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| 20090215924 | Silicone rubber exhibiting effective antimicrobial activity - A silicone rubber exhibiting antimicrobial efficacy contains: | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100113688 | High temperature melt processable semi-crystalline poly (aryl ether ketone) containing a (4-hydroxyphenyl) phthalazin-1 (2H)-one comonomer unit - Compositions and methods for a melt processable semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) incorporating phthalazinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units are described herein. The polymers are resistant to and insoluble in common organic solvents and liquids as well as in aggressive organic solvents such as chloroform and chlorinated liquids. The polymers are melt processable via techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and compression molding. The semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) containing phthalazinone comonomer units have properties which make them suitable for manufacturing high temperature resistant molded systems and other articles. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110104417 | HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER BLENDS OF POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE PHTHALAZINONE) - The present invention provides high temperature compositions comprising blends of a first polymer, poly(aryl ether ketone phthalazinone)s, and a second polymer, selected from poly(aryl ether ketone)s, poly(aryl ketone)s, poly(ether ether ketone)s, poly(ether ketone ketone)s, or polybenzimidazoles, thermoplastic polyimides, polyetherimides, poly(aryl ether sulfone)s, poly(phenylene sulfide)s, and mixtures thereof. The compositions have improved high temperature characteristics, e.g., improved high temperature load capability and improved high temperature melt processibility. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110117152 | SILICONE RUBBER EXHIBITING EFFECTIVE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY - A silicone rubber exhibiting antimicrobial efficacy contains: a) at least one silicone rubber derived from a curable silicone rubber-forming composition; b) at least one silver-containing antimicrobial agent incorporated in silicone rubber (a) in X weight percent amount; and, c) at least one carboxylic acid incorporated in silicone rubber (a) in Y weight percent amount, silver-containing antimicrobial agent (b) when incorporated by itself in silicone rubber (a) in an amount of X+Y weight percent therein and carboxylic acid (c) when incorporated by itself in silicone rubber (a) in an amount of X+Y weight percent therein imparting no significant antimicrobial activity to silicone rubber (a) but in the combination therein of up to X weight percent silver-containing antimicrobial agent (b) and up to Y weight percent carboxylic acid (c) imparting significant antimicrobial activity to silicone rubber (a), such activity being exhibited at the interface of an exposed surface of silicone rubber (a) and a microbe-populated aqueous material in contact therewith. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110166317 | High Temperature Poly(aryl ether)s Containing a Phthalazinone Moiety - A poly(phthalazinone sulfone) composition for molded articles having such characteristics as high temperature resistance, good electrical properties, good chemical and solvent resistance and toughness consists essentially of a polymer of formula (I): | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110181833 | HYDROPHILIC SILICONE MONOMERS, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THIN FILMS CONTAINING THE SAME - There is provided a mono-(meth)acrylate functionalized hydrophilic silicone monomers containing a polyether with branched linking group, useful in making water absorbing silicone-hydrogel films for contact lens applications. This invention also provides homo-polymers and copolymers made from the mono-(meth)acrylate functionalized hydrophilic silicone monomers described herein. Also provided is a process for producing the monomers and polymers described herein and contact lenses produced from the same. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110206880 | HIGH TEMPERATURE MELT PROCESSABLE SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE) CONTAINING A (4-HYDROXYPHENYL)PHTHALAZIN-1(2H)-ONE COMONOMER UNIT - Compositions and methods for a melt processable semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) incorporating phthalazinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units are described herein. The polymers are resistant to and insoluble in common organic solvents and liquids as well as in aggressive organic solvents such as chloroform and chlorinated liquids. The polymers are melt processable via techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and compression molding. The semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) containing phthalazinone comonomer units have properties which make them suitable for manufacturing high temperature resistant molded systems and other articles. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20080285039 | DYNAMIC PLASMONICS-ENABLED SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT, A DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND A METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a plasmonics platform comprising a substrate; a plurality of periodically spaced nanoholes and/or nanoparticles disposed upon the substrate; wherein the average first order of periodicity between the nanoholes and/or the nanoparticles is about 5 to about 1,000 nm; and a microelectromechanical and/or a nanoelectromechanical system in operative communication with the substrate so as to vary the average first order of periodicity between the nanoholes and/or the nanoparticles. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090257055 | HOLLOW-CORE WAVEGUIDE-BASED RAMAN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the invention include a system for sensing homonuclear diatomic molecules, such as, for example, nitrogen. Other embodiments include a method for sensing homonuclear diatomic molecules. The system may include a light source, a hollow-core wave-guiding device that exhibits a low attenuation at predetermined operating optical frequencies and is in optical communication with the light source, a gas introduction system for introducing a gaseous medium between the light source and the hollow-core wave-guiding device, and a detector in optical communication with the hollow-core wave-guiding device. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100007876 | HOLLOW-CORE WAVEGUIDE-BASED RAMAN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the invention include a method for sensing. Other embodiments include a method for sensing molecules, for example, homonuclear diatomic molecules. The method may include transmitting light from a light source through a hollow-core wave-guiding device that exhibits a low attenuation at predetermined operating optical frequencies; introducing a gaseous medium between the light source and the hollow-core wave-guiding device; and detecting molecules within the gas. | 01-14-2010 |
