Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for producing a chromatography-enrichment column, the method comprising the following steps: (a) depositing at least one layer of desired particles, which may be identical or different, and are intended to constitute the stationary phase, in a compact assembly, on the flat surface of a substrate; (b) crosslinking the layer in at least the regions corresponding to the desired shape of the enrichment column to be obtained; (c) impregnating the layer with a light radiation-sensitive material; (d) insolating the layer obtained in step (c) so as to form insolated regions of which the shape corresponds to the desired internal shape of the enrichment column, if the light radiation-sensitive material behaves like a positive resin or to form non-insolated regions of which the shape corresponds to the desired internal shape of the enrichment column if the light radiation-sensitive material behaves like negative resin; and (e) eliminating the light radiation-sensitive material in the zones corresponding to the internal shape of the enrichment column. The invention is used in particular in the field of chemical analysis.
Abstract:
To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid, whereby it is possible to form a surface-treated layer which has high initial water/oil repellency and which is excellent in abrasion resistance and fingerprint stain removability, and a substrate having a surface-treated layer and a method for its production.A fluorinated ether compound which has a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain ((αβ)n) made of at least two units (αβ) linked to one another, and which has a hydrolysable silyl group on at least one terminal of the chain ((αβ)n) via a linking group, wherein each unit (αβ) is a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) group comprising one to three groups (α) made of at least one type of a C1-2 oxyperfluoroalkylene group and one to three groups (β) made of at least one type of a C3-6 oxyperfluoroalkylene group.
Abstract:
The invention provides materials and methods for forming coatings on substrates. The coatings are durable and resistant to damage from environmental, chemical, thermal, and/or radiative sources. In some embodiments, the coatings comprise bilayers of electrostatically charged materials. The bilayers are created by alternately applying solutions comprising water-soluble, electrostatically charged materials. Durability is imparted to the coatings by the formation of crosslinks that are formed within and between layers after deposition of the coatings.
Abstract:
In order to provide the high sensitivity SERS active substrates needed for rapid and sensitive chemical/biological agent detection, the present invention provides a Plasmonic Nano-antenna Array (PNA) substrate with large local electromagnetic field enhancements; a controllable and repeatable nano-fabrication process for creating the PNA surface; and a system design for a compact, portable device capable of using the PNA technology to acquire and analyze target molecular samples. Both 2D and 3D systems are provided.
Abstract:
A method for producing a film of vanadium pentoxide nanowires having improved alignment is provided. The method comprises the steps of a) preparing a solution of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanowires by a sol-gel method; b) diluting the solution of vanadium pentoxide nanowires with water and feeding the dilute aqueous solution into a Langmuir-Blodgett trough; c) adding a dispersant to the dilute aqueous solution of vanadium pentoxide nanowires; d) diluting a solution of a dioctadecyldimethylammonium halide with an organic solvent, applying the dioctadecyldimethylammonium halide solution to the surface of the dilute aqueous solution of vanadium pentoxide nanowires in the Langmuir-Blodgett trough, and allowing the solutions to stand to disperse the dioctadecyldimethylammonium halide solution in the Langmuir-Blodgett trough; e) controlling the surface pressure of the dioctadecyldimethylammonium halide solution using barriers mounted on the Langmuir-Blodgett trough; f) affixing a substrate to a dipping arm of the Langmuir-Blodgett trough and bringing the substrate into contact with the surface of the dioctadecyldimethylammonium halide solution; and g) separating the substrate from the dipping arm.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus (10) for making thin layers from particles, wherein the particles are deposited on a carrier fluid flowing by gravity along a ramp (12) leading to a dam (18). The particles are held back at the bottom of the ramp (12), thereby causing the particles to be piled up one against the other in a monolayer configuration.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for attaching nanomaterials by using a Langmuir-Blodgett method, wherein a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film, which is comprised of nanomaterials, is formed from a dispersed solution where the nanomaterials are stably dispersed in a volatile organic solvent, and then the nanomaterials of the LB film are transferred to a substrate or a holder. The method according to the present invention may be desirably applied to fabrication of a nanopattern structure, or manufacture of a probe, as a mechanical and electric device, for detecting signals such as surface or chemical signals.
Abstract:
Langmuir-Blodgett films are provided in which a molecule is chemically bonded with a bottom electrode substrate as part of a crossed wire device comprising two electrodes and a molecular layer therebetween. The molecule, which comprises a switchable moiety and a connecting moiety, is provided with a photolabile capping group attached to the connecting moiety. The photolabile capping group temporarily caps the reactive connecting group of the molecule. The capped molecules are processed to form a LB film on the water-air interface of water. The films are then exposed to UV light. The photolabile capping group decomposes to give back the connecting group, which remains in the water. As the uncapped LB films are transferred to a bottom electrode substrate, the surface of the electrode reacts with the reactive connecting group of the molecule to form a chemically bonded LB layer on the substrate, thereby providing improved LB films.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus (10) for making thin layers from particles, wherein the particles are deposited on a carrier fluid flowing by gravity along a ramp (12) leading to a dam (18). The particles are held back at the bottom of the ramp (12), thereby causing the particles to be piled up one against the other in a monolayer configuration.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus (10) for making thin layers from particles, wherein the particles are deposited on a carrier fluid flowing by gravity along a ramp (12) leading to a dam (18). The particles are held back at the bottom of the ramp (12), thereby causing the particles to be piled up one against the other in a monolayer configuration.