Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 05/06

20060108215 - Electrochemical reaction method and microchannel electrochemical reactor and its manufacturing method: The invention relates to an electrochemical method and reactor in which at least one electrochemical reaction compartment (5, 6) comprises a plurality of microchannels whose grooves have a cross section of at least partially curved contour with a radius of curvature greater than 30 μm and an area of between...

20060108214 - Load leveling and electrolysis system: The invention is a device for electrical load-leveling and/or electrolysis. A housing contains pairs of electrodes made from or containing a porous material. The electrodes are filled respectively with an anolyte and a catholyte, which is an ionic couple such as Vanadium +2/+3. A non-permi-selective barrier membrane with openings may...

20060108216 - Electrolytic cell for electrolyzed water generator: An electrolytic cell 1 comprises electrolysis chambers 5 and 6 arranged opposite to each other through a diaphragm 11, raw water feed means 8 and 7, electrodes 12a and 12b arranged in the electrolysis chambers 5 and 6 in a manner sandwiching the diaphragm 11, and electrolyzed water take-out means...

20060108217 - Cooled backing plate for a sputtering target, and sputtering target comprising a plurality of backing plates: Claimed is a sputtering target system comprising a plurality of backing plates (2, 3, 4) to be individually cooled. Each backing plate (2, 3, 4) is provided on its back side with a meandering groove (5) that is closed off by a sealing plate. The sealing plate (9) is welded...

20060108218 - Test cell for use with medical diagnostic instrument: A disposable, single use test cell is provided for receiving fluid to be diagnostically tested by an instrument. The test cell includes a housing sized and shaped for engagement by the instrument when a diagnostic test is to be performed, the housing including at least one chamber, at least one...

20060108219 - Chemical sensor and chemical sensor apparatus: A chemical sensor for detecting a reaction of a sensor material with a specimen on the basis of an intensity of a surface plasmon polariton wave propagated along a surface of a sensor medium including the sensor material is principally constituted by the sensor medium. The sensor medium includes a...

20060108220 - Gas sensitive apparatus: Disclosed herein is a gas sensitive apparatus that is useful in view of its applicability to the detection or quantitative determination of individual gases present in a gas mixture, and is advantageous in view of its compact size, and its low power consumption....

20060108221 - Method and apparatus for improving measuring accuracy in gas monitoring systems: A method and apparatus for improving measurement accuracy in a gas monitoring system is provided. The apparatus can be connected to a plurality of gas sample lines each containing a gas sample. The gas samples are routed through a number of delivery channels which are fewer in number than the...

20060108222 - Gas sensor with protective cover having higher water wettability: A gas sensor such as an O2 sensor or NOx sensor used in measuring an air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an automotive internal combustion engine. The gas sensor is equipped with a sensor element and a cover assembly. The cover assembly is coated with a hydrophilic film having...

20060108223 - Measuring device with penetrating electrode: The invention relates to a measuring device having a penetrating electrode. Said elongated electrode of the measuring device is movably mounted in axial direction thereof. In case of a load or a shock, it can absorb said load to a given degree in the housing of said measuring device. Said...

20060108224 - Rapid flow fractionation of particles combining liquid and particulate dielectrophoresis: Rapid, size-based, deposition of particles from liquid suspension is accomplished using a nonuniform electric field created by coplanar microelectrode strips patterned on an insulating substrate. The scheme uses the dielectrophoretic force both to distribute aqueous liquid containing particles and, simultaneously, to separate the particles. Size-based separation is found within nanoliter...

20060108225 - High conductivity sieving matrices for high resolution biomolecule separations: This invention relates to methods and compositions for the separation of biomolecules using capillary electrophoresis with high conductivity sieving matrices. These methods and compositions are particularly useful to increase readlength and migrational speed....

20060102464 - Isotopic lightening: A method of manufacturing a component. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes enriching an element with an isotope and using the enriched element as a material of the component. A property of the first isotope being the same as a property of a second isotope and is preferably a...

20060102465 - Contacting of an electrode with a substance in vacuum: A method for improving the sputter deposition process is provided. The method comprises the following steps: a) providing a vacuum; b) providing an electrode (10, 34, 34′, 44, 44′) in the provided vacuum ; c) providing a substrate in said vacuum, said substrate having no contact with said electrodes (10,...

20060102466 - Ion beam assisted sputtering deposition apparatus: A deposition apparatus to deposit deposition particles on an object includes a first vacuum chamber to accommodate the object, a target provided in the first vacuum chamber to discharge the deposition particles to the object, a sputter source to support the target and to cause the target to discharge the...

20060102467 - Current collimation for thin seed and direct plating: A method and apparatus for plating a conductive material onto a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a fluid processing cell having a fluid basin configured to contain an electrolyte solution and having an opening configured to receive a substrate for processing, an anode assembly positioned in the fluid basin,...

20060102468 - Photolytic oxygenator with carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen separation and fixation: Apparatus for oxygenating an enclosed space as well as removing carbon dioxide from the enclosed space. The apparatus comprises a photolytic cell (16) having an anode compartment with a photo-active surface having the ability to convert water to oxygen; a cathode compartment having the ability to convert carbon dioxide and...

20060102469 - Electroplating apparatus: The interior of a stator bar clip that is joined to the end of a stator bar is electroplated so that a metallic barrier coating overlies the braze joint between the stator bar and the clip to define a seal at and around the joint that is substantially impermeable to...

20060102470 - Encapsulated cathode hanger bar nd method of manufacturing: A cathode for use in the refining or winning of metals, typically used in the electro-refining or winning of copper, comprising a substantially flat deposition plate fixedly attached along an upper edge thereof to an elongate hanger bar thereby defining a connection. A protective cladding is attached to the deposition...

20060102471 - Electrode array device having an adsorbed porous reaction layer: There is disclosed an electrode array device having an adsorbed porous reaction layer for improved synthesis quality. The array comprises a plurality of electrodes on a substrate, wherein the electrodes are electronically connected to a computer control system. The array has an adsorbed porous reaction layer on the plurality of...

20060102472 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a high electrical capacity and exhibits excellent cycle characteristics even when the battery is rapidly charged and discharged at a large current includes: a positive electrode capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing Li; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode...

20060102473 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a high electrical capacity and exhibits excellent cycle characteristics even when the battery is rapidly charged and discharged at a large current includes: a positive electrode capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing Li; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode...

20060102474 - Negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the same: A negative electrode containing an alloying material and a graphite material for providing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. The negative electrode includes graphite and at least one alloying material capable of electrochemically absorbing and desorbing Li. The alloying material includes an A...

20060102475 - Methods and apparatus for determining organic component concentrations in an electrolytic solution: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining organic additive concentrations in a sample electrolytic solution, preferably a copper electroplating solution, by measuring the double layer capacitance of a measuring electrode in such sample solution. Specifically, the present invention utilizes the correlation between double layer capacitance and...

20060102476 - Sensor impedance measuring apparatus for improving measurement accuracy of gas sensor: A sensor impedance measuring apparatus is provided which is designed to apply one of an alternating voltage swept in level to a positive and a negative side to a sensor element of a gas sensor such as an O2 sensor or an A/F sensor and sample the voltage developed at...

20060102477 - Electrowetting dispensing devices and related methods: A method for dispensing liquid for use in biological analysis may comprise positioning liquid to be dispensed via electrowetting. The positioning may comprise aligning the liquid with a plurality of predetermined locations. The method may further comprise dispensing the aligned liquid from the plurality of predetermined locations through a plurality...

20060102478 - Method for analyzing haemoglobin by capillary electrophoresis, a kit for capillary electrophoresis, and use of a flow inhibitor in said method: The invention concerns a method for free solution capillary electrophoresis at an alkaline pH to analyze samples comprising haemoglobin, in which the sample is passed through a capillary containing an analysis buffer, comprising at least one step in which the sample is introduced into a capillary tube containing a solution...

20060102479 - Spectral calibration of fluorescent polynucleotide separation apparatus: The invention relates to methods, compositions, and systems for calibrating a fluorescent polynucleotide separation apparatus. One aspect of the invention is multiple color calibration standards and their use. A multiple color calibration standard is a mixture of at least two polynucleotides of different length, wherein each of the polynucleotides is...

20060102480 - Apparatus and methods for performing electrophoretic separations of macromolecules: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for performing electrophoretic separations of macromolecules, particularly protein and DNA molecules. Cross-linked polyacrylamide is used as a sieving matrix for the separations. As long as the cross-linking is properly controlled, the cross-linked polyacrylamide is replaceable and superior to linear polyacrylamide for electrophoretic separations of macromolecules....

20060102481 - Open frame gel casting in submarine gel electrophoresis: A device and method enables rapid gel casting and two-dimensional electrophoresis of a gel matrix. Agarose gel liquid is poured directly onto a flat metal surface for rapid instant formation of gel matrix. An open frame without bottom plastic anchors the gel matrix for easy handling. Electric pathways are reserved...

20060102482 - Fluidic system: A fluidic system for analysing biomolecules in solution comprises a microchannel (21) having a inlet port (22) and an outlet port (23) across which extends a set of interdigitated electrodes (24) to which an AC voltage source having a voltage of 0-20V and a frequency of 100 Hz to 20...

20060102483 - Hydrogel-driven micropump: A hydrogel-driven micropump, comprising: two fluid chambers; a fluid channel, connecting the two fluid chambers; a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate, which are glass wafers produced by micromechanical working, each having accommodation chambers which are filled in hydrogel which are placed next to the two fluid chambers...

20060096850 - Process and apparatus for decomposition treatment of volatile chlorinated organic compound: A large amount of a medium containing a volatile chlorinated organic compound (VOC) with a low concentration is passed throuth an adsorber filled with an adsorbent which adsorb and desorb the VOC to collect the VOC in the medium in the adsorber; a gas containing water vapor is then brought...

20060096851 - Physical vapor deposition chamber having an adjustable target: The invention relates to physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers having a rotatable substrate pedestal and at least one moveable tilted target. Embodiments of the invention facilitate deposition of highly uniform thin films....

20060096852 - Process and apparatus for applying optical coatings: A process and apparatus for applying an optical coating to a substrate, wherein a transition layer 12, which is used to match mechanical properties of a substrate 10 to mechanical properties of a layer system 16 to be applied upon the transition layer 12, is deposited on a front surface...

20060096853 - Electrocoagulation system: A control assembly for an electrocoagulation cell (1) comprising a plurality of electrodes, a releasable connection means (6) between at least a selection of the electrodes and electrical connection means (9, 10, 9A, 10A) attached to the releasable connection means (6) which in use is connectable to a power supply...

20060096854 - Electromechanical filter for fischer-tropsch synthesis: The present invention relates to an electromechanical filter (2, 4) and to a process for separating fine catalyst particles from a hydrocarbon medium by using said electromechanical filter and is particularly concerned with removing fine catalyst particles from a Fischer-Tropsch product stream....

20060096855 - Cathode arrangement for atomizing a rotatable target pipe: A quick attachment system for cathodes is described. One embodiment of the system comprises a laterally movable support shaft; a flange connected to the support shaft, the flange including a cavity locking element and a shoulder locking element; a bordering separator connectable to a target pipe, the bordering separator comprising...

20060096856 - Shielded encapsulated vacuum interrupter: A shielded encapsulated vacuum interrupter with a ceramic vacuum chamber and opposing conductive end caps is provided. One end cap is electrically connected to a fixed contact, while an opposing end cap is connected to a moving contact. The moving contact is actuatable with the fixed contact for opening or...

20060096857 - Physical vapor deposition chamber having a rotatable substrate pedestal: The invention relates to physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers having a rotatable substrate pedestal. Embodiments of the invention facilitate deposition of highly uniform thin films. In further embodiments, one or more sputtering targets are movably disposed above the pedestal. The orientation of the targets relative to the pedestal may be...

20060096858 - Potentiometric urea sensor based on ion-selective electrode: The present invention is a sensor for detecting urea using a separating-style structure of ion-selective electrode, in which an ammonium ion-selective membrane is immobilized on a conductive layer on the surface of a substrate, said conductive layer has a sensing region and a non-sensing region after packaged, and a conductive...

20060096859 - Amperometric sensor: An amperometric sensor suitable for determining the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in a sample, the sensor comprising a ferricyanide compound which, in reduced form, functions as a mediator specific to hydrogen peroxide....

20060096860 - Analyte recognition system: An analyte recognition system uses an array (16) of ion-selective electrode (ISE) sensors, each sensitive to a different ion in a downstream flow path (32) therethrough to a coupling (30) which provides a ground or bias electrode. Another flow path (34) is upstream through an ISE sensor (26) which provides...

20060096861 - Probe for determination of oxygen activity in metal melts and methods for its production: The invention relates to a probe (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for the measurement of the oxygen activity of metal melts, in particular steel melts, comprising a reference substance (2) of known oxygen activity in electrically conducting contact (3) with a measuring device; and comprising a solid electrolyte predominantly...

20060096862 - Process analytic sensors for demanding applications: An insertion-type process analytic sensor has a distal end that is configured to couple to a process and a proximal end that is configured to couple to the ambient environment. The sensor is constructed from materials that reduce the occurrence of vapor within the sensor as well as facilitate its...

20060096863 - Multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus: Scattering on analysis in a multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus is suppressed. The multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus has a multi-capillary array that has a sample and a separation medium for separating a sample charged therein, and has a sampling section formed at ends of the capillaries and a detector part for acquiring information...

20060096864 - Water purifying system: The present invention provides a water purifying system capable of efficiently producing treated water containing boron at a low concentration. Water to be treated is first fed to the RO membrane apparatus 1 and the passed water is fed through the boron absorptive apparatus 2. Water which was passed through...

20060090996 - Photocatalytic process: A photocatalytic cleaner for air or water includes a photocatalytic material coating a substrate. An anode, positioned a predetermined distance from the substrate, includes a phosphor that emits ultraviolet light in response to bombardment by electrons from a field emission cathode emitting electrons in response to an electric field. The...

20060090997 - Discharge surface-treatment method and discharge surface-treatment apparatus: A discharge surface-treatment method includes generating a pulse-like discharge by using a green compact of metal powder, a metal compound powder, or a ceramic powder as an electrode and applying a voltage equal to or greater than 500 volts between the electrode and a workpiece in a gas atmosphere; and...

20060090998 - Manufacturing process for perpendicular magnetic recording medium: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is manufactured having excellent thermal stability and recording performances across the entire disk surface. In one embodiment, the recording layer includes at least two layers deposited by using a reactive sputtering method under an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a deposition rate larger than the second recording...

20060091000 - Novel thiosilicate phosphor compositions and deposition methods using barium-silicon vacuum deposition sources for deposition of thiosilicate phosphor films: The present invention relates to novel thiosilicate phosphor compositions. The invention is further a physical vapour deposition method for the deposition of rare earth activated thiosilicate phosphor compositions comprising providing at least one or more source materials where the source materials may comprise a barium silicon alloy, an intermetallic barium...

20060090999 - Sputter coating system: A sputter coating system comprises a vacuum chamber, means for generating a vacuum in the vacuum chamber, a gas feed system attached to the vacuum chamber, a gas plasma forming system attached to the vacuum chamber, a system for confining and guiding a gas plasma within the vacuum chamber, and...

20060091001 - Methods and systems of cathodic protection for metallic enclosures: Systems and methods of cathodic protection. The system includes a metallic housing, a backplane situated within the metallic housing, a cathodic protection card coupled to the backplane and a permanent anode, external to the metallic housing, coupled to the cathodic protection card through an isolated port. The cathodic protection system...

20060091002 - Replaceable chlorinator electrode assembly: The invention relates to an apparatus for electrolytic purification, comprising: (a) a pressure vessel having at least one access opening, at least one fluid flow inlet, and at least one fluid flow outlet, wherein the fluid flow inlet and fluid flow outlet are in fluid communication with a chamber inside...

20060091003 - Reducing power consumption in electro-refining or electro-winning of metal: A cathode plate and method for electro-refining or electro-winning of metal. The cathode includes a cathode blade and hanger bar. A quantity of electrically conductive material is wrapped around the hanger bar and along the cathode blade to a position, in use, proximate the level of electrolyte in the electrolytic...

20060091004 - Enhanced edge protector: An edge protector for an electrode found in the electro-winning process. The protector uses an inner core configured to accept an edge of the electrode. This inner core is made from a first material which is chosen because of its ability to withstand high temperatures. Pliable lips, made from a...

20060091005 - Electolytic processing apparatus: An electrolytic processing apparatus has at least one processing electrode (86) and at least feeding electrode (86) disposed on the same side as the processing electrode (86) with respect to a substrate (W). An organic compound having an ion exchange group is chemically bonded to at least one of a...

20060091006 - Analyte sensor with insertion monitor, and methods: A sensor, and methods of making, for determining the concentration of an analyte, such as glucose or lactate, in a biological fluid such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. The sensor includes a working electrode and a counter electrode, and can include an insertion...

20060091007 - Gas detecting device with self-diagnosis for electrochemical gas sensor: A test signal is applied in parallel with an electrochemical gas sensor for about ten seconds, while an amplifying circuit is turned off. After turning off the test signal, the amplifying circuit is turned on. If the gas sensor outputs an waveform of a predetermined shape in a predetermined period...

20060091008 - Heating device: A heating device for a sensor element of a gas sensor, in particular for use in exhaust gas analysis of internal combustion engines, has a heating element, which has an electrical resistor layer. The heating element is electrically insulated from at least one solid electrolyte layer by a layer containing...

20060091009 - Ion selective electrode with integral sealing surface: An ion selective electrode assembly (10) comprises an ion selective electrode (12) provided as a solid pellet of polycrystalline electrolyte material with inert conductive and polymeric binding agent additives. The ion selective electrode (12) includes a first face (40), a second face (50), and at least one sidewall (60). An...

20060091010 - Carbon dioxide sensor: A carbon dioxide sensor (1) has a substrate (10) containing a solid electrolyte. A detecting electrode (20) and a reference electrode (30) are provided on a principal surface (12) of the substrate (10). A glass layer (40) is provided on at least part of the surface of the substrate (10)....

20060091011 - Automated parallel capillary electrophoresis system with hydrodynamic sample injection: An automated capillary zone electrophoretic system is disclosed. The system employs a capillary cartridge having a plurality of capillary tubes. The cartridge has a first array of capillary ends projecting from one side of a plate. The first array of capillary ends are spaced apart in substantially the same manner...

20060091012 - Capillary array: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided...

20060091013 - Electric demineralizer: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrical deionization apparatus having a novel constitution with excellent deionization efficiency. As means for solving this problem, according to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an electrical deionization apparatus having deionization compartments, concentration compartments and electrode...

20060091014 - Ion exchanger: A porous ion exchanger includes an open cell structure including interconnected macropores and mesopores whose average diameter is in a range of 1 to 1000 μm existing on walls of the macropores. Moreover, a total pore volume is in a range of 1 to 50 ml/g, ion exchange groups are...

20060091015 - Surface modification for non-specific adsorption of biological material: The present teachings provide a manipulation chamber, device, and method related to surface modifiers added to an electrode exposed to the biomolecules or a layer adjacent to an electrode exposed to the biomolecules to decrease non-specific adsorption of the biomolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids in a biological sample....