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20120139469 | LEVITATED MICRO-MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - A method of propelling a magnetic manipulator above a circuit substrate includes arranging a magnetic manipulator on a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the circuit substrate, generating drive signals using a controller, and applying the drive signals to at least two conductive traces arranged in the circuit substrate below the diamagnetic layer. A circuit substrate to control movement of a magnetic manipulator has a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the substrate, and conductive traces arranged under the diamagnetic layer, the conductive traces arranged in a parallel line pattern in at least two separate layers. | 06-07-2012 |
20130027159 | MANUFACTURING USING LEVITATED MANIPULATOR ROBOTS - A method of building structures using diamagnetically levitated manipulators includes depositing, with a first end effector attached to a first manipulator, a first adhesive at a first location on a first surface, picking up, with a second end effector, an article, moving the article to the surface, and placing the article on the adhesive on the surface. | 01-31-2013 |
20140183979 | LEVITATED-MICRO MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - A system has a first operation substrate, the operation substrate having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in a layer in the substrate, at least one flex circuit magnetically coupled to the operation substrate, the flex circuit having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in the substrate, and at least one manipulator moveable across the sliding surfaces of the operation substrate and the flex circuit by magnetic fields generated by application of current to the conductive traces. | 07-03-2014 |
20140217835 | LEVITATED-MICRO MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - A system including a first circuit substrate having conductive traces in layers of the first substrate, the first substrate having a first diamagnetic layer, a second circuit substrate having conductive traces in layers of the second substrate, the second substrate having a second diamagnetic layer, at least one manipulator residing adjacent one of the first and second diamagnetic layers, the manipulator being moveable across the first and second diamagnetic layers through magnetic fields generated by selected application of current to the conductive traces, and a controller coupled to the traces arranged to produce signals which result in the current being applied to the conductive traces. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090062409 | POROUS COORDINATION COPOLYMERS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - A coordination polymer includes a plurality of metal atoms or metal clusters linked together by a plurality of organic linking ligands. Each linking ligand comprises a residue of a negatively charged polydentate ligand. Characteristically, the plurality of multidentate ligands include a first linking ligand having first hydrocarbon backbone and a second ligand having a second hydrocarbon backbone. The first hydrocarbon backbone is different than the second hydrocarbon backbone. | 03-05-2009 |
20090062498 | NOVEL STRATEGIES, LINKERS AND COORDINATION POLYMERS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SORBENTS - A linking ligand compound includes three bidentate chemical moieties distributed about a central chemical moiety. Another linking ligand compound includes a bidentate linking ligand and a monodentate chemical moiety. Coordination polymers include a plurality of metal clusters linked together by residues of the linking ligand compounds. | 03-05-2009 |
20100222509 | Block Coordination Copolymers - The present invention provides compositions of crystalline coordination copolymers wherein multiple organic molecules are assembled to produce porous framework materials with layered or core-shell structures. These materials are synthesized by sequential growth techniques such as the seed growth technique. In addition, the invention provides a simple procedure for controlling functionality. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222523 | Block Coordination Copolymers - The present invention provides compositions of crystalline coordination copolymers wherein multiple organic molecules are assembled to produce porous framework materials with layered or core-shell structures. These materials are synthesized by sequential growth techniques such as the seed growth technique. In addition, the invention provides a simple procedure for controlling functionality. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222619 | Block Coordination Copolymers - The present invention provides compositions of crystalline coordination copolymers wherein multiple organic molecules are assembled to produce porous framework materials with layered or core-shell structures. These materials are synthesized by sequential growth techniques such as the seed growth technique. In addition, the invention provides a simple procedure for controlling functionality. | 09-02-2010 |
20100258004 | MICROPOROUS COORDINATION POLYMERS AS NOVEL SORBENTS FOR GAS SEPARATION - A method of separating a target component from a chemical mixture comprising contacting a chemical mixture with a microporous coordination polymer. The microporous polymer is described by the formula: [M | 10-14-2010 |
20110021341 | Adsorbents for Organosulfur Compound Removal from Fluids - A method for separating organosulfur compounds from a liquid is provided. The method of this embodiment comprises contacting the liquid with the microporous coordination polymer to form a MCP-organosulfur inclusion compound. | 01-27-2011 |
20130237411 | Novel Strategies, Linkers and Coordination Polymers for High-Performance Sorbents - A linking ligand compound includes three bidentate chemical moieties distributed about a central chemical moiety. Another linking ligand compound includes a bidentate linking ligand and a monodentate chemical moiety. Coordination polymers include a plurality of metal clusters linked together by residues of the linking ligand compounds. | 09-12-2013 |
20130305922 | GAS DEHUMIDIFICATION BY MICROPOROUS COORDINATION POLYMERS - A gas-dehumidification method can include passing a humid gas stream through a water-sorbing sorbent comprising a microporous coordination polymer or derivative thereof, wherein the sorbent sorbs water from the passing humid gas stream to produce a water-sorbed sorbent and a dehumidified gas stream. The method can further include passing a drying gas through the water-sorbed sorbent under conditions sufficient to desorb the water and to regenerate the water-sorbing sorbent. | 11-21-2013 |
20140179514 | RAPID AND ENHANCED ACTIVATION OF MICROPOROUS COORDINATION POLYMERS BY FLOWING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 - Flowing supercritical CO | 06-26-2014 |