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Chain-Tsuan Liu, Oak Ridge, TN US
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20080304996 | High Nb, Ta, and Al Creep- and Oxidation-Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steels - An austenitic stainless steel HTUPS alloy includes, in weight percent: 15 to 30 Ni; 10 to 15 Cr; 2 to 5 Al; 0.6 to 5 total of at least one of Nb and Ta; no more than 0.3 of combined Ti+V; up to 3 Mo; up to 3 Co; up to 1 W; up to 0.5 Cu; up to 4 Mn; up to 1 Si; 0.05 to 0.15 C; up to 0.15 B; up to 0.05 P; up to 1 total of at least one of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; less than 0.05 N; and base Fe, wherein the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni wherein said alloy forms an external continuous scale comprising alumina, nanometer scale sized particles distributed throughout the microstructure, said particles comprising at least one composition selected from the group consisting of NbC and TaC, and a stable essentially single phase fcc austenitic matrix microstructure, said austenitic matrix being essentially delta-ferrite-free and essentially BCC-phase-free. | 12-11-2008 |
Chain-Tsuan Liu, Knoxville, TN US
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20080292489 | High Mn Austenitic Stainless Steel - An austenitic stainless steel alloy includes, in weight percent: >4 to 15 Mn; 8 to 15 Ni; 14 to 16 Cr; 2.4 to 3 Al; 0.4 to 1 total of at least one of Nb and Ta; 0.05 to 0.2 C; 0.01 to 0.02 B; no more than 0.3 of combined Ti+V; up to 3 Mo; up to 3 Co; up to 1W; up to 3 Cu; up to 1 Si; up to 0.05 P; up to 1 total of at least one of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; less than 0.05 N; and base Fe, wherein the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni, and wherein the alloy forms an external continuous scale including alumina, nanometer scale sized particles distributed throughout the microstructure, the particles including at least one of NbC and TaC, and a stable essentially single phase FCC austenitic matrix microstructure that is essentially delta-ferrite-free and essentially BCC-phase-free. | 11-27-2008 |
20110056304 | Controlled Shear/Tension Fixture - A test fixture for simultaneously testing two material test samples is provided. The fixture provides substantially equal shear and tensile stresses in each test specimens. By gradually applying a load force to the fixture only one of the two specimens fractures. Upon fracture of the one specimen, the fixture and the load train lose contact and the second specimen is preserved in a state of upset just prior to fracture. Particular advantages of the fixture are (1) to control the tensile to shear load on the specimen for understanding the effect of these stresses on the deformation behavior of advanced materials, (2) to control the location of fracture for accessing localized material properties including the variation of the mechanical properties and residual stresses across the thickness of advanced materials, (3) to yield a fractured specimen for strength measurement and an unfractured specimen for examining the microstructure just prior to fracture. | 03-10-2011 |
Jianxi Liu, Memphis, TN US
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20080200439 | Methods and compositions for modulating BK channel activity and vasodilation - Methods and compositions are provided for modulating myocyte BK channel activity and for screening for modulators of BK channel activity. The methods and compositions are useful in the treatment of disorders where increasing myocyte BK channel activity can attenuate, revert or prevent the disorder. For example, the methods and compositions are useful for treating disorders ameliorated by increasing vasodilation and blood flow in a subject, in particular, increasing cerebral blood flow. | 08-21-2008 |
Jianyun Liu, Nashville, TN US
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20090278987 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - Example systems and methods of a television user interface include a channel list vertically disposed on a television screen, an input device for receiving inputs for selecting a channel on the channel list, and an information bar horizontally disposed on the television screen in correspondence with a selected channel, wherein the information bar provides information about programming on the selected channel. | 11-12-2009 |
Jiuyu Liu, Bartlett, TN US
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20110118272 | SPECTINAMIDES AS ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AGENTS - Novel 3′-deoxy-3′-acylaminospectinomycin compounds are described. Also described are methods of using the 3′-deoxy-3-acylaminospectinomycin compounds and other spectinomycin analogs in treating tuberculosis and in treating microbial infections. | 05-19-2011 |
20140249155 | SPECTINAMIDES AS ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AGENTS - Novel 3′-deoxy-3′-acylaminospectinomycin compounds are described. Also described are methods of using the 3′-deoxy-3-acylaminospectinomycin compounds and other spectinomycin analogs in treating tuberculosis and in treating microbial infections. | 09-04-2014 |
Junjia Liu, Kingsport, TN US
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20140124896 | FORMULATIONS OF SOLUTIONS AND PROCESSES FOR FORMING A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING AN ARSENIC DOPANT - Formulations of solutions and processes are described to form a substrate including a dopant. In particular implementations, the dopant may include arsenic (As). In an embodiment, a dopant solution is provided that includes a solvent and a dopant. In a particular embodiment, the dopant solution may have a flashpoint that is at least approximately equal to a minimum temperature capable of causing atoms at a surface of the substrate to attach to an arsenic-containing compound of the dopant solution. In one embodiment, a number of silicon atoms at a surface of the substrate are covalently bonded to the arsenic-containing compound. | 05-08-2014 |
Ken C. Liu, Oak Ridge, TN US
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20110005331 | Apparatuses for Prestressing Rod-Type Specimens in Torsion for In-Situ Passive Fracture Toughness Testing in an Extremely High-Pressure Environment of Hydrogen - An in-situ specimen fixture particularly adapted for prestressing rod-type SNTT-type specimens comprising a tube and end cap wherein the specimen is secured at one end to the tube, and at the opposite end to the end cap. The end cap is rotatable relative to the tube, and may be fixedly secured for creating a torsional force prestressing the specimen enclosed within the tube. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005332 | Apparatus for Pre-Stress-Straining Rod-Type Specimens in Tension for In-Situ Passive Fracture Testing - A stress-strain testing apparatus imposes a stress-strain on a specimen while disposed in a controlled environment. Each end of the specimen is fastened to an end cap and a strain gage is attached to the specimen. An adjusting mechanism and a compression element are disposed between the end caps forming a frame for applying forces to the end caps and thereby stress-straining the specimen. The adjusting mechanism may be extended or retracted to increase or decrease the imposed stress-strain on the specimen, and the stress-strain is measured by the strain gage on the specimen while the apparatus is exposed to an environment such as high pressure hydrogen. Strain gages may be placed on the frame to measure stress-strains in the frame that may be caused by the environment. | 01-13-2011 |
Kenneth C. Liu, Oak Ridge, TN US
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20120055258 | Apparatus and Method for Fatigue Testing of a Material Specimen in a High-Pressure Fluid Environment - Provided are several examples of apparatuses and methods for applying loads to material specimens in pressurized fluid environments. The apparatuses use the fluid pressure as the force for applying the loads to the specimens. | 03-08-2012 |
Lu Shirley Liu, Knoxville, TN US
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20150299082 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID AND PROPYLENE GLYCOL FROM GLYCEROL - Methods, processes and systems for using solid catalysts to simultaneously produce lactic acid and propylene glycol from glycerol are provide, as are methods, processes and systems of converting glycerol use heterogeneous catalytic agents. Different combinations of catalysts and reaction conditions provide tunable ranges for the yields of lactic acid and propylene glycol. The conversion methods, processes and systems are not reliant on external hydrogen. Applications to crude glycerol, including that co-produced during biodiesel production, are also described. | 10-22-2015 |
Wusheng Liu, Knoxville, TN US
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20140007293 | Inducible Plant Promoters and the Use Thereof | 01-02-2014 |
Yan Liu, Nashville, TN US
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20140336113 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING HYPERLIPIDEMIA, FATTY LIVER, ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OTHER DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with dyslipidemia, including hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis, obesity, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, and related aspects of and conditions associated with metabolic syndrome. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful for regulating the lipid balance (lipid homeostasis) in a subject. Compositions and methods including a Nuclear Transport Modifier may be administered to a subject to modulate the transport of transcription factors, mediated by nuclear import adaptors, into the nucleus of a cell resulting in a decrease in cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood and liver, a decrease in atherosclerotic lesion size, a decrease in body weight and in hyperglycemia, a reduction of fatty liver inflammation, and an improvement in liver function. | 11-13-2014 |
20150250850 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING HYPERLIPIDEMIA, FATTY LIVER, ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OTHER DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with dyslipidemia, including hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis, obesity, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, and related aspects of and conditions associated with metabolic syndrome. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful for regulating the lipid balance (lipid homeostasis) in a subject. Compositions and methods including a Nuclear Transport Modifier may be administered to a subject to modulate the transport of transcription factors, mediated by nuclear import adaptors, into the nucleus of a cell resulting in a decrease in cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood and liver, a decrease in atherosclerotic lesion size, a decrease in body weight and in hyperglycemia, a reduction of fatty liver inflammation, and an improvement in liver function. | 09-10-2015 |
Yanchan Liu, Nashville, TN US
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20090124540 | Anti-adhesion composites and methods of use thereof - Described herein are composites that inhibit or reduce adhesion between two or more tissues. Also described herein are methods of using the composites. | 05-14-2009 |
Yanchun Liu, Franklin, TN US
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20100174368 | PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TENDON AND LIGAMENT INJURIES - The invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of tendon and ligament injuries and/or repair of damaged tendons and ligament. The invention provides compositions comprising a biocompatible matrix and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). | 07-08-2010 |
20100247651 | PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating an osteochondral defect. In one embodiment, provided is a composition for treating an osteochondral defect comprising a biphasic biocompatible matrix and platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), wherein the biphasic biocompatible matrix comprises a scaffolding material and wherein the scaffolding material forms a porous structure comprising an osseous phase and a cartilage phase. In another embodiment, also provided is a method for treating an osteochondral defect in an individual comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a composition comprising a biphasic biocompatible matrix and PDGF to at least one site of the osteochondral defect, wherein the biphasic biocompatible matrix comprises a scaffolding material and wherein the scaffolding material forms a porous structure comprising an osseous phase and a cartilage phase. | 09-30-2010 |
20120142907 | MODIFIED MACROMOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND USE - Described herein are compounds such as macromolecules that have been modified in order to facilitate crosslinking and methods of making and using thereof. | 06-07-2012 |
20130122095 | PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating an osteochondral defect. In one embodiment, provided is a composition for treating an osteochondral defect comprising a biphasic biocompatible matrix and platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), wherein the biphasic biocompatible matrix comprises a scaffolding material and wherein the scaffolding material forms a porous structure comprising an osseous phase and a cartilage phase. In another embodiment, also provided is a method for treating an osteochondral defect in an individual comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a composition comprising a biphasic biocompatible matrix and PDGF to at least one site of the osteochondral defect, wherein the biphasic biocompatible matrix comprises a scaffolding material and wherein the scaffolding material forms a porous structure comprising an osseous phase and a cartilage phase. | 05-16-2013 |
Yao-Ching Liu, Kingsport, TN US
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20090182185 | ACETYLENE REMOVAL METHODS AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing acetylene from a gasoeus mixture comprising hydrogen, methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, butane, butenes, butadiene, and other C4 or higher hydrocarbons. The method of the invention utilizes a front-end acetylene removal unit (“ARU”) located after a charge gas compressor in which acetylene is selectively reduced. The method of the invention achieves selective reduction of acetylene by using a proprietary Chevron Phillips E series palladium based catalyst. The method of the invention also utilizes a novel startup procedure, a novel emergency shutdown procedure, a novel maximum cool down procedure, and a novel carbon monoxide monitoring procedure. | 07-16-2009 |
Yilu Liu, Knoxville, TN US
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20100250168 | Accurate Magnetic Field Sensor and Method for Wireless Phasor Measurement Unit - A phasor measurement unit and method including a transducer for transduction measurement of an electrical characteristic of a current carrying element in electrical power generation or distribution systems, the transducer generating a transducer output signal representative of the electrical characteristic; an amplifier receiving the transducer output signal and generating an amplifier output signal; a filter receiving the amplifier output signal, low pass filtering the amplifier output signal. and generating a filter output signal; a digital to analog converter receiving the filter output signal and generating a digital output signal; and a processor receiving the digital output signal, calculating phasor data from the digital output signal and generating a data output signal, wherein the calculated phasor data is at least as accurate as phasor data from a phasor measurement unit or a frequency data recorder having a transducer for nontransduction measurement of the same electrical characteristic. | 09-30-2010 |
20130191052 | REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF POWER GRID DISRUPTION - A method and system for monitoring the electric grid and predicting failures and/or other issues. Streams of data about a power grid are received from a plurality of remote power grid sensors and converted into a univariate time sequence. Anomaly patterns are identified in the univariate time sequence and analyzed or simulated to predict the power grid disruption. The anomaly patterns are compared to power disruption contingencies stored in a database to simulate and/or predict the present or future power disruption represented by the anomaly pattern. | 07-25-2013 |
Yubiao Liu, Johnson City, TN US
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20150225542 | POLYMERS COMBINED WITH CERTAIN ADDITIVES AND DEVICES MADE THEREROM - This invention relates to polymer compositions comprising: (1) at least one polymer selected from the groups consisting of: | 08-13-2015 |
20150225543 | BLENDS OF POLYESTERS CONTAINING CYCLOBUTANEDIOL WITH FLUOROALKYL ADDITIVES AND DEVICES MADE THEREROM - This invention relates to polymer compositions comprising: | 08-13-2015 |
Yun Liu, Oak Ridge, TN US
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20120118395 | REPETITIVE PRESSURE-PULSE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAVITATION DAMAGE RESEARCH - An apparatus for inducing cavitation at a surface of a specimen includes a cavitation chamber, a window extending through the wall of the chamber to an area outside the chamber, a test specimen positioned within the chamber, and a cavitation media inside the chamber and in contact with the surface of the specimen. A laser light source is disposed outside the chamber, and is operable to provide a laser beam through the window and into the cavitation media. The laser light source generates a shock wave in the cavitation media, the shock wave causing cavitation at the surface of the specimen. | 05-17-2012 |
20120147471 | V-SHAPED RESONATORS FOR ADDITION OF BROAD-AREA LASER DIODE ARRAYS - A system and method for addition of broad-area semiconductor laser diode arrays are described. The system can include an array of laser diodes, a V-shaped external cavity, and grating systems to provide feedback for phase-locking of the laser diode array. A V-shaped mirror used to couple the laser diode emissions along two optical paths can be a V-shaped prism mirror, a V-shaped stepped mirror or include multiple V-shaped micro-mirrors. The V-shaped external cavity can be a ring cavity. The system can include an external injection laser to further improve coherence and phase-locking. | 06-14-2012 |
Zengcai Liu, Oak Ridge, TN US
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20130295469 | LITHIUM SULFIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR BATTERY ELECTROLYTE AND BATTERY ELECTRODE COATINGS - Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of β-Li | 11-07-2013 |
20140080009 | LITHIUM SULFIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR BATTERY ELECTROLYTE AND BATTERY ELECTRODE COATINGS - Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of β-Li | 03-20-2014 |
Zhufang Liu, Kingsport, TN US
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20120149946 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,2,4,4-TETRAALKYLCYCLOBUTANE-1,3-DIOLS - Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diols by hydrogenation of a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-dione in the presence of a catalyst comprising ruthenium deposited on a carbon nanotube support. The process is useful for the preparation of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol. The process may be carried out in the presence or absence of a solvent and in the liquid or vapor phase. Also disclosed is a process for modifying the cis:trans ratio of the 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclo-butane-1,3-diol hydrogenation product by contacting the diol with hydrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149947 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,2,4,4-TETRAALKYLCYCLOBUTANE-1,3-DIOLS - Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diol by hydrogenation of the corresponding 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-dione in the vapor phase in the presence of a supported catalyst. The process is useful for the preparation of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol from 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dione. The process can produce a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diol product having a cis:trans isomer ratio of 1:1 or greater. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149948 | PROCESS FOR THE ISOMERIZATION OF 2,2,4,4-TETRAALKYLCYCLOBUTANE-1,3-DIOLS - Disclosed is a process for the isomerization of 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diols, such as 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol, by contacting the diol with a supported ruthenium catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at elevated pressures and temperatures. The process is carried under conditions in which there is no net production of 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diol. The process may be carried out in the presence or absence of a solvent and in the liquid or vapor phase. | 06-14-2012 |
20120253004 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING METAL SPECIES IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN AND A POROUS MATERIAL AND POLYESTER POLYMER CONTAINING REDUCED AMOUNTS OF METAL SPECIES - Provided is a composition with partially aromatic polyester polymers having an It.V. of at least 0.50 dL/g, produced in an ester exchange melt phase process, having from zero or greater than zero to less than 5 ppm titanium, from zero or greater than zero to less then 10 ppm germanium, and from zero or greater than zero to less than 20 ppm manganese. | 10-04-2012 |
20140121400 | PROMOTED RUTHENIUM CATALYST FOR THE IMPROVED HYDROGENATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS TO THE CORRESPONDING ALCOHOLS - The invention relates to ruthenium-rhenium-tin and ruthenium-rhenium catalysts effective for the reduction of carboxylic acids to the corresponding alcohols and processes for the reduction of carboxylic acids to the corresponding alcohols using the ruthenium-rhenium-tin and ruthenium-rhenium catalysts. | 05-01-2014 |
20140174461 | Surface Attachment of Particles to Cellulose Ester Fibers - This invention pertains to the surface attachment of particles, such as metal oxides, to cellulose ester fibers. The particles are applied to the surface of the cellulose ester fibers using a protic liquid that is substantially free of plasticizer. | 06-26-2014 |