6251 results about "Bismuth" patented technology

A spin-torque transfer memory random access memory (STTMRAM) element includes a fixed layer formed on top of a substrate and a a tunnel layer formed upon the fixed layer and a composite free layer formed upon the tunnel barrier layer and made of an iron platinum alloy with at least one of X or Y material, X being from a group consisting of: boron (B), phosphorous (P), carbon (C), and nitride (N) and Y being from a group consisting of: tantalum (Ta), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), silicon (Si), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), hafnium (Hf) and bismuth (Bi), molybdenum (Mo) or rhodium (Ru), the magnetization direction of each of the composite free layer and fixed layer being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate.

A low temperature chemical route to efficiently produce nanomaterials is described. The nanomaterials are synthesized by intercalating ions into layered compounds, exfoliating to create individual layers and then sonicating to produce nanotubes, nanorods, nanoscrolls and/or nanosheets. It is applicable to various different layered inorganic compounds (for example, bismuth selenides/tellurides, graphite, and other metal complexes, particularly transition metal dichalcogenides compounds including oxygen, sulfur, tellurium or selenium).

Polymer nanocomposite implants with nanofillers and additives are described. The nanofillers described can be any composition with the preferred composition being those composing barium, bismuth, cerium, dysprosium, europium, gadolinium, hafnium, indium, lanthanum, neodymium, niobium, praseodymium, strontium, tantalum, tin, tungsten, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium. The additives can be of any composition with the preferred form being inorganic nanopowders comprising aluminum, calcium, gallium, iron, lithium, magnesium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium. Such nanocomposites are particularly useful as materials for biological use in applications such as drug delivery, biomed devices, bone or dental implants.

New thermoelectric materials and devices are disclosed for application to high efficiency thermoelectric power generation. New functional materials based on oxides, rare-earth-oxides, rare-earth-nitrides, rare-earth phosphides, copper-rare-earth oxides, silicon-rare-earth-oxides, germanium-rare-earth-oxides and bismuth rare-earth-oxides are disclosed. Addition of nitrogen and phosphorus are disclosed to optimize the oxide material properties for thermoelectric conversion efficiency. New devices based on bulk and multilayer thermoelectric materials are described. New devices based on bulk and multilayer thermoelectric materials using combinations of at least one of thermoelectric and pyroelectric and ferroelectric materials are described. Thermoelectric devices based on vertical pillar and planar architectures are disclosed. The advantage of the planar thermoelectric effect allows utility for large area applications and is scalable for large scale power generation plants.

An integrated programmable conductor memory cell and diode device in an integrated circuit comprises a diode and a glass electrolyte element, the glass electrolyte element having metal ions mixed or dissolved therein and being able to selectively form a conductive pathway under the influence of an applied voltage. In one embodiment, both the diode and the memory cell comprise a chalcogenide glass, such as germanium selenide (e.g., Ge₂Se₈ or Ge₂₅Se₇₅). The first diode element comprises a chalcogenide glass layer having a first conductivity type, the second diode element comprises a chalcogenide glass layer doped with an element such as bismuth and having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type and the memory cell comprises a chalcogenide glass element with silver ions therein. In another embodiment, the diode comprises silicon and there is a diffusion barrier layer between the diode and the chalcogenide glass memory element. Methods of fabricating integrated programmable conductor memory cell and diode devices are also disclosed.

The invention provides a high performance lithium ion battery anode material lithium manganate and a preparation method of the material. The lithium manganate is a doped lithium manganate LiMn2-yXy04 which is doped with one kind or a plurality of other metal elements X, wherein X element is at least one kind selected form the group of aluminium, lithium, fluorine, silver, copper, chromium, zinc, titanium, bismuth, germanium, gallium, zirconium, stannum, silicon, cobalt, nickel, vanadium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium, and y is larger than 0 but less than or equal to 0.11. The lithium ion battery anode material lithium manganate provided in the invention has extraordinary charge and discharge cycle performance both in the environments of normal temperature and high temperature. According to the invention, the preparation method of the material is a solid phase method, the operation is simple and controllable and the cost is low so that it is easy to realize large-scale productions.

The present invention provides a tin-copper alloy plating bath, tin-copper-bismuth alloy plating bath or tin-copper-silver alloy plating bath containing a soluble metal compound and a specific sulfur-containing compound. The plating bath of the present invention is an alloy plating bath containing tin and copper, the bath being capable of preventing deposition of copper on a tin anode by substitution, having low dependence of plated coating composition on current density, high bath stability and resistance to turbidness.

This invention provides ways to fabricate nanotubes and nanobead arrays by utilizing nanopores in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. Nanotubes of bismuth and other low melting point metals with controlled diameters and lengths can be fabricated by sintering AAO coated with appropriate metals at temperatures above their melting points. Carbon nanotubes may also be readily formed by carbonizing a polymer on the interior walls of the nanopores in AAO membranes. Palladium nanobead arrays which can be used as ultrafast hydrogen sensors are fabricated by coating the flat surface of AAO membranes with controlled pore-wall ratios.

A composition described wherein bismuth is chelated by a complexing agent such as a pyrithione or certain other thiol compounds in the form a metal:complexing agent complex. Methods for using the composition as a bacteriocidal, bacteriostatic, antibiofilm, antifungal, and antiviral agent and as a disinfectant and preservative are also provided.

Articles, including fabrics and film layers, are disclosed which can protect against multiple hazards, including radiation, chemical, biological agents, metal projectiles and fire hazards. In some embodiments, the fabrics and films of the present invention are used to produce garments having protection against multiple hazards and superior heat dissipating properties. A radiation protective compound is preferably created by mixing a radiopaque material, such as barium, bismuth, tungsten or their compounds, with powdered polymer, pelletized polymer or a liquid solution, emulsion or suspension of a polymer in solvent or water. This radiation protective mixture can then be laminated or otherwise adhered to other types of protective films or fabric, such as the protective polymer films or fabrics used for chemical protective garments, biological protective garments, bullet proof vests or fire retardant garments. The principles of this invention can also be applied to a broad range of other articles including surgical hoods, hospital gowns, gloves, patient drapes, partitions, coverings, jumpsuits, ponchos, uniforms, fatigues, tents, probes, envelopes, pouches, wallpaper, liners, drywall, house sidings, house foundations, house roofings etc.

The invention discloses a catalyst for preparing 1, 4-butynediol and a preparation method of the catalyst for preparing 1, 4-butynediol. According to the method, acidized nano-silica is adopted as a carrier, the adopted nano-silica has a large outer specific surface, a dipping method and a deposition-precipitation method are used for adsorbing copper and bismuth on the carrier, so that the catalyst comprises 35-65% of copper oxide by mass, and meanwhile silica sol is added, so that the catalyst is more stable and abrasion resistant. The prepared catalyst is good in activity, high in selectivity and strength, not prone to pulverizing in the process of using and capable of keeping high activity.

Disclosed is a polyol/polyisocyanate adhesive system having an isocyanate component and a catalyzed component which form a heat-cured composition when admixed and heated above a threshold temperature. The catalyzed component has a hydroxyl-functional component catalyzed with a catalyst combination of a heat-activatable amine or amine-like catalyst which is activated at temperatures above the threshold temperature, and an activatable complexed metal catalyst comprising the reaction product of tin or bismuth catalysts, or a mixture thereof, and a molar excess of a mercapto compound complexing agent. The catalyst combination is effective to maintain the processibility of the system at ambient temperatures while promoting the rapid cure of the system when heated above the threshold temperature.

Compounds are expressed by general formula of AxBC2-y where 0<=x<=2 and 0<=y<1, and have CdI2 analogous layer structures; A-site is occupied by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Au, Sc, rare earth elements containing Y, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Sn, Pb and Bi; B-site is occupied by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, W, Ir, and Sn; C-site is occupied by at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se and Te; the compounds exhibit large figure of merit so as to be preferable for thermoelectric generator/refrigerator.

The invention relates to preparation of a supported catalyst for 1,4-butynediol. The supported catalyst used is characterized in that a mesoporous molecular sieve is used as a carrier, and soluble copper salt and bismuth are loaded on the carrier by an impregnation method so that the mass content of copper in the catalyst is 15-30%, and the mass content of bismuth is 1-6%. In the prepared catalyst, the particle size of copper oxide is 10-80nm, and the bismuth oxide is amorphous powder; the copper oxide and the bismuth oxide are uniformly distributed on the carrier and interact with the carrier; and the catalyst has high activity and high selectivity in producing 1,4-butynediol through an alkyne hydroformylation reaction, is more stable and wear-resistant than similar catalysts, and saves copper resources.

The invention relates to an infrared-excited oxide up-conversion luminescence piezoelectric material of a bismuth lamellar perovskite-like structure and a preparation method thereof. The up-conversion luminescence piezoelectric material has a chemical general formula of Am-1-x-RxYbyBi2BmO3M<+3>, wherein R is selected from Er<3+>, Ho<3+> and Tm<3+>, A is selected from Bi<3>, Ca<2+>, Sr<2+>, Ba<2+>, Pb<2+>, Na<+>, K<+>, La<3+> and Y<3+>, B is selected from Ti<4+>, Zr<4+>, Nb<5+>, Ta<5+>, W<6+> and Mo<6+>, m is a positive integer not smaller than 2 and not more than 8, x is not smaller than 0.000001 and not more than 0.3, and y is not smaller than 3.0 and not more than 0.6. The up-conversion luminescence piezoelectric material is prepared by adopting a solid-phase reaction method, has the characteristics of good thermal stability, good chemical stability, easiness for synthesis, high luminous intensity and adjustable color, and can be widely applied to various aspects such as three-dimensional display, infrared detection, counterfeiting prevention, solar cells and photoelectric integration, micro-electro-mechanical systems, photoelectric sensing and the like.

A sliding bearing, which comprises a lining and a bismuth or bismuth-alloy overlay having improved compatibility and fatigue resistance is provided. The overlay is characterized by the following orientation. The relative ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity I[hkl] of the bismuth or bismuth-alloy overlay defined below satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b):(a) the relative ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity I[hkl] of planes other than the {012} planes is from 0.2 to 5 times as high as the ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity I[012], namely, 0.2I[012]<=I[hkl]<=5I[012](b) the relative ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity I[hkl] of three or more planes other than {012} planes ranges from 0.5 to 2 times as high as the ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity I[012], namely, 0.5I[012]<=2I[012].

The invention relates to a method for pre-processing anode mud and recycling rare metals. The invention carries out pre-processing on the anode mud of copper and lead ions and recycling the rare metals; firstly the anode mud is extracted by an acid liquid; a primary acid extraction liquid and the primary decopper anode mud are obtained by filtering; the primary decopper anode mud after being stirred and grinded with sodium carbonate is extracted by metric acid or acetic acid to obtain the deleading anode mud; after sulfated roasting for steaming selenium is carried out on the primary decopper anode mud or the deleading anode mud, the steaming selenium anode mud is extracted by the acid liquid; a secondary acid extraction liquid and the secondary decopper anode mud are obtained by filtering. The acid extraction liquid recycles the selenium and Te by reducing or recycles the slag of selenium and Te by directly adding alkali to react in the acid extraction liquid. The secondary acid extraction liquid after recycling the Te by reducing uses alkali or adds water to dilute and adjust the pH value of a filter liquid and obtain the slag of bismuth by filtering. The method of the invention has a simple flow, a high recycling rate of selenium, Te and bismuth; the noble metals can be enriched and the recycling rate of gold and silver can be remarkably improved.

The invention relates to a novel titanium substrate lead dioxide electrode and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the field of water treatment technology application. The titanium substrate lead dioxide electrode adopts titanium material as a carrier; after the titanium substrate undergoes acid etching, pyrolytic process is adopted to plate a tin-stibium oxide bottom layer; alkaline solution is then used for electroplating an alpha-PbO2 intermediate layer; acidic composite electroplating solution is used for preparing a fluorine-containing beta-PbO2 surface layer doped with an active metal (such as bismuth, nickel, lanthanum, cerium and erbium) and a particle with high absorption performance (such as powdered activated carbon and chitosan), thus obtaining a novel titanium substrate lead dioxide electrode. The titanium substrate lead dioxide electrode prepared by the method has low cost and long service life. Using the electrode as an anode and applying certain applied voltage can realize efficient removal and mineralization to the organic contaminants in the water. With simple operation and convenient management, the method is applicable to small-scale and dispersible wastewater and feed water treatment.