General Electric Company

International Business Machines Corporation

Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant

Mohan Manoharan

Julin Wan

Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro

Andrea Jeannine Peters

Walter Vladimir Cicha

Jeffrey Donald Gelorme

Gary William Yeager

Christos Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos

James Anthony Ruud

Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani

Steven Jude Duclos

James Scott Vartuli

Clifford Bueno

Anthony Yu-Chung Ku

Laura Louise Kosbar

Michael John Bowman

Robert Scott Duthie

Teresita Ordonez Graham

Brent Allen Clothier

Vincent Francis Pizzi

Vidya Ramaswamy

Cathryn Ellen Olsen

Seth Thomas Taylor

Yun Li

Azar Alizadeh

Ji-Ung Lee

Pierre-Andre Bui

Davide Louis Simone

Per Ola Lind

Stina Elisabeth Hallgren

Annika Morrison

Kalya Vijaya Sarathy

Eric James Crane Olson

The invention relates to a device for separating unwanted compounds from an antibody containing biological sample. The device comprises a porous support and a polymeric resin disposed within the pores of the porous support. The device may further comprise a viral clearance membrane upstream or downstream from the polymeric resin. Methods of use are also provided.

Membranes and associated methods for purification of antibodies

An apparatus for separating at least one component from a mixture of a plurality of chemical species is provided. The apparatus comprises a membrane structure comprising a plurality of pores disposed within a matrix material to allow mass transport from a first surface of the membrane structure to a second surface of the membrane structure. The matrix material has a thermal conductivity of at least about 10 W/m/K; and a functional material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The functional material has the property of promoting selective transport of at least one species through the membrane structure from the first surface to the second surface.

Gas separator apparatus

There are provided in accordance with embodiments of the invention metal-containing inorganic block copolymers, structures formed by self-assembly of such copolymers, and metal-containing ceramics which may be formed from such copolymers and/or structure. Methods for making such copolymers, structures and ceramics are also provided. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Metal-containing inorganic block copolymers

A method of forming a nanoscale ceramic composite generally includes modifying a polymeric ceramic precursor, mixing the modified polymeric ceramic precursor with a block copolymer to form a mixture, forming an ordered structure from the mixture, wherein the modified polymeric ceramic precursor selectively associates with a specific type of block of the block copolymer, and heating the ordered structure for a time and at a temperature effective to form the nanoscale ceramic composite.

Nanoscale ceramic composites and methods of making

Metal-containing structured ceramic materials

The present invention is generally directed to methods of making ceramics with nanoscale/microscale structure involving self-assembly of precursor materials such as, but not limited to, inorganic-based block co-polymers, inorganic-/organic-based hybrid block co-polymers, and other similar materials, and to the structures made by such methods. Where such precursor materials are themselves novel, the present invention is also generally directed to those materials and their synthesis.

Inorganic block co-polymers and other similar materials as ceramic precursors for nanoscale ordered high-temperature ceramics

A scintillation detector comprising nano-scale particles of a scintillation compound embedded in a plastic matrix is provided. The nano-scale particles may be made from metal oxides, metal oxyhalides, metal oxysulfides, or metal halides. Methods are provided for preparing the nano-scale particles. The particles may be coated with organic compounds or polymers prior to incorporation in the plastic matrix. A technique for matching the refractive index of the plastic matrix with the nano-scale particles by incorporating nano-scale particles of titanium dioxide is also provided. The scintillator may be coupled with one or more photodetectors to form a scintillation detection system. The scintillation detection system may be adapted for use in X-ray and radiation imaging devices, such as digital X-ray imaging, mammography, CT, PET, or SPECT, or may be used in radiation security detectors or subterranean radiation detectors.

Polymeric composite scintillators and method for making same

A nanostructure having at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety non-covalently attached to the at least one nanotube. At least one dendrimer is bonded to the chemical moiety. The chemical moiety may include soluble polymers, soluble oligomers, and combinations thereof. A method of dispersing at least one nanotube is also described. The method includes providing at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety to a solvent; debundling the nanotube; and non-covalently attaching a chemical moiety to the nanotube, wherein the non-covalently attached chemical moiety disperses the nanotube. A method of separating at least one semi-conducting carbon nanotube is also described.

Nanotubes and methods of dispersing and separating nanotubes

The present invention is directed toward field effect transistors (FETs) and thin film transistors (TFTs) comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and to methods of making such devices using solution-based processing techniques, wherein the CNTs within such devices have been fractionated so as to be concentrated in semiconducting CNTs. Additionally, the relatively low-temperature solution-based processing achievable with the methods of the present invention permit the use of plastics in the fabricated devices.

High performance field effect transistors comprising carbon nanotubes fabricated using solution based processing

A method of making nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics through block copolymer-assisted assembly. At least one polymeric precursor is mixed with a block copolymer, and self-assembly of the mixture proceeds through an annealing process. During the annealing step, the polymeric precursor cross-links to form a structure robust enough to survive both the order-disorder transition temperature the block copolymer and the pyrolysis process, yielding ordered nanocomposites of high temperature ceramic materials. The method yields a variety of structures and morphologies. A ceramic material having at least one ceramic phase that has an ordered structure on a nanoscale and thermally stable up to a temperature of at least about 800&#xb0; C. is also disclosed. The ceramic material is suitable for use in hot gas path assemblies, such as turbine assemblies, boilers, combustors, and the like.

Nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics for high-temperature structural applications via block-copolymer-assisted assembly and method of making

The invention provides a device comprising an improved n-channel semiconducting film. This film consists of a perylene tetracaboxylic acid diimide compound and was deposited onto substrates by vacuum sublimation. Thin film transistor devices comprising such films as the semiconducting channel exhibit a field effect electron mobility greater than 0.01 cm/Vs and an on/off ratio of 10000 and higher.

Organic n-channel semiconductor device of N,N' 3,4,9,10 perylene tetracarboxylic diimide

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