896 results about "Active particles" patented technology

This invention provides a nanocomposite-based lithium battery electrode comprising: (a) A porous aggregate of electrically conductive nano-filaments that are substantially interconnected, intersected, physically contacted, or chemically bonded to form a three-dimensional network of electron-conducting paths, wherein the nano-filaments have a diameter or thickness less than 1 μm (preferably less than 500 nm); and (b) Sub-micron or nanometer-scale electro-active particles that are bonded to a surface of the nano-filaments with a conductive binder material, wherein the particles comprise an electro-active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions and wherein the electro-active material content is no less than 25% by weight based on the total weight of the particles, the binder material, and the filaments. Preferably, these electro-active particles are coated with a thin carbon layer. This electrode can be an anode or a cathode. The battery featuring such an anode or cathode exhibits an exceptionally high specific capacity, an excellent reversible capacity, and a long cycle life.

A nanographitic composite for use as an anode in a lithium ion battery includes nanoscale particles of an electroactive material; and a plurality of graphene nanoplatelets having a thickness of 0.34 nm to 5 nm and lateral dimensions of less than 900 nm, wherein the electroactive particle has an average particle size that is larger than the average lateral dimension of the graphene nanoplatelets, and the graphene nanoplatelets coat at least a portion of the nanoscale particles to form a porous nanographitic layer made up of overlapping graphene nanoplatelets.

Powder batches of pharmaceutically-active particles and methods for making same. The pharmaceutically-active particles have a small particle size and a narrow particle size distribution and are particularly useful in devices such as medical inhalers. The present invention also provides an aerosol-based method for producing pharmaceutically-active particles wherein an aerosol is produced having a tightly controlled droplet size to produce pharmaceutically-active particles having a small particle size and narrow particle size distribution.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) uses nanoscale metal particles (SERS-active particles) or surface roughness to enhance the Raman signal of Raman-active analytes contacting the surface. SERS sandwich particles contain SERS-active particles sandwiching a Raman-active substance and serve as optical tags. Preferably, the particles are rod-shaped, with each layer (SERS-active and Raman-active) formed as a distinct stripe of the particle. These freestanding particles can be derivatized with surface ligands capable of associating with analytes of interest in, for example, a biological sample. The acquired Raman spectrum of the particle encodes the identity of the ligand. Because of the simplicity and intensity of Raman spectra, highly multiplexed assays are capable using SERS particles with different Raman-active species.

Disclosed are methods for incorporating additives, such as chemically active particles, into the surfaces of articles or into coatings disposed atop articles. The disclosed methods are also applicable to conventional molding techniques, and can be performed in batch or continuous fashion.

A tobacco smoking device comprises a porous mass of active particles adapted to enhance a tobacco smoke flowing over said active particles and binder particles. The active particles comprises about 1-99% weight of the porous mass, and the binder particles comprises about 1-99% weight of said porous mass. The active particles and said binder particles are bound together at randomly distributed points throughout the porous mass. The active particles have a greater particle size than the binder particles.

Disclosed herein are diagnostic assays using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active particles, including liquid-based assays; magnetic capture assays; microparticle-nanoparticle satellite structures for signal amplification in an assay; composite SERS-active particles useful for enhanced detection of targets; and sample tubes and processes for using the same.

Electrode active materials comprising two or more groups of particles having differing chemical compositions, wherein each group of particles comprises a material selected from:

(a) materials of the formula A¹_aM¹_b(XY₄)_cZ_d; and

(b) materials of the formula A²_eM²_fO_g; and

wherein

(i) A¹, A², and A³ are Li, Na, or K;

(ii) M¹ and M³ comprise a transition metal;

(iv) XY₄ a phosphate or similar moiety; and

(v) Z is OH, or halogen.

In a preferred embodiment, A²_eM³_fO_g is A³_hMn_iO₄ having an inner and an outer region, wherein the inner region comprises a cubic spinel manganese oxide, and the outer region comprises a manganese oxide enriched in Mn⁺⁴ relative to the inner region. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions also comprise a basic compound.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an improved room temperature electron ion fast transfer electrode slicefor a solid-state secondary lithium battery. The method comprises the following steps: (1) evenly mixing an active material, a conductive agent and a fast ion conductor according to a certain proportion; (2) adding a certain amount of a binder into the mixture, and mixing uniformly to obtain a uniform slurry; and (3) preparing the slurry into slices, and drying to obtain the required electrode slice. The preparation method of the electrode slice preparation uses the fast ion conductor material with high temperature high lithium ion conductivity; the material can play the role of increasing the contact area between the active particles and solid electrolyte, and he form a three-dimensional electron and lithium ion transport network, so as to ensure the rapid conduction of the electrons in the electrode also improve the transmission rate of lithium ions between the active particles and electrolyte. Therefore, the preparation method is beneficial to reducing the interface impedance among the active particles in the electrode slice and between the active particles and the solid electrolyte, thereby increasing the power rate performance of the solid-state secondary lithium battery.

An endodontic probe is used to perform disinfection procedures on target tissues within root canal passages and tubules. The endodontic probe can include an electromagnetic radiation emitting fiber optic tip having a distal end and a radiation emitting region disposed proximally of the distal end. According to one aspect, the endodontic probe can include a porous structure that encompasses a region of the fiber optic tip excluding the radiation emitting region and that is loaded with biologically-active particles, cleaning particles, biologically-active agents, or cleaning agents for delivery from the porous structure onto the target tissues. Another aspect can include provision of the endodontic probe with an adjustable channel-depth indicator, which encompasses a region of the fiber optic tip besides the radiation emitting region and which is movable in proximal and distal directions along a surface of the fiber optic tip to facilitate the provision of depth-of-insertion information to users of the endodontic probe.

The invention discloses a silicon-carbon composite material, a preparation method thereof and a lithium ion battery prepared by adopting the material. The preparation method of the silicon-carbon composite material comprises the following steps: (1) mixing a composite material (silica-coated nano-silicon) manufactured by silicon monoxide, a porous carbon-based material and excessive hydrofluoric acid solution to obtain another composite material in which nano-silicon particles are compounded in pores of the porous carbon-based material; and (2) heating a composite material in which nano-silicon particles are compounded in pores of a high polymer-coated porous carbon-based material under an inert atmosphere to obtain the silicon-carbon composite material coated by porous carbon spheres. The process raw materials are accessible and simple to prepare. The silicon-carbon composite material has electrochemical reversible embedded lithium removal performance, greatly relieves efflorescence and falling-off phenomena of active particles in the charge-discharge process and has the high lithium storage capacity characteristic of silicon materials and the high cycling stability of carbon materials, and a battery prepared by the silicon-carbon composite material has better cyclicity.

A negative electrode active material particle and a method for preparing the same are provided. The negative electrode active material particle includes SiO_x (0<x≦2) and Li₂Si₂O₅, and includes less than 2 wt % of Li₂SiO₃ and Li₄SiO₄.

The invention provides a dielectric barrier discharge water treatment device and method, belonging to the technical field of a water treatment device and method. The device comprises a high-voltage high-frequency pulse power supply, a reactor shell, a column high-voltage electrode, a cylindrical submerged low-voltage electrode, a vermiculite-supported titanium dioxide catalyst, a dielectric barrier layer and a microporous aeration membrane. The method comprises the following steps: adding a solution to be treated, and applying a high-voltage pulse voltage between the column high-voltage electrode and the cylindrical submerged low-voltage electrode, wherein the peak voltage is 1-100kV, and the frequency is 1-50KHz; and adjusting the inlet air quantity, and regulating the contact time between treated wastewater and active particles inside the reactor. An aerator is introduced into the water treatment device, and medium-activity substances generated by dielectric barrier plasma discharge can completely enter the solution to the treated through the aerator, so the water treatment device has the advantages of high mass-transfer efficiency and short required time; the method is stable in running and simple to operate, and can run under atmospheric pressure; and the equipment is easy to manage and has high practicality and economical efficiency.

A castable, moldable, and/or extrudable structure using a metallic primary alloy. One or more additives are added to the metallic primary alloy so that in situ galvanically-active reinforcement particles are formed in the melt or on cooling from the melt. The composite contain an optimal composition and morphology to achieve a specific galvanic corrosion rate in the entire composite. The in situ formed galvanically-active particles can be used to enhance mechanical properties of the composite, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The final casting can also be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final composite over the as-cast material.

The invention relates to a hollow or solid fibre having multiple porous layers concentrically arranged, and wherein at least one of the layers comprises functionalized or active particles that are well accessible and maintain their function after preparation. The layer containing high loads of particles can be either the outer or the inner layer. The main function of the other porous layer is to provide mechanical stability to the fibre. It can further act as a sieve and prevent unwanted compounds or species to come in contact with the functionalized particulate matter. Where it is the inner layer, the second layer can advantageously be a biocompatible material. With the second being the outer layer it is now possible to reach a particle content of 100 wt % in the inner layer. These fibres comprising high densities of functionalized particulate matter and of still sufficient mechanical strength can be used for (selective) adsorption, conversion, isolation or purification of compounds from a mixture of compounds, in particular from a fermentation broth, tissue broth, plant broth, cell broth or blood.

The invention relates to an annular discharge based transient state plasma igniter. An insulation sleeve is located in an insulation protection sleeve, and one end of the insulation sleeve is located in a cathode. An anode conduction rod is located in the insulation sleeve, and one end of the anode conduction rod is arranged in a center hole of the cathode. One end of the insulation protection sleeve is arranged in a fixing base. The anode is located in the cathode. The transient state plasma igniter is provided with a mixed gas channel. According to the invention, high-energy nanosecond pulse is used to discharge electricity to form a local high temperature area, and a large quantity of active particles are activated to ignite combustible mixed gas in an extremely short period of time. The ignition area is large, and the mixed gas can be ignited by multiple points; the ignition time is extremely short, and the ignition delay time is shorter; the ignition energy can be well coupled with the gas mixture, macromolecule hydrocarbon fuel in the ignition area is ionized as active particles with low activation energy, so that the chemical reaction of the mixed gas is faster, the reaction time is shorter, and the ignition success rate is high.

The present invention describes an aqueous foam that includes water, at least one polysaccharide and food-grade, interfacially active particles. The present invention also describes an indulgent shelf-stable foamed food product that contains this aqueous foam. The indulgent shelf-stable foamed food products of the invention have an improved foamed and modular product texture.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a Si-C composite material. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) cauterizing Si powder in an oxygen-containing atmosphere to obtain a SiO2-coated Si composite material; (2) mixing the SiO2-coated Si composite material with a carbohydrate, coating the SiO2-coated Si composite material with a carbon precursor by a hydrothermal method, and heating and carbonizing in an inert atmosphere to obtain a carbon-coated composite material which is coated on the SiO2-coated Si composite material; and (3) corroding SiO2 with excessive hydrofluoric acid to obtain the Si-C composite material. The Si-C composite material provided by the invention has electrochemical reversible lithium embedding/extraction property so as to effectively prevent chalking and dropping of the active particles in the charge/discharge process, and also has high lithium storage capacity property of the Si-based material as well as high cycling stability of the C-based material. Therefore, a battery prepared by the Si-C composite material has better cycling performance.