Patrick R Malenfant

20050159293, Jul 21, 2005

Jan 16, 2004

10/761076

Julin Wan - Schenectady NY, US
Azar Alizadeh - Wilton NY, US
Sergio Paulo Loureiro - Saratoga Springs NY, US
Mohan Manoharan - Niskayuna NY, US
Patrick Roland Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Eric Crane Olson - Niskayuna NY, US
Seth Taylor - Niskayuna NY, US

C04B035/571
C04B035/589

501087000, 501096100, 501097100, 264029600, 264029100, 977DIG001

A method of making nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics through block copolymer-assisted assembly. At least one polymeric precursor is mixed with a block copolymer, and self-assembly of the mixture proceeds through an annealing process. During the annealing step, the polymeric precursor cross-links to form a structure robust enough to survive both the order-disorder transition temperature the block copolymer and the pyrolysis process, yielding ordered nanocomposites of high temperature ceramic materials. The method yields a variety of structures and morphologies. A ceramic material having at least one ceramic phase that has an ordered structure on a nanoscale and thermally stable up to a temperature of at least about 800 C. is also disclosed. The ceramic material is suitable for use in hot gas path assemblies, such as turbine assemblies, boilers, combustors, and the like.

20050262943, Dec 1, 2005

May 27, 2004

10/854845

Glenn Claydon - Wynantskill NY, US
Stacey Goodwin - Niskayuna NY, US
Anis Zribi - Rexford NY, US
Wei-Cheng Tian - Clifton Park NY, US
Aaron Knobloch - Clifton Park NY, US
Walter Cicha - Schenectady NY, US
Patrick Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US

G01N029/04

073579000

According to some embodiments, a Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) sensor includes a sensing material on a spring element. The sensor may also include a detector adapted to determine a resonant frequency associated with the spring element, wherein the resonant frequency changes upon the exposure of the sensing material to an analyte.

20060018835, Jan 26, 2006

Apr 2, 2004

10/818235

Patrick Lucien Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Havva Acar - Clifton Park NY, US
Peter Bonitatebus - Guilderland NY, US
William Dixon - Clifton Park NY, US
Amit Kulkarni - Clifton Park NY, US

A61K 49/18
A61K 9/16
A61K 9/50

424009300, 424490000

An aspect of the invention includes a nanoparticle including a substantially monodisperse inorganic core with a surface and a coating substantially covering the surface of the substantially monodisperse inorganic core, wherein the coating includes of at least coating structure I, II, or III wherein the nanoparticle is substantially non-agglomerated and has diameter in a range from about 1 nm to about 100 nm. An aspect of the invention also encompasses a method of making a substantially non-agglomerated nanoparticle having a diameter in a range from about 1 nm to about 100 nm including a substantially monodisperse inorganic core with a surface and a coating substantially covering the surface of the substantially monodisperse inorganic core, wherein the coating comprises coating structure I, II, or III. An aspect of the invention also encompasses various methods of using the substantially non-agglomerated nanoparticle having a diameter in a range from about 1 nm to about 100 nm including a substantially monodisperse inorganic core with a surface and a coating substantially covering the surface of the substantially monodisperse inorganic core, wherein the coating comprises coating structure I, II, or III.

20060024847, Feb 2, 2006

Jun 21, 2005

11/157548

Fazila Seker - Clifton Park NY, US
Patrick Lucien Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Azar Alizadeh - Wilton NY, US

G01N 33/545

436531000

In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods by which nanoparticle interactions can be controlled, compositions with which such interactions can be controlled, and devices which utilize the control of such interactions. Generally, such methods involve grafting polymer to electromagnetically-functional cores to form a core/shell nanoparticle, assembling a plurality of such core/shell nanoparticles to form an assembly, and exposing the assembly to at least one environmental stimulus to which the polymer is responsive so as to modulate the interparticle interactions of the electromagnetically-functional cores. The present invention is also directed to the compositions resulting from such methods and to the methods and associated devices for controlling the interparticle interactions in such compositions.

20060045838, Mar 2, 2006

Aug 24, 2004

10/925312

Patrick Lucien Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Walter Cicha - Schenectady NY, US
Pierre-Andre Bui - Clifton Park NY, US
Davide Simone - Clifton Park NY, US

B32B 9/00
D01F 9/12

423447100, 428408000

A nanostructure having at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety non-covalently attached to the at least one nanotube. At least one dendrimer is bonded to the chemical moiety. The chemical moiety may include soluble polymers, soluble oligomers, and combinations thereof. A method of dispersing at least one nanotube is also described. The method includes providing at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety to a solvent; debundling the nanotube; and non- covalently attaching a chemical moiety to the nanotube, wherein the non-covalently attached chemical moiety disperses the nanotube. A method of separating at least one semi-conducting carbon nanotube is also described.

20060081882, Apr 20, 2006

Oct 15, 2004

10/966793

Patrick Roland Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Yun Li - Schenectady NY, US
Walter Cicha - Schenectady NY, US

H01L 21/82
H01L 27/10
B05B 5/053
H01L 29/76

257203000, 438128000, 257213000, 361226000

The present invention is directed toward field effect transistors (FETs) and thin film transistors (TFTs) comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and to methods of making such devices using solution-based processing techniques, wherein the CNTs within such devices have been fractionated so as to be concentrated in semiconducting CNTs. Additionally, the relatively low-temperature solution-based processing achievable with the methods of the present invention permit the use of plastics in the fabricated devices.

20060093555, May 4, 2006

Nov 1, 2005

11/263714

Andrew Torres - Clifton Park NY, US
Brian Bales - Niskayuna NY, US
Peter Bonitatebus - Saratoga Springs NY, US
Amit Kulkarni - Clifton Park NY, US
William Dixon - Clifton Park NY, US
Lisa Schoonmaker - Watervliet NY, US
Patrick Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US
Anton Beletskii - Niskayuna NY, US
Matthew Morrison - Amersham, GB

A61K 49/10

424009360, 977930000

The present invention is directed to the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) agents. In particular, the present invention is directed to cationic, nonagglomerated, nontoxic SPIO agents, methods for imaging conditions associated with inflammatory responses using the disclosed SPIO agents, and methods for managing inflammatory conditions using the disclosed SPIO agents.

20060211836, Sep 21, 2006

Mar 15, 2005

11/081070

Slawomir Rubinsztajn - Niskayuna NY, US
James Cella - Clifton Park NY, US
Patrick Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US

C08G 77/20

528031000, 528016000

Disclosed is a crosslinked polysiloxane network comprising both residual Si—H linkages and a Lewis acid catalyst, wherein the network is derived from a linear hydridosiloxane, a branched hydridosiloxane, a cyclic hydridosiloxane or a mixture of a linear hydridosiloxane or branched hydridosiloxane and a cyclic hydridosiloxane. Disclosed also is a method to produce the crosslinked polysiloxane network, alternatively accompanied by a silane with aliphatic, aromatic, or cycloaliphatic substituents by reacting in the presence of an effective amount of a Lewis acid catalyst a linear hydridosiloxane, a branched hydridosiloxane, a cyclic hydridosiloxane or a mixture of a linear hydridosiloxane or branched hydridosiloxane and a cyclic hydridosiloxane.