LAMINATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER FORMATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20250011933A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18547946

    申请日:2022-01-28

    Abstract: A laminate manufacturing apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, a gas introduction port, and a plasma generator. The laminate manufacturing apparatus has a surface hydrophilization mode in which a film formation surface of a substrate is modified by a plasma atmosphere in a state in which an evaporation source that imparts a hydrophilic group is supplied into the vacuum chamber, thereby rendering the film formation surface hydrophilic, and a self-assembling mode in which an evaporation source of a precursor material of a self-assembled monolayer is supplied to the substrate on which the film formation surface has been hydrophilized, in a state in which an evaporation source that promotes hydrolysis of the precursor material of the self-assembled monolayer has been supplied while an inside of the vacuum chamber is under a vacuum, thereby forming the self-assembled monolayer on the hydrophilized film formation surface.

    ROTATIONAL PLASMA GENERATOR AND METHODS FOR TREATING THIN-FILM FLUIDS

    公开(公告)号:US20240424468A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-26

    申请号:US18264498

    申请日:2022-02-08

    Applicant: AA Plasma LLC

    Abstract: A plasma generating device comprising: a cylindrical rotational electrode situated lengthwise on a rotating shaft connected to a motor, the rotational electrode disposed over a reservoir and having a contact portion extending into the reservoir; one or more static electrodes held in proximity to the rotational electrode to generate a plasma therebetween when a sufficient voltage difference exists between the static electrodes and the rotational electrode, the sufficient voltage difference created by a high voltage generator connected directly or indirectly to the static electrodes, the rotational electrode, or both; and a dielectric material situated between the rotational electrode and the static electrodes, the dielectric material having a sufficient thickness to prevent a short-circuit between the rotational electrode and the static electrodes yet a minimal thickness to allow the plasma to be generated between the rotational electrode and the static electrodes.

    Method for carrying out a polymerase chain reaction and device for carrying out the method

    公开(公告)号:US12163171B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US16343675

    申请日:2017-10-20

    Abstract: A method for amplifying nucleic acids by a polymerase chain reaction in a reaction volume heated using electrical energy. In at least one of the passages of the amplification cycle of the polymerase chain reaction, the ratio of the electrical energy used in the denaturation step to heat the reaction volume to the size of the reaction volume is less than 20 Joule per milliliter. Further shown is a method of amplifying nucleic acids in a reaction volume by using a device that includes a reaction vessel and a heating means with at least one heating element in contact with the reaction volume where at least one heating element is conjugated to oligonucleotides. Also shown is a device for the amplification of nucleic acids in a reaction volume including a reaction vessel for receiving the reaction volume and a heating means consisting of at least one heating element contacting the reaction volume.

    DISTRIBUTED NON-EQUILIBRIUM CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL SYNTHESIS USING COMBINED PLASMA ACTIVATION AND PROGRAMED HEATING AND QUENCHING

    公开(公告)号:US20240367138A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18284573

    申请日:2022-03-31

    Abstract: The approach disclosed herein is a process for non-equilibrium chemical and materials processing using the combination of non-equilibrium plasma, non-equilibrium multi-functional catalysis, a precisely programed heating and quenching (PHQ), and supersonic reaction quenching to dynamically change the chemical equilibrium and increase the yield and selectivity of the products. An important feature of the disclosed approach is to realize an efficient and high selectivity synthesis method of chemicals and materials by using non-chemical equilibrium, non-equilibrium catalysts, and non-equilibrium of excited states via active control of molecule excitation by low temperature hybrid plasma, dynamics of chemical reactions by programed heating and supersonic quenching, and the design of non-equilibrium catalysts by thermal shocks and plasma coupling to enable distributed and electrified chemical synthesis of hydrogen, ammonia, valued carbon and other chemical products at atmospheric conditions. As such, the disclosed approach will enable distributed, electrified, low-carbon, and non-equilibrium chemical and material synthesis using renewable electricity, fossil fuels, biomass, and other abundant or waste resources.

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