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Ultrafine Platinum Catalysts for Hydrogen Fuel Cells (Case No. 2023-026)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel method to synthesize platinum-based catalysts with ultralow base transition metal-oxide content. Background: Ultrafine platinum (Pt)-based catalysts present a promising avenue for achieving exceptional fuel cell activity while minimizing base transition...
Published: 9/17/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yu Huang
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Fuel Cell, Metals, Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, Platinum, transition metal catalysts
Category(s): Materials, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Fuel Cells, Chemical, Chemical > Catalysts, Chemical > Synthesis, Materials > Nanotechnology
Complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes for hydro-functionalization reactions
​ Structures of Cu-NHC Complexes. Note that the same structures are available for Ag-NHC and Au-NHC Invention Summary: Unsymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) hold pivotal significance in modern catalysis and material science due to their versatile and tunable properties. Their unique electronic and steric attributes enable tailored...
Published: 9/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michal Szostak, Qun Zhao, Mahbubur Rahman
Keywords(s): Catalysts
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Catalysts
Phebox Ligands and Methods of Making Same
​ ​ The Phebox ligand Invention Summary: Phebox ligands are organic complexes useful for a number of catalytic transformations of other organic molecules, including transformations of alkanes generally requiring harsh conditions. Since catalytic transformations using this class of ligands intrinsically involve the activation of C-H bonds,...
Published: 9/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alan Goldman, Thomas Dugan
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Chemical and petrochemical industry, Polymers & Composites
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Polymers/Composites/Materials, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Catalysts
Development of an efficient catalyst for dehydrogenation of alkanes
​ Dehydrogenation of alkane with developed catalyst.​ Invention Summary: Olefins (alkenes) are key intermediates in the production of fuels and many commodity chemicals. Alkanes, and particularly light linear alkanes, are increasingly abundant but of limited value. The dehydrogenation of alkanes is therefore an economically very attractive...
Published: 9/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alan Goldman, Santanu Malakar, Xiaoguang Zhou, Kun Wang
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Chemical and petrochemical industry, Polymers & Composites
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Catalysts, Technology Classifications > Polymers/Composites/Materials
SPINEL AND NICKEL PHOSPHIDE CATALYSTS FOR WATER SPLITTING
Amount of Ni in the electrolyte during chronopotentiometric (CP) analysis in both acid and alkali. For comparison Ni2P in acid is also shown​ Invention Summary: Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier and a valuable bulk chemical used for storing intermittent renewable energy and it also serves as a major chemical feedstock. Hydrogen can be produced...
Published: 6/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): G. Charles Dismukes, Anders Laursen, Martha Greenblatt
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Renewable & Solar Energy
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Polymers/Composites/Materials, Technology Classifications > Energy & Battery
Enzyme Catalyzed Toehold Mediated Strand Displacement (TMSD)
​ ​ Invention Summary: Toehold mediated strand displacement (TMSD) is widely used in nanotechnology applications such as DNA nano-circuits and devices. The toeholds which are small single‐stranded DNA overhangs, are often utilized in kinetically controlled complex biochemical circuits. Existing toehold mediated strand displacement (TMSD)...
Published: 1/24/2023   |   Inventor(s): Smita Patel, Laura Johnson, Gayatri Patel, Anupam Singh
Keywords(s): Biosensor, Catalysts, Nanotechnology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Research Tools, Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences
Sterically-Defined Biaryl L-Shaped N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and Methods
​ ​ Invention Summary: Buchwald dialkylbiarylphosphines are the most widely used class of ligands in catalysis. The resulting cross-coupling reactions of this class of catalysts have a wide range of applications in both the industry and academia, especially in the fields of medical chemistry, drug discovery, biochemistry, geochemistry, natural...
Published: 9/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michal Szostak, Tongliang Zhou, Shiyi Yang
Keywords(s): Catalysts
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Catalysts, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering
Amino Decorated L-Shaped Heterobidentate NHC Ligands on Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine Architecture and Methods
​ ​ Invention Summary: Dalphos ligands are among the most successful and widely used arlyphosphine ligands in organic catalysis. They are among the most popular ligands in the optimization and development of new processes using Au catalysis, where the stabilization of Au intermediates by five-membered chelates plays an essential role in catalysis...
Published: 9/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michal Szostak, Pengcheng Gao
Keywords(s): Catalysts
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Catalysts, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering
2022-130 PM-BASED CATALYST WITH TRANSITION ULTRAFINE METAL-OXIDE CORES
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method to synthesize uniform Pt-based catalyst nanoparticles with ultralow base transition metal content for fuel cell applications. Background: Ultrafine platinum (Pt)-based catalysts with ultralow base transition metal content can provide high fuel...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan, Bosi Peng
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Platinum
Category(s): Chemical > Catalysts, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Chemical > Synthesis, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Fuel Cells
2022-132 SCALABLE AND RAPID INFRARED RADIATION ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel and scalable method to synthesize ultrafine nanoparticles. Background: Ultrafine nanoparticles are particles that often exhibit unique properties due to their small size and high surface area to volume ratio. Despite being about 10,000x smaller...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan, Bosi Peng
Keywords(s): Catalysts, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology
Category(s): Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Chemical > Synthesis, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage
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