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20080305343 | SELF-HEALING MATERIALS WITH MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS - A composite material includes a polymeric layer and a substrate, in contact with the polymeric layer. The substrate includes a substrate matrix, a first microfluidic network in the substrate matrix and in fluid communication with the polymeric layer, and a polymerizer in the first microfluidic network. The composite material may further include an activator, and may be a self-healing composite. | 12-11-2008 |
20090000678 | MICROCAPILLARY NETWORKS - Devices that include hosts having internal microcapillary networks are disclosed. The microcapillary networks are formed from interconnected passageways. The interconnected passageways may be formed by removing a fugitive material from a cured host material that forms the host. The resultant host material has many applications, including use as a microfluidic device in applications ranging from fluid mixing to structural repair. | 01-01-2009 |
20100084599 | METAL NANOPARTICLE INKS - Stabilized silver particles comprise particles comprising silver, a short-chain capping agent adsorbed on the particles, and a long-chain capping agent adsorbed on the particles. The short-chain capping agent is a first anionic polyelectrolyte having a molecular weight (Mw) of at most 10,000, and the long-chain capping agent is a second anionic polyelectrolyte having a molecular weight (Mw) of at least 25,000. The stabilized silver particles have a solid loading of metallic silver of at least 50 wt %. | 04-08-2010 |
20100096596 | BIPHASIC INKS - A biphasic ink comprises a plurality of attractive particles, a plurality of repulsive particles, and a carrier liquid. | 04-22-2010 |
20100330220 | DIRECTED ASSEMBLY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES WITH MICRON-SCALE FEATURES - Polyelectrolyte inks comprising a solvent, a cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in the solvent, and an anionic polyelectrolyte dissolved in the solvent, are described. The concentration of at least one of the polyelectrolytes in the solvent is in a semidilute regime. | 12-30-2010 |
20120108465 | FIBER ARRAY SENSOR - A sensor array is provided including a plurality of fibers being woven to form 3-D periodic fiber structures. A selective number of the fibers include gaseous sensing materials to detect selective gases. A plurality of spacing elements provides adequate spacing between successively arranged nano-fibers. The nano-fibers and spacing elements are arranged to form a 3-D scaffolding structure for detecting specific or combinations of gaseous analytes. | 05-03-2012 |
20120214219 | SEPARATION OF A TARGET SUBSTANCE FROM A FLUID OR MIXTURE USING ENCAPSULATED SORBENTS - Method and apparatus for separating a target substance from a fluid or mixture. Capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are provided. The coating is permeable to the target substance. The capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are exposed to the fluid or mixture. The target substance migrates through the coating and is taken up by the stripping solvents. The target substance is separated from the fluid or mixture by driving off the target substance from the capsules. | 08-23-2012 |
20130084449 | VISCOELASTIC INK FOR DIRECT WRITING OF HYDROGEL STRUCTURES - A viscoelastic ink for direct writing of hydrogel structures includes a long chain polymer and a photopolymerizable moiety, which may be a photopolymerizable monomer or a photopolymerizable group attached to the long chain polymer. The ink may also include a crosslinking agent, a photoinitiator, and water. The long chain polymer is present at a concentration greater than a critical overlap concentration c* of the long chain polymer in the ink. | 04-04-2013 |
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