Yeast biofilm based fuel cell
    3.
    发明授权
    Yeast biofilm based fuel cell 有权
    酵母生物膜基燃料电池

    公开(公告)号:US08546002B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US12606056

    申请日:2009-10-26

    IPC分类号: H01M8/16 H01M8/00

    摘要: A yeast biofilm microbial fuel cell has anode and cathode chambers, each containing an electrolyte medium, separated by a proton conducting membrane. A baker's yeast biofilm is induced to form on the anode under electrical poising. A method of making the MFC includes adding baker's yeast and yeast nutrient fuel source to the anode solution, connecting a resistor across the anode and cathode to enable current flow through the resistor for a selected time for poising the anode and formation of the anodic yeast biofilm, replacing the anode solution with a fresh quantity of yeast-free solution, adding fuel source to the solution, and continuing to run the MFC for a selected time under resistance. The steps of replacing the anode solution, adding fuel source and running the cell under load are repeated until the baker's yeast has formed a suitable anodic biofilm.

    摘要翻译: 酵母生物膜微生物燃料电池具有阳极室和阴极室,每个室包含由质子传导膜隔开的电解质介质。 在电气起动下,在阳极上诱导面包师的酵母生物膜形成。 制造MFC的方法包括将面包师的酵母和酵母营养燃料源加入到阳极溶液中,在阳极和阴极之间连接电阻器,以使电流流过电阻器一段选择的时间用于阳极氧化和形成阳极酵母生物膜 ,用新鲜的无酵母溶液代替阳极溶液,向溶液中加入燃料源,并在电阻下继续运行MFC一段选定的时间。 重复更换阳极溶液,添加燃料源和运行电池的步骤,直到面包师的酵母形成合适的阳极生物膜。

    SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING MARINE BIO-FOULING OF AN UNDERWATER STRUCTURE
    4.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING MARINE BIO-FOULING OF AN UNDERWATER STRUCTURE 有权
    水下结构的海洋生物泄漏系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110081207A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-07

    申请号:US12572010

    申请日:2009-10-01

    IPC分类号: E02D5/60

    CPC分类号: B63B59/00 Y02T70/121

    摘要: A biomimetic system for mitigating marine bio-fouling is disclosed which is based upon the sacrificial skin mechanism found in the pilot whale species. The anti-bio-fouling system is characterized by the continuous in-situ underwater formation of a conformal protective skin around a submerged object or structure and employs a circulatory system embedded in a diffuser layer conformably fitted and secured to the structure to controllably deliver a sacrificial skin-forming material to the structural surface. The system advantageously utilizes the unique chemical properties of the skin-forming material to alter the material's viscosity in response to contact with sea water such that the material is uniformly distributed over the structure surface by a self-diffusion process, notwithstanding structural configuration or gravitational orientation, thus forming a stabilized waterproof layer or sacrificial skin. The sacrificial skin controllably self-dissolves and is shed in response to continuous contact with sea water, thereby carrying away the marine bio-fouling material.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种减轻海洋生物污染的仿生系统,其基于在飞行员鲸鱼物种中发现的牺牲皮肤机制。 防生物污染系统的特征在于在水下物体或结构周围连续原位水下形成保形皮肤,并采用嵌入扩散层中的循环系统,该扩散层适配并固定到结构上以可控地传送牺牲物 成皮材料到结构表面。 该系统有利地利用皮肤形成材料的独特化学性质来响应于与海水接触而改变材料的粘度,使得材料通过自扩散方法均匀地分布在结构表面上,尽管结构构型或重力取向 ,从而形成稳定的防水层或牺牲性皮肤。 牺牲皮肤可控地自我溶解并且响应于与海水的持续接触而脱落,从而携带海洋生物污损物质。

    Magnetic graphite nanoplatelets
    5.
    发明授权
    Magnetic graphite nanoplatelets 有权
    磁石墨纳米片

    公开(公告)号:US08075794B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-13

    申请号:US12166170

    申请日:2008-07-01

    IPC分类号: H01F1/28 H01F1/20 C01B31/04

    摘要: Provided is a magnetic graphite nanoplatelet, and a method of manufacturing nanocomposites by introducing the magnetic nanoplatelets into a composite matrix. Expanded crystalline graphite, in the form of graphite nanoplatelets, is mixed with magnetic particles to adhere the particles to the nanoplatelets. The magnetic graphite nanoplatelets are combined with a composite matrix, typically a polymer, to form a nanocomposite. In the presence of an applied magnetic field, the magnetic graphite nanoplatelets orient and align consistent with the magnetic field to yield a composite having enhance mechanical, electrical and thermal properties.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种磁性石墨纳米血小板,以及通过将磁性纳米片引入复合基质中制造纳米复合材料的方法。 以石墨纳米片形式的膨胀结晶石墨与磁性颗粒混合以将颗粒粘附到纳米片上。 将磁性石墨纳米片与复合基质(通常为聚合物)组合以形成纳米复合材料。 在施加的磁场的存在下,磁性石墨纳米片取向并与磁场一致,以产生具有增强的机械,电和热性能的复合材料。

    YEAST BIOFILM BASED FUEL CELL
    6.
    发明申请
    YEAST BIOFILM BASED FUEL CELL 有权
    基于YEAST BIOFILM的燃料电池

    公开(公告)号:US20110097605A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-28

    申请号:US12606056

    申请日:2009-10-26

    IPC分类号: H01M8/16 C12N13/00

    摘要: A yeast biofilm microbial fuel cell has anode and cathode chambers, each containing an electrolyte medium, separated by a proton conducting membrane. A baker's yeast biofilm is induced to form on the anode under electrical poising. A method of making the MFC includes adding baker's yeast and yeast nutrient fuel source to the anode solution, connecting a resistor across the anode and cathode to enable current flow through the resistor for a selected time for poising the anode and formation of the anodic yeast biofilm, replacing the anode solution with a fresh quantity of yeast-free solution, adding fuel source to the solution, and continuing to run the MFC for a selected time under resistance. The steps of replacing the anode solution, adding fuel source and running the cell under load are repeated until the baker's yeast has formed a suitable anodic biofilm.

    摘要翻译: 酵母生物膜微生物燃料电池具有阳极室和阴极室,每个室包含由质子传导膜隔开的电解质介质。 在电气起动下,在阳极上诱导面包师的酵母生物膜形成。 制造MFC的方法包括将面包师的酵母和酵母营养燃料源加入到阳极溶液中,在阳极和阴极之间连接电阻器,以使电流流过电阻器一段选择的时间用于阳极氧化和形成阳极酵母生物膜 ,用新鲜的无酵母溶液代替阳极溶液,向溶液中加入燃料源,并在电阻下继续运行MFC一段选定的时间。 重复更换阳极溶液,添加燃料源和运行电池的步骤,直到面包师的酵母形成合适的阳极生物膜。

    Magnetic Graphite Nanoplatelets
    8.
    发明申请
    Magnetic Graphite Nanoplatelets 有权
    磁性石墨纳米片

    公开(公告)号:US20100003530A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-07

    申请号:US12166170

    申请日:2008-07-01

    IPC分类号: B32B15/04 B05D3/02

    摘要: Provided is a magnetic graphite nanoplatelet, and a method of manufacturing nanocomposites by introducing the magnetic nanoplatelets into a composite matrix. Expanded crystalline graphite, in the form of graphite nanoplatelets, is mixed with magnetic particles to adhere the particles to the nanoplatelets. The magnetic graphite nanoplatelets are combined with a composite matrix, typically a polymer, to form a nanocomposite. In the presence of an applied magnetic field, the magnetic graphite nanoplatelets orient and align consistent with the magnetic field to yield a composite having enhance mechanical, electrical and thermal properties

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种磁性石墨纳米血小板,以及通过将磁性纳米片引入复合基质中制造纳米复合材料的方法。 以石墨纳米片形式的膨胀结晶石墨与磁性颗粒混合以将颗粒粘附到纳米片上。 将磁性石墨纳米片与复合基质(通常为聚合物)组合以形成纳米复合材料。 在施加的磁场的存在下,磁性石墨纳米片与磁场取向和对准,以产生具有增强机械,电和热性能的复合材料

    METAL IMPREGNATED COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING
    10.
    发明申请
    METAL IMPREGNATED COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING 审中-公开
    金属印制复合材料及其制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080145647A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-19

    申请号:US11953265

    申请日:2007-12-10

    IPC分类号: B32B5/16 B29C65/08

    摘要: Metal-impregnated composite materials and methods of making these are provided. The materials include a reinforcing material of reinforcing fibers, in which the fibers are tightly packed and have discontinuous inter-fiber spaces. In addition, the composite includes metal particulates distributed in at least some of the discontinuous inter-fiber spaces. A polymer encases the reinforcing material and the metal particulates. Methods may include the step of subjecting plies, to which polymer and metal particulates are applied, concurrently to (1) a magnetic field oriented to urge the metal particulates into the plies and (2) to vibration forces. Thereafter, the polymer and metal particulate-containing plies are consolidated under heat and pressure.

    摘要翻译: 提供金属浸渍的复合材料及其制备方法。 这些材料包括增强纤维的增强材料,其中纤维紧密包装并且具有不连续的纤维间隙。 此外,复合材料包括分布在至少一些不连续纤维间隙中的金属微粒。 聚合物包裹增强材料和金属微粒。 方法可以包括将施加了聚合物和金属微粒的层同时进行以下步骤:(1)定向成将金属颗粒推入层中的磁场和(2)振动力。 此后,聚合物和含金属颗粒的层在热和压力下固结。