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Haute Ecole Du Paysage, D'ingenierie Et D'architecture De Geneve

Flavio Noca

Michael E Hoenk

Brian D Hunt

Daniel Choi

Jijie Zhou

Morteza Gharib

Jingming Xu

Elijah Bodhi Sansom

Michael J Bronikowski

Larry W Epp

Daniel J Hoppe

Robert S Kowalczyk

Anna Iwaniec

Guillaume Catry

Fei Chen

Robert S Kowalcyk

The invention relates to a wind generation means () comprising at least one wind generation wall (') comprising a plurality of wind generation units () provided next to each other along at least a first and a second directions so as to form the at least one wind generation wall (&#x2032;), wherein each wind generation unit () of said plurality of wind generation units comprises at least two ventilation units (), each ventilation unit within the wind generation unit being individually controlled, characterized in that each wind generation unit () of said plurality of wind generation units comprises at least one control unit adapted to control said ventilation units () individually, so as to generate an arbitrary wind profile both in space and in time in an air flow path and so as to vary a generated wind physical property of said each wind generation unit along said at least first and second directions, and in that said plurality of wind generation units () are detachably attached to each other so that the size and shape of the said wind generation wall (&#x2032;) can be varied.

Wind generation means and wind test facility comprising the same

A fluid transport method and fluid transport device are disclosed. Nanoscale fibers disposed in a patterned configuration allow transport of a fluid in absence of an external power source. The device may include two or more fluid transport components having different fluid transport efficiencies. The components may be separated by additional fluid transport components, to control fluid flow.

Nanoscale wicking methods and devices

A method of assembling large numbers of nanoscale structures in pre-determined ways using fluids or capillary lithography to control the patterning and arrangement of the individual nanoscale objects and nanostructures formed in accordance with the inventive method are provided. In summary, the current method uses the controlled dispersion and evaporation of fluids to form controlled patterns of nanoscale objects or features anchored on a substrate, such as nanoscale fibers like carbon nanotubes.

Method for patterning large scale nano-fibrous surfaces using capillography

A nanofeature particulate trap comprising a plurality of densely packed nanofeatures, such as nanotubes, and a particulate detector incorporating the nanofeature particulate trap are provided. A method of producing a nanotrap structure alone or integrated with a particulate detector is also provided.

Nanocarpets for trapping particulates, bacteria and spores

A hydro-elastic pumping system formed from an elastic tube element having attached end members with different hydroimpedance properties, wherein the elastic element is pinched with certain frequency and duty cycle to form asymmetric forces that pump fluid.

Hydroimpedance pump

A tunable nanomechanical oscillator device and system is provided. The nanomechanical oscillator device comprising at least one nanoresonator, such as a suspended nanotube, designed such that injecting charge density into the tube (e.g. by applying a capacitively-cuopled voltage bias) changes the resonant frequency of the nanotube, and where exposing the resonator to an RF bias induces oscillitory movement in the suspended portion of the nanotube, forming a nanoscale resonator, as well as a force sensor when operated in an inverse mode. A method of producing an oriented nanoscale resonator structure with integrated electrodes is also provided.

Pattern-aligned carbon nanotube growth and tunable resonator apparatus

A nanomechanical actuator/oscillator device and system are provided. The nanomechanical actuator/oscillator device comprising nanobimorphs, such as nanotubes, designed such that inducing a difference in charge density between the tubes (e.g. by biasing one tube positive with respect to the other with sufficient tube-to-tube contact resistance) induces lateral movement in the end of the bimorph, forming a nanoscale resonator, as well as a force sensor when operated in an inverse mode. A method of producing a novel nanobimorph structure with integrated electrodes is also provided.

Carbon nanobimorph actuator and sensor

A tunable nanomechanical resonator system comprising an array of nanofeatures, such as nanotubes, where the nanofeatures are in signal communication with means for inducing a difference in charge density in the nanofeature such that the mechanical resonant frequency of the nanofeature can be tuned, and where the nanofeature is in signal communication with a waveguide or other RF bias conduit such that an RF signal having a frequency corresponding to the mechanical resonant frequency of the array will couple to the array thereby inducing resonant motion in the array of nanofeatures, and subsequently coupling to an output waveguide, forming a nanoscale RF filter is provided. A method of producing a nanoscale RF filter structure controllably positioned and oriented with a waveguide and integrated electrodes is also provided.

Carbon nanotube array RF filter

A device for utilizing a non-gel self-assembled nano-feature array molecular sieve for analyzing molecules is provided. The molecular sieve device comprises an ordered array of self-assembled nano-features which function as a molecular sieve to separate molecules based on a suitable characteristic. A system for integrating the non-gel ordered self-assembled nano-feature array molecular sieve of this invention into a device for separating molecules based on a characteristic and a method for separating a wide range of molecules using the non-gel ordered self-assembled nano-feature array molecular sieve of the invention are also provided.

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Altadena, CA, United States of America

Flavio Noca