| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM Patent applications |
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| 20120088039 | FABRICATION OF SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE ARRAYS - The present disclosure demonstrates the synthesis of ordered arrays of GSC's by re-growth from pre-patterned seed crystals, offering an approach for scalable fabrication of single crystal graphene devices while avoiding domain boundaries. Each graphene island is a single crystal and every graphene island is of similar size. The size of graphene island arrays can be as small as less than 1 mm | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120032116 | METHOD OF PRODUCING DIAMOND POWDER AND DOPED DIAMONDS - A method for producing a diamond material by contacting a fluorinated precursor with a hydrocarbon in a reactor and forming a combination in the absence of a metal catalyst; increasing the pressure of the reactor to a first pressure; heating the combination under pressure to form a material precursor; cooling the material precursor; and forming a diamond material. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120020892 | FORCE-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION CONTRAST FOR DIAGNOSIS AND IMAGING - A method of detecting target molecules comprising; conjugating a first magnetic particle to a first ligand to form a first magnetic particle ligand conjugate; adding the conjugate to a sample containing target molecules to form a mixture comprising, the free conjugate and conjugate-target molecule binding pairs; measuring a first magnetization of the mixture; subjecting the mixture to a first force; measuring a second magnetization value of the mixture; subtracting the second magnetization value from the first magnetization value to calculate a first force-induced magnetization contrast; subjecting the mixture to a second force; measuring a third magnetization of the mixture; and subtracting the third magnetization value from the second magnetization value to calculate a second force-induced magnetization contrast. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110319271 | Multifilament Superconductor Having Reduced AC Losses and Method for Forming the Same - A high temperature superconductor structure including: a substrate on which at least one buffer layer is deposited, a superconductor layer on the buffer layer, the superconducting layer composed of superconductor material that forms at least two substantially parallel superconductor filaments that continuously extend along the length of the substrate wherein at least two superconductor filaments are separated from each other by at least one insulating strip wherein the insulating strip continuously extends along the length of the substrate and is composed of insulating material with a resistivity greater than about 1 mΩcm. Also disclosed are methods of producing high temperature superconductors. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110220836 | Ferroelectric fluoride compositions and methods of making and using same - A method for synthesis of a ferroelectric material characterized by the general formula A | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110028328 | Superconductive Article with Prefabricated Nanostructure for Improved Flux Pinning - A superconducting article comprises a substrate, a buffer layer overlying the substrate, and a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) layer overlying the buffer layer. The HTS layer includes a plurality of nanorods. A method of forming a superconducting article comprises providing a substrate, depositing a buffer layer overlying the substrate; forming a nanodot array overlying the buffer layer; depositing an array of nanorods nucleated on the nanodot array; and depositing a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) layer around the array of nanorods and overlying the buffer layer. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20100301849 | NOVEL SCANNING MAGNETIC IMAGING METHOD WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND LONG DETECTION RANGE - A method of magnetic imaging at long detection ranges. In one embodiment the method comprises introducing a magnetic sample having magnetic particles into a detection field; detecting weak magnetic field signals of the magnetic particles; forming an image from the detected signals; and determining the location and quantity amount of the magnetic particles. The method further comprises introducing a magnetic sample to a human or other organism's body. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100153090 | WORD SENSE DISAMBIGUATION - A machine-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive as input a target sentence comprising a target word and retrieve a gloss of the target word. The processor is further caused to parse the target sentence and the gloss. The processor is further caused to assign a score to the gloss based on the gloss's coherence to the target sentence. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100049445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENCING DATA SAMPLES - A method for identifying non-host nucleic acid sequence using sequence data. The method of identifying non-host nucleic acid can include sequencing a sample into sequences and associating the sequences with a host genome and then exclude any sequences that are associated with the host genome. The method can then associate the sequences with any known genomes and exclude any sequences that are associated with any known genome. The remaining sequences can be used as seed sequences to assemble a non-host nucleic acid. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20090205823 | PROCESS FOR ENHANCING THE PRODUCTION OF OIL FROM DEPLETED, FRACTURED RESERVOIRS USING SURFACTANTS AND GAS PRESSURIZATION - A method for enhancing the production of liquid hydrocarbons from oil-wet, fractured reservoirs comprising injecting a surfactant solution into the reservoir, pressurizing the reservoir, maintaining the pressure, and recovering liquid hydrocarbons. In an embodiment, the method comprises closing production wells for a period to maintain reservoir pressure and surfactant exposure within the matrix. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090098420 | DE-ALLOYED MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES IN FUEL CELLS - Embodiments disclosed herein present a method for membrane electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication in fuel cells utilizing de-alloyed nanoparticle membranes as electrodes. A method for fabrication of a fuel cell electrode assembly, comprising: preparing a catalyst coated membrane, forming a membrane electrode assembly, assembling a fuel cell, and de-alloying the membrane electrode assembly. Further disclosed is a fuel cell apparatus, comprising a de-alloyed catalyst and a cathode comprising, a first membrane electrode assembly, wherein the de-alloyed catalyst is coated on the membrane electrode assembly. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090080730 | IMAGING FACIAL SIGNS OF NEURO-PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES - The invention provides an integrated framework for detecting peripheral sympathetic responses through imaging. The measurements may be performed on three facial areas of sympathetic importance, that is, periorbital, supraorbital, and maxillary. Because the imaging measurements are thermal in nature and comprise multiple components of variable frequency (i.e., blood flow, sweat gland activation, and breathing), wavelets are used as the image analysis framework. The image analysis may be grounded on GSR signals. | 03-26-2009 |
