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20090269323 | NON-AMPHIPHILE-BASED WATER-IN-WATER EMULSION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a non-amphiphile-based water-in-water emulsion composition. The non-amphiphile-based water-in-water emulsion composition includes a water-soluble polymer, a non-amphiphilic lyotropic mesogen encapsulated by the water-soluble polymer; and water. In one embodiment, the non-amphiphilic lyotropic mesogen includes, without limitation, a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal, and more specifically disodium cromoglycate (DSCG). In another embodiment, the water-soluble polymer can include, without limitation, a polyacrylamide, a polyol, a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a polysaccharide, or a water-soluble fluoride-bearing polymer. The present invention also relates to a porous hydrogel made with the use of the non-amphiphile-based water-in-water emulsion. The present invention further relates to using the emulsion and hydrogel for various applications. | 10-29-2009 |
20100120905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS WITH BROMINATED FURANONES - A method for inhibiting the growth of a microorganism using an effective amount of one or more of the following synthetic brominated furanones: (i) 4-bromo-5Z-(bromomethylene)-3-methylfuran-2-one; (ii) 3-(dibromomethyl)-5-(dibromomethylene)furan-2-one; (iii) 3-(bromomethyl)-5-(dibromomethylene)furan-2-one; (iv) 4-bromo-3-(bromomethyl)-5Z-(bromomethylene)furan-2-one; or (v) 4-bromo-5-(dibromomethyl)-3-methylfuran-2(5H)-one. The brominated furanones inhibit the growth of both fungi and bacteria, including the fungal species | 05-13-2010 |
20110033520 | Antimicrobial Nanostructured Hydrogel Web Containing Silver - Robust polymeric hydrogels and a method to fabricate antimicrobial non-woven fibrous wound dressing with controlled silver release that may be used for anti-infective medical implants and anti-infective coating for implantable medical device. The hydrogels may be provided in non-woven fibrous wound dressing and anti-infective implantable medical devices, especially for reconstructive oral and bone surgery. | 02-10-2011 |
20110034406 | System And Method For Controlling Bacterial Persister Cells With Weak Electric Currents - A system and method for treating persister cells with an electrochemical process, alone or in combination with antibiotics. Weak electric currents are used to effectively eliminate persister cells and the efficacy can be further improved through synergistic effects with antibiotics. The method may be adapted for novel therapies of chronic infections and strategies to control persistent biofouling. The system has a broad spectrum applications in treating chronic and drug resistant infections, such as those caused by | 02-10-2011 |
20110143413 | System And Method For Controlling Bacterial Cells With Weak Electric Currents - A system and method for treating bacterial cells with an electrochemical process, alone or in combination with antibiotics. Weak electric currents are used to effectively eliminate bacterial cells. The method may be adapted for novel therapies of chronic infections and strategies to control persistent biofouling. The system has broad spectrum applications in treating chronic and drug resistant infections, such as those caused by | 06-16-2011 |
20120264950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS WITH BROMINATED FURANONES - A method for inhibiting the growth of a microorganism using an effective amount of one or more of the following synthetic brominated furanones: (i) 4-bromo-5Z-(bromomethylene)-3-methylfuran-2-one; (ii) 3-(dibromomethyl)-5-(dibromomethylene)furan-2-one; (iii) 3-(bromomethyl)-5-(dibromomethylene)furan-2-one; (iv) 4-bromo-3-(bromomethyl)-5Z-(bromomethylene)furan-2-one; or (v) 4-bromo-5-(dibromomethyl)-3-methylfuran-2(5H)-one. The brominated furanones inhibit the growth of both fungi and bacteria, including the fungal species | 10-18-2012 |
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20090023903 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF TRIFLUOROALKYL-PHENYL AND HETEROCYCLIC SULFONAMIDES - A novel trifluoroacetylating agent, i.e., N-trifluoroacetylmorpholine, is described. This reagent is useful in the preparation of phenyl and heterocyclic sulfonamide compounds. Methods are therefore described for preparing sulfonamide compounds of the following structure, wherein R | 01-22-2009 |
20100249207 | SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLIDINE COMPOUNDS - Provided are methods for the preparation of certain substituted pyrrolidine compounds, forms of (2S,4R)-1-(2-aminoacetyl)-4-benzamidopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid hydrochloride, and methods for preparing and using these forms. | 09-30-2010 |
20130053344 | SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLIDINE COMPOUNDS - Provided are methods for the preparation of certain substituted pyrrolidine compounds, forms of (2S,4R)-1-(2-aminoacetyl)-4-benzamidopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid hydrochloride, and methods for preparing and using these forms. | 02-28-2013 |
20150322007 | SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLIDINE COMPOUNDS - Provided are methods for the preparation of certain substituted pyrrolidine compounds, forms of (2S,4R)-1-(2-aminoacetyl)-4-benzamidopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid hydrochloride, and methods for preparing and using these forms. | 11-12-2015 |
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20120133209 | INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE POWER GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES WITH INTEGRATED VOLT/VAR CONTROL SYSTEMS - A distribution management system (DMS) includes an integrated volt/var controller (IVVC) that is configured to control operation of at least one corresponding renewable energy source or energy storage device power converter in response to IVVC commands generated via algorithmic optimization software integrated within the IVVC. At least one renewable energy source or energy storage device is controlled to operate alone or in coordination with one or more discrete step size reactive power (VAR) compensation devices to generate continuously varying reactive power required by a corresponding power distribution system. | 05-31-2012 |
20120193984 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Integrated Volt/VAR Control in Power Distribution Networks - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling voltage and reactive power in a distribution network. One method includes estimating at least one present state associated with a distribution network; allocating one or more load zones in the distribution network; predicting load profiles of each zone for a predetermined time period; determining capacitor bank switching schedules for a predetermined time period based at least in part on the at least one present state and the predicted load profiles; and switching capacitor banks according to the capacitor bank switching schedules. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197450 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Coordinated Volt/VAR Control in Power Distribution Networks - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing coordinated volt/volt-amps-reactive (VAR) control in power distribution networks. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for coordinating voltage and volt-amps-reactive (VAR) control (VVC) in power distribution networks. The method can include receiving one or more VVC objective functions from a distribution management system (DMS); determining at least one microgrid conservation voltage reduction factor (CVRF); forecasting microgrid load profile for a predetermined period of time; controlling microgrid VVC resources based at least on the one or more received VVC objective functions; and communicating the at least one microgrid CVRF and the forecasted load profile to the DMS. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197454 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING VOLT/VAR LOAD FLOW OPTIMIZATION - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for accelerating volt/VAR load flow optimization. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for accelerating load flow for integrated volt/var control (IVVC) optimization. The method can include evaluating load flow on lines of an electrical network, identifying combinable network lines, combining the identified combinable network nodes to reduce network complexity, and determining load flow optimization for IVVC based at least in part on the reduced complexity network. | 08-02-2012 |
20120221158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD FORECASTING - A method of load forecasting for a present day includes obtaining past observed load values of at least three earlier days and identifying a relationship between the present day's load forecast and the past observed load values including unknown weights associated with the past observed load values. The values of unknown weights are determined by comparing at least one previous day's load forecast with the observed load value of the at least one previous day. The determined weight values are then used in the relationship between the present day's load forecast and the past observed load values to forecast the present day's load. | 08-30-2012 |
20130107407 | SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROTECTION AND CONTROL AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130138366 | ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROTECTION - A system for distributing electrical current to a plurality of loads includes a first sensor coupled to an input of a protection zone for measuring a first current entering the protection zone, wherein the protection zone includes at least a portion of an electrical distribution feeder. The system also includes a second sensor coupled to an output of the protection zone for measuring a second current exiting the protection zone, and a processor coupled to the first sensor and to the second sensor. The processor is programmed to receive measurements representative of the first current and the second current, and calculate a reactive current differential of the protection zone based on the first current and the second current. The processor is also programmed to compare the reactive current differential with a fault threshold, and generate an error notification if the reactive current differential is greater than the fault threshold. | 05-30-2013 |
20130166090 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power delivery system includes at least one conductor having a first end and a second end and a phasor measurement unit (PMU) coupled to the first end of the conductor. The PMU is configured to obtain phasor data at the first end and generate a phasor signal that includes the phasor data. The power delivery system also includes a power generation system coupled to the second end of the conductor and configured to provide power to the conductor. The power generation system includes a power source, a power converter, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the PMU and is configured to receive the phasor signal and control the power converter based at least partially on the phasor data. | 06-27-2013 |
20150112496 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC NETWORK - A method and system for use in controlling an electric network are provided. The system includes an Integrated Volt-VAr Control (IVVC) component configured to determine optimization parameters for slow dynamics electromechanical devices and fast dynamics DER devices coupled to the network. The slow dynamics devices are controlled by a present state of the electric network and a voltage rise table that is adaptively updated in real-time using a command output, or a power flow-based complete optimization routine that generates optimal setpoints for the traditional controllable assets and for at least some of the fast dynamics DER devices. The fast dynamics devices are controlled locally using a control algorithm that uses a reactive power contribution based on IVVC settings, based on photo-voltaic (PV) plant active power variations, based on power factor, or based on a voltage of the local electric network. | 04-23-2015 |
20150249412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM BASED ON PLL ERRORS - In one aspect, a method for controlling a power generation system may generally include determining a phase angle error associated with the power generation system, determining a scaling factor based on the phase angle error, generating a current command for controlling the operation of a power convertor of the power generation system and applying the scaling factor to the current command such that the current command is reduced when the phase angle error exceeds a predetermined error threshold. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CURRENT REGULATOR GAINS APPLIED WITHIN A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - In one aspect, a method for controlling the operation of a power generation system configured to supply power to an electrical grid may generally include monitoring a rotor speed of a generator of the power generation system and determining a gain scaling factor based on the rotor speed, wherein the gain scaling factor increases with decreases in the rotor speed across a range of rotor speeds. In addition, the method may include adjusting a regulator gain to be applied within a current regulator of the power generation system based on the gain scaling factor and applying the adjusted regulator gain within the current regulator in order to generate a voltage command signal for controlling a power converter of the power generation system. | 09-03-2015 |
20150356213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC LOAD MODELS - A method for generating electric load models that includes receiving a plurality of measurements representative of input provided by a power source to electric loads is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of combination of model loads and assigning a contribution factor to each model load in each combination. The method further includes computing a match index for each combination for each measurement. The match index is computed by comparing a predicted output of each combination with an actual output generated by the electric loads for each input represented by each measurement. Furthermore, the method includes computing a first likelihood index for each combination based on the match index for each combination for the plurality of measurements. The method also includes computing a second likelihood index for each contribution factor in each combination based on the match index for each combination. | 12-10-2015 |
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20080315753 | PHOSPHORESCENT OLED HAVING DOUBLE EXCITON-BLOCKING LAYERS - An organic light-emitting device comprising an anode; a cathode; a hole-transporting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode; a phosphorescent light-emitting layer disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the cathode, wherein the phosphorescent light-emitting layer includes at least one host and at least one phosphorescent dopant; a first exciton-blocking layer disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the phosphorescent light-emitting layer; wherein the first exciton-blocking layer has a triplet energy greater than the triplet energy of the host in the phosphorescent light-emitting layer; and a second exciton-blocking layer disposed between the first exciton-blocking layer and the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, wherein the second exciton-blocking layer is in contact with the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and wherein the second exciton-blocking layer has a triplet energy less than the triplet energy of the first exciton-blocking layer. | 12-25-2008 |
20090109435 | DEVICE CONTAINING NON-BLINKING QUANTUM DOTS - An optoelectronic device including two spaced apart electrodes; and at least one layer containing ternary core/shell nanocrystals disposed between the spaced electrodes and having ternary semiconductor cores containing a gradient in alloy composition and wherein the ternary core/shell nanocrystals exhibit single molecule non-blinking behavior characterized by on times greater than one minute or radiative lifetimes less than 10 ns. | 04-30-2009 |
20100052516 | EMITTING COMPLEX FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - An OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a phosphorescent light-emitting layer that contains a light-emitting organometallic complex including a precious metal, a first ligand including an imidazole group and a second nitrogen heterocycle group, and at least one second different ligand. | 03-04-2010 |
20100289001 | DEVICE CONTAINING NON-BLINKING QUANTUM DOTS - An optoelectronic device including two spaced apart electrodes; and at least one layer containing ternary core/shell nanocrystals disposed between the spaced electrodes and having ternary semiconductor cores containing a gradient in alloy composition and wherein the ternary core/shell nanocrystals exhibit single molecule non-blinking behavior characterized by on times greater than one minute or radiative lifetimes less than 10 ns. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289003 | MAKING COLLOIDAL TERNARY NANOCRYSTALS - A method of making a colloidal solution of ternary semiconductor nanocrystals, includes providing binary semiconductor cores; forming first shells on the binary semiconductor cores containing one of the components of the binary semiconductor cores and another component which when combined with the binary semiconductor will form a ternary semiconductor, thereby providing core/shell nanocrystals; and annealing the core/shell nanocrystals to form ternary semiconductor nanocrystals containing a gradient in alloy composition. | 11-18-2010 |
20110073835 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL FILM - A film comprised of semiconductor nanocrystals having an aspect ratio less than 3:1 and a diameter greater than 10 nanometers, wherein the film has less than 5% by volume of organic material. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076839 | MAKING FILMS COMPOSED OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS - A method of making a film of large II-VI nanocrystals, including: providing a mixture of column II, column VI chemical precursors, and coordinating solvents selected from amines, phosphines, phosphine oxides, esters, ethers, or combinations thereof by: injecting under heat a higher molar quantity of column II chemical precursor than column VI chemical precursor; and ii) increasing the ratio of column VI to column II chemical precursors during the course of the reaction while still heating the mixture until the molar ratio of column VI chemical precursor to column II chemical precursor is in a range of 1 to 10; heating the mixture to grow large nanocrystals functionalized with coordinating ligands; washing the grown nanocrystals to remove the unreacted precursors and excess coordinating solvents; and d) depositing the large II-VI nanocrystals on a substrate in order to form the film. | 03-31-2011 |
20110175030 | PREPARING LARGE-SIZED EMITTING COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS - A method of making a colloidal solution of ternary AIAIIB nanocrystals, wherein AI and AII are independently selected from an element of periodic table subgroup IIB, when B represents an element of periodic table main group VI; or AI and AII are independently selected from an element from periodic table main group III, when B represents an element of periodic table main group V. The method providing a mixture of AI in a suitable form for the generation of a nanocrystal, and coordinating solvents including at least 30 wt % of fatty acids; heating the reaction mixture for a suitable time, adding B in a suitable form for the generation of a nanocrystal, adding AII in a suitable form for the generation of a nanocrystals; and heating the reaction mixture for a sufficient period of time at a temperature suitable for forming nanocrystal AIAIIB. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175054 | DEVICE CONTAINING LARGE-SIZED EMITTING COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS - A device using a layer containing emitting semiconductor nanocrystals wherein each emitting nanocrystal includes a core structure wherein the cores have an aspect ratio less than 2:1 and a diameter greater than 10 nanometers and a protective shell surrounding the core | 07-21-2011 |
20120205586 | INDIUM PHOSPHIDE COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS - A method of making a colloidal solution of indium phosphide semiconductor nanocrystals, includes forming a first solution by combining solvents and ligands; and heating the first solution to a temperature equal to or higher than 290° C. and, while heating, adding to the first solution, a second solution containing trialkylindium, a phosphorus precursor and solvents and ligands so that a reaction takes place that forms a colloidal solution of indium phosphide semiconductor nanocrystals. The method further includes forming core shell indium phosphide semiconductor nanocrystals by forming semiconducting shells on the nanocrystals. | 08-16-2012 |
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20150380246 | DIMENSION-CONTROLLED VIA FORMATION PROCESSING - Methods are provided for dimension-controlled via formation over a circuit structure, including over multiple adjacent conductive structures. The method(s) includes, for instance, providing a patterned multi-layer stack structure above the circuit structure, the stack structure including at least one layer, and a pattern transfer layer above the at least one layer, the pattern transfer layer being patterned with at least one via opening; providing a sidewall spacer layer within the at least one via opening to form at least one dimension-controlled via opening; and etching through the at least one layer of the stack structure using the at least one dimension-controlled via opening to facilitate providing the via(s) over the circuit structure. In one implementation, the stack structure includes a trench-opening within a patterned hard mask layer disposed between a dielectric layer and a planarization layer, and the via(s) is partially self-aligned to the trench. | 12-31-2015 |
20160099171 | DIMENSION-CONTROLLED VIA FORMATION PROCESSING - Methods are provided for dimension-controlled via formation over a circuit structure, including over multiple adjacent conductive structures. The method(s) includes, for instance, providing a patterned multi-layer stack structure above the circuit structure, the stack structure including at least one layer, and a pattern transfer layer above the at least one layer, the pattern transfer layer being patterned with at least one via opening; providing a sidewall spacer layer within the at least one via opening to form at least one dimension-controlled via opening; and etching through the at least one layer of the stack structure using the at least one dimension-controlled via opening to facilitate providing the via(s) over the circuit structure. In one implementation, the stack structure includes a trench-opening within a patterned hard mask layer disposed between a dielectric layer and a planarization layer, and the via(s) is partially self-aligned to the trench. | 04-07-2016 |