923 results about "Metal free" patented technology

An improved container seal including at least one metal-free tab member is provided. The container seal comprises a flexible, metal-free cover sheet and a flexible sealant sheet. The cover sheet comprises at least one layer of a flexible sheet material and includes a body portion that is sized and shaped to at least cover a container finish and has at least one metal-free tab portion extending from the periphery of the body portion. The flexible sealant sheet comprises a thermoplastic sealing surface layer, an inner surface layer and a layer of metal foil. The flexible sealant sheet is of the same size and shape as the body portion of the cover sheet. The inner surface of the sealant sheet and the inner surface of the body portion of the cover sheet are bonded together in opposed, congruent contact with each other. A method of manufacturing the container seal is also provided.

A method for fabricating a microfluidic device where first and second substantially flat platens are provided. Multiple substantially planar, substantially metal-free, adhesiveless polymer device layers, the device layers including a first cover layer, second cover layer, and at least one stencil layer defining a microfluidic channel penetrating through the entire thickness of the stencil layer also are provided. Each stencil layer is disposed between other device layers such that the channel is bounded laterally by a stencil layer, and bounded from above and below by surrounding device layers to define an upper channel surface and a lower channel surface. The device layers are stacked between the first platen and the second platen. The stacked device layers are controllably heated according to a heating profile adapted to form a substantially sealed adhesiveless microfluidic device wherein each upper channel surface remains distinct from its corresponding lower channel surface. The resulting microfluidic device has high inter-layer bond strength while preserving the integrity of the channel(s) defined in the stencil layer(s).

A member including for example, a supporting layer and a single photogenerating layer, the photogenerating layer comprising particles including hydroxygallium phthalocyanine phthalocyanine Type V, x polymorph metal free phthalocyanine, or chlorogallium phthalocyanine dispersed in a matrix comprising an arylamine hole transporter and an electron transporter selected from the group consisting of N,N'bis(1,2-dimethylpropyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide, 1,1'-dioxo-2-(4-methylphenyl)-6-phenyl-4-(dicyanomethylidene)thiopyran, and a quinone selected from the group consisting of carboxybenzylhaphthaquinone, and tetra (t-butyl) diphenoquinone, and mixtures thereof, and a film forming binder.

An organic electroluminescent element including at least one organic layer including a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a metal complex having a tri-dentate or higher multi-dentate ligand, and a metal-free compound capable of giving a three or higher coordination with the same metal element as a central metal of the metal complex is provided. An organic electroluminescent element having a high light emitting efficiency and excellent durability is provided.

The present invention provides a delay line SAW device fabricated on a lithium niobate substrate and coated with a bilayer of nanocrystalline or other nanomaterials such as nanoparticles or nanowires of palladiumn and metal free pthalocyanine which will respond to hydrogen gas in near real time, at low (room) temperature, without being affected by CO, O2, CH4 and other gases, in air ambient or controlled ambient, providing sensitivity to low ppm levels.

The invention relates to a method for preparing nitrogen doping hollow carbon nanocages, which comprises the following steps that: (1) basic magnesium carbonate or magnesium carbonate is taken to be added into a reaction tube and is uniformly dispersed, then the reaction tube is placed in a tube furnace, air in the tube furnace is extracted, inert gases are filled into the tube furnace, under the condition of 10-500sccm of inert gases, the temperature of the tube furnace is increased to 650-1,100 DEG C, then the inert gas flow is guided into steam which contains carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), and after reacting for 5-240min, the temperature of the tube furnace is reduced to a room temperature; and (2) powder in the reaction tube is collected, put into hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid solution to be soaked for 5-720min, filtered, cleaned by deionized water and dried, so a nitrogen doping hollow carbon nanocage is obtained. The nitrogen doping hollow carbon nanocage which is produced by the method has the advantages of high specific surface area, large pore volume, high mesoporous ratio, good graphitization degree and the like, and is a metal-free oxygen reduction reaction catalyst with excellent performance.

The invention relates to a metal-free nitrogen-doped functionalized mesoporous carbon catalyst and preparation method and applications thereof. A precursor of the metal-free nitrogen-doped functionalized mesoporous carbon catalyst comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 20-85% of template agent, 10-75% of nitrogen compound, and 5-50% of transition metal salt. The nitrogen compound is carbonized at high temperature under the existence condition of transition metal, to form a high-nitrogen-content pyridine and graphite nitrogen (Nx-C) composite structure, and the catalytic activity of oxygen can be remarkably enhanced; the transition metal in the nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon catalyst can be removed through acid pickling, so that the inactivation (corrosion) of the catalyst containing the transition metal under the conditions of strong acid and strong alkali can be avoided, the characteristics of being high in stability, not easy to poison and the like can be achieved, and the metal-free nitrogen-doped functionalized mesoporous carbon catalyst has excellent application prospects in the fields of treating waste water of fuel batteries, metal-air batteries, supercapacitors, energy-storage batteries, microbial fuel cells, and the like.

A coating (20) for a component of a power transmission system (10) and a method of coating a substrate is provided. The coating is substantially metal-free with a low hydrogen to carbon ratio. The method includes placing a graphite carbon target and the substrate in a magnetron sputtering chamber. The magnetron sputtering chamber is evacuated and filled with gas. The graphite carbon target is sputtered by the ionized inert and / or hydrogen gas so that the substrate is coated with a metal-free diamond-like-carbon coating.

The efficient dispersion of carbon nanotubes in various media and methods of using the same in such applications as inks, coatings, and composites and in various electrical and electronic articles are disclosed. A dispersant is used which has the formula P-(U-Y)s where P is a metal or metal-free phthalocyanine, Y is a compatibilizing moiety with a molecular weight between 500 and 5000 g / mol, U is a linking moiety covalently bonding Y to P, and s is an integer between 1 and 4.

The invention relates to fused cyclooctyne compounds, and to a method for their preparation. The invention also relates to a conjugate wherein a fused cyclooctyne compound according to the invention is conjugated to a label, and to the use of these conjugates in bioorthogonal labeling, imaging and / or modification, such as for example surface modification, of a target molecule. The invention further relates to a method for the modification of a target molecule, wherein a conjugate according to the invention is reacted with a compound comprising a 1,3-dipole or a 1,3-(hetero)diene.

The invention provides a metal salt-free sealing agent for an aluminum alloy anodic oxide film, belonging to the technical field of aluminum alloy anodic oxide film post treatment. The sealing agent of the invention is prepared by water solution composed of 1.0-10g / L of a hydration accelerator, 0.01-2g / L of a wetting agent, 0.01-3g / L of an ash inhibitor and 1-15g / L of a pH buffering agent, wherein the pH of workpiece fluid is 5.5-6.5, the operating temperature is 70-90 DEG C, and the sealing speed is 1.0-2.0min / um. The metal salt-free sealing agent creatively adopts organic compounds which are easily subject to biodegradation, does not contain any metal ions of nickel, cobalt, magnesium, calcium, lithium and the like as well as fluorinions, and obtains satisfactory sealing effect of the nano-pores of the aluminum alloy anodic oxide film by virtue of the scientific and coordinated component formula of the water solution; the aluminum alloy anodic oxide film obtained by seal treatment through the sealing agent has the advantages of good corrosion resistance, capability of meeting the requirements of GB 14952.1-94, good light-protection and color-protection properties of a film layer, no ash and pruina, no water stain after drying as well as light flowing color and small color difference change in case of sealing the organic dyeing film; and the metal salt-free sealing agent is widely applicable to sealing treatment of an original-color anodic oxide film, an electrolytic coloring anodic oxide film, a hard oxide film and a dyeing anodic oxide film.

Acrylic polymers are made by the living radical polymerization of acrylic monomers utilizing organo halide initiators with either metal-free or metal catalysts. Moreover, block copolymers of vinyl halide monomers and acrylic monomers are described by generally polymerizing either the vinyl halide monomers or acrylic monomers utilizing an organo halide initiator in the presence of either a metal catalyst or a metal-free catalyst and subsequently polymerizing thereon the remaining type of monomer.

The present invention provides carbon quantum dots, preparation method and uses thereof. The preparation method of the carbon quantum dots comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a dispersion of carbon based material; (2) mixing a solution of halogenated quinone with the dispersion of carbon based material and preparing a dispersion of carbon based-halogenated quinone composite material by halogenated quinone grafting method; (3) adding a solution of H2O2 to the dispersion of carbon based-halogenated quinone composite material and carrying out reaction thereof, obtaining reaction products; (4) carrying out solid-liquid separation to the reaction products, with the resulting filtrate continuing to react, thus obtaining a dispersion of carbon quantum dots. This method adopts metal-free catalytic oxidation, the process of which is safe, convenient and low-cost, and is performed under a mild reaction condition without adding additional substances which are difficult to be separated. The obtained quantum dots have a good dispersibility and can be easily separated, also can achieve pollution treatment using pollutants. In addition, the prepared carbon quantum dots have a broad application prospect in the fields of organic pollutant degradation, electrochemical sensors, super capacitors, luminescent materials and photoelectric devices, etc.

A member including for example, a supporting layer and a single photogenerating layer, the photogenerating layer comprising particles including hydroxygallium phthalocyanine phthalocyanine Type V, x polymorph metal free phthalocyanine, or chlorogallium phthalocyanine dispersed in a matrix comprising an arylamine hole transporter and an electron transporter selected from the group consisting of N,N'bis(1,2-dimethylpropyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide, 1,1'-dioxo-2-(4-methylphenyl)-6-phenyl-4-(dicyanomethylidene)thiopyran, and a quinone selected from the group consisting of carboxybenzylhaphthaquinone, and tetra (t-butyl) diphenoquinone, and mixtures thereof, and a film forming binder.

The invention relates to a substituted azadibenzocyclooctyne compound according to Formula (5): The invention also relates to a conjugate wherein a substituted azadibenzocyclooctyne according to the invention is conjugated to a label, and to the use of these conjugates for bioorthogonal labeling, imaging or modification of a target molecule, e.g. surface modification. The invention further relates to a method for the modification of a target molecule, wherein a conjugate according to the invention is reacted with a compound comprising a 1,3-dipole or a 1,3-(hetero)diene.

The invention relates to semiconductor device fabrication and more specifically to a method and material for forming of shallow trench isolation structures in integrated circuits. A silica dielectric film is formed by preparing a composition comprising a silicon containing pre-polymer, optionally water, and optionally a metal-ion-free catalyst selected from the group consisting of onium compounds and nucleophiles. The substrate is then coated with the composition to form a film. The film is then crosslinked to produce a gelled film. The gelled film is then heated at a temperature of from about 750° C. to about 1000° C. for a duration effective to remove substantially all organic moieties and to produce a substantially crack-free silica dielectric film.

A pre-treatment method for cleaning and maintaining reverse osmosis membrane filters by injecting sulfurous acid into waters with suspended solids in a liquid fraction to be filtered to form sulfurous acid (H2SO3) to acid leach heavy metals into the liquid fraction, reduce alkalinity and mineral scaling, add sufficient SO2 as a biocide to attack bacteria and other micro organisms to prevent membrane fouling, reduce iron to prevent iron deposit build-up, scavenge and remove dissolved oxygen prior to filtration to prevent membrane oxidation, and then sequentially filtering the acidified water through membrane filters to create a metal free permeate and a brine retentate, which can be pH adjusted to remove the heavy metals as metal hydroxide precipitates.

A member including, for example, a supporting layer and a single photogenerating layer, the photogenerating layer comprising particles including hydroxygallium phthalocyanine phthalocyanine Type V, x polymorph metal free phthalocyanine, or chlorogallium phthalocyanine dispersed in a matrix comprising an arylamine hole transporter and an electron transporter selected from the group consisting of N,N'bis(1,2-dimethylpropyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide, 1,1'-dioxo-2-(4-methylphenyl)-6-phenyl-4-(dicyanomethylidene)thiopyran, and a quinone selected from the group consisting of carboxybenzylhaphthaquinone, and tetra (t-butyl) diphenoquinone, and mixtures thereof, and submicrometer size polytetrafluroethylene particles, and a film forming binder.

The invention relates to a metal-free nitrogen-functionalized carbon catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The catalyst consists of a carbon material and a nitrogenous macrocyclic compound according to a mass ratio being 0.10:0.90-0.90:0.10. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) dissolving the carbon material and the nitrogenous macrocyclic compound in a solvent, grinding the materials until the solvent is entirely volatilized, and drying to obtain a catalyst precursor; and (2) heating the precursor under the protection of an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 600-1000 DEG C for calcinations and reduction, so as to obtain the metal-free nitrogen-functionalized carbon catalyst. The catalyst is applied to a membrane electrode combination for a fuel battery. The metal-free nitrogen- functionalized carbon catalyst provided by the invention forms a pyridinic nitrogen-graphitic nitrogen (Nx-C) composite structure with high nitrogen content through high-temperature nitrogen modification pyrolysis treatment, so that the catalytic activity to oxygen is obviously improved. The preparation method is simple, and the metal-free nitrogen- functionalized carbon catalyst has good application prospects in field of water waste treatment of the fuel battery, a metal-air battery, a super capacitor, an energy storage battery, a microbial fuel cell and the like.

A diesel fuel additive composition, a fuel containing the fuel additive, a method for improving diesel engine performance using the additive. The diesel fuel additive includes a reaction product of (a) a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and (b) a reactant selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing compound, a hydroxyl-containing compound, and water that provides a reaction product selected from the group consisting (1) a mono-amide / mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof, (2) a diacid or metal free diacid salt thereof, and (3) mono-ester / mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof. The reaction product includes at least about 10 molar percent acid groups based on total moles of the reaction product.

A metal-free detergent and antioxidant additive comprising the reaction product of an acidic organic compound, a boron compound, a polyamine such as polyethylene imine, and optionally an alkoxylated amine and / or an alkoxylated amide, is provided. The additives of the present invention have higher TBN than similar compounds known in the art.

Two methods to achieve a tandem solar cell are disclosed. The first involves stacking together two or more complete polymer solar cells, each having a polymer blend active layer. The individual solar cells can be connected either in series or in parallel. In the second method, two individual polymer solar cells are first constructed and then laminated together to form a tandem structure. The lamination can be metal-free, thus resulting in translucent polymer solar cells.

A method for forming conductive contacts and interconnects in a semiconductor structure, and the resulting conductive components are provided. In particular, the method is used to fabricate single or dual damascene copper contacts and interconnects in integrated circuits such as memory devices and microprocessor.

A multilayered circuit board having a metal-free region vertically extending through at least a portion of a conductive layer, which lies generally parallel to a horizontal plane, vertically spaced from an outer surface. Heat-emitting and heat-sensitive components are mounted on the outer surface. The heat-emitting component is vertically and laterally spaced from the metal-free region, whereas the heat-sensitive component is vertically spaced and laterally aligned within the metal-free region such that the metal-free region is a thermal barrier that shields heat-sensitive component from radial heat flowing from the heat-emitting component.

Metal-free fuel cell cathodes having a catalytic layer of vertically-aligned, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (VA-NCNTs) are provided. The fuel cell cathodes comprise a cathode body, a binder layer attached to an outer surface of the cathode body, and the catalytic layer, which is supported by the binder layer. The binder layer may comprise a composite of a conductive polymer and doped or undoped nonaligned carbon nanotubes. In a method for forming the fuel cell cathodes, the VA-NCNTs may be formed by pyrolysis of a metalorganic compound and integration of the nanotubes with nitrogen. The binder layer is applied, and the resulting supported nanotube array may be attached to the cathode body. Fuel cells comprising the fuel cell cathodes are provided. The fuel cell cathodes comprising VA-NCNTs demonstrate superior oxygen-reduction reaction performance, including for electrocatalytic activity, operational stability, tolerance to crossover effects, and resistance to CO poisoning.

The invention relates to a controllable high-dispersion nano simple-substance metal / carbon composite material preparation method and electrical catalytic application thereof. An ordered mesoporous carbon powder material having high specific area is synthesized; the material is subjected to oxidation treatment to obtain mesoporous carbon provided with hydrophilic groups on the surface and having high specific area; metal precursor perfusion is performed by adopting an impregnation method, the mesoporous carbon is converted into hydroxide by adopting an ammonia fumigation method, and the hydroxide is fixed in mesoporous confined pore channels; reduction is performed at high temperature in the presence of H2, and finally a high-dispersion nano metal simple-substance / carbon composite material is obtained. With zero-valent iron / mesoporous carbon as an example, the composite material serves as a working electrode, a three-electrode electrochemical method is adopted to remove nitrate in a water body through electrical catalytic reduction. The composite material prepared by adopting the preparation method contains small simple-substance metal nanoparticles which are evenly dispersed in the pore channels of a carbon substrate, and the metal crystallization degree and supporting amount are easy to control in the preparation process. After electrode slices are produced, the nitrate treatment efficiency is high, the nitrogen selectivity is improved, the stability is good, and secondary pollution such as metal ion dissolution is not caused.

The invention discloses a nitrogen-doped porous graphite-like carbon nanosheet as well as preparation and electrocatalytic application thereof. The carbon nanosheet has a flaky morphology, and is richin nitrogen doping amount, large in pore volume, high in mesoporous ratio, and highly graphitized as a whole. According to the preparation of the carbon nanosheet, a metal oxide nanosheet of manganese is taken as a template, a metal organic framework material is taken as a carbon source, a sandwich-type sandwich composite structure precursor material is formed by the template and the carbon source, the precursor material is pyrolyzed in an atmosphere without water or oxygen, the template is removed through acid treatment, the obtained product after the removal of the template is mixed with anitrogen source, and annealing is performed again to prepare the carbon nanosheet. A preparation method has the advantages that the raw materials are easy to obtain, the preparation is simple, the production cost is low, the macro preparation is easy to implement and the like, and provides a universal synthetic route for preparing a two-dimensional doped porous carbon material with high degree ofgraphitization from the metal organic framework material. At the same time, the invention also discloses the application of the nitrogen-doped porous graphite-like carbon nanosheet with a high specific surface and a rich mesoporous structure and as a metal-free catalyst to high-efficiency electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions.