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20090159120 | QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELL WITH CONJUGATED BRIDGE MOLECULE - A solar cell including a quantum dot, an electron conductor, and a conjugated bridge molecule disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The conjugated bridge molecule may include a quantum dot anchor that bonds to the quantum dot and an electron conductor anchor that bonds to the electron conductor. In some instances, the quantum dot anchor and/or the electron conductor anchor may independently include two anchoring moieties that can form ring structures with the quantum dot and/or the electron conductor. The solar cell may further include a hole conductor that is configured to reduce the quantum dot once the quantum dot absorbs a photon and ejects an electron through the conjugated bridge molecule and into the electron conductor. | 06-25-2009 |
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20090289012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING USING NANOCERAMICS - Systems and methods are disclosed that promote the remediation of contaminated materials that are produced during industrial processes. These systems and methods include heating a material, transferring heat from the material to an industrial process. During this transfer, contaminants may be introduced into the material. These methods may remove the contaminant by treating the material with a surface modified nanoceramic through nanofiltration and/or active sites adsorption/reaction. The surface modified nanoceramic may remove at least part of the contaminant in the material. No cooling required prior to removing the contaminant from the material, which can lead to great energy saving and pollution reduction. | 11-26-2009 |
20100006148 | SOLAR CELL WITH POROUS INSULATING LAYER - Disclosed are solar cells and methods for making solar cells. An example solar cell may include an electron conductor layer. The solar cell may also include a hole conductor layer. An insulating layer may be disposed between the electron conductor layer and the hole conductor layer. The insulating layer may have a plurality of pores. Absorber material may be disposed at least partially within at least some of the plurality of pores. | 01-14-2010 |
20100105033 | METHOD FOR SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM AND MUTATION DETECTION USING REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION MICROARRAY - A method and apparatus for real-time, simultaneous, qualitative measurement of one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms in one or more target nucleic acids is provided. This method involves combining a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with an evanescent wave technique. | 04-29-2010 |
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20130040295 | METHOD TO INCREASE DETECTION EFFICIENCY OF REAL TIME PCR MICROARRAY BY QUARTZ MATERIAL - A reactor for the quantitative analysis of target nucleic acids using an evanescent wave detection technique and a method for the quantitative analysis of target nucleic acids are provided. The reactor includes a substrate with a cavity, a buffer layer arranged over the substrate, a quartz cover plate arranged over the buffer layer, and inlet and outlet ports. The reactor is thermally and chemically stable for PCR processing and suitable for an evanescent wave detection technique. | 02-14-2013 |
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Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090088338 | MULTI-CHANNEL MICROARRAY APPARATUS AND METHODS - A multi-channel microarray reader has a light source carried by a first supporting stage, a second supporting stage having a plurality of reaction assembly receiving positions, each position to receive a reaction assembly, wherein each reaction assembly includes a reaction chamber and an optical substrate to support a microarray chip, and wherein the reaction chamber and the optical substrate encapsulate a buffer solution. The reader also includes an imaging sensor positioned to detect fluorescence emitted from a single microarray chip and a motion control module to position at least one of the first and second supporting stages to cause a selected microarray chip to receive energy emitted from the light source and to position the imaging sensor to receive fluorescence from that microarray chip. | 04-02-2009 |
20100105032 | HIGHLY SENSITIVE MULTIPLEX SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM AND MUTATION DETECTION USING REAL TIME LIGASE CHAIN REACTION MICROARRAY - A method and apparatus for real-time, simultaneous, quantitative measurement of one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms in one or more target nucleic acids is provided. This method involves combining a ligase chain reaction (LCR), a ligase detection reaction (LDR), and/or a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with an evanescent wave technique. | 04-29-2010 |
20100105575 | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM GENOTYPING DETECTION VIA THE REAL-TIME INVADER ASSAY MICROARRAY PLATFORM - A method and apparatus for real-time, simultaneous, quantitative measurement for detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in a target nucleic acid is provided. This method involves combining a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with invader assay technique. | 04-29-2010 |
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