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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
Novel Heat Exchanger Design for Enhanced Air Cooling
Invention Description There is a well-recognized need to broadly decrease the amount of water used for evaporative (wet) cooling in many applications, especially in power generation, but also in emerging cutting-edge technologies, such as data and supercomputing centers. The main challenge in dry cooling using ambient air is the inevitable temperature...
Published: 11/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ivan Ermanoski
Keywords(s): Energy, Energy Efficiency
Category(s): Energy & Power, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical, Physical Science
Multilevel Buffered Link (Case No. 2025-284)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel on-chip link that enhances communication performance and energy efficiency in modern integrated circuits. Background: On-chip communication enables data transfer between microchip components and is critical in computing, automotive, and industrial...
Published: 11/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Sudhakar Pamarti, Chih-Kong Yang, Haris Suhail
Keywords(s): Bandwidth (Signal Processing), buffer layer, Clock Signal, efficiency bandwidth products, Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Energy Efficiency, energy efficient IoT, energy-efficient, high-data-rate links, high-speed communications, IoT communication, large bandwidth, low-power device, Network On A Chip, scalable communication, scalable fabrication, Signaling pathways, Signal-To-Noise Ratio, System On A Chip
Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Circuits, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking, Electrical > Signal Processing
Charge Storage Device Architecture for Increased Energy and Power Density (Case No. 2009-392)
Summary: UCLA researchers have developed a novel electrochemical capacitive energy storage device with high energy and power density, addressing limitations in current energy storage technologies and meeting the demands of increasing electrification. Background: Current energy storage devices, such as lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors,...
Published: 10/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Bruce Dunn, George Gruner, John Wang, Sarah Tolbert, Torsten Brezesinski
Keywords(s): battery-less, battery-less IoT, Capacitor, Charge Carrier, charge collection efficiency, charge extraction, charge sharing, charge summing, charge-transfer, clean energy, electric vehicle charging, energy conversion, Energy Density, Energy Efficiency, Energy Harvesting, energy management, Energy Management System, Energy positive, energy-efficient, grid energy, Lithium Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery, material characterization, Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Nanostructure, nanostructured materials, Nanotechnology, Rechargeable Battery, Rechargeable Battery Thermal Conductivity, Renewable Energy, Renewable energy sources, Solar Energy, supercharger, Surface Charge, Thermal Energy Storage, wireless energy harvesting
Category(s): Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors
Functional Allometric Structure Thermal Storage (FAST-Storage) (Case No. 2022-240)
Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed an innovative thermal storage system that dynamically adapts to thermal fluctuations of phase change materials, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency. Background: Phase change materials (PCMs) are used to store and release thermal energy...
Published: 2/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Hossein Kavehpour, Jonathan Hopkins, Leyla Mirmomen
Keywords(s): Consumer Electronics, efficiency enhancement, Energy Density, Energy Efficiency, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, energy management, energy-efficient, heat control, heat controlling devices, Heat Transfer, phase change materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal management systems, thermal stability
Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Mechanical > Heat Transfer, Mechanical
Event-Driven Integrate and Fire (EIF) Neuron Circuit for Neuromorphic Computing System (Case No. 2024-275)
Summary: Researchers in the UCLA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an energy efficient neuromorphic computing architecture. Background: Widespread growth in demand for artificial intelligence systems has highlighted limitations in current central processing unit (CPU) designs, particularly in terms of energy efficiency...
Published: 11/18/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mau-Chung Chang, Chao Jen Tien, Yong Hei
Keywords(s): Advanced Computing / AI, advanced computing methods, AI hardware, analog computing, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), artificial electromagnetic materials, Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence algorithms, artificial intelligence augmentation, artificial intelligence/machine learning models, artificial intelligence-generated content, Artificial Neural Network, Artificial Neural Network Artificial Neuron, artificial presenting cells, artificial-intelligent materials, Cloud Computing, computational efficiency, computational imaging, compute-in-memory, Computer Aided Learning, Computer Architecture, Computer Monitor, Computer Vision, CPU design, deep neural networks (DNN), Energy Density, Energy Efficiency, event-driven processing, generative artificial intelligence, latency encoding, low latency computing, low-power architecture, matrix multiplication, Medical artificial intelligence (AI), Neuromorphic computing, offline learning, online learning, spike neural networks (SNN), Supercomputer
Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Metamorphic Hybrid Compliant Mechanisms (Case No. 2025-038)
Summary: Researchers in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UCLA have developed a compliant technique that can be utilized for a wide array of industries, including next-generation joint reconstruction surgeries, precision manufacturing, robotics, aerospace transportation, and automation applications. Background: Bearings are commonly used to...
Published: 6/25/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Cameron Taylor, He Kai Lim, Jonathan Hopkins
Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Automation, biomedical implantation, compliant mechanisms, constraint design, Energy Efficiency, flexure systems, Implant (Medicine), multi-degrees of freedom (DOF), Orthopaedics, Orthopedics and Prosthetics (O & P), Robotics
Category(s): Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Manufacturing, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics, Materials, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease
Transparent Semicrystalline Copolymer (Case No. 2024-267)
Summary: Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA have developed a thermally responsive transparent semicrystalline copolymer for smart windows. Background: Solar heat gain and heat loss from windows lead to significant increases in energy consumption. Current insulation techniques, such as double and triple-pane...
Published: 10/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Jiacheng Fan
Keywords(s): Construction, Construction Materials, Energy Efficiency, Polymer, smart technology, Solar Energy, solar irradiation, thermal management systems, thermal stability
Category(s): Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Chemical > Polymers, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Materials > Construction Materials, Mechanical > Heat Transfer
Steric Hindrance Effect of Additives for Tuning the Perovskite Crystal Orientation (Case No. 2024-023)
Summary: UCLA Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method to tune perovskite crystal orientation for increased performance, energy efficiency, and reduced material defect with a variety of field applications, including solar cells and LEDs. Background: Perovskite holds considerable promise as a highly...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Yang Yang, Chunqing Ma, Haoxiang Duan, Dong Meng
Keywords(s): Energy Efficiency, energy-efficient, Imaging, Liquid-Crystal Display, Nanocrystal, OLED, Optoelectronics, organic photo detector, organic photovoltaics, perovskite, perovskite devices, perovskite solar cell, photodetection, Solar Cell, X-ray detectors
Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment, Materials > Composite Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Fiber Optics, Materials > Functional Materials
Thermo-Electrochemical Cycle and Reactor for Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Production
Background The creation of effective energy conversion technologies has become essential in response to the challenges of integrating diurnally and seasonally intermittent and variable renewable energy resources. Specifically, one of the most important steps toward the economical production of sustainable fuels and organic chemicals is the conversion...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ivan Ermanoski, Ryan Milcarek, Ellen Stechel, James Miller
Keywords(s): CO2 to Fuels, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy storage, Hydrogen, Renewable Products and Chemicals, Solar Energy
Category(s): Physical Science, Energy & Power, Environmental, Alternative Energy
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