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MtNIP Regulated Plants with Significantly Increased Size and Biomass
Patent relating to creating transgenic plants.
Date:
November 2, 2012
Creator:
Dickstein, Rebecca; Salehin, Mohammad & Bagchi, Rammyani
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tunable Polymer-Based Sonic Structures
Patent relating to methods and devices for controlling the propagation of sound and particularly to tunable polymer-based sonic structures.
Date:
November 14, 2013
Creator:
Walker, Ezekiel; Neogi, Arup & Cai, Tong
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Microgels of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Analogue-Based Biopolymers, their Manufacture, and their Applications
Patent relating to monodisperse thermo-responsive microgels of poly(ethylene glycol) analogue-based biopolymers, their manufacture, and their applications.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Hu, Zhibing; Cai, Tong; Chi, Chenglin & Marquez, Manuel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Composition of Epoxy Resin, Aliphatic Amine Curing Agent and Halogenated Amine
Patent relating to the composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine.
Date:
April 12, 2005
Creator:
Bilyeu, Bryan; Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Menard, Kevin P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Escherichia Coli CSRB Gene and RNA Encoded Thereby
Patent regarding the synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels.
Date:
November 15, 2002
Creator:
Hu, Zhibing; Lu, Xihua; Gao, Jun; Cai, Tong; Huang, Gang & Zhou, Bo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants
Patent relating to metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants.
Date:
November 15, 2002
Creator:
Braterman, Paul S.; D'Souza, Nandika & Dharia, Amit
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, Uses and Compositions of Crystal Hydrogels
Patent relating to the synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels.
Date:
November 15, 2002
Creator:
Hu, Zhibing; Lu, Xihua; Gao, Jun; Cai, Tong; Huang, Gang & Zhou, Bo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal Beneficiation by Gas Agglomeration
Coal beneficiation is achieved by suspending coal fines in a colloidal suspension of microscopic gas bubbles in water under atmospheric conditions to form small agglomerates of the fines adhered by the gas bubbles. The agglomerates are separated, recovered and resuspended in water. Thereafter, the pressure on the suspension is increased above atmospheric to deagglomerate, since the gas bubbles are then re-dissolved in the water. During the deagglomeration step, the mineral matter is dispersed, and when the pressure is released, the coal portion of the deagglomerated gas-saturated water mixture reagglomerates, with the small bubbles now coming out of the solution. The reagglomerate can then be separated to provide purified coal fines without the mineral matter.
Date:
March 15, 2000
Creator:
Wheelock, Thomas D. & Shen, Meiyu
System:
The UNT Digital Library
All-vapor processing of P-type tellurium-containing II-VI semiconductor and ohmic contacts thereof
An all dry method for producing solar cells is provided comprising first heat-annealing a II-VI semiconductor; enhancing the conductivity and grain size of the annealed layer; modifying the surface and depositing a tellurium layer onto the enhanced layer; and then depositing copper onto the tellurium layer so as to produce a copper tellurium compound on the layer.
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
McCandless, Brian E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Multi-stage slurry system used for grinding and polishing materials
A slurry system draws slurry from a slurry tank via one of several intake pipes, where each pipe has an intake opening at a different depth in the slurry. The slurry is returned to the slurry tank via a bypass pipe in order to continue the agitation of the slurry. The slurry is then diverted to a delivery pipe, which supplies slurry to a polisher. The flow of shiny in the bypass pipe is stopped in order for the slurry in the slurry tank to begin to settle. As the polishing continues, slurry is removed from shallower depths in order to pull finer grit from the slurry. When the polishing is complete, the flow in the delivery pipe is ceased. The flow of slurry in the bypass pipe is resumed to start agitating the slurry. In another embodiment, the multiple intake pipes are replaced by a single adjustable pipe. As the slurry is settling, the pipe is moved upward to remove the finer grit near the top of the slurry tank as the polishing process continues.
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
Hed, P. Paul & Fuchs, Baruch A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automated Sample collection and Analysis unit
Autoramp is an atmospheric radionuclide collection and analysis unit designed for unattended operation. A large volume of air passes through one of 31 filter cartridges which is then moved from a sampling chamber and past a bar code reader, to a shielded enclosure. The collected dust-borne radionuclides are counted with a high resolution germanium gamma-ray detector. An analysis is made and the results are transmitted to a central station that can also remotely control the unit.
Date:
March 31, 1999
Creator:
Latner, Norman; Sanderson, Colin G. & Negro, Vincent C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fluidtight Seal for a Container
A fluidtight seal for a container is formed by abutting a metal ring with a step machined in a convexo-concave container closure device and inserting this assembly into an open end of the container. Under compressive force, the closure device deforms causing the metal ring to pivot about the step on the closure device and interact with symmetrically tapered inner walls of the container to form a fluidtight seal between the container and the closure device. The compressive force is then withdrawn without affecting the fluidtight characteristic of the seal. A destructive force against the container closure device is necessary to destroy the fluidtight seal.
Date:
March 31, 1999
Creator:
Morrison, Edward F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New Carbon Activation Process for Increased Surface Accessibility in Electrochemical Capacitors
A process for making carbon film or powder suitable for double capacitor electrodes having a capacitance of up to about 300 F/cm{sup 3} is disclosed. This is accomplished by treating in aqueous nitric acid for a period of about 5 to 15 minutes thin carbon films obtained by carbonizing carbon-containing polymeric material having a high degree of molecular directionality, such as polyimide film, then heating the treated carbon film in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a non-graphitizing temperature of at least 350 C for about 20 minutes, and repeating alternately the nitric acid step and the heating step from 7 to 10 times. Capacitors made with this carbon may find uses ranging from electronic devices to electric vehicle applications.
Date:
March 16, 1999
Creator:
Doughty, Daniel H. & Eisenmann, Erhard T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Method for the Removal of Ultrafine Particulates from an Aqueous Suspension
A method of separating ultra-fine particulate from an aqueous suspension such as a process stream or a waste stream. The method involves the addition of alkali silicate and an organic gelling agent to a volume of liquid, from the respective process or waste stream, to form a gel. The gel then undergoes syneresis to remove water and soluble salts from the gel-containing the particulate, thus, forming a silica monolith. The silica monolith is then sintered to form a hard, nonporous waste form.
Date:
March 5, 1999
Creator:
Chaiko, David J.; Kopasz, John P. & Ellison, Adam J. G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electrochemical storage cell containing a substituted anisole or di-anisole redox shuttle additive for overcharge protection and suitable for use in liquid organic and solid polymer electrolytes
A electrochemical cell is described comprising an anode, a cathode, a solid polymer electrolyte; and a redox shuttle additive to protect the cell against overcharging and a redox shuttle additive to protect the cell against overcharging selected from the group consisting of: (a) a substituted anisole having the general formula shown in a figure (in an uncharged state): where R{sub 1} is selected from the group consisting of H, 0CH{sub 3}, OCH{sub 2}CH{sub 3}, and OCH{sub 2}phenyl, and R{sub 2} is selected from the group consisting of OCH{sub 3}, OCH{sub 2}CH{sub 3}, OCH{sub 2} phenyl, and O{sup {minus}}Li{sup +}; and (b) a di-anisole compound having the general formula shown in a second figure (in an uncharged state): where R is selected from the group consisting of -OCH{sup 3} and -CH{sub 3}, m is either 1 or 0, n is either 1 or 0, and X is selected from the group consisting of -OCH{sub 3} (methoxy) or its lithium salt -O{sup {minus}}Li{sup +}. The lithium salt of the di-anisole is the preferred form of the redox shuttle additive because the shuttle anion will then initially have a single negative charge, it loses two electrons when it is oxidized at the cathode, …
Date:
March 1998
Creator:
Kerr, John B. & Tian, Minmin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Linear electric field mass spectrometry
A mass spectrometer is described having a low weight and low power requirement, for use in space. It can be used to analyze the ionized particles in the region of the spacecraft on which it is mounted. High mass resolution measurements are made by timing ions moving through a gridless cylindrically sysmetric linear electric field.
Date:
March 29, 1991
Creator:
McComas, D. J. & Nordholt, J. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tritium monitor and collection system
This system measures tritium on-line and collects tritium from a flowing inert gas stream. It separates the tritium from other non-hydrogen isotope contaminating gases, whether radioactive or not. The collecting portion of the system is constructed of various zirconium alloys called getters. These alloys adsorb tritium in any of its forms at one temperature and at a higher temperature release it as a gas. The system consists of four on-line getters and heaters, two ion chamber detectors, two collection getters, and two guard getters. When the incoming gas stream is valved through the on-line getters, 99.9% of it is adsorbed and the remainder continues to the guard getter where traces of tritium not collected earlier are adsorbed. The inert gas stream then exits the system to the decay chamber. Once the on-line getter has collected tritium for a predetermined time, it is valved off and the next online getter is valved on. Simultaneously, the first getter is heated and a pure helium purge is employed to carry the tritium from the getter. The tritium loaded gas stream is then routed through an ion chamber which measures the tritium activity. The ion chamber effluent passes through a collection getter that readsorbs …
Date:
March 26, 1991
Creator:
Baker, J. D.; Wickham, K. L.; Ely, W. E.; Tuggle, D. G.; Meikrantz, D. H.; Grafwaller, E. G. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sterilization of fermentation vessels by ethanol/water mixtures
This invention is comprised of a method for sterilizing process fermentation vessels with a concentrated alcohol and water mixture integrated in a fuel alcohol or other alcohol production facility. Hot, concentrated alcohol is drawn from a distillation or other purification stage and sprayed into the empty fermentation vessels. This sterilizing alcohol/water mixture should be of a sufficient concentration, preferably higher than 12% alcohol by volume, to be toxic to undesirable microorganisms. Following sterilization, this sterilizing alcohol/water mixture can be recovered back into the same distillation or other purification stage from which it was withdrawn. The process of this invention has its best application in, but is not limited to, batch fermentation processes, wherein the fermentation vessels must be emptied, cleaned, and sterilized following completion of each batch fermentation process.
Date:
March 20, 1991
Creator:
Wyman, C. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Process for producing clad superconductive materials
A process for fabricating superconducting composite wire by the steps of placing a superconductive precursor admixture capable of undergoing a self propagating combustion in stoichiometric amounts sufficient to form a superconductive product within a metal tube, sealing one end of said tube, igniting said superconductive precursor admixture whereby said superconductive precursor admixture endburns along the length of the admixture, and cross-section reducing said tube at a rate substantially equal to the rate of burning of said superconductive precursor admixture and at a point substantially planar with the burnfront of the superconductive precursor mixture, whereby a clad superconductive product is formed in situ, the product characterized as superconductive without a subsequent sintering stage, is disclosed.
Date:
March 19, 1991
Creator:
Cass, R. B.; Ott, K. C. & Peterson, D. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus and method for critical current measurements
An apparatus for the measurement of the critical current of a superconductive sample, e.g., a clad superconductive sample, the apparatus including a conductive coil, a means for maintaining the coil in proximity to a superconductive sample, an electrical connection means for passing a low amplitude alternating current through the coil, a cooling means for maintaining the superconductive sample at a preselected temperature, a means for passing a current through the superconductive sample, and, a means for monitoring reactance of the coil. The alternating current capable of generating a magnetic field sufficient to penetrate, e.g., any cladding, and to induce eddy currents in the superconductive material, passing a steadily increasing current through the superconductive material, the current characterized as having a different frequency than the alternating current, and, monitoring the reactance of the coil with a phase sensitive detector as the current passed through the superconductive material is steadily increased whereby critical current of the superconductive material can be observed as the point whereat a component of impedance deviates.
Date:
March 15, 1991
Creator:
Martin, J. A. & Dye, R. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amorphous silicon/polycrystalline thin film solar cells
An improved photovoltaic solar cell is described including a p-type amorphous silicon layer, intrinsic amorphous silicon, and an n-type polycrystalline semiconductor such as cadmium sulfide, cadmium zinc sulfide, zinc selenide, gallium phosphide, and gallium nitride. The polycrystalline semiconductor has an energy bandgap greater than that of the amorphous silicon. The solar cell can be provided as a single-junction device or a multijunction device.
Date:
March 13, 1991
Creator:
Ullal, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Magnetron sputtered boron films and Ti/B multilayer structures
A method is described for the production of thin boron and titanium/boron films by magnetron sputter deposition. The amorphous boron films contain no morphological growth features, unlike those found when thin films are prepared by various physical vapor 5 deposition processes. Magnetron sputter deposition method requires the use of a high density crystalline boron sputter target which is prepared by hot isostatic pressing. Thin boron films prepared by this method are useful for ultra-thin band pass filters as well as the low Z element in low Z/high Z mirrors which enhance reflectivity 10 from grazing to normal incidence.
Date:
March 11, 1991
Creator:
Makowiecki, Daniel Matthew & Jankowski, Alan Frederic
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Process for strengthening silicon based ceramics
A process for strengthening silicon based ceramic monolithic materials and composite materials that contain silicon based ceramic reinforcing phases that requires that the ceramic be exposed to a wet hydrogen atmosphere at about 1400{degrees}C. The process results in a dense, tightly adherent silicon containing oxide layer that heals, blunts, or otherwise negates the detrimental effect of strength limiting flaws on the surface of the ceramic body.
Date:
March 7, 1991
Creator:
Kim, Hyoun-Ee & Moorhead, A. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Integrated process for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
This invention is comprised of a process for recovering nuclear fuel from spent fuel assemblies that employs a single canister process container. The cladding and fuel are oxidized in the container, the fuel is dissolved and removed from the container for separation from the aqueous phase, the aqueous phase containing radioactive waste is returned to the container. This container is also the disposal vessel. Add solidification agents and compress container for long term storage.
Date:
March 6, 1991
Creator:
Forsberg, C. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library