2351 results about "Nano sized" patented technology

A fiber velvet comprising nano-size fibers or nanofibrils attached to micro-size fibers is disclosed. Methods of manufacturing the velvet as well as various uses of the velvet are also described. For example, the fiber velvet can be used as a thermal interface or as an adhesive material. The nanofibrils may be attached to a flat base or membrane, or may be attached to the tip portions of the micro-size or larger diameter fibers. Various attributes of the micro-size fibers and of the nano-size fibers, for example, geometry (e.g. size, length, packing density) material type (e.g. carbon, metal, polymer, or ceramic) and properties (e.g. conductivity, modulus, surface energy, dielectric constant, surface roughness) can be selected depending on the desired attributes of the fiber velvet. The nanofibrils have a diameter of less than about 1 micron, and may advantageously be formed from single walled and / or multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

A method of forming particles comprises accelerating a stream comprising a liquid; and vibrating the stream, to form particles. The particle may have a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the nozzle used to form the stream, allowing for the formation of micro- and nano-sized particle.

A non-toxic, non-hydroscopic percussion primer composition and methods of preparing the same, including at least one explosive component that has been traditionally considered a moderately insensitive explosive or secondary explosive, and at least fuel particle component having a particle size of about 1.5 microns to about 12 microns, which allows the use of moderately active metal oxidizers. The sensitivity of the primer composition is created by the interaction between the moderately insensitive explosive and the fuel agent such that traditional primary explosives such as lead styphnate or DDNP are not needed. The primer composition also eliminates the risks and dangers associated with traditional nano-sized fuel particles.

An imaging system / camera consisting of multiple nano-sized optical elements arranged in an array format with more than one pixel per optical element will have a higher resolution than each element would be capable of individually, since each element being at a different point gathers slightly different overlapping information. Hence by processing such information one can obtain a clear image. Furthermore multiple information from sectors of an array of sensors can be processed to obtain 3-D, stereotypic and panoramic imaging and may be connected to each other allowing seeing around obstacles as well as enabling full 3-D tracking and / or metric determination of an unknown object. Color / spectroscopic imaging can be achieved by utilizing equally sized lenses and multi-wavelength sensing layers below the lenses. However, color / spectroscopic imaging and / or spectroscopy can be achieved by taking advantage of unique optical properties of nano-scaled lenses accepting various wavelengths below their diffraction limits.

The invention provides a laminated dielectric layer for semiconductor devices formed by a combination of ZrO2 and a lanthanide oxide on a semiconductor substrate and methods of making the same. In certain methods, the ZrO2 is deposited by multiple cycles of reaction sequence atomic layer deposition (RS-ALD) that includes depositing a ZrI4 precursor onto the surface of the substrate in a first pulse followed by exposure to H2O / H2O2 in a second pulse, thereby forming a thin ZrO2 layer on the surface. After depositing the ZrO2 layer, the lanthanide oxide layer is deposited by electron beam evaporation. The composite laminate zirconium oxide / lanthanide oxide dielectric layer has a relatively high dielectric constant and can be formed in layers of nanometer dimensions. It is useful for a variety of semiconductor applications, particularly for DRAM gate dielectric layers and DRAM capacitors.

A method of fabricating a bias structure of a magnetoresistive read head for a magnetoresistive sensor stack formed on a substrate includes forming an underlayer and forming a bias layer over the underlayer. The method further includes forming a dusting layer directly below at least one of the underlayer or the bias layer and between the bias layer and the magnetoresistive sensor stack. The dusting layer includes discontinuous, nano-sized islands.

Methods for fabricating stamps and systems for patterning a substrate, and devices resulting from those methods are provided.

The invention is a fibrous structure for fluid streams that is a mixture of nano alumina fibers and second fibers arranged in a matrix to create asymmetrical pores and to which fine, ultrafine, or nanosize particles such as powdered activated carbon are attached without the use of binders. The fibrous structure containing powdered activated carbon intercepts contaminants from fluid streams. The invention is also a method of manufacturing and using the fibrous structure.

A polymer nanoparticle is provided. The nanoparticle includes an inner layer having alkenylbenzene monomer units. The nanoparticle further includes an outer layer having monomer units selected from conjugated dienes, alkylenes, alkenylbenzenes, and mixtures thereof. The nanoparticle has at least one functional group associated with the outer layer. The nanoparticle further has at least one metal complexed with said functional group. The nanoparticles can be used as a templates for preparation of nano-sized metal crystals and polymer-metal nanocomposite.

The invention discloses high-entropy alloy with the dispersion nano-sized precipitate strengthening effect and a preparing method thereof. The method comprises the steps of removing oxidized skin of a metal material, and then conducting weighing and burdening accurately according to a ratio; conducing smelting in an electric-arc furnace in an argon shield atmosphere of titanium absorbed oxygen to obtain an initial high-entropy alloy ingot, and conducting cold rolling, wherein rolling reduction is 20-50%; placing the ingot in a heat treatment furnace with a temperature ranging from 900 DEG C to 1000 DEG C for heat preservation for 0.5-2 hours, and conducting quenching; placing the ingot in a heat treatment furnace with a temperature ranging from 700 DEG C to 800 DEG C for heat preservation for 2-18 hours, and conducting quenching. By means of precipitation strength, on the premise that high plasticity is kept, yield strength and tensile strength are improved greatly. The room-temperature tensile strength of (FeCoNiCr)94Ti2Al4 in the final state reaches 1094 MPa, plastic elongation is 35%, work hardening effect is remarkable, comprehensive room-temperature mechanical property is prominent, high-temperature tensile strength can reach 400 MPa at the temperature of 800 DEG C and strain rate of 10<-3>, steady creep rate is smaller than or equal to 10<-8> under the stress of 100 MPa and at the temperature of 750 DEG C, and high-temperature tensile strength and creep mechanical property are excellent.

The present invention relates to nano-sized self-assembled structured concentrates and their use as effective suitable carriers for transferring active components into the human body. The nano-sized self-assembled concentrates are composed of an aqueous phase, an oil phase, a surfactant a co-solvent and co-surfactant. The formed nano-sized self-assembled structured concentrates may be in the form of an aqueous continuous phase, an oil continuous phase or a bicontinuous phase, and may thus be diluted to any desired extent in either oil or water maintaining their structure and the active material comprised within the nano-sized self-assembled structured concentrates.