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Nanotechnology Applications

Accelerometers     

Acoustics   

Actuators (Switches)

6/20/2008

Bubble nucleation in an explosive micro-bubble actuator
(#064003) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Fabrication of a bubble-driven arrayed actuator for a tactile display
(#065012) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

All-optical switching using controlled formation of large volume three-dimensional optical matter
(# 233108) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract  

Adhesives

Analysis

Antennas   

Anti-Ballistic Materials  

Anti-Corrosion Coatings  

Anti-Friction Agents   

Antioxidants    

Bandages                     

6/10/2008

7,385,101
Antibiotic textile materials suitable for wound dressings and wound dressings incorporating the same

6/3/2008

7,381,860
Wound dressing and method for manufacturing the same

7,381,859
Removable wound closure

Barcodes        

Barrier Materials  

Batteries  

6/20/2008

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) Coated Idea Revisited: Influence of Carbonization Procedures on PVC-Coated Natural Graphite as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries
(7767 – 7772)  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #20 (2008)
Abstract 

Bioreactors

Blood Substitutes

Capacitors   

Catalysts         

          Also see Fuel Cells: Catalysts

          Also see Reactions: Catalysts

Cathodes    

Chromatography   

Coatings     

6/10/2008

7,384,680
Nanoparticle-based power coatings and corresponding structures

Color Filters

Combinatorial Chemistry   

          See Combinatorial Chemistry page.

Computers   

Conductive Materials  

Controlled Release  

          See Controlled Release page.

Cosmetics     

Devices    

Diodes 

6/20/2008

Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Diode with Atomic Force Microscopy Manipulation
(7544 – 7546) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #20 (2008)
Abstract  

Displays 

Drugs   

Drying (Dewetting)

Electrochemistry 

Electrochromic Devices 

Electrodes 

6/20/2008

Electrocatalytic Behavior of the Bare and the Anthraquinonedisulfonate/Polypyrrole Composite Film Modified Graphite Cathodes in the Electro-Fenton System
(8957 – 8962) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #24 (2008)
Abstract  

Conductance of Single C60 Molecule Bridging Metal Electrodes
(8140 – 8143) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #22 (2008)
Abstract 

Lithium Ion Capacity of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Paper Electrodes
(7509 – 7515) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #19 (2008)
Abstract  

Ultrasensitive Detection of Enzymatic Activity with Nanowire Electrodes
(11356 – 11357) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #37 (2008)
Abstract 

Trace Level Cyclic Voltammetry Facilitated by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Electrodes
(10982 – 10983) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #36 (2008)
Abstract 

Electroluminescence

          See also Luminescence.

Electrolytes  

6/20/2008

Preparation and the proton conductivity of chitosan/poly(vinyl phosphonic acid) complex polymer electrolytes
(3637-3642) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 #30 (2008)

Polyvinylidene fluoride–hexafluoropropylene (PVdF–HFP)-based composite polymer electrolyte containing LiPF3(CF3CF2)3
(3451-3457) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 #29 (2008)

Electromagnetic Shielding

Electronic Gates

Electronics 

6/20/2008

Magnetoelectric Particulate Composite Transformers: Design and Characterization
(1 – 6) Ferroelectrics Letters Section 34 #1-2 (2007)

In-Situ Optical Absorbance Spectroscopy of Molecular Layers in Carbon Based Molecular Electronic Devices
(3849 – 3856) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #12 (2008)
Abstract 

Electro-optics

Electrophoresis 

Emission  

Fiber Optics; Waveguides  

6/20/2008

Polarization-Maintaining Mechanism of a Birefringence-Reduced Plastic Optical Fiber Fabricated Using Poly(methyl methacrylate/benzyl methacrylate) Copolymer
(7946 – 7952) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract

Design of Ring Resonators Using Electro-Optic Polymer Waveguides
(7953 – 7958) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract 

Polymer Silicon Hybrid Systems: A Platform for Practical Nonlinear Optics
(8085 – 8090) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract 

Binary Chromophore Systems in Nonlinear Optical Dendrimers and Polymers for Large Electrooptic Activities
(8091 – 8098) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract 

The role of photoinitiator and chelating agent in the fabrication of optical waveguides from UV-photocurable organo-mineral sol–gel materials
(3617-3622) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 #30 (2008)

Filaments  

Filtration  

Flame Retardants  

Fluorescence  

6/20/2008

Highly fluorescent supramolecular gels with chirality transcription through hydrogen bonding
(
2794 – 2796) Chemical Communications #24 (2008)

Fuel Cells; See Fuel Cells page.

Gas Storage

6/20/2008

Review
Gas Storage in Nanoporous Materials 
(p 4966-4981)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #27 (2008)
Abstract

Gratings    

6/20/2008

On the Inscription of Period and Half-Period Surface Relief Gratings in Azobenzene-Functionalized Polymers
(4526 – 4535) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112  #15 (2008)
Abstract 

Gyroscope   

Heaters

Heat Transfer

6/10/2008

7,384,821
Diamond composite heat spreader having thermal conductivity gradients and associated methods

Holography

6/20/2008

Holographic assembly workstation for optical manipulation
(#044009) Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 10  #4 (2008)
Abstract

Hydroelectric

Hydrogenation

Hydrogen Storage   

6/10/2008

7,384,574
Hydrogen storage material and process using graphite additive with metal-doped complex hydrides

6/20/2008

Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Kinetics of LiBH4 in Nanoporous Carbon Scaffolds
(5651 – 5657) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #14 (2008)
Abstract 

Hydrogen adsorption on nanoporous carbon adsorbents prepared from furaldehyde by thermochemical synthesis
(372-376) Colloid Journal 70 #3 (2008)

Hydrogen Storage Properties of Space-Confined NaAlH4 Nanoparticles in Ordered Mesoporous Silica
(3954 – 3958) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #12 (2008)
Abstract

Imaging    

6/20/2008

Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging
(11318 – 11319) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #37 (2008)
Abstract 

Local probing of relaxation time distributions in ferroelectric polymer nanomesas: Time-resolved piezoresponse force spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging
(# 232903) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract

Immobilization

Ink 

6/10/2008

7,384,991
Aqueous ink

Ion Exchange Reactions

Integrated Circuits      

Interconnects

Labels     

Lasers              

6/20/2008

Synthesis of Amphiphilic Dye-Self-Assembled Mesostructured Powder Silica with Enhanced Emission for Directional Random Laser
(3814 – 3820) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #12 (2008)
Abstract 

Lenses     

Light Emitting Diodes (LED)  

6/20/2008

Controlling Supramolecular Microstructure to Realize Highly Efficient Nondoped Deep Blue Organic Light-Emitting Devices: The Role of Diphenyl Substituents in Distyrylbenzene Derivatives
(9066 – 9071) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #24 (2008)
Abstract  

White Light from Excimer and Electromer in Single-Emitting-Component Electroluminescent Diodes
(8511 – 8515) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #23 (2008)
Abstract

Multifunctionality of Organic Devices: Light Emission, Photovoltage Generation, and Photodetection
(8446 – 8451) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #22 (2008)
Abstract  

Blue-Green, Orange, and White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Exciplex Electroluminescence of an Oligoquinoline Acceptor and Different Hole-Transport Materials
(5174 – 5184) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #13 (2008)
Abstract 

A yellow-emitting iridium complex for use in phosphorescent multiple-emissive-layer white organic light-emitting diodes with high color quality and efficiency
(1518-1527) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 693 #8-9 (2008)

A high-sag microlens array film with a full fill factor and its application to organic light emitting diodes
(#065003) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Enhanced performance of organic light-emitting diodes with an air-stable n-type hole-injection layer
(# 233307) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract

Lithography  

Lubrication   

Luminesence      

          See also Electroluminescence.

6/20/2008

Solid State Optical Properties of 4-Alkoxy-pyridine Butadiene Derivatives: Reversible Thermal Switching of Luminescence
(8429 – 8437) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #22 (2008)
Abstract 

Amylose-wrapped luminescent conjugated polymers
(
2797 – 2799) Chemical Communications #24 (2008)

Magnetic Devices   

Magnetophoresis    

Mechanical Devices   

6/20/2008

Dynamic Extension-Contraction Motion in Supramolecular Springs
(10994 – 10995) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #36 (2008)
Abstract 

Medical     

Memory Devices    

6/3/2008

7,381,611
Multilayered phase change memory

Microcombustion    

Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS)    

6/10/2008

7,385,268
Method for linearizing deflection of a MEMS device using binary electrodes and voltage modulation

7,384,799
Method to avoid amorphous-si damage during wet stripping processes in the manufacture of MEMS devices

6/3/2008

7,381,630
Method for integrating MEMS device and interposer

6/20/2008

Fabrication of an imaging diffraction grating for use in a MEMS-based optical microspectrograph
(#064006) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

A micro-tensile method for measuring mechanical properties of MEMS materials
(#065002) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Mechanical properties of silicones for MEMS
(#065008) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Discrete spectral selection and wavelength encoding from a visible continuum using optical MEMS
(# 065010) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Microelectronics   

Microencapsulation 

6/3/2008

7,381,658
Encapsulation of nano-dimensional structures by oxidation

6/20/2008

From Carbon-Encapsulated Iron Nanorods to Carbon Nanotubes
(5835 – 5839) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #15 (2008)
Abstract

Crystallization and Melting Transitions of Hexadecane Droplets in Polystyrene Nanocapsules
(5403 – 5411) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112  #17 (2008)
Abstract

Dynamic Mechanism of Collagen-like Peptide Encapsulated into Carbon Nanotubes
(4801 – 4807) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112  #15 (2008)
Abstract  

Preparation of microcapsules with narrow-size distribution by complex coacervation: Effect of sodium dodecyl sulphate concentration and agitation rate
(221 – 227) Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #4 (2008)

Alginate bead fabrication and encapsulation of living cells under centrifugally induced artificial gravity conditions
(267 – 274) Journal of Microencapsulation 25 #4 (2008)

Preparation of PVA/paraffin thermal regulating fiber by in situ microencapsulation
(2231-2237) Composites Science and Technology 68 #10-11 (2008)

Preparation and properties of chitosan chondroitin sulfate complex microcapsules
(69-73) Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 65 #1 (2008)

Microfluidics ; see Microfluidics page.     

Microlenses: Nanolenses   

Micromirrors    

Micromixing   

Micropumps     

6/20/2008

Particle manipulation using 3D ac electro-osmotic micropumps
(#064016) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Microreactors; See Nanoreactors.

Microrobots    

Microscopy     

          See Microscopy Page.

Microvalves 

Microwaves       

Mixing Devices   

Nanocalorimetrs

Nanocontainers  

Nanoheaters

Nanomachines; Micromachines 

6/20/2008

Planar frictional micro-conveyors with two degrees of freedom
(# 065009) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18  #6 (2008)
Abstract

Nanomotors

6/20/2008

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors
(p 4986-4988)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 #27 (2008)
Abstract

Nanoreactors: Microreactors    

Nanowells    

Neurology             

Optical       

Optical Disks

Optical Switching     

Optoelectronics    

Phosphors    

Photocatalysts                                    

Photochemistry     

Photochromic Materials      

Photoelectric (Photovoltaic) Devices    

6/20/2008

Polymer Photovoltaic Devices Using Fully Regioregular Poly[(2-methoxy-5-(3′,7′-dimethyloctyloxy))-1,4-phenylenevinylene]
(8507 – 8510) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #23 (2008)
Abstract 

Control in Energy Levels of Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Application
(7866 – 7871) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract 

Step-by-Step Fabrication of Porphyrin-Fullerene Supramolecular Assemblies and Their Photoelectrochemical Properties
(7015 – 7020) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #17 (2008)
Abstract  

Photomechanical Devices

Photonics         

6/20/2008

Phononic engineered materials and devices
(2548-2551) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 #19-25 (2008)

Photonic bandgap of gradient quasidiamond lattice photonic crystal
(#231103) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract

Photopolymerization

Plasticizers 

Printing

Quantum Dots

6/10/2008

7,384,666
Method and apparatus for fabricating quantum dot functional structure, quantum dot functional structure, and optically functioning device

6/20/2008

Relations between Dewetting of Polymer Thin Films and Phase-Separation of Encompassed Quantum Dots
(8184 – 8191) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #22 (2008)
Abstract 

Ab Initio Study of Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Energy and Phonon-Induced Dephasing of Electronic Excitations in CdSe and PbSe Quantum Dots
(7800 – 7808) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #21 (2008)
Abstract  

Size-Controllable Enhanced Energy Transfer from an Amphiphilic Conjugated-Ionic Triblock Copolymer to CdTe Quantum Dots in Aqueous Medium
(7278 – 7283) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #18 (2008)
Abstract 

 

Origin of Size-Dependent Energy Transfer from Photoexcited CdSe Quantum Dots to Gold Nanoparticles
(6695 – 6699) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #17 (2008)
Abstract 

Antibody-Conjugated CdTe Quantum Dots for Escherichia coli Detection
(4818 – 4824) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #13 (2008)
Abstract 

Generation of Singlet Oxygen via the Composites of Water-Soluble Thiol-Capped CdTe Quantum Dots-Sulfonated Aluminum Phthalocyanines
(4465 – 4469) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112  #15 (2008)
Abstract 

Nonlinear optical properties of CdSe0.8 S0.2 quantum dots
(#075103) Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 10  #7 (2008)
Abstract

Raman scattering study in bio-conjugated core-shell CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
(2885-2887) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 #19-25 (2008)

Selective detection of luminescence from semiconductor quantum dots by nanosecond time-gated imaging with a colour-masked CCD detector
172–176 (Journal of Microscopy 230 #2 (2008)
Abstract

Silicon Quantum Dots: A General Photocatalyst for Reduction, Decomposition, and Selective Oxidation Reactions
(12090 – 12091) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #40 (2008)
Abstract  

SnTe Nanocrystals: A New Example of Narrow-Gap Semiconductor Quantum Dots
(11354 – 11355) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #37 (2008)
Abstract  

Multiparameter Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Single Quantum Dot-Dye FRET Hybrids
(11008 – 11009) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #36 (2008)
Abstract 

Quantum Dots from Chemical Aerosol Flow Synthesis: Preparation, Characterization, and Cellular Imaging
(4033 – 4038) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #12 (2008)
Abstract

Optical properties and morphology of InAs/InP (113)B surface quantum dots
(# 231911) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract  

Tuning of emission colors in zinc oxide quantum dots
(# 233113) Applied Physics Letters 92 #23 (2008)
Abstract  

Quantum Wells

Radiation    

Recording

6/20/2008

Single Ion-Channel Recordings Using Glass Nanopore Membranes
(11766 – 11775) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #38 (2008)
Abstract  

Reactors; See Nanoreactors; Microreactors.

Reactions      

Rectifiers

Scaffolds (Tissue Engineering)   

Self-Healing Composites  

Semiconductors 

Sensors; See Sensors page.

Also see Biosensors

6/10/2008

7,385,267
Nanosensors

Separations  

Solder

Solar Technology; See Solar Technology page.   

Sorption 

6/20/2008

Synthesis of Magnetically Separable Porous Carbon Microspheres and Their Adsorption Properties of Phenol and Nitrobenzene from Aqueous Solution
(8623 – 8628) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112  #23 (2008)
Abstract 

Sound Insulation

Spectroscopy    

Spintronics     

Storage 

Superconductors  

6/20/2008

Superconducting MgB2 Nanohelices Grown on Various Substrates
(11302 – 11303) Journal of the American  Chemical Society 130 #37 (2008)
Abstract  

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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