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Liquid Metal Printing Technique via Optical Maskless Lithography (Case No. 2024-031)
Summary: Researchers in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a facile, rapid method to print soft, wearable electronics. Background: Soft electrical circuits have garnered significant interest in a broad range of emerging technologies, including wearable electronics, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics....
Published: 9/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Ximin He, Dong Wu
Keywords(s): Coating, Coatings, Adhesives, & Inks, Electronics & Semiconductors, Fabrication Technologies, gallium-based liquid metals, General Device Coatings, Liquid metal particles, liquid metals, Metals, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Polymer, Polymers, scalable fabrication, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, soft electrical circuits, soft electronics, wearable electronics, wearable sensors
Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Polymers, Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Flexible Electronics, Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Metals
Graphene Coating of High Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries
NU 2021-090 INVENTORS Mark Hersam* Norman Luu Jin-Myoung Lim SHORT DESCRIPTION Graphene coating that improves the stability, life cycle, and efficiency of Li -ion battery at high voltage ABSTRACT Northwestern researchers have developed a conformal, conductive graphene coating that can stabilize high-voltage Li-ion batteries by reducing mechanical...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Batteries, Coating, Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION USING METAL NANOFILMS
NU 2014-102B INVENTORS Franz Geiger* Tom Miller* (CalTech) SHORT DESCRIPTION Metal nanofilms that convert gravitational energy to electrical energy when aqueous drops roll down their surface. BACKGROUND Harvesting electrical energy from natural resources is critical to limit the consumption of batteries and fossil fuels. Approaches for electric power...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Biomedical, Coating, Energy and Infrastructure, Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Additive Manufacturing of Large-Area Covalent Organic Framework Thin-films
NU 2020-132 INVENTORS Mark C. Hersam* William R. Dichtel* Nathan P. Bradshaw Austin M. Evans SHORT DESCRIPTION A new method for additive manufacturing of 2D covalent organic framework (COF) thin-films on various substrates using spray-coating BACKGROUND 2D COFs are crystalline, two-dimensional polymers that have molecularly precise pore sizes. 2D...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Coating, Manufacturing/Processing, Sensors, Thin film
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
On-mask Chemical Modulation of Respiratory Droplets
NU 2020-180 INVENTORS Jiaxing Huang* Haiyue Huang Hun Park DESCRIPTION Mask treatment that chemically deactivates exhaled droplets passing through the mask fabric with anti-pathogenic molecules BACKGROUND Transmission of infectious respiratory diseases starts from pathogen-laden droplets released during coughing, sneezing or speaking. Global respiratory...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Chemicals, Coating, COVID-19, Health & Safety, Infectious disease, Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
2020-747 Multi-Functional Anti-Icing Hydrogel Technique for Controlling Ice Nucleation, Growth, and Adhesion
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed an anti-icing coating that is the first to incorporate a trifold approach by lowering the ice formation temperature, making the surface difficult for ice to stick to and delaying ice crystal growth. Background: Undesired icing/frosting on various surfaces...
Published: 9/26/2023   |   Inventor(s): Ximin He
Keywords(s): adhesion, anti-freeze, anti-icing, ceramic, Ceramics, Coating, Coatings, Adhesives, & Inks, General Device Coatings, glass, hydrogel, ice, ice prevention, mechanical durability, nucleation, organo hydrogel, spin coat, temperature control
Category(s): Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Materials > Membranes, Chemical > Polymers, Energy & Environment > Thermal
Antibacterial Coating for Dental Implants
Reduces the Progression of Peri-implant Disease and Minimizes the Surface Degradation and Fracture Susceptibility of Dental CeramicsThis antibacterial coating for the titanium screw that attaches the new implant to the bone of the jaw reduces the progression of peri-implant disease, which can lead to bone loss and eventual loss of the implant. Implants...
Published: 2/22/2024   |   Inventor(s): Christopher Batich, Fan Ren, Arthur Clark, Patrick Carey, Josephine Esquivel-Upshaw
Keywords(s): Anti-bacterial, Bacterial, Coating, Dental, implant
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Others, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Equipment
Enhanced Anti-Fouling Properties of Novel Composite Material
Project ID: D2013-31 Novelty: Development of a novel electromagnetic polymer composite material for enhanced anti-fouling effects. Background: Biofouling (bacterial attachment to solid surfaces and colonization) is the main source of bacterial infection and poses potentially harmful impacts on human health. Medical devices, food packaging, and drinking...
Published: 6/18/2024   |   Inventor(s): Dong Shik Kim, Youngwoo Seo
Keywords(s): Biofouling, Cardanol, Coating, Infection, Urinary tract catheter
Category(s): Polymers, Materials, Coatings
Dielectric Coatings for More Durable Fixed and Removable Dental Prosthetic Restorations
Coatings Protect Against Corrosive Oral Environments and Improve Survival Rate for Prosthetics This dielectric coating process increases the durability and survival rate of fixed or removable dental prosthetic restorations by layering different dielectric materials capable of withstanding acidic and basic pH environments. Fixed restorations include...
Published: 2/22/2024   |   Inventor(s): Josephine Esquivel-Upshaw, Fan Ren, Arthur Clark
Keywords(s): acrylic resin material, Coating, crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays, Dental, fixed and removable prosthetic restorations, Material, Prosthesis
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Others, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Equipment
Anti-inflammatory Polymer Nanofilms As Robust And Versatile Implant Coatings
NU 2007-023B InventorsHoujin Huang Mark Chen Dean Ho* Erik Pierstorff AbstractInvasive biomedical devices such as implants must be stable in the body and compatible with human tissue. When such devices are used for drug delivery, there is an additional requirement for controlled, localized elution of the therapeutic substance. Parylene is an FDA-approved,...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Biomedical, Coating, Devices, Drug delivery, Materials, Medical device, Nanomaterials
Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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