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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: 3/6/2025   |   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
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: 7/17/2025   |   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
2017-654 EMPLOYING GALVANIC REDOX PROCESS TO GENERATE INTERNAL ELECTRONIC STIMULATION FOR IMPROVING OSSEOINTEGRATION OF METAL IMPLANTS
INTRODUCTION: UCLA researchers in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Dentistry have developed a nanoscale galvanic redox system on the surface of metal implants to enhance its osseointegration.BACKGROUND: The biological interface between an orthopedic implant and the surrounding host tissue has critical effects on clinical outcome. Implant loosening,...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Chia Soo, Kang Ting, Zhong Zheng, Benjamin Wu, Yulong Zhang
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials
Category(s): Medical Devices > Coatings
Liquid-Repellent Surfaces Made of Any Materials
UC Case No. 2014-186SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a structured surface that can be made of any material (but demonstrated with glass) that repels all liquids (even fluorinated solvents) without using any repellant coating.BACKGROUND:Liquid-repellant surfaces have long been sough-after...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): CJ Kim, Tingyi Liu
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings
Category(s): Medical Devices > Coatings
Scalable Lipid Bilayer Microfluidics for High-Throughput Gene Editing (UCLA Case No. 2018-437)
Scalable Lipid Bilayer Microfluidics for High-Throughput Gene EditingSUMMARYResearchers led by Paul Weiss from the Department of Chemistry and Pediatrics at UCLA have created a new microfluidic device for high-throughput gene editing of cells.BACKGROUNDGene editing has many potential applications, allowing for the modification of immune cells to target...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jason Belling, Paul Weiss, Steven Jonas, Joshua Jackman, Nam-Joon Cho
Keywords(s): Drug Delivery, Gene Editing Systems, Gene Therapy, General Device Coatings, Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices and Materials, Microfluidics And Mem's, Nucleic Acids, Therapeutics & Vaccines
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Gene Therapy And Editing, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nucleic Acids
2018-219 FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE INTERCONNECTS FOR FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS
Summary: Researchers led by Professor Subramanian Iyer from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA have developed a novel fabrication technique to create stretchable electronics. Background: Constant improvements to electronics fabrication techniques have allowed higher density packaging of dies, a small block of silicon upon...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Arsalan Alam, Amir Hanna, Takafumi Fukushima, Subramanian Iyer
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials, Other
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings
Development of Surface Enhanced Graphene Oxide for Ubiquitous Antibacterial Coatings (UCLA Case No. 2017-176)
UCLA researchers in the Department of Medicine have developed a novel graphene oxide (GO) based material with significantly enhanced antibacterial effects with maximized surface display of carbon radicals. Background: Adhesion of bacteria to surfaces of human tissue, biomaterials and medical devices significantly increases the risk of infection...
Published: 7/29/2025   |   Inventor(s): Andre Nel, Tian Xia, Ruibin Li, Mark Hersam, Nikhita Mansukhani, Linda Guiney
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings
2015-021 A Built-In Mechanism of Gas Maintenance in Microfeatures on a Submerged Surface
SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel superhydrophobic surface for drag reduction and anti-biofouling applications.BACKGROUNDSuperhydrophobic surfaces have unusual ability to repel water and may have utilities for applications including hydrodynamic drag reduction, de-icing, anti-corrosion,...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): CJ Kim, Muchen Xu
Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals
2009-254 Functionalized Titanium Implants and Related Regenerative Materials
Functionalized Titanium Implants And Related Regenerative MaterialsSUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Dentistry have developed novel titanium surfaces with enhanced bioactivity in implants and tissue regeneration.BACKGROUNDTitanium implants are widely used in the over 500,000 hip and knee reconstruction procedures performed annually in the...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Takahiro Ogawa
Keywords(s): Dental, General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials, Orthopaedics
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics, Therapeutics > Dental