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Thin Bilayer Paints to Enable Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling (Case No. 2026-014)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have formulated a novel bilayer coating that enables high-performance passive daytime radiative cooling. Background: Conventional technologies for cooling buildings are highly energy-intensive, consuming about 19% of U.S. residential electricity and contributing to greenhouse...

Published: 12/8/2025 | Inventor(s): Aaswath Raman, Aryan Zaveri, Justin Louie

Keywords(s): advanced thermal control materials, advanced thermal paint, alternative cooling, background radiation, concentrated solar radiation, energy conversion, energy conversion applications, Energy Efficiency, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, energy management, Energy Management System, energy-efficient cooling, heat dissipation, infrared (IR) radiation, infrared-reflectance, Paint, paint architecture, passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC), photothermal materials, pigmented coating, real-time thermal management, Renewable Energy, Renewable energy sources, solar reflectance, thermal control, thermal control materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal management, thermal management systems, thermal metamaterials, thermal stability, ultraviolet reflectance, visible reflectance

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Chemical, Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Energy & Environment > Thermal

Advanced Materials for Energy Efficiency and Smart Surface Applications

Transparent Semicrystalline Copolymer (Case No. 2024-267) UCLA researchers in the department of materials science and engineering have developed an innovative thermo-responsive, phase-changing copolymer for smart window applications. This transparent, semicrystalline copolymer is composed of a majority highly crystalline co-monomer and a non-compatible...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Aaswath Raman

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Construction Materials, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2021-089 PASSIVE FREEZING DESALINATION DRIVEN BY RADIATIVE COOLING

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive method for water desalination that does not require direct solar irradiation. BACKGROUND: With increasing water scarcity there is now a significant push to find efficient and low-cost methods to generate fresh water from seawater or other...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aaswath Raman, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Xin Huang

Keywords(s): Desalination, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, Energy Efficiency, Functional Materials, Mechanical, Renewable Energy

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials > Water Treatment

2020-931 Spectrally Selective Structured Materials and Designs for Thermal Optics

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed materials which can be structured to create spectrally selective transmitters and reflectors, which filter out undesirable radiation (e.g. sunlight) and reflect or transmit thermal radiation onto imaging sensors.BACKGROUNDThermal imaging, popularly known as...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal, Aaswath Raman

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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Electrical > Imaging, Optics & Photonics

2020-187 Tuning Radiative Heat Flows Between Interior Surfaces and Human Occupants to Improve Heating and Cooling Efficiency

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering have developed tunable interior emissive surfaces for floors, ceilings and walls that can decrease the energy required to heat a room by 67.7% in cold weather and decrease the energy to cool a room by 38.5% in warm weather, compared to traditional interior surface materials....

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aaswath Raman

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Category(s): Materials > Construction Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2020-464 UV-Reflective Paints with High Overall Solar Reflectance for Passive Cooling of Buildings

SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed coatings with exceptional solar-ultraviolet (UV) reflectance for efficient passive daytime radiative cooling of buildings. BACKGROUND ‘Cool’ white exterior coatings reflect sunlight (0.3-2.5 μm) and radiate heat (4-40 μm, particularly...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aaswath Raman, Jyotirmoy Mandal

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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2020-388 Spectrally Selective Thermal Radiators for Cooling of Vertical or Horizontal Surfaces with Limited View of the Sky

SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive radiative cooling design for building surfaces that have a limited view of the sky by using spectrally selective thermal radiating materials. BACKGROUND Passive radiative cooling (PRC), a process where objects on Earth radiate heat into outer...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal, Aaswath Raman

Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Heat Transfer, Materials, Mechanical Systems

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Energy & Environment > Thermal