141 |
Separator with long-term stability for an electrochemical cell |
US12388671 |
2009-02-19 |
US08016896B2 |
2011-09-13 |
Volker Hennige; Christian Hying; Gerhard Hoerpel; Petr Novak; Jens Vetter |
A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, (B) a porous first ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and which (i) has a pore structure which is characterized by an average pore size, and (ii) is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein (C) the electrolyte-contactable pore surface of the first porous ceramic material is covered with fine particles of a further material to extend the use life, the average size of the fine particles being in the range from 0.5 to 30% and preferably in the range from 1 to 15% of the average pore size of the ceramic material. |
142 |
Method for producing high purity low dielectric constant ceramic and hybrid ceramic films |
US10489924 |
2001-09-14 |
US08012403B2 |
2011-09-06 |
Jerome C. Birnbaum; Glen E. Fryxell; Shari Li Xiaohong; Christopher A. Coyle; Glen C. Dunham; Suresh Baskaran; Ralph E. Williford |
Porous ceramic and hybrid ceramic films are useful as low dielectric constant interlayers in semiconductor interconnects. (Hybrid ceramic films are defined as films that contain organic and ceramic molecular components in the structure, as, for example, organosilicates). This invention describes the usefulness of humidity treatments (using specific temperature/humidity treatments as illustrative examples) in increasing mechanical integrity of porous dielectric films with minimal detrimental effect on film porosity or dielectric constant and with no adverse impact on film quality. The efficacy of such treatments is illustrated using surfactant-templated mesoporous silicate films as an example. This invention also describes a specific family of additives to be used with highly pure alkali-metal-free ceramic and hybrid precursors for such dielectric films that will enable better control of the film porosity and quality and lower dielectric constants with the required mechanical integrity. The efficacy of such additives is illustrated using surfactant-templated mesoporous silicate films as a model example. The invention should be broadly applicable to any cross-linked ceramic or hybrid ceramic films (including silicate and organosilicate films, and especially highly porous forms of the films for low-dielectric constant applications). The invention has been found to be particularly effective with surfactant-templated silicate films with nanometer-scale porosity. The invention in either embodiment should also be applicable to evaporation-induced formation of other cross-linked shapes such as fibers and powders. |
143 |
BONE SUBSTITUTE CONTAINING A CONTRAST AGENT, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND USES THEREOF |
US12739129 |
2008-10-22 |
US20110189100A1 |
2011-08-04 |
Xavier Bourges; Serge Baroth; Guy Daculsi |
The invention relates to a composition for biomaterials, characterised in that it comprises a calcium phosphate, in which the molar ratio Ca/P is 1 to 2, sintered with a medical imaging contrast agent uniformly distributed in the composition mass. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the same and to the medical uses thereof. |
144 |
ROBUST CARBON MONOLITH HAVING HIERARCHICAL POROSITY |
US13011554 |
2011-01-21 |
US20110140296A1 |
2011-06-16 |
Sheng Dai; Georges A. Guiochon; Chengdu Liang |
A carbon monolith includes a robust carbon monolith characterized by a skeleton size of at least 100 nm, and a hierarchical pore structure having macropores and mesopores |
145 |
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POROUS SINTERED REACTION-BONDED SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS FROM GRANULAR Si MIXTURE POWDER AND POROUS SINTERED REACTION-BONDED SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS MANUFACTURED THEREBY |
US12859457 |
2010-08-19 |
US20110111205A1 |
2011-05-12 |
Young Jo PARK; Boo Won Park; In Hyuck Song |
Disclosed is a porous sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride ceramic, which includes an array of sintered granules having fine pore channels in the sintered granules and coarse pore channels formed between the sintered granules, and in which the pore channel size is controlled so that both coarse pores and fine pores are formed together in the ceramic, thus simultaneously enhancing air permeability and capturing efficiency. A method of manufacturing the porous sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride ceramic is also provided. |
146 |
C/C composite material |
US11187849 |
2005-07-25 |
US07901775B2 |
2011-03-08 |
Makoto Miyamoto |
Disclosed is a C/C composite material precursor which gives a C/C composite material by calcination including: carbon fiber, a matrix, and void-forming core which is burnt out or reduces the volume thereof at lower temperatures than temperature of the calcination and forms a void which has openings on the surface of the C/C composite material after calcination. Also disclosed is a method for producing a C/C composite material by calcination of the precursor; and the composite material obtained by the calcination. |
147 |
Constraining green sheet and manufacturing method of multi-layer ceramic substrate using the same |
US12324006 |
2008-11-26 |
US07887905B2 |
2011-02-15 |
Beom Joon Cho; Jong Myeon Lee |
There is provided a constraining green including a first constraining layer having a surface disposed on the one of the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic laminated body, the first constraining layer containing a first inorganic powder; and a second constraining layer disposed on a top of the first constraining layer and containing a second inorganic powder and a fly ash. The constraining green sheet serves to ensure less shrinkage of the ceramic laminated body and improve debinding characteristics. |
148 |
POLYSACCHARIDE DERIVED MATERIALS |
US12679037 |
2008-09-19 |
US20110028708A1 |
2011-02-03 |
Robin Jeremy White; James Hanley Clark; Vitaliy L'Vovich Budarin; Duncan James MacQuarrie |
A mesoporous material is derived from a polysaccharide by thermally assisted partial carbonisation after expansion. The polysaccharide is an acid containing polysaccharide or mixture of polysaccharides. |
149 |
Porous β-SiC-containing ceramic molded article comprising an aluminum oxide coating, and method for the production thereof |
US11993991 |
2006-07-05 |
US07867313B2 |
2011-01-11 |
Nahum Travitzky; Daniel Galsterer; Peter Greil; Thomas Wolff; Heino Sieber; Lars Weisensel |
The invention concerns a process for the production of a porous β-SiC-bearing ceramic molded body that includes an aluminum oxide layer at the surface of the pores and passages of the porous β-SiC-bearing ceramic molded body. The invention further concerns a porous β-SiC-bearing ceramic molded body which has pores of a mean pore size in the range of between 0.1 urn and 50 μm and an aluminum oxide layer at the surface of the open pores and passages. |
150 |
Porous carbons |
US11786072 |
2007-04-10 |
US07842736B2 |
2010-11-30 |
Stephen Robert Tennison; Oleksundr Prokopovych Kozynchenko; Volodymyr Vasyljovych Strelko; Andrew John Blackburn |
A method is provided for making mesoporous resin. It comprises: (a) providing a nucleophilic component which comprises a phenolic compound or a phenol condensation prepolymer optionally with one or more modifying reagents selected from hydroquinone, resorcinol, urea, aromatic amines and heteroaromatic amines; (b) dissolving the nucleophilic component in a pore former selected from the group consisting of a diol, a diol ether, a cyclic ester, a substituted cyclic ester, a substituted linear amide, a substituted cyclic amide, an amino alcohol and a mixture of any of the above with water, together with at least one electrophilic cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, furfural and hexamethylene tetramine; and (c) condensing the nucleophilic component and the electrophilic cross-linking agent in the presence of the pore former to form a porous resin. The resin may be formed in situ by pouring the partially cross-linked resin into hot oil. Mesoporous resin beads are obtained which can be carbonized into mesoporous carbon beads. |
151 |
Porous object based on silicon carbide and process for producing the same |
US12194015 |
2008-08-19 |
US07781053B2 |
2010-08-24 |
Takuya Hiramatsu; Shinji Kawasaki |
Provided are a silicon carbide-based porous article comprising silicon carbide particles as an aggregate, metallic silicon and an aggregate derived from organometallic compound particles to form pores through volume shrinkage due to decomposition/conversion by heat treatment; and a method for producing the silicon carbide-based porous article, comprising, adding organometallic compound particles to form pores through volume shrinkage due to decomposition/conversion by heat treatment to a raw-material mixture containing silicon carbide particles and metallic silicon, then forming into an intended shape, calcinating and/or firing the resultant green body, forming pores through volume shrinkage due to decomposition/conversion of the organometallic compound particles, and the decomposed/converted substance of the organometallic compound particles being present as an aggregate in the porous article. |
152 |
Open-end spinning device with an aerostatic axial bearing for a spinning rotor, an aerostatic axial bearing and a process for manufacturing an aerostatic axial bearing |
US11945496 |
2007-11-27 |
US07765783B2 |
2010-08-03 |
Edmund Schuller; Manfred Knabel |
An open-end spinning device (1) with a spinning rotor (2) whose shaft end (11) is supported by an aerostatic axial bearing (10) with an air gap (18) located between a bearing plate (17) of the axial bearing (10) and the shaft end (11). The aerostatic axial bearing (10) comprises a bearing plate (17) and a throttle device (19) made from a porous graphite material placed before the bearing plate (17). The throttle device (19) is an stamped pressed, tablet-shaped molding with largely homogenous porosity. In a process for manufacturing an aerostatic axial bearing (10) for a spinning rotor (2) of an open-end spinning device (1), a throttle device (19) made from a porous graphite material is placed before the axial bearing (10). The throttle device (19) is stamped pressed in a press tool as a tablet-shaped molding. |
153 |
METAL BINARY AND TERNARY COMPOUNDS PRODUCED BY CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITION |
US12305910 |
2007-06-21 |
US20100143232A1 |
2010-06-10 |
Benedict James Costello; Jeremy Frank; Vladimier Gelfandbein |
The present invention allows the relatively easy production of binary and ternary compounds of metals, including noble metals. Embodiments of the invention allow, for the first time, the production of novel compositions of metal compounds, such as thick, stress-free single-phase binary and ternary compositions of metals, and porous compositions of such compounds. As such, the present invention allows for the production of metal compounds and/or compositions of matter thereof that have not before been possible, thereby providing for important new materials that find use in a multitude of different applications, including medical device and non-medical device applications. |
154 |
INORGANIC FOAMS |
US12597340 |
2008-04-23 |
US20100127203A1 |
2010-05-27 |
Tatiana Ulanova; Armin Alteheld; Klaus Hahn; Patrick Deck; Meik Ranft; Frank Heilmann |
A process for producing a silicate foam having a low density, which comprises the following steps: (a) partial hydrolysis of an aqueous dispersion of SiO2 particles which have an average particle diameter in the range from 1 to 100 nm by means of a strong base, (b) addition of a surfactant and a blowing agent and dispersion of the blowing agent at temperatures below 50° C., (c) foaming of the mixture by heating to a temperature in the range from 35 to 100° C. or by depressurization, (d) stabilization of the foam obtained in step c) by means of a hardener, (e) sintering of the foam at a temperature above 500° C. |
155 |
Method and Apparatus Associated with Anisotropic Shrink in Sintered Ceramic Items |
US12456766 |
2009-06-22 |
US20100114357A1 |
2010-05-06 |
M. Eric Schlienger; Nina Bergan French; Michael D. Baldwin; Michael D. Maguire; Paul Withey |
A manufacturing method for producing ceramic item from a photocurable ceramic filled material by stereolithography. The method compensates for the anisotropic shrinkage of the item during firing to produce a dimensionally accurate item. |
156 |
METHOD FOR OBTAINING A POROUS STRUCTURE BASED ON SILICON CARBIDE |
US12517361 |
2007-12-13 |
US20100083645A1 |
2010-04-08 |
Patricia Andy; Caroline Tardivat; Damien Mey; Ahmed Marouf |
The invention relates to a process for obtaining a structure made from a porous ceramic material comprising at least 95% of silicon carbide SiC, said process being characterized in that said structure is obtained from a mixture of SiC grains comprising at least: a first fraction of α-SiC grains whose median diameter is less than 5 microns; a second fraction of α-SiC grains whose median diameter is at least two times greater than that of the first fraction of α-SiC grains and whose median diameter is greater than or equal to 5 microns; and a fraction of β-SiC grains or of at least a precursor of β-SiC grains. The invention also relates to the porous structure obtained according to the process. |
157 |
Carbon filament ignition of combustion synthesis materials |
US11583922 |
2006-10-20 |
US07686904B2 |
2010-03-30 |
Slawomir T. Fryska; Mark C. James; Mark L. LaForest; Allen H. Simpson; Barry P. Soos |
This invention generally pertains to self propagating high temperature synthesis or combustion synthesis as a way of bonding materials. The present invention provides methods and an apparatus for bonding, preferably carbon-carbon composite materials, by combustion synthesis. Generally, the invention involves providing at least two carbon-carbon composite parts to be bonded and interspersing a combustion synthesis material in between the parts with each part in contact with the combustion synthesis material. The combustion synthesis material is then ignited, which initiates the combustion synthesis reaction. Typically, a ceramic material is formed which immediately freezes, bonding the parts together. |
158 |
Braking Band Composite Structure of a Brake Disc |
US12307707 |
2007-07-13 |
US20090317642A1 |
2009-12-24 |
Ralf Siegfried Goller; Bernardino Mauri; Marco Orlandi |
A method for making a composite structure or a portion of a composite structure of a braking band of a brake disc, unusually capable of obtaining a structure with an especially long life, comprising at least the following steps: making a composite ceramic structure, comprising carbon fibre filaments, silicon and silicon carbides, obtaining a body of a braking band comprising at least one braking surface; processing said braking surface removing a surface layer so as to have carbon not bonded with the silicon on surface; removing at least partly the carbon not bonded with silicon from the surface; depositing an anchoring substrate on said braking surface; and depositing a protective coating on said anchoring substrate. |
159 |
SEPARATOR WITH LONG-TERM STABILITY FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL |
US12388671 |
2009-02-19 |
US20090263571A1 |
2009-10-22 |
Volker HENNIGE; Christian HYING; Gerhard HOERPEL; Petr NOVAK; Jens VETTER |
A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, (B) a porous first ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and which (i) has a pore structure which is characterized by an average pore size, and (ii) is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein (C) the electrolyte-contactable pore surface of the first porous ceramic material is covered with fine particles of a further material to extend the use life, the average size of the fine particles being in the range from 0.5 to 30% and preferably in the range from 1 to 15% of the average pore size of the ceramic material. |
160 |
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE |
US12393200 |
2009-02-26 |
US20090242100A1 |
2009-10-01 |
Takamitsu SAIJO |
A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes providing a raw material composition for producing silicon carbide including a silica powder and at least one of a carbon powder and a carbon source polymer. The raw material composition is molded to produce a honeycomb molded body having cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb molded body to define cells. The honeycomb molded body is degreased to obtain a honeycomb degreased body. The honeycomb degreased body is fired to manufacture a honeycomb structure including at least one porous silicon carbide sintered body. |