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Nanotechnology Applications
2/25/2008
Accelerometers
Acoustics
4/22/2008
7,362,035
Polymer bulk acoustic resonator
4/25/2008
A multilayer structured acoustic cloak with homogeneous isotropic
materials
(# 151913)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Actuators (Switches)
4/25/2008
Optocoupler driving of MEMS electrostatic switches
(# 055004)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
The
pull-in behavior of electrostatically actuated bistable microstructures
(#055026)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
A
single-sided process for differentially cooled electrothermal micro-actuators
(#055033)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
Topology Optimization of a Piezoelectric Actuator on an Elastic Beam
(445-455)
Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures 19 #4 (2008)
[Abstract]
4/25/2008
Single-photon level ultrafast all-optical switching
(# 151109)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Carbon
Nanotube-Polymer Composite for Light-Driven Microthermal Control
(p 3610-3613)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #19 (2008)
Abstract
7,361,430
Carbon nanotube-polymer composite actuators
4/25/2008
Reversible
Conductance Switching in Molecular Devices
(p 1467-1473)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Adhesives
Analysis
Antennas
Anti-Ballistic Materials
Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Anti-Friction Agents
Antioxidants
Bandages
Barcodes
Barrier Materials
Batteries
4/22/2008
7,361,427
Manifold for a pile configured battery
4/25/2008
High Energy Density
All-Solid-State Batteries: A Challenging Concept Towards 3D Integration
(p 1057-1066)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Bioreactors
Blood Substitutes
4/25/2008
Key parameters affecting the initial leaky effect of hemoglobin-loaded
nanoparticles as blood substitutes
(2463-2470)
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 19 #6 (2008)
Capacitors
Catalysts
Also see Fuel Cells: Catalysts
Also see Reactions: Catalysts
Cathodes
Chromatography
Coatings
4/25/2008
Determination of surface properties of various substrates using TiO2
nanorod coatings with tunable characteristics
(3474-3480)
Journal of Materials Science 43 #10 (2008)
Combinatorial Chemistry
4/22/2008
7,361,309
Matrix storage and dispensing system
Computers
Conductive Materials
Controlled Release
See Controlled Release page.
Cosmetics
4/22/2008
7,361,363
Silky feel cosmetic emulsion chassis based on glycerin and chemically modified
starch
7,361,362
Emulsion composition
Devices
Diodes
4/22/2008
7,361,406
Ultra-high current density thin-film Si diode
4/25/2008
Modulations of photoinduced magnetoconductance for polymer diodes
(# 153303)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Displays
4/22/2008
7,361,417
Phosphor layer, image display device employing the same and method for making
the phosphor layer
7,361,390
Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus
Drugs
Drying (Dewetting)
Electrochemistry
4/25/2008
High-yield bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes from cresol for electrochemical
application
(2046 – 2048)
Chemical Communications #17 (2008)
CNFs@CNTs: Superior
Carbon for Electrochemical Energy Storage
(p 1450-1455)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Electrochromic Devices
Electrodes
4/22/2008
7,361,431
Cathode electrode including a porous conductive material coated and/or filled
with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and lithium battery
containing the same
4/25/2008
Two-phase interdigitated microelectrode arrays for electrokinetic transport of
microparticles
(#055007)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
A sandwich structured SiO2/cytochrome c/SiO2 on
a boron-doped diamond film electrode as an electrochemical nitrite biosensor
(2794-2801)
Biomaterials 29 #18 (2008)
Planar-type spin valves based on low-molecular-weight organic materials
with La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 electrodes
(# 153304)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Electroluminescence
See also Luminescence.
4/22/2008
7,361,413
Electroluminescent device and methods for its production and use
4/25/2008
Highly efficient near-infrared hybrid organic-inorganic nanocrystal
electroluminescence device
(# 153311)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Electrolytes
Electromagnetic Shielding
Electronic Gates
Electronics
4/22/2008
7,361,543
Method of forming a nanocluster charge storage device
4/25/2008
Characterization of micro-contact properties using a novel micromachined
apparatus
(#055020)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
Electro-optics
4/25/2008
Microring resonator based modulator made by direct photodefinition of an
electro-optic polymer
(# 153310)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Electrophoresis
Emission
4/25/2008
A low-vacuum ionization gauge with HfC-modified carbon nanotube field
emitters
(# 153105)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Morphology and temperature-dependent electron field emission from vertically
aligned carbon nanofibers
(429-433)
Applied Physics A Materials Science & Processing 91 #3 (2008)
Crystallinity-Controlled Germanium Nanowire Arrays: Potential Field Emitters
(p 1080-1088)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Fiber Optics; Waveguides
Filaments
Filtration
Flame Retardants
Fluorescence
4/25/2008
The Effect of an
Active Substrate on Nanoparticle-Enhanced Fluorescence
(p 1424-1428)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Fuel Cells; See Fuel Cells page.
Gratings
4/25/2008
Optical properties of permanent gratings in liquid crystal doped with dye and
carbon nanotube
(662-668)
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 19 #7 (2008)
Gyroscope
Heat Transfer
Holography
Hydrogenation
Hydrogen Storage
Imaging
Immobilization
Ink
4/22/2008
7,361,698
Water-based pigment inks, image recording method, and image recording system
Ion Exchange Reactions
Integrated Circuits
Labels
Lasers
Lenses
Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
4/22/2008
7,361,416
Donor film for flat panel display and method of fabricating OLED using the same
7,361,415
System and method for producing light with organic light-emitting devices
7,361,414
Light emitting device and display apparatus using same
4/25/2008
Single zinc-doped indium oxide nanowire as driving transistor for
organic light-emitting diode
(# 153312)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Highly Efficient
White Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Nanometer-Scale Control of the
Electron Injection Layer Morphology through Solvent Processing
(p 1565-1570)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Lithography
Lubrication
Luminesence
See also Electroluminescence.
4/22/2008
7,361,418
Luminary material and method for manufacturing the same
Magnetic Devices
Magnetophoresis
Mechanical Devices
Medical
Memory Devices
4/25/2008
Formation of cobalt-silicide nanocrystals in Ge-doped dielectric layer
for the application on nonvolatile memory
(# 152115)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Nonvolatile memory with molecule-engineered tunneling barriers
(# 153109)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
A Nonvolatile Organic
Memory Device Using ITO Surfaces Modified by Ag-Nanodots
(p 1112-1118)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Microcombustion
Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
4/22/2008
7,361,962
Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) variable capacitor apparatuses, systems
and related methods
4/25/2008
Hydrophobic coatings for MEMS applications
(#055030)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 #5 (2008)
Abstract
Hap-based porous material with potential application as bio-packages for MEMS
(646-652)
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 19 #7 (2008)
Microelectronics
Microencapsulation
4/25/2008
Process analytical technology: Non-destructive assessment of anastrozole
entrapment within PLGA microparticles by near infrared spectroscopy and chemical
imaging
(145 – 153)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Polyurethane-based microparticles: Formulation and influence of processes
variables on its characteristics
(154 – 169)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Preparation and characterization of flurbiprofen-loaded
poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) microspheres
(170 – 178)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Enzymatic hydrolysis of organic-core microcapsules to produce aqueous-core
microcapsules
(179 – 186)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Encapsulation and release of 
-chymotrypsin
from poly(glycerol adipate-co-
-pentadecalactone)
microparticles
(187 – 195)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Polysulphone microcapsules containing silicone oil for the removal of toxic
volatile organics from water
(196 – 202)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Preparation and evaluation of stealth Tashinone IIA-loaded solid lipid
nanoparticles: Influence of Poloxamer 188 coating on phagocytic uptake
(203 – 209)
Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #3 (2008)
Rational Design and Gas-Phase Characterization of
Molecular Capsules by Self-Assembly of a Symmetric Hexasubstituted Benzene with
Seven-Membered Lactams
(5640 – 5641)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Disulfide-Stabilized Poly(methacrylic acid) Capsules:
Formation, Cross-Linking, and Degradation Behavior
(2655 – 2661)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Microfluidics ; see Microfluidics page.
Microlenses: Nanolenses
Micromirrors
Micromixing
Micropumps
4/22/2008
7,362,032
Electroactive polymer devices for moving fluid
Microreactors; See Nanoreactors.
Microrobots
Microscopy
See Microscopy Page.
Microvalves
Microwaves
Mixing Devices
Nanocalorimetrs
Nanocontainers
Nanoheaters
Nanomachines; Micromachines
Nanoreactors: Microreactors
4/22/2008
7,361,315
Micro-reactor for biological substance inspection and biological substance
inspection device
4/25/2008
A Nanoreactor
Framework of a Au@SiO2 Yolk/Shell Structure for Catalytic Reduction of p-Nitrophenol
(p 1523-1528)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Nanowells
Neurology
Optical
Optical Switching
Optoelectronics
4/25/2008
Efficient
Conjugated-Polymer Optoelectronic Devices Fabricated by Thin-Film
Transfer-Printing Technique
(p 1012-1019)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Phosphors
Photocatalysts
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Photoelectric (Photovoltaic) Devices
4/25/2008
X-shape
oligo(thiophene)s as donor materials for vacuum-deposited organic photovoltaic
cells
(1448-1453)
Chinese Physics B 17 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Photonics
4/22/2008
7,362,943
Polymeric photonic crystals with co-continuous phases
4/25/2008
Lasing from dye-doped photonic crystals with graded layers in dichromate
gelatin emulsions
(# 151108)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Silicon Photovoltaics
Using Conducting Photonic Crystal Back-Reflectors
(p 1577-1582)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Epitaxial Growth of
Aligned Semiconductor Nanowire Metamaterials for Photonic Applications
(p 1039-1046)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Photomechanical Devices
Photopolymerization
Plasticizers
Printing
Quantum Dots
4/25/2008
Self-assembly
multifunctional nanocomposites with Fe3O4
magnetic core and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots shell
(p 840-846)
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 85A #3 (2008)
Abstract
Size-dependent optical properties and carriers dynamics in CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
(1280-1285)
Chinese Physics B 17 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Spin-polarized transport through the T-shaped double quantum dots
(1383-1388)
Chinese Physics B 17 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Evaluation of electron–electron interactions in coupled quantum dots by using
far-infrared spectra
(1400-1404)
Chinese Physics B 17 #4 (2008)
Abstract
Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic
CdSe quantum dots
(1998 – 2000)
Chemical Communications #17 (2008)
Glutathione-mediated release of functional plasmid DNA from positively
charged quantum dots
(2776-2782)
Biomaterials 29 #18 (2008)
Measuring current by counting electrons in a nanowire quantum dot
(# 152101)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Resonant transmission spectroscopy on the p to p
transitions of a charge tunable InGaAs quantum dot
(# 153103)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Transport properties of organic field effect transistors modified by
quantum dots
(# 153308)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Enhanced charge collection and reduced recombination of CdS/TiO2
quantum-dots sensitized solar cells in the presence of single-walled carbon
nanotubes
(# 153510)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Quantum Wells
Radiation
4/25/2008
059[2008] High density polyethylene/boron carbide composites for neutron
shielding
e-Polymers (4/23/2008) (61)
[Abstract]
Reactors
See Nanoreactors; Microreactors.
Reactions
Rectifiers
4/25/2008
A Theoretical Study
of Substitution Effects in Unimolecular Rectifiers
(p 1119-1130)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #7 (2008)
Abstract
Scaffolds (Tissue Engineering)
See Scaffolds page.
Self-Healing Composites
Semiconductors
Sensors; See Sensors page.
Also see Biosensors
Separations
Solder
Solar Energy
4/25/2008
Simple chemical method for nanoporous network of In2S3
platelets for buffer layer in CIS solar cells
(775-779)
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 201 #1-3 (2008)
Cost-effective power converter for thin film solar cell technology and
improved power quality
(786-790)
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 201 #1-3 (2008)
Highly Efficient Solar Cells Based on
Poly(3-butylthiophene) Nanowires
(5424 – 5425)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 #16 (2008)
Abstract
060[2008] First application of electrosynthesized polyterthiophene to
organic solar cells
e-Polymers (4/23/2008) (61)
[Abstract]
Effect of internal surface area on the performance of ZnO/In2S3/CuSCN
solar cells with extremely thin absorber
(# 153107)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
The effect of molecular aggregates over the interfacial charge transfer
processes on dye sensitized solar cells
(# 153506)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Enhanced charge collection and reduced recombination of CdS/TiO2
quantum-dots sensitized solar cells in the presence of single-walled carbon
nanotubes
(# 153510)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #15 (2008)
Abstract
Aerogel Templated ZnO
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(p 1560-1564)
Advanced Materials 20 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Sorption
Sound Insulation
Spectroscopy
Spintronics
Storage
Superconductors
Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Surfaces
Temperature Measurements
Thermal Applications
See also Heat Transfer.
Thermochromic Materials
Tips for Scanning Microscopy
See Microscopy Page.
Transducers
Transistors; See Transistors page.
Ultrafiltration
Valves
Water Treatment
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