6141 results about "Surface modification" patented technology

The present invention is a more durable expanded material that enables thinner wall thicknesses and a more flexible reinforcement suitable for stenting. The present invention is especially useful in the construction of grafts, stents, and stent-grafts which are used, for example, in repairing or replacing blood vessels that are narrowed or occluded by disease, aneurismal blood vessels, or other medical treatments. The inventive material and configurations allow expansion or contraction in size or adjustment in size in an incremental manner so that the optimum size, shape, and fit with other objects can be obtained. The present invention is also optionally capable of more accurately delivering one or more active ingredients such as drugs over longer periods of time. The present invention optionally includes surface modifications and additives that increase the surface adhesion of active ingredients, coatings, or combinations thereof. Finally, the present invention optionally includes growing cells on the inventive material so that the expanded material, reinforcement, or combinations thereof are useful, for example, in producing lab-grown blood vessels or organs.

To provide a semiconductor device having a circuit with high operating performance and high reliability, and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device, thereby improving the reliability of an electronic device having the same. The aforementioned object is achieved by combining a step of crystallizing a semiconductor layer by irradiation with continuous wave laser beams or pulsed laser beams with a repetition rate of 10 MHz or more, while scanning in one direction; a step of photolithography with the use of a photomask or a leticle including an auxiliary pattern which is formed of a diffraction grating pattern or a semi-transmissive film having a function of reducing the light intensity; and a step of performing oxidation, nitridation, or surface-modification to the surface of the semiconductor film, an insulating film, or a conductive film, with high-density plasma with a low electron temperature.

Redox flow devices are described in which at least one of the positive electrode or negative electrode-active materials is a semi-solid or is a condensed ion-storing electroactive material, and in which at least one of the electrode-active materials is transported to and from an assembly at which the electrochemical reaction occurs, producing electrical energy. The electronic conductivity of the semi-solid is increased by the addition of conductive particles to suspensions and/or via the surface modification of the solid in semi-solids (e.g., by coating the solid with a more electron conductive coating material to increase the power of the device). High energy density and high power redox flow devices are disclosed. The redox flow devices described herein can also include one or more inventive design features. In addition, inventive chemistries for use in redox flow devices are also described.

An implantable medical device includes a porous surface with a composite material located within the pores that includes a bioerodable material in combination with a bioactive agent. The composite material is adapted to erode upon exposure to the body of a patient, thus releasing the bioactive agent into the patient, whereas the porous surface remains on the device. In one embodiment, the composite material includes micro- or nano-particles that are deposited within the pores. In a further embodiment, the porous surface is an electrolessly electrochemically deposited material. Certain tie layer and other surface modification aspects are described to enhance various aspects of the bioactive composite surface. The bioactive composite surface is of particular benefit when provided on an endolumenal stent assembly in a manner adapted to elute anti-restenosis or anti-thrombosis agents or combinations thereof.

An electrochemical mirror includes a transparent first electrode and a second electrode. An electrolytic solution, disposed between the first and second electrodes, contains ions of a metal which can electrodeposit on the electrodes. A negative electrical potential applied to the first electrode causes deposited metal to be dissolved from the second electrode into the electrolytic solution and to be electrodeposited from the solution onto the first electrode, thereby affecting the reflectivity of the mirror for electromagnetic radiation. A surface modification layer applied to the first electrode ensures that the electrodeposit is substantially uniform, resulting in a mirror layer which increases the reflectivity of the mirror. A positive electrical potential applied to the first electrode causes deposited metal to be dissolved from the first electrode and electrodeposited from the solution onto the second electrode, thereby decreasing the reflectivity of the mirror.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing surface modifications having an improved antithrombogenic activity, whereby the improvement is achieved by treating heparin at a temperature above 40° C. or a pH in the rage of 9-14 or in contact with nucleophilic catalysts before attaching said heparin to the surface to be modified.

A high-quality light emitting device is provided which has a long-lasting light emitting element free from the problems of conventional ones because of a structure that allows less degradation, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device is provided. After a bank is formed, an exposed anode surface is wiped using a PVA (polyvinyl alcohol)-based porous substance or the like to level the surface and remove dusts from the surface. An insulating film is formed between an interlayer insulating film on a TFT and the anode. Alternatively, plasma treatment is performed on the surface of the interlayer insulating film on the TFT for surface modification.

Method of modifying the surface properties of a substrate by depositing a coating of hydrogenated amorphous silicon on the surface of the substrate and functionalizing the coated substrate by exposing the substrate to a binding reagent having at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon group under pressure and elevated temperature for an effective length of time. The hydrogenated amorphous silicon coating is deposited by exposing the substrate to silicon hydride gas under pressure and elevated temperature for an effective length of time.

The invention provides a method for cladding surfaces of an active material of an anode and/or the anode and methods for manufacturing the anode and a battery. In the cladding method, an atomic layer deposition technology is adopted to deposit surface modification substances on the surfaces of the active material of the anode and/or the anode of a lithium battery. According to the invention, the cycle performance and the specific capacity of the lithium-ion battery can be improved obviously and electrode materials are more stable.

A process for treating silica dielectric film on a substrate, which includes reacting a suitable hydrophilic silica film with an effective amount of a multifunctional surface modification agent. The film is present on a substrate and optionally has a pore structure with hydrophilic pore surfaces, and the reaction is conducted for a period of time sufficient for said surface modification agent to penetrate said pore structure and produce a treated silica film having a dielectric constant of about 3 or less, wherein the surface modification agent is hydrophobic and suitable for silylating or capping silanol moieties on such hydrophilic surfaces. Dielectric films and integrated circuits including such films are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to carbon-carbon composite material comprising a carbonaceous carrier and nanosize carbon structures (e.g. CNT or CNF), wherein the nanosize carbon structures are grown on the carbonaceous carrier. The carrier may be porous, as in activated carbon or consists of carbon black particles. In accordance with the invention, nanocarbon growth in the pores of porous carriers can be realized. The process for the manufacture of a this carbon-carbon-composite material comprises the steps of treating a carbonaceous carrier material with a metal-containing catalyst material, said metal being capable of forming nanosize carbon structures, and growing nanosize carbon structures by means of a CVD (chemical vapour deposition) method on the treated carrier in a gas atmosphere comprising a carbon-containing gas, followed by an optional surface modification step. This process allows optimising porosity, hydrodynamical properties and surface chemistry independently from each other, which is particularly beneficial in respect of the use of the composite for water purification. Carbon black-based composites are particularly useful for filler applications.

The invention discloses a profile control oil-displacement agent for a core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon. A preparation method of the core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon comprises the following steps of carrying out surface modification of inorganic cores of inorganic nano-particles such as silica particles and magnetic particles, and carrying out graft polymerisation by a dispersion polymerization method or an inverse emulsion polymerization method to form polymer shells (such as polyacrylamide cross-linked copolymers) on the surfaces of the inorganic cores. The inorganic components and the organic components bind by chemical bonds so that the core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon has very stale structure. The core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon retains the advantages of polymer microballoons and inorganic particles, and has strong heat-resistant and mineralization-resistant capabilities, high plugging strength and good dilatancy. The core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon can move in rock pores and can plug the rock pores. When a plugging pressure difference is improved to a certain degree, elastic deformation of the core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon can be produced and the deformed core-shell type inorganic/organic polymer composite microballoon sequentially moves to a deep rock stratum part so that a liquid flow direction is changed gradually and a crude oil yield is improved. The profile control oil-displacement agent provided by the invention has a large potential.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a silica aerogel aqueous heat-insulating coating, and is characterized in that: prepared SiO2 microspheres are hydrophobic inside and hydrophilic outside; and the aerogel microspheres can be added into an aqueous coating carrier to prepare a good heat-insulating material. The main preparation method comprises the following steps of: before drying the prepared wet gel microspheres, performing surface modification by using an organic silane or an organic chlorosilane, so that the prepared wet gel microspheres are hydrophobic by grafting a large number of alkoxy groups or alkyl groups on the surfaces thereof, or directly preparing the hydrophobic wet gel microspheres; performing surface modification on the microspheres by using a hydrophilic silane coupling agent, and drying to obtain the SiO2 microspheres which are hydrophobic inside and hydrophilic outside; and adding the prepared microspheres into an aqueous coating for preparing the aqueous heat-insulating coating.

The invention provides an irradiation cross-linking oil resistance type soft low smoke zero halogen flame-retardant cable material which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 60-90 parts of ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and ethylene-octylene copolymer, 0-20 parts of nitrile rubber, 10-30 parts of interface compatilizer, 80-130 parts of flame retardant, 2-15 parts of flame-retardant synergist, 0.5-1.0 part of antioxidant, 1-2 parts of cross-linking sensitizing agent and 0.5-1.0 part of lubricant. The preparation method of the cable material in the invention mainly comprises the steps of silane surface modification treatment of the flame retardant, mixing and extruding of a double screw mixer-extruder unit or an internal mixer unit, brace water cooling or water ring particle cutting and the like. The cable material provided by the invention has the advantages of superior flame resistance (single cable can vertically burn), good mechanical properties, especially high softness, oil resistance, high-temperature resistance (the cable material can be used in a range of minus 40 DEG C-125 DEG C), low smoke, low toxicity and excellent processability.

The present invention relates to a surface-modified nanoscale zinc oxide, where the surface modification involves coating with an oligo- or polyethylene glycol acid. This surface-modified zinc oxide is characterized in that it forms stable dispersions in a liquid medium. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the production of surface-modified zinc oxide, and also to a process for the production of nanoscale zinc oxide dispersions.

An apparatus for promoting the healing of an exuding wound includes a wound cover for defining a reservoir over a wound in which a negative pressure may be maintained. The cover may form a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound and permit fluid communication between the reservoir and a vacuum source suitable for providing an appropriate negative pressure to the reservoir to stimulate healing of the wound. A wound filler positioned between the wound and the wound cover includes a fibrous material treated with a surface modification additive.

The invention belongs to the technical field of chemistry and chemical industry and functional materials, and relates to a method for preparing a metal mesh which has special wetting properties and is used for oil-water separation. The method adopts simple wet-method chemical etching technology, nano-scale microscopic bulges are prepared on the surface of a metal mesh with micron-grade pore diameters, and then a compound which does not contain fluorine and has low surface energy is modified on the surfaces of the microscopic bulges. For the surface of the prepared material, a contact angle of a water drop is more than 150 degrees, and a contact angle of oil is close to 0 degree. Due to the specific wetting properties, the material can allow the oil to pass through the metal mesh smoothly, but the water cannot permeate through the metal mesh completely, so that the property of effectively separating oil-water mixtures is realized. Particularly, the specific wetting properties of the surface of the material can keep stable in acid solution, alkali solution and salt solution, and thus the functional metal mesh can be excellently applied in aspects of metal corrosion prevention and the like. A mesh membrane does not contain the fluorine, and has the advantages of simple preparation method, high permeability of pore space and good oil-water separation effect, and corrosion resistance.

A porous polymeric membrane formed from a blend of a polymeric membrane forming material, such as polyvinylidene fluoride or polysulfone and a polymeric reactivity modifying agent adapted to modify the surface active properties of the porous polymeric membrane. The reactivity modifying agent is preferably a linear polymeric anhydride, such as poly(alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride). The surface activity modifications include modification of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance of the membrane, or hydrolysis followed by reaction with a polyamine to form a crosslinked polyamide layer. Such modified membranes have use as reverse osmosis membranes.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a low-carbon olefine catalyst by a loading iron-based synthetic gas, which comprises the following steps of: firstly carrying out surface modification on a silica gel carrier by using silica gel as a carrier, and then loading a metal auxiliary agent and an active component Fe by using an immersion method, wherein the surface modification method of the silica gel carrier comprises the following step of carrying out immersion treatment by using the acidic solution of sugar. After the silica gel carrier adopted is modified, the strong interaction between the carrier and the active component is overcome, and the activity and the selectivity of the catalyst are improved. The catalyst prepared by using the method is suitable for a reaction process of producing low-carbon olefines of ethylene, propylene, butane and the like by the synthetic gas.

Provided are filtered cathodic vacuum arc systems useful for modifying a surface of a substrate (e.g. depositing a thin film of a material onto a surface of a substrate and/or implanting a material into the near-surface region of a substrate). The systems are configured to stabilize a do arc discharge plasma from an arc source. Also provided are methods for modifying a surface of a substrate, which in some cases includes depositing a material onto a surface of a substrate, in some cases includes implanting a material into the near-surface region of a substrate, and in some cases includes both depositing a material onto a surface of a substrate and implanting a material into the near-surface region of a substrate using the subject cathodic arc systems. In addition, magnetic recording media produced by the subject systems and methods are provided.

The present invention discloses a preparation method for hydrophobic silica aerogel with industrial waterglass as a raw material, which comprises the following steps: diluting the industrial waterglass with water; neutralizing with an acid to obtain hydrosol; allowing the hydrosol to stand and age for 8-48 hours at normal temperature so as to form hydrogel; replacing the water in the hydrogel with anhydrous ethanol; allowing the hydrogel to react with organosilane compounds; performing surface modification and simultaneous solvent exchange with n-hexane; suction-filtering; washing; allowing to stand at normal temperature to obtain white hydrophobic silica aerogel powder. The preparation method has simple process and low cost, and the prepared aerogel has porous network-like structure which features a low density and a high specific surface area.

The invention discloses a SERS biological probe and a preparation method thereof. The SERS biological probe provided by the invention comprises a SiO2 core and a metal nanoparticle layer on the surface of the SiO2 core, wherein a plurality of Raman signal molecules connected with the metal nanoparticle layer; a SiO2 layer is also provided outside the metal nanoparticle layer; the Raman signal molecules are positioned between the metal nanoparticle layer and the SiO2 layer; the SiO2 layer surface is modified with biological probe molecules; and the metal nanoparticle layer is Au nanoparticle layer or Ag nanoparticle layer. The SERS biological probe provided by the invention has wide generality, and has wide application prospect in identification and detection of biological molecules (DNA molecules and protein molecules), rapid disease diagnosis, biomedical imaging technology as well as in the fields of serious disease treatment, food hygiene, environmental monitoring, etc.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the low energy flash-like vaporization of liquids and the release of the resulting vaporized liquid into the atmosphere in the form of a visible plume, mist or cloud. Vaporization is occasioned in a geometrically small device capable of producing vaporized liquid that varies little in composition in comparison to the starting liquid feed to the device. The apparatus and method are primarily directed towards the treatment of small areas for residential air fragrancing, odor elimination, treatment of insects or pests, air sanitization, air and surface antibacterial or antimicrobial treatment, administration of personal pharmaceuticals or medicaments, as well as other ambient air or surface modification by way of gas, vapor or droplet distribution.

A porous polymeric membrane formed from a blend of a polymeric membrane forming material, such as polyvinylidene fluoride or polysulfone and a polymeric reactivity modifying agent adapted to modify the surface active properties of the porous polymeric membrane. The reactivity modifying agent is preferably a linear polymeric anhydride, such as poly(alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride). The surface activity modifications include modification of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance of the membrane, or hydrolysis followed by reaction with a polyamine to form a crosslinked polyamide layer. Such modified membranes have use as reverse osmosis membranes.

A method is disclosed for forming leak-free coatings on polymeric or other surfaces that provide optical functions or protect underlying layers from exposure to oxygen and water vapor and do not crack or peel in outdoor environments. This method may include both cleaning and surface modification steps preceding coating. The combined method greatly reduces defects in any barrier layer and provides weatherability of coatings. Specific commercial applications that benefit from this include manufacturing of photovoltaic devices or organic light emitting diode devices (OLED) including lighting and displays.

The invention relates to a hyperfiltration membrane or nanofiltration membrane with a multi-layered composite structure and a preparation method thereof. The hyperfiltration membrane or nanofiltration membrane is a polymer electrostatic spinning nanofiber membrane layer characterized in strong chemical resistance prepared through an electrostatic spinning method, a hydrophilic polymer ultra-thin separation layer obtained through interfacial polymerization, and a functional group surface modification functional layer formed through the grafting reaction of reactant gases on the surfaces of hydrophilic polymers, or a long-chain polymer surface modification functional layer formed through the grafting reaction of the reaction gases on the surfaces of the hydrophilic polymers, or a functionalgroup-containing long-chain polymer surface modification functional layer through the grafting reaction of the reaction gases with the functional groups on the surfaces of the hydrophilic polymers. The hyperfiltration membrane or nanofiltration membrane with the multi-layered composite structure has the advantages of high water flux, high cutting rate and stable chemical performances. The filtration membrane can be used for the production of domestic water, drinking water or water in special conditions, and is suitable for the medical field, food field, environmental protection field and the like.

Semiconductor nanoparticles having high luminescence properties that are preferable for applications and uses of biotechnology are provided. With the use of electric charges on the surfaces of particles, the particles and selected polymers are allowed to electrostatically bind to each other, such that the surfaces of the particles are coated. The polymers are allowed to crosslink to each other, resulting in the improved durability of the particles. Further, functional groups contained in the polymers are exposed on the surfaces of the particles. Accordingly, semiconductor nanoparticles that are preferably utilized for applications such as staining and labeling of biopolymers have been synthesized.

Belonging to the technical field of catalysts, the invention discloses a nitrogen doped carbon material loaded catalyst. The carbon material can realize nitrogen doping by means of nitrogen containing precursor chemical coupling and other surface modification methods, also a nitrogen source and a carbon source can be introduced simultaneously at high temperature for in situ synthesis of a nitrogen doped carbon material, and then a simple substance or compound of one or more of gold, copper, manganese, potassium or bismuth can be loaded on the nitrogen doped carbon material. The nitrogen doped carbon material loaded mercury-free catalyst involved in the invention has activity and stability obviously superior to those of ordinary carbon material loaded catalysts. Under certain reaction conditions, the activity of the nitrogen doped carbon material loaded catalyst is superior to that of ordinary carbon material loaded catalysts by over 10%. The carbon material and the catalyst disclosed in the invention are green and non-toxic, and have good environmental benefits. The process involved in the invention is simple, economical and feasible.

The invention concerns a method for applying a surface modification agent composition for organosilicate glass dielectric films. More particularly, the invention pertains to a method for treating a silicate or organosilicate dielectric film on a substrate, which film either comprises silanol moieties or has had at least some previously present carbon containing moieties removed therefrom. The treatment adds carbon containing moieties to the film and/or seals surface pores of the film, when the film is porous.

The present invention is directed to a surface modified polymer comprising a surface which is covalently bonded to a surface modifying compound. Formation of the covalent bond between the polymer and the surface modifying compound is achieved by a reaction between an intrinsic functional group that is present in the polymer and the functional group of the surface modifying compound. By using a polymer having an intrinsic functional group, a separate surface activation step is avoided.