Basic and Applied Research Recent Patents, Publications, and Presentations

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• NMR Patent Portfolio
• Patents, Publications, and Presentations, 2000-2005

Selected Patents and Publications

• "Method for Forming Bismuth-Based Superconducting Ceramics," V. A. Maroni, N. N. Merchant, and R. D. Parrella, U.S. Patent No. 6,894,006, May 17, 2005
• "XAFS Analysis of Layered Li_xNi_0.5Mn_0.5O₂ (0 < x ≤ 2) Electrodes for Lithium Batteries, A. J. Kropf, C. S. Johnson, J. T. Vaughey, and M. M. Thackeray, Physica Scripta T115, 274-277 (2005) (Abstract)
• "A Bent Silicon Crystal in the Laue Geometry to Resolve Actinide X-Ray Fluorescence for X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy," A. J. Kropf, J. A. Fortner, R. J. Finch, J. C. Cunnane, and C. Karanfil, Physica Scripta T115, 998-1000 (2005) (Abstract)
• "Passively Shimmed Principal Detector Elements for Toroid Cavity NMR Probes," U.S. Patent No. 6,788,064, September 7, 2004
• "Video Toroid Cavity Imager," R. E. Gerald II, J. Sanchez, and J. W. Rathke, U.S. Patent No. 6,774,635, August 10, 2004
• "A New Technique for the Growth of Epitaxial YBCO Using Spray Pyrolysis," V. F. Solovyov, H. J. Wiesmann, L-J. Wu, M. Suenaga, K. Venkataraman, and V. A. Maroni, Physica C 415(3), 125-132 (2004) (Abstract)
• "c-Axis Orientation Control of YB₂2Cu₃O_7-x Films Grown on Inclined-Substrate-Deposited MgO-Buffered Metallic Substrates," M. Li, B. Ma, R. E. Koritala, B. L. Fisher, X. Zhao, V. A. Maroni, S. E. Dorris, and U. Balachandran, Solid State Communications 131(2), 101-105 (2004) (Abstract)
• "In Situ High-Pressure NMR Studies of Co₂(C0)₆[P(p-CF₃C₆H₄)₃]₂ in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Ligand Substitution, Hydrogenation, and Hydroformylation Reactions," M. J. Chen, R. J. Klingler, J. Rathke, and K. W. Kramarz, Organometallics 23(11), 2701-2707 (2004) (Abstract)
• "Rotational Exchange Gradient Imager for In Situ Magnetic Resonance Analyses in Ultracentrifugal Sedimentation of Biological Materials and Rheology Investigations," R. E. Gerald II, R. J. Klingler, and J. W. Rathke, U.S. Patent No. 6,720,769, April 13, 2004
• "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus," R. E. Gerald II, R. J. Klingler, and J. W. Rathke, U.S. Patent No. 6,674,283, January 6, 2004
• "Two Dimensional B₁-Gradient NMR Imager," R. E. Gerald II, R. L. Greenblatt, and J. W. Rathke, U.S. Patent No. 6,538,444, March 25, 2003