMS device
4/4/2008
Resonance properties and microstructure of ultracompliant metallic
nanoelectromechanical systems resonators synthesized from Al–32 at. %Mo
amorphous-nanocrystalline metallic composites
(# 123108)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Ultrathin
Wear-Resistant Ionic Liquid Films for Novel MEMS/NEMS Applications
(p 1194-1198)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Microelectronics
Microencapsulation
4/4/2008
Optimization of cross-linking parameters during production of
transglutaminase-hardened spherical multinuclear microcapsules by complex
coacervation
(41-47)
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 63 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Increased stability of C60 encapsulated in double
walled carbon nanotubes
(88-92)
Chemical Physics Letters 455 #1-3 (2008)
Abstract
An unusually stable octanuclear 
-mesityl-bridged
µ4-oxo-copper(I)
complex encapsulated by a pyrazolate-based compartmental ligand scaffold
(1744 – 1746)
Chemical Communications #15 (2008)
Sulfate ion encapsulation in caged supramolecular structures assembled by
second-sphere coordination
(1762 – 1764)
Chemical Communications #15 (2008)
Rapid formation of metal–organic nano-capsules gives new insight into the
self-assembly process
(1539 – 1541)
Chemical Communications #13 (2008)
Characteristics of solubilization and encapsulation of
fullerene C60 in non-ionic Triton X-100 micelles
( 692-698)
Carbon 46 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Tin-Nanoparticles
Encapsulated in Elastic Hollow Carbon Spheres for High-Performance Anode
Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries
(p 1160-1165)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Microfluidics ; see Microfluidics page.
Microlenses: Nanolenses
4/1/2008
7,352,511
Micro-lenses for imagers
4/4/2008
Anamorphic microlens arrays based on breath-figure template with
adaptive surface reconstruction
(# 111916)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Micromirrors
Micromixing
Micropumps
4/1/2008
7,352,111
Electroactive polymer pumping system
Microreactors; See Nanoreactors.
Microrobots
Microscopy
4/4/2008
Chemical modifications of AFM tips for the study of molecular recognition events
(1513 – 1532)
Chemical Communications #13 (2008)
Microvalves
Microwaves
Mixing Devices
Nanocontainers
Nanoheaters
Nanomachines; Micromachines
Nanoreactors: Microreactors
Nanowells
Neurology
Optical
Optical Switching
Optoelectronics
Phosphors
Photocatalysts
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
4/1/2008
7,351,362
Photochromic material
Photoelectric (Photovoltaic) Devices
4/4/2008
Efficient Schottky-quantum-dot photovoltaics: The roles of depletion,
drift, and diffusion
(# 122111)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Photonics
4/4/2008
Visualization of
Stacking Faults and their Formation in Colloidal Photonic Crystal Films
(p 1110-1116)
Advanced Materials 20 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Photopolymerization
Plasticizers
Printing
4/1/2008
7,351,357
Printing of organic conductive polymers containing additives
Quantum Dots
4/4/2008
Optically induced phase transition of excitons in coupled quantum dots
(1084-1087)
Chinese Physics B 17 #3 (2008)
Abstract
On the Incorporation Mechanism of Hydrophobic Quantum
Dots in Silica Spheres by a Reverse Microemulsion Method
(2503 – 2512)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Size-Dependent Properties of Sonochemically Synthesized
Three-Dimensional Arrays of Close-Packed Semiconducting AgBiS2
Quantum Dots
(2551 – 2565)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Response dynamics of 2-D quantum dots in the presence of
time-varying fields: Anharmonicity and pulse shape effects
(103-115)
Chemical Physics 345 #1 (2008)
Abstract
Controlling the red luminescence from silicon quantum dots in
hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride films
(# 121922)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Efficient Schottky-quantum-dot photovoltaics: The roles of depletion,
drift, and diffusion
(# 122111)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Polarization control of gain of stacked InAs/InP (100) quantum dots at
1.55 µm: Interplay between ground and excited state transitions
(# 123113)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Broadband quantum dot micro-light-emitting diodes with parabolic
sidewalls
(# 123501)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Effect of strain compensation on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells
(# 123512)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Bias-selectable tricolor tunneling quantum dot infrared photodetector
for atmospheric windows
(#111104)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
1.55 µm
InAs quantum dots grown on a GaAs substrate using a GaAsSb metamorphic buffer
layer
(# 111906)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Systematic studies of the photoluminescence of Ge quantum dots grown on strained
Si0.7Ge0.3 buffer layer
(# 111907)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Dual-color emitting quantum-dot-quantum-well CdSe-ZnS heteronanocrystals
hybridized on InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes for high-quality white light
generation
(# 113110)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Periodic arrays of submicron Si and Ni dots on SiO2 fabricated using
linearly polarized Nd:YAG pulsed laser
(235-240)
Applied Physics A Materials Science & Processing 91 #2 (2008)
Direct Light-Driven
Modulation of Luminescence from Mn-Doped ZnSe Quantum Dots
(p 2685-2688)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #14 (2008)
Abstract
Simple bio-conjugation of polymer-coated quantum dots with antibodies for
fluorescence-based immunoassays
(444 – 447)
The Analyst 133 #4 (2008)
Quantum Wells
Radiation
Reactors; See Nanoreactors; Microreactors.
4/4/2008
Microreactors for environmental catalysis—Selective catalytic
reduction of NOX with
hydrocarbons over a Ag/alumina catalyst
(448-454)
Catalysis Today
133-135 (2008)
Abstract
Reactions
Rectifiers
Scaffolds (Tissue Engineering)
Self-Healing Composites
Semiconductors
Sensors; See Sensors page.
Sensors; Also see Biosensors
Separations
Solder
Solar Energy
4/4/2008
Interface Modification on TiO2 Electrode Using
Dendrimers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(2538 – 2543)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Wet-chemical passivation of atomically flat and structured
silicon substrates for solar cell application
(3615-3625)
Applied Surface Science 254 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Improvement in dye-sensitized solar cells with a ZnO-coated TiO2
electrode by rf magnetron sputtering
(# 122106)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Internal voltages in GaInP/GaInAs/Ge multijunction solar cells
determined by electroluminescence measurements
(# 123502)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Cutting carbon nanotubes for solar cell application
(# 123508)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Effect of strain compensation on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells
(# 123512)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #12 (2008)
Abstract
Organic bulk heterojunction solar cells using
poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecyllthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2,-b]thiophene)
(# 113309)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Fibrous flexible solid-type dye-sensitized solar cells without
transparent conducting oxide
(# 113510)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #11 (2008)
Abstract
Transparent Carbon
Films as Electrodes in Organic Solar Cells
(p 2990-2992)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Sorption
4/1/2008
7,351,302
Method for binding particulate, water-absorbing, acid group-containing polymers
to a base material
Sound Insulation
Spectroscopy
Spintronics
Storage
Superconductors
Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Surfaces
Temperature Measurements
Thermal Applications
See also Heat Transfer.
Thermochromic Materials
Transducers
Transistors; See Transistors page.
Ultrafiltration
Valves
Water Treatment
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