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Controlled-Height Nano-and Micro-Structures on Glass and Coated Glass Materials
Microarrays of structures physically protruding from a planar surface have uses in biology, optics, displays, and printing. Previous methods of fabricating such arrays add material (which introduces contaminants to the substrate; e.g., lithography) or subtract it (which wastes much of the substrate; e.g., laser processing). The method of the invention yields features which protrude from a glass layer.
A New Framework for Cooperative Chemical Sensors
While there are many chemical sensors available, few have reached the state of practical utility of recognizing small molecule targets. This is due in large part to the fact that a useful sensor must be very selective for the analyte of interest. The present inventor has created a chemical sensor framework specifically designed for small molecule targets.
Chemical Functionalization Nanolithography
This invention describes devices and methods for patterning substrates by chemical functionalization.
Patterning of Dielectric Compositions using Electron-Beam Lithography
The disclosed invention describes a method for nanolithography based on electron beam patterning of features less than 50 nm into photosensitive, polymeric, dielectric resins, such as bizbenzocyclobutene.
Improved Contacts for Molecular Devices
The disclosed invention is a simple, modified deposition technique to reduce failure of molecular-layer devices.
Multi-Target Molecule Bio-Sensor Arrays Based on Nano-Mechanical Metal and Semiconductor Rods Integrated with ON-Chip Sensing Circuitry
The underlying principle involves the integration of nanometer diameter, micron long metal or semiconductor rods onto a substrate to form suspended nanomechenical cantilevers.
Manufacturing Method for Producing Molecular Rulers
The disclosed invention entails a potentially high-yield manufacturing process for using molecular rulers to scale down nanostructures.
Exfoliated Polyolefin/Clay Nano-Composites Using Chain End Functionalized Polyolefin as Polymeric Surfactant
The disclosed invention is a new family of polyolefin/clay nancomposites with exfoliated structures that show featureless X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns.
Novel Process to Synthesize Colloidal Molecules
The subject invention describes a method to create "high information" particles (e.g., triplets with controlled particle orientations, particle clusters that appear as "toluene molecules") that can assemble bottom-up into more complex structures, with sizes from 10 nm to 10 microns.
Carbon Nanotube-Quartz Resonator with Sub-Femtogram Mass Resolution for Sensor Applications
The present invention allows mass detection typically in the femtogram range and can be used to detect mass of a few attograms.
Carbon Nanocomposite Membranes
This invention is an improved nanoporous carbon membrane that has improved thermal cycling performance to reduce cracking and significantly enhances the gas permeability of the membrane.
Fine Position Control of Nanostructures Using a Template Structure and a Conductive Sacrificial Pad Layer
The disclosed invention is a novel nanoelement positioning technique for the manipulation and placement of nanostructures. This technique can be used to create finely positioned nanostructured devices through a bottom-up approach using the various nanoelements as building blocks.
Ordered Arrays of Long Titania Nanotubes
The disclosed invention entails the fabrication of highly ordered arrays of titania nanotubes that are up to 100 um long.
Active Nanofluidic Flow Control Through Microfluidic Flow
The disclosed invention entails microscale channels that are fabricated parallel to nanoscale channels, allowing for fine control of the nanoscale flow.
Superhydrophobic Surfaces from Nanostructured Thin Films
The disclosed invention entails the formation of superhydrophobic surfaces from nanostructured, polymeric sculpted thin films (STF's) of controllable porosity.
Bottom-up Assembly of Large-Area Nanostructure Arrays
This invention describes a programmed direct assembly method for positioning and integrating different populations of micro/nano structures on a substrate.
Vertically Aligned Single Crystal Nanowires on TCO Substrates
The subject invention represents a straight-forward low temperature method to prepare single-crystal titanium oxide (TiO2) nanowire arrays up to 4 µm long on TCO glass under mild hydrothermal conditions.
High-Yield Visible Light Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbons
The subject invention covers a high rate photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide using nanotechnology.
Method for Lubricating Contacting Surfaces In MEMS Devices
The disclosed method of lubricating micro-gears, motors, sliding contacts and other moving parts of MEMS devices avoids the impeded inertial benefits of liquid lubricants by vaporizing the friction-reducing compound.
High Efficiency Focusing of Micro/Nano Particles within a Microfluidic Device Using Surface Acoustic Waves
This invention provides a novel method to implement the focusing of micro/nano particles using standing surface acoustic waves on a single-layer planar microfluidic device fabricated via standard soft-lithography techniques.
