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Hydrogels with self-irrigation and slow‑fertilizer-release properties for sustainable agriculture
Background Water scarcity and inefficient fertilizer use have long hindered sustainable agriculture, as traditional irrigation and nutrient delivery methods often fail to optimize resource utilization and prevent environmental harm. Existing approaches typically provide static solutions that do not account for fluctu­ation in environmental conditions,...
Published: 3/4/2025   |   Inventor(s): Guihua Yu, Jungjoon Park, Weixin Guan
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Materials, Life sciences > Agriculture
Thermoresponsive hydrogel technology for efficient atmospheric water harvesting
Background Rapidly growing global water scarcity and the need for decentralized, energy-efficient water collection have driven the search for atmospheric water harvesting systems that can overcome limitations in conventional approaches. Traditional fog capture or dew condensation methods often depend on high humidity levels, while existing sorbent-based...
Published: 3/4/2025   |   Inventor(s): Guihua Yu, Weixin Guan, Yaxuan Zhao
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Category(s): Physical sciences, Physical sciences > Materials, Life sciences > Agriculture
Advanced electrode architectures for high-density and high-performance energy storage
Background Global warming is largely driven by the release of greenhouse gas emissions through the burning of fossil fuels for various human activities, such as electricity, heat, and transportation. Among these, transportation contributed up to approximately 27% of the total CO2 emissions in the United States according to the Environmental Protection...
Published: 2/11/2025   |   Inventor(s): Guihua Yu, Zhengyu Ju
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Energy > Battery or electrochemical
Suspension electrolyte for lithium metal battery regeneration
Background Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) hold immense promise for next-generation energy storage due to their potential for high energy density, surpassing current lithium-ion batteries. This advancement is crucial for meeting the growing demands of electric vehicles and portable electronics, where longer range and extended usage time are highly desirable....
Published: 10/23/2024   |   Inventor(s): Guihua Yu, Zhengyu Ju
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Energy > Battery or electrochemical
Atmospheric water irrigation enabled by super moisture absorbent gels
Overview The global population is projected to reach 9.6 billion people by 2025, requiring food production to increase by 70% to meet the demand of the huge population. Water is most limiting natural resource for agricultural production due to the freshwater shortage and enormous need for irrigation. Dry cropland accounts for 84% of the cultivated...
Published: 1/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Guihua Yu, Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Materials, Life sciences > Agriculture, Physical sciences > Environmental & sustainable solutions, Physical sciences > Energy > Renewable, green, or transitional energy
Production of cyclopeptibodies with high target affinity and specificity that can be used as a replacement for antibodies
Background Antibodies find widespread use as therapeutic agents and for diagnostic, imaging, and immunodetection applications. Major limitations of antibodies, however, are their complex structure, limited stability, poor tissue penetration, complex manufacturing process, and associated high costs of production. Despite their numerous and important...
Published: 5/7/2024   |   Inventor(s): Rudi Fasan, Yu Gu
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Category(s): Therapeutic