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Emissions-Free Olefin Synthesis via Concentrated Solar-Thermal Pyrolysis for Cleaner Plastics (Case No. 2025-008)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering have developed a novel technology that utilizes concentrated solar radiation to convert petroleum refinery hydrocarbons into light olefins with no CO2 emissions and generates a high-value graphitic carbon co-product. Title: Emissions-Free Olefin Synthesis via Concentrated...
Published: 5/6/2025   |   Inventor(s): Anil Nair, Raymond Spearrin, Barathan Jeevaretanam
Keywords(s): bulk material, clean material production, Composite Material, Composite Materials, Concentrated Solar Power, Concentrated Solar Power Chemical Engineering, concentrated solar radiation, Construction Materials, emission free materials, ethylene, fire resistant materials, Functional Materials, graphitic carbon, HDPE, high density polyethylene, intercalated materials, LDPE, light olefin, low density polyethylene, material characterization, Material for Enhanced Photoprotection, material science, Materials, Medical Devices and Materials, Nanomaterials, olefin, olefin synthesis, plastic, plastic fabrication, plastic production, plastics, polypropylene, propylene, pyrolysis, Raw materials supplier, safe materials, Smart Material, zero emissions
Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Energy & Environment
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: 4/28/2025   |   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
Electrochemical Tweezer for Electrified Solid Liquid Interface Characterization (Case No. 2024-200)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a method for the real-time characterization of nanoscale solid-liquid interfaces present in batteries. Background: Electrified interfaces between a liquid and solid play key roles in various scientific disciplines, from ion-transfer during battery...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Yuzhang Li, Chongzhen Wang, Xintong Yuan
Keywords(s): Electrolyte, Electron Microscope, interfacial layer, material characterization, Nanoelectronics, Nanostructure
Category(s): Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Electrical > Imaging
Nanocomposite Scintillators (Case No. 2024-126)
Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel nanocomposite material for high-efficiency radiation detection and monitoring. Background: Scintillators are materials that emit light when they absorb radiation, such as gamma rays or x-rays. The photons generated by the scintillators can...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Ziqing Han
Keywords(s): adhesive material, Algorithm Optical Coherence Tomography, anode material, artificial electromagnetic materials, artificial-intelligent materials, background radiation, Biomaterial, Biomaterial 3D Printing, bulk material, Composite Material, composite scintillators, Computed tomography, Computerized Tomography scan (CT), Diffraction Tomography, Drug Delivery Microporous Material, fast scintillators, gamma spectroscopy, High resolution computed tomography, high-Z organometallics, hole transporting material, Hyperelastic Material, intercalated materials, material characterization, Materials, meta materials, metal nanocomposites, microarchitectured materials, nanocomposite scintillators, Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, nanostructured materials, neutrino detection, Optical Tomography, Optoelectronic materials, photonic materials, positron emission tomography (PET), radiation detection, Raw materials supplier, scintillators, second harmonic generation, Smart Material, Solar Cell Metamaterial, Surgical Instrument Optical Coherence Tomography, suturable biomaterial, X-Ray Computed Tomography
Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Sensors, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials
Giant Second-Harmonic Generation in Bulk Monolayer MoS2 Thin Films (Case No. 2024-186)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a method to control electron density in molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin films that can be used to improve optical material characteristics. Background: Second harmonic generation (SHG) is an optical process in which light interacts with a nonlinear material...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Boxuan Zhou
Keywords(s): Adaptive Optics, Algorithm Optical Coherence Tomography, all-optical diffractive computing, all-optical transformation, Atomic Force Microscopy Optical Tweezers, bulk monolayer, Composite Material, Composite Materials, Dispersion (Optics), Electro-Optics, Focus (Optics), Functional Materials, Infrared Electromagnetic Spectrum Dispersion (Optics), linear optics, material characterization, Materials, molybdenum disulfide (MOS2), monolayer, Nanomaterials, Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope, nonlinear dynamics, Nonlinear Optics, non-linear optics, Nonlinear Optics Molecular Dynamics, Optical Coherence , Optical Communication , Optical computing, optical implementation, Optical networks, optical processor, optical transmission, Optics Parabolic Reflector Curved Mirror, Optoelectronic materials, reverse engineered optical system, second harmonic generation, start to end optics design, Surgical Instrument Optical Coherence Tomography
Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Chemical, Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis
Method of Proficient Typing Using a Limited Number of Classes (Case No. 2024-063)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel software algorithm to rapidly predict text using small keyboards for various applications, including mobile computing, gaming, and human-computer interactions. Background: Advancements in mobile computing have drastically changed everyday life...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jonathan Kao, Shreyas Kaasyap, John Zhou, Johannes Lee, Nima Hadidi
Keywords(s): Advanced Computing / AI, advanced computing methods, all-optical diffractive computing, Artificial Neural Network, Artificial Neural Network Artificial Neuron, assistive communication, background radiation, Bandwidth (Computing), Brain computer interface, brain machine interface, Classroom management software, Cloud Computing, composite scintillators, Database management/data entry, deep physical neural network, design software, edge computing, fast scintillators, gamma spectroscopy, graph neural network, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), high-Z organometallics, Human/Brain computer interfaces (BCI/HCI), human-centered computing, material characterization, Medical science computing, mobile computing, modular robotic system, nanocomposite scintillators, neural network, neural networks, neutrino detection, Optical computing, positron emission tomography (PET), predictive text, primary school software, radiation detection, recurrent neural networks, Robotics, robotics control, scintillators, second harmonic generation, secondary school software, self-sustaining computing, soft robotics, Software, Software & Algorithms, Software Development Tools, Software-enabled learning, Spatial computing, Stochastic Computing (SC), T6 keyboard, T9 keyboard, visual computing, wafer-scale computing
Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking