590 results about "Particle aggregation" patented technology

Particle aggregation of lipid:nucleic acid complex particles is prevented by incorporating a non-cationic lipid into lipid:nucleic acid complex particles containing a cationic lipid and a nucleic acid polymer. The non-cationic lipid is a polyethylene glycol-based polymer.

A process for production of an agglomerate comprises the steps of: passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to form product particles; agglomerating the product particles into an agglomerate; and applying a force to the agglomerate to displace it continuously away from the reaction zone.

A method and apparatus for separating a mixture of particles of various sizes in a capillary tube into groups by size using multiple forces of controlled amplitude. Ultrasonic radiation at a first selected frequency is applied to set up a standing pressure wave in the capillary tube, resulting in a first aggregating force which causes particles of all sizes to aggregate at positions within the capillary tube which correspond to nodes or anti-nodes of the standing wave. Transverse vibrations are also applied to the capillary tube. The frequency of the ultrasonic radiation is adjusted to reduce the magnitude of the first aggregating force. Inertial forces resulting from the transverse vibrations then cause the particles to separate by size. The apparatus and method allows a mixture of particles to be separated by size quickly, without requiring the use of high voltages.

The disclosure describes methods for producing bulk, particulate material that includes solid, generally ellipsoidal particles. Irregularly shaped feed particles with average particle sizes of up to 25 microns on a volume basis are dispersed in at least a portion of a combustible gas mixture by application of force and / or fluidizing agents. The combustible mixture with particles in suspension is then delivered, while controlling agglomeration or re-agglomeration of the particles, to at least one flame front. There, the mixture and suspended particles are uniformly distributed across the surface(s) of and passed through the flame front(s) with a high concentration of particles in the mixture. This flame front and the resultant flame(s) with suspended particles are located in at least one "wall free" zone. In such zone(s) the flame(s) may expand while the particles are maintained in dispersion and heated, with controlled and highly efficient application of heating energy. At least partial fusion occurs within at least the surfaces of the particles at high thermal efficiencies, while agglomeration of particles during fusion is inhibited.

The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for determining oxygen in a sample, or in a subject. In one aspect, the present invention is generally directed to an article exhibiting a determinable feature responsive to oxygen, such as oxygen-sensitive particles. The particles may exhibit a determinable change with a change in oxygen concentration, and such particles can accordingly be used to determine oxygen. For example, in one set of embodiments, the particles may be at least partially coated with a protein, such as hemoglobin, that is able to interact with oxygen. In some cases, the protein may aggregate under certain conditions (e.g., under relatively low oxygen concentrations), and such protein aggregation may be used, for example, to cause the particles to become aggregated, which can be determined in some way. In some cases, such aggregation may be irreversible; i.e., the degree of aggregation corresponds to the most extreme oxygen concentrations that the proteins were exposed to. Such articles may be used, for example, to determine oxygen within a sample, or within a subject, such as a human subject. For instance, the article may be formed as a skin patch, or administered to the skin of a subject, e.g., on the surface of the skin, within the dermis or epidermis, etc., to determine oxygen within the subject.

A first fine particle-containing solution is deposited on an appropriate substrate, and dried to form a first fine particle aggregate layer. Polymer particles are deposited on the first fine particle aggregate layer, and are supplied with a second fine particle-containing solution such that the polymer particles are immersed in the second fine particle-containing solution. The second fine particle-containing solution is dried to form a second fine particle aggregate layer containing a large number of the polymer particles embedded. A first structure precursor is completed at this stage. Then, the first structure precursor is separated from the substrate, and thermally treated. Thus, the production of a first solid electrolyte structure, which has a porous solid electrolyte portion and a dense solid electrolyte portion integrated, is completed.

The invention discloses a manganese / lithium phosphate of lithium iron battery positive pole material and a production method thereof, the technical issue to be solved is to improve electrochemical performances of the positive pole material. The material of the invention includes substrates of manganese / lithium phosphate which are covered by a carbon material covering layer, the lithium covering the manganese / lithium phosphate behind the carbon material covering layer is spherical and has microscopic characteristics of being near spherical, rhombic, tapered, tabular, layered or / and block-shaped as well as of having 0.5-30 mum long and short axles. The production method comprises the following steps of: production of nanometer particles, liquid phase mixed reaction, production of precursor, sintering treatment, covering organic substances. Compared with the prior art, the invention improves the electron conductivity of the manganese / lithium phosphate by covering with carbon liquid phase, the carbon sufficiently covers active materials to efficiently prevent particle aggregation, the invention has the characteristics of about 4V of discharge voltage, high discharge and charge capacitance, excellent circulation stability, high safety, simple process, low cost and little influence on the environment.

An electro-mechanical electrostatic air cleaner that combines a low air resistance dielectric fibrous filter material positioned between and electrically charged by two electrically resistant carbon coated screens. The screens are charged by a remotely mounted bi-polar power supply. A pair of post ionization electrodes charge particles in the air with opposite charges, causing the particles to agglomerate. A plurality of screens may be placed in an array for increased one-pass filtration.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a spherical particle comprising an aggregate of particles containing at least 95% of a water-soluble single substance having a viscosity of 10 mPa.s or less as determined in the form of a saturated aqueous solution, the process comprising: preparing moist spherical particles of the single substance by charging, as cores, crystalline particles or granulated particles of the single substance on a rotary disc in a processing vessel of a centrifugal tumbling granulating apparatus, wherein the granulated particles are prepared by granulating a powder of the single substance, and dispersing over the cores a powder of the single substance and simultaneously spraying on the cores a liquid such as water or the like while supplying slit air to provide a fluidized condition; and then fixation treating the moist spherical particles by drying them while spraying an aqueous solution of the single substance or the like on the spherical particles in a fluidized bed apparatus; to the spherical particle produced by the process; and to a pharmaceutical preparation and a food containing the spherical particle.

Fluorescent microspheres for the measurement of blood flow are provided. The microspheres are substantially uniform in diameter and have a hydrophobic surface, which allows them to circulate more freely throughout bloodstream, while reducing immunogenicity, particle aggregation and bioaccumulation. The hydrophobic surface on each microsphere is generally comprised of polymeric material having a limited surface charge.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a nano-particle@minisize metal organic frame material. The preparation method comprises the following steps of 1, preparing nano-particles modified by polyvinylpyrrolidone; 2, adding the obtained nano-particles into an MOF growth reaction solution, the addition amount of an adjusting agent is controlled, and the nano-particle@minisize metal organic frame material is obtained. The method is simple and easy to implement, mild in condition and high in applicability, and the prepared nano-particle@minisize metal organic frame material can effectively prevent nano-particle aggregation, meanwhile has the advantages of being good in size selectivity, and short in diffusion range between the surface of the metal organic framework and the active center of nano-particles, and has the wide application prospect in the fields of catalysis, biological imaging and the like.

Fine particles of dust and other pollutants in gas streams are agglomerated to form larger particles which are more easily filtered in downstream processing. In one embodiment, particles in successive portions of the gas stream are charged with opposite polarity, and the gas stream is introduced into an Evasé portion (12) to slow it down. Particles of different sizes have differential deceleration and therefore mix generally in the direction of flow, leading to agglomeration of oppositely-charged particles. In another embodiment, a gas stream is divided into substreams in respective parallel passages, and the particles in adjacent passages are charged to opposite polarity. Deflectors at the downstream end of the passages cause substreams of particles of opposite polarity to mix, with resultant agglomeration of oppositely charged particles.

The invention relates to a method of the technical field of environment protection and in particular to a high salinity wastewater treatment corrosion-resistant anti-fouling membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: by taking a mixture of clay minerals and oceanic nodule minerals as inorganic nano particles, modifying the inorganic nano particles with dopamine, and combining a PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) polymer with the nano particles, thereby obtaining the high salinity wastewater treatment corrosion-resistant anti-fouling membrane. The invention aims to improve the water flux, the corrosion resistance and the pollution resistance of the membrane, the mixture of the clay minerals and the oceanic nodule minerals is adopted as the inorganic nano particles, the inorganic nano particles are subjected to surface modification with dopamine, combination of the nano particles and the PVDF is promoted, the obtained membrane is capable of efficiently treating high salinity wastewater and meanwhile has properties of corrosion and fouling resistance; in addition, the dopamine has a great amount of hydrophilic groups of amino, particle aggregation is prevented, the hydrophilcity of the membrane is improved, and the difficulties that materials are not uniformly dispersed and are easily dropped off in the use process are solved.

The invention relates to particles for producing a three-dimensional object by using layer-building methods (powder-based generative rapid prototyping methods), to methods for producing a three-dimensional object therefrom, and to an object that can be produced by using the particles or the methods. The aim of the invention is to improve the precision of production methods of this type by preventing the tendency of the particles used to agglomerate. To this end, a surfactant layer is applied, whereby the nonpolar groups of the surfactants are oriented toward the particle surface thus forming a hydrophobic surface having a low tendency to agglomerate.

Devices for separating materials from a host fluid are disclosed. The devices include an acoustic chamber having an inlet and an outlet. An ultrasonic transducer and reflector create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the acoustic chamber that traps the materials and permits a continuous separation of the materials from the host fluid. The materials and the host fluid can thus be separately collected. Multiple sets of trapping lines are generated by the acoustic standing wave, and the transducer is oriented to minimize cross-sectional area for straight vertical channels between the trapping lines.

The invention discloses a novel phase-change material composition. The novel phase-change material composition mainly comprises carbon nanotubes, graphene, fumed silica, metal or metal oxide particles and a phase-change material. The carbon nanotubes, graphene and metal or metal oxide particles can further accelerate heat transmission. The phase-change material is used for improving a hot end initial temperature absorption rate. The fumed silica has effects of precipitation prevention and thickening and can prevent graphene and particle aggregation settlement after heat absorption liquefaction of the phase-change material. The carbon nanotubes, graphene and metal or metal oxides can finally form a full 3D network comprising particles (metal or metal oxides), wires (carbon nanotubes) and planes (graphene) in the fluid (of phase-change material subjected to heat absorption melting). The novel phase-change material composition has high heat conductivity and low thermal resistance value, has high specific heat capacity, greatly improves phase-change material heat absorption, heat storage and heat radiation efficiency and has a high practical value.

The present invention relates to a high-concentration nanoscale silver colloidal solution and the preparing process thereof. The colloidal solution of the present invention comprises a high content of silver particles, i.e. approximately 1.5 wt %. The mean size of the nanoscale silver is less than 10 nm. In the preparing process, silver salt, ionic chelating agent, stabilizing agent, reducing agent, solvent and reaction accelerator are homogeneously mixed together. The increase of reaction temperature by external heat source accelerates completed reaction. By using the specified reaction accelerator and chelating agent and under the operating condition of the present invention, high-density silver colloidal solution is obtained while inhibiting particle aggregation. Therefore, the resulting nanoscale silver colloidal solution contains very small-sized particles and the stability thereof is satisfactory.

The invention relates to a method for producing particulate composite materials. According to the method, solid inorganic or organic particle agglomerates or particle aggregates that are provided in a dry state, particularly in powder form, are first reduced in size in the gas phase or in a gaseous carrier medium in the presence of organic matrix particles by applying energy. The obtained comminuted particles are dispersed into the organic matrix particles, especially embedded thereinto and / or attached thereto. The composite materials produced in said manner can be used in many different ways and are suitable in particular for use in a large variety of plastic materials, coating materials, paints, and lacquers, especially coating powders, to modify properties during use in the corresponding products and similar.

The invention relates to a cement grinding aid, in particular to a cement grinding aid and a preparation method thereof. The cement grinding aid is prepared from, by weight, 13-18 parts of polymeric polylol, 8-12 parts of tri-isopropanolamine, 12-15 parts of polyol ether, 15-20 parts of ethanediol, 25-30 parts of triethanolamine, 15-18 parts of molasses, 13-15 parts of lignin, 0.03-0.06 part of sodium chloride, 0.5-1 part of silane coupling agents and 40-45 parts of water. By means of the obtained cement grinding aid, in the cement production process, the phenomena of clinker fine particle aggregation and ball pasting can be effectively improved, mobility of clinker particles is enhanced, thereby the pulverization effect of grinding media in a grinding machine for materials is enhanced, grinding efficiency can be improved by 15-20%, the cement machine-hour yield is increased, electricity consumption is greatly lowered, production cost is lowered, in addition, strength of cement at different ages can be remarkably improved, and flowability of the cement is improved.

The invention relates to a preparation method for an alumina carrier. The method comprises the following steps of: performing merging, oscillation and neutralization process on an acidic aluminum salt solution and alkali aluminum salt (or alkali precipitating agent), adding a stabilizing agent in an amount which is 0.1 to 3 percent of Al2O3 dry colloid in the ageing process, filtering, washing, forming, drying and roasting, and thus obtaining the alumina carrier. According to the process, the required alumina particle diameter is prepared by merging and oscillation, and then the stabilizing agent is added in the ageing process, so that the stability of colloidal particles can be improved, the particle aggregation degree of the ageing process is reduced, the crystallization degree of the colloidal particles is increased, amorphous alumina is reduced, the particle diameter of the alumina crystal is relatively uniform, the aperture is more centralized, and the specific surface area is enlarged. The method is simple in process; and the prepared alumina carrier with large aperture and high specific surface area can be used as a hydro-treating catalyst carrier, and is particularly suitable to be used as a carrier of a residuum hydro-treating catalyst.

The invention discloses a method for preparing carbon-coated nano-lithium titanate by ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid-citric acid (EDTA-CA) joint complexation. Pure Li4Ti5O12 is prepared by a sol-gel method and an EDTA-CA dual chelator joint complexation method; and a Li4Ti5O12 / C anode material is obtained by performing further carbon coating. The lithium titanate particles prepared by the method have a good dispersion effect; and a particle aggregation phenomenon is remarkably improved. The prepared Li4Ti5O12 / C has high charging and discharging specific capacity and stable cycle performance; at room temperature, when the ratio is 1C, the initial discharging capacity of the Li4Ti5O12 / C reaches 174.5 mAh / g which is close to the theoretical capacity; and when the ratio is 10C, the discharging capacity of the Li4Ti5O12 / C reaches over 140 mAh / g. Moreover, the Li4Ti5O12 / C has stable cycle performance, and has a wide application prospect in the field of civil portable electronic equipment and power equipment.

The tendency of copolymer fluff grains of propylene and ethylene to agglomerate is reduced by injecting at least one olefin comonomer, such as ethylene monomer, into more than one point along the length of the reactor, rather than injecting all of the ethylene at one point. This process reduces the tendency of copolymer fluff grains to agglomerate and cause processing problems as compared with injecting the comonomer at only one point. Copolymer made by this process is expected to have lower substantially amorphous polypropylene content and better organoleptics than copolymer made where the ethylene is injected at only one point. In one non-limiting embodiment the copolymerization reactor is a loop-type reactor.

Methods for generating particulate clusters and nodal trapping lines having desired widths are disclosed. The devices include an acoustic chamber having an inlet and an outlet. An ultrasonic transducer and reflector create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave that generates particulate clusters separated by a channel of fluid running therebetween and creates nodal trapping lines. The frequency of the multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave can be selectively tuned so as to selectively control at least one of (a) a width of each particulate cluster, or (b) a width of each channel of fluid. The frequency of the multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave can also be selectively tuned so as to selectively control the width of each nodal trapping line. Also disclosed are particulate clusters separated by a channel of fluid, wherein a ratio of the widths of the particulate clusters and the channel of fluid can be varied as desired.

Methods for using focused light scattering techniques for the optical sensing of biological particles suspended in a liquid medium are disclosed. The optical sensing enables one to characterize particles size and / or distribution in a given sample. This, in turn, allows one to identify the biological particles, determine their relative particle density, detect particle shedding, and identify particle aggregation. The methods are also useful in screening and optimizing drug candidates, evaluating the efficacy and dosage levels of such drugs, and in personalized medicine applications.

The invention relates to a hybrid global optimization method. A particle swarm algorithm is used for solving an optimization problem to obtain one group of current optimal solutions; a particle jumpsout of a local extremum by using a chaotic searching algorithm; and local optimal point searching is accelerated by introducing a sequential quadratic programming algorithm into the each generation ofiteration process of the particle swarm algorithm, so that a global optimal solution to the optimization problem is obtained. According to the invention, the concept of particle swarm fitness variance is introduced and the chaotic search and sequential quadratic programming method are combined. When the particle swarm fitness variance is smaller than a given critical value, the particle is easy to fall into local optimum; and chaotic searching is carried out on the optimal particle, so that the particle jumps out of the local optimum. Moreover, according to the particle evolutionary speed andthe particle aggregation degree, the inertia weight is changed adaptively, so that the motion state of the particle is changed and thus the particle is protected from falling into local optimum. During the each iteration process of the particle, the sequential quadratic programming optimization is introduced, so that the searching of the local optimal point of the particle is accelerated and theoverall searching efficiency of the algorithm is improved.

Devices for separating materials from a host fluid are disclosed. The devices include an acoustic chamber having an inlet and an outlet. An ultrasonic transducer and reflector create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the acoustic chamber that traps the materials and permits a continuous separation of the materials from the host fluid. The materials and the host fluid can thus be separately collected. Multiple sets of trapping lines are generated by the acoustic standing wave, and the transducer is oriented to minimize cross-sectional area for straight vertical channels between the trapping lines.

The invention discloses a mercury ion detection reagent and a detection method. The reagent comprises nano sol, nucleic acid adaptors marked by Raman active molecules and a charge modifier. The detection method comprises the following steps of: firstly, synthesizing the nano sol, then adding a proper quantity of adaptors to a proper quantity of fresh nano sol and uniformly mixing; continuing to add a proper quantity of charge modifier and uniformly mixing; then adding a sample to be tested and incubating for 1-5 minutes; and finally, taking the nano sol to test a Roman scattering spectral signal and carrying out data processing. In the invention, based on the addition of Hg<2+>, the structures of the nano particle surface nucleic acid adaptors are changed, i.e. nano particle aggregation in the silver sol and surface enhanced Roman scattering signals of signal molecules are enhanced. In the invention, the SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) technology is adopted, the detection limit to the Hg<2+> is at the nmol / L level, thus the invention has the advantages of high detection speed of the linear response range of Hg<2+> concentration and high selectivity and is suitable for the quick detection of trace Hg<2+> in environmental water.

This invention relates to a liquid composition adapted to be applied to a recording medium with ink containing a multi-color to form a colored section on the recording medium. The liquid composition contains fine particles reactive relative to the solvent and the coloring material in ink. When processed in particular steps, it produces aggregates of fine particles showing a specific surface area between 70 and 250 m2 / g as determined by the BET nitrogen adsorption / desorption method.

The invention discloses a PM2.5-resisting dual-purpose fresh air purifier with an ozone removing device. The PM2.5-resisting dual-purpose fresh air purifier is characterized in that a main machine shell (21), a fresh air channel, an exhaust channel, a mode controller (1), a humidity controller (16) and an air heat exchanger (20) are included, the fresh air channel, the exhaust channel, the mode controller (1), the humidity controller (16) and the air heat exchanger (20) are arranged in the main machine shell (21), the air heat exchanger (20) is arranged at the intersection portion of the fresh air channel and the exhaust channel, the fresh air channel is arranged on the upper portion of the main machine shell (21), the exhaust channel is arranged on the lower portion of the main machine shell (21), and an indoor fresh air inlet (3) form in the outer surface of the main machine shell (21), a fresh air control valve (4), a preprocessing coarse filtration component (5), a particle electrostatic dust collector (6), a micro-particle aggregation component (7), a fine particle electrostatic dust collector (8) and the like are arranged in the fresh air channel. Efficient removing of PM2.5 is achieved.