| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 8225641 |
Nanofibers and methods of making same and using same in humidity sensors |
July 24, 2012 |
| A self-cleaning humidity sensor based on Mg.sup.2+/Na.sup.+-doped TiO.sub.2 nanofiber mats is provided. Examples show the response and recovery characteristic curves for ten circles with the RH changing from 11% to 95%. The nanofibers are manufactured by mixing together a metal salt |
| 8133637 |
Fuel cells and fuel cell catalysts incorporating a nanoring support |
March 13, 2012 |
| The fuel cells include electrode membrane assemblies having a nanoparticle catalyst supported on carbon nanorings. The carbon nanorings are formed from one or more carbon layers that form a wall that defines a generally annular nanostructure having a hole. The length of the nanoring |
| 8097229 |
Methods for manufacturing functionalized inorganic oxides and polymers incorporating same |
January 17, 2012 |
| Inorganic oxide substrates are functionalized with silicon-free organic functionalizing agents. The organic functionalizing agent has a bonding functional group for bonding to the substrate and a functionalizing moiety that is not bonded to the substrate for imparting a desired funct |
| 7887771 |
Carbon nanorings manufactured from templating nanoparticles |
February 15, 2011 |
| Methods for manufacturing carbon nanostructures include 1) forming intermediate carbon nanostructures by polymerizing a carbon precursor in the presence of templating nanoparticles, 2) carbonizing the intermediate carbon nanostructures to form an intermediate composite nanostructure, |
| 7772154 |
Methods for making immobilized aryl-containing ligands |
August 10, 2010 |
| Organic ligands that contain at least one aryl group are immobilized on a solid support. The organic ligands are of the type used to form a catalyst complex suitable for carrying out a catalytic reaction, preferably an asymmetric reaction. To immobilize the organic ligands, a tetheri |
| 7718155 |
Carbon nanostructures manufactured from catalytic templating nanoparticles |
May 18, 2010 |
| Methods for manufacturing carbon nanostructures include: 1) forming a plurality of catalytic templating particles using a plurality of dispersing agent molecules; 2) forming an intermediate carbon nanostructure by polymerizing a carbon precursor in the presence of the plurality of te |
| 7687601 |
Methods for purifying polymers using solid scavengers |
March 30, 2010 |
| Conductive polymers are purified using a solid scavenger. The solid scavengers include metal-scavenging functional groups linked to the surface of a particle support material. To improve the functionalization of the support material, the support materials are first treated with sulfu |
| 7569508 |
Reforming nanocatalysts and method of making and using such catalysts |
August 4, 2009 |
| Reforming nanocatalysts are formed using a dispersing agent to increase the activity, selectivity and longevity of the catalyst when used in a reforming process. The nanocatalyst particles are formed using a dispersing agent having at least one functional group selected from the grou |
| 7557064 |
Methods for making immobilized aryl-containing ligands |
July 7, 2009 |
| Organic ligands that contain at least one aryl group are immobilized on a solid support. The organic ligands are of the type used to form a catalyst complex suitable for carrying out a catalytic reaction, preferably an asymmetric reaction. To immobilize the organic ligands, a tetheri |
| 7547757 |
Methods for manufacturing aryl-aryl coupled polymers |
June 16, 2009 |
| Aryl-aryl coupled polymers are manufactured using a water-soluble noble metal catalyst. The hydrophilicity of the catalyst facilitates the separation of the catalyst from the polymer product. The method can be generally carried out by preparing a reaction medium comprising an aqueous |
| 7449423 |
Heat treatment of anchored nanocatalysts in a non-zero oxidation state and catalysts made by suc |
November 11, 2008 |
| A catalyst manufacturing process includes heat treating an intermediate catalyst composition that includes catalyst nanoparticles having catalyst atoms in a non-zero oxidation state bonded to a dispersing/anchoring agent. The catalyst nanoparticles are formed using a dispersing agent |
| 7425520 |
Catalyst for selective hydrogenation of nitro groups of halonitro aromatic compounds |
September 16, 2008 |
| A supported catalyst for hydrogenating nitro groups of halonitro compounds manufactured from a support, a solvent, and one or more types of organometallic complexes. The organometallic complexes have the formula: ##STR00001## wherein, R.sub.1-R.sub.6 are independently an R, OR, OC(. |
| 7288500 |
Selective hydrogenation of nitro groups of halonitro aromatic compounds |
October 30, 2007 |
| A supported catalyst for hydrogenating nitro groups of halonitro compounds manufactured from a support, a solvent, and a plurality of organometallic complexes. The organometallic complexes have the formula: ##STR00001## wherein, R.sub.1-R.sub.6, are independently an R, OR, OC(.dbd.O)R, |
