General Electric Company

Momentive Performance Materials Gmbh

Lumination LLC

Gelcore, LLC

Thomas Francis McNulty

Alok Mani Srivastava

Holly Ann Comanzo

Daniel Darcy Doxsee

Anil Raj Duggal

Mark Philip D'Evelyn

Anant Achyut Setlur

Steven Jude Duclos

Edward Brittain Stokes

Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro

Adrian Ivan

John Thomas Leman

Robert J Wojnarowski

William Winder Beers

Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani

Michael Joseph O'Brien

Shyh-Chin Huang

James Wilson Rose

Lionel M Levinson

Joseph John Shiang

Kwok Pong Chan

Xi Yang

Carey Shawn Rogers

Frederic Joseph Klug

Dong-Sil Park

Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti

Emil Vergilov Radkov

Frederic F Ahlgren

Robert Arthur Giddings

Raul Eduardo Ayala

Bruce Gordon Norman

Dalong Zhong

Kevin Paul McEvoy

Huicong Hong

Larry Gene Turner

Xiao-Dong Sun

Kent Charles Burr

Lucas Lemar Clarke

Lifeng Zhang

Lucas Clarke

Roman Shuba

Ljudmil Slavchev Grigorov

Thomas Robert Anderson

Victor Lienkong Lou

Liangheng Qiu

David Charles Pender

Myles Standish Peterson, Ii

Carl Joshua Vess

John Kost

Patricia A Hubbard

Timothy Albert Kniss

Victor Lien-Kong Lou

Dan Darcy Doxsee

Donald Buckley, Jr

Frederic Francis Ahlgren

A composition suitable for forming a support using a three-dimensional (3D) deposition method is presented. The composition includes a wax including at least one functional group capable of reacting with a build material used in the 3D deposition method, when exposed to an actinic radiation, wherein the functional group is itself substantially non-reactive to the actinic radiation. A method of forming a three dimensional (3D) article is also presented.

Composition and method for use in three dimensional printing

A molding apparatus is provided. The molding apparatus includes a first block configured to receive a moldable article therein, a second block positioned a distance from the first block, and a shim including graphite. The shim is positioned between the first block and the second block, wherein the shim gradually disintegrates when heated such that the second block contacts the first block.

Molding apparatus and method of forming a moldable article

A method of making a cubic halide scintillator material includes pressing a powder mixture of cubic halide and at least one activator under conditions of pressure, temperature, residence time and particle size effective to provide a polycrystalline sintered cubic halide scintillator having a pulse height resolution of from about 7% to about 20%. The conditions include a temperature ranging from about ambient temperature up to about 90% of the melting point of the cubic halide, a pressure of from about 30,000 psi to about 200,000 psi, a pressing residence time of from about 5 minutes to about 120 minutes and an average cubic halide particle size of from about 60 micrometers to about 275 micrometers.

Method for making sintered cubic halide scintillator material

A photoelectrochemical cell may include a cell housing defining an interior volume with a window affixed to the cell housing for allowing the passage of light into the interior volume of the cell. A polymeric film may be affixed within the interior volume defining an anterior compartment and a posterior compartment within the cell housing. A plurality of semiconductor particles embedded continuously within a through thickness of the polymeric film so that a first respective surface area of the plurality of semiconductor particles is exposed to the anterior portion of the cell and a second respective surface area of the plurality of semiconductor particles is exposed to the posterior portion of the cell. The membrane may be immersed within an electrolyte so that incident radiation on the semiconductor particles causes oxidation and reduction to occur within the cell to produce gaseous hydrogen and oxygen.

Photoelectrochemical cell and method of manufacture

A green product for use in fabricating a ceramic article comprises a ceramic powder immobilized within a silicone matrix, wherein the silicone matrix comprises one or more cross linked or polymerized silicone monomers and/or oligomers, wherein the one or more cross linked or polymerized silicone monomers and/or oligomers have a alkenyl reactive functional group and a hydride reactive functional group. Processes for forming a green product and a ceramic core with the silicone monomers and/or oligomers are also disclosed.

Silicone binders for investment casting

A starting material including silica and carbon is heated to form an intermediate material. The intermediate material includes silica and silicon carbide. The intermediate material is reacted to form silicon. At least some of the emissions that are generated by heating the starting material and reacting the intermediate material are collected and used to generate electric power.

System and method for producing solar grade silicon

A method for manufacturing an x-ray tube bearing cage includes the step of forming a bearing cage from a carbon-carbon composite material. A coating is applied to the carbon-carbon composite bearing cage. The coating includes an outer layer formed of a dry film lubricant. The coated carbon-carbon composite bearing cage is included in a bearing assembly in the x-ray tube and forms a lubricious enclosure for bearing balls positioned therein to minimize wear and heat generation in the bearing assembly.

Method for coating a carbon-carbon composite x-ray tube bearing cage

A photoelectrolysis cell is described herein. The cell includes a photoelectrode based on a material having the general formula (LnM)(NbTa)ON. Ln is at least one lanthanide element; M is at least one alkaline earth metal; 0&#x2266;x&#x2266;0.99; and 0&#x2266;y&#x2266;1. The photoelectrolysis cell further includes a counter-electrode formed from at least one metal or metallic alloy. An electrolyte which is in contact with both the photoelectrode and the counter-electrode is another component of the cell, along with a means for collecting hydrogen produced by the cell. A related process for producing hydrogen in a photoelectrolysis cell is also described.

Photoelectrolysis cells, and related devices and processes

An apparatus including a crucible, an energy source, and a controller is provided. The crucible may be sealed to a nitrogen-containing gas, and may be chemically inert to at least ammonia at a temperature in a range of about 400 degrees Celsius to about 2500 degrees Celsius. The energy source may supply thermal energy to the crucible. The controller may control the energy source to selectively direct sufficient thermal energy to a predefined first volume within the crucible to attain and maintain a temperature in the first volume to be in a range of from about 400 degrees Celsius to about 2500 degrees Celsius. The thermal energy may be sufficient to initiate, sustain, or both initiate and sustain growth of a crystal in the first volume. The first temperature in the first volume may be controllable separately from a second temperature in another volume within the crucible. The first temperature and the second temperature differ from each other. Associated methods are provided.

Apparatus for producing single crystal and quasi-single crystal, and associated method

Phosphor compositions including those having the formulas AEuWMoO, where A is selected from Y, Gd, Lu, La, and combinations thereof; and where 0.5&#x2266;x&#x2266;1.0, 0.01&#x2266;y&#x2266;1.0; MOX, wherein M is selected from the group of Sc, Y, a lanthanide, an alkali earth metal and mixtures thereof; X is a halogen; 1&#x2266;m&#x2266;3; and 1&#x2266;n&#x2266;4, and wherein the lanthanide doping level can range from 0.1 to 40% spectral weight; and Euactivated phosphate or borate phosphors. Also disclosed are light emitting devices including a light source and at least one of the above phosphor compositions.

Red emitting phosphor materials for use in LED and LCD applications

A sensing element or detector activated by radiation comprising a first scintillator activated by gamma radiation; and a neutron sensing layer comprising a second scintillator activated by neutron radiation.

Gamma and neutron radiation detector

There is provided white light illumination system including a radiation source, a first luminescent material having a peak emission wavelength of about 575 to about 620 nm, a second luminescent material having a peak emission wavelength of about 495 to about 550 nm, which is different from the first luminescent material and a third luminescent material having a peak emission wavelength of about 420 to about 480 nm, which is different from the first and second luminescent materials. The LED may be a UV LED and the luminescent materials may be a blend of three or four phosphors. The first phosphor may be an orange emitting Eu, Mnactivated strontium pyrophosphate, SrPO:Eu, Mn. The second phosphor may be a blue-green emitting Euactivated barium silicate, (Ba,Sr,Ca)SiO:Eu. The third phosphor may be a blue emitting SECA phosphor, (Sr,Ba,Ca)(PO)Cl:Eu. Optionally, the fourth phosphor may be a red emitting Mnactivated magnesium fluorogermanate, 3.5MgO*0.5MgF*GeO:Mn. A human observer perceives the combination of the orange, blue-green, blue and/or red phosphor emissions as white light.

White light emitting phosphor blends for LED devices

A light emitting device comprised of a light emitting diode on a mounting surface, the light emitting diode includes a substrate layer and at least one active region. A resilient substantially transparent and substantially phosphor free polymer layer extends from the mounting surface to above at least one quarter of a height of the substrate layer but below a top surface of the light emitting diode. A second phosphor containing layer extends from the phosphor free polymer layer to above the top surface of the light emitting diode.

Layered phosphor coatings for LED devices

A light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting member, which comprises two electrodes and an organic electroluminescent material disposed between the electrodes, and at least one organic photoluminescent ('PL') material. The light-emitting member emits light having a first spectrum in response to a voltage applied across the two electrodes. The organic PL material absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light-emitting member and emits light having second spectrum different than the first spectrum. The light-emitting device can include an inorganic PL material that absorbs another portion of the light emitted from the light-emitting member and emits light having a third spectrum different than both the first and the second spectra.

Light-emitting device with organic electroluminescent material and photoluminescent materials

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