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yle> 2021-037 Short Description Sulfonate-based, water-soluble spiropyran photoswitches can be covalently incorporated into hydrogel networks to trigger light-driven volumetric expansion, with reversible contraction under dark conditions. The technology enables photoresponsive hydrogels and soft materials with tunable actuation behavior using light,...

Published: 5/18/2026 | Updated: 5/18/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Hydrogel, Materials, Smart/Functional materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Fluorous Gated Field-Effect Transistor Sensors for PFAS Detection

Fluorous-interface gated field-effect transistor (FET) sensors provide a portable platform for real-time detection of PFAS and related fluorinated compounds in water. An extended-gate interface converts fluorous interactions into electrical signals, with an optional F-PANI configuration that adds an optical response for cross-verification. The platform...

Published: 5/15/2026 | Updated: 5/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Dongmei Dong

Keywords(s): Electronics, Environmental , Materials, Monitoring, Portable

Category(s): Environment, Engineering, Engineering > Electronics, Engineering > Materials

Northwestern Startup: NuMat Technologies, Inc

Founded: 2011 Northwestern Inventor: Omar Farha Weinberg School of Arts & Sciences Department of Chemistry View Faculty Profile Randall Q. Snurr McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Joseph T. Hupp Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry View Faculty Profile Numat...

Published: 5/5/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Catalyst, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Materials, MOFs, Polymer, Startup with Northwestern IP

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Northwestern Startup: Volexion, Inc.

Founded: 2018 Northwestern Inventor: Mark Hersam McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Materials Science Faculty Profile Volexion is developing advanced cathode materials for lithium ion batteries that overcome key limitations to conventional technology, primarily enhanced battery performance at low temperatures and rapid charging...

Published: 5/5/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Energy storage, Graphene, Lithium-ion, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Northwestern Startup: Lilac Solutions

Founded: 2016Northwestern Inventor: Christopher WolvertonMcCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Materials Science and Engineering Lilac Solutions is developing new ion exchange materials to transform lithium extraction from brine resources.Lilac Solutions Website

Published: 5/5/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Manufacturing/Processing, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP, Sustainability, Sustainable Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability

Advanced Pulsed-Laser Synthesis for Metal Carbides

NU 2025-190 SHORT DESCRIPTION A pulsed-laser synthesis method for making advanced metastable materials, including metal carbides and nitrides. INVENTORS Bryan Hunter* Alexis Magana Christopher Nowak * Principal Investigator NU 2025-190 IP STATUS Provisional Application Filed (joint with Harvard University) DEVELOPMENT...

Published: 4/22/2026 | Updated: 4/10/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Materials, Metals, Nanoparticle

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Mixing associating polymers for obtaining self-stabilized thermothickening colloids

Self-stabilized thermoresponsive polymer suspensions for reversibly increading fluid viscosity at elevated temperatures NU2019-015 INVENTORS - Kenneth Shull* - Yaoyao Chen SHORT DESCRIPTION For oil and gas, personal care, and adhesive applications, this low-cost thermoresponsive polymer technology delivers massive, reversible viscosity increases...

Published: 4/7/2026 | Updated: 4/7/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Programmable Protein Crystals for Advanced Catalytic and Structural Applications Through DNA-Directed Assembly

>SHORT DESCRIPTION For protein engineering and biomaterial synthesis, this technology programs crystal structures by precisely positioning DNA ligands, offering enhanced control over crystal architecture. INVENTORS Chad Mirkin*, PhD George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University Weinberg College...

Published: 3/19/2026 | Updated: 3/19/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Interactive, Expressive Music Accompaniment and Training System for Popular Music and Standard Jazz Improvisation

RPI ID: 2015-005-401 Innovation Summary: Provides an adaptive accompaniment engine that listens to a performer via microphones, analyzes timing, tempo, chord cues, and semantic count-ins, and generates responsive rhythm-section backing. A signal-analysis pipeline extracts onset timing and voice-digit recognition from spoken count-ins to predict tempo,...

Published: 3/10/2026 | Updated: 3/10/2026 | Inventor(s): Jonas Braasch, Selmer Bringsjord, Nikhil Deshpande, Pauline Oliveros

Keywords(s): alternate energy source, batteries, Electrochemical, Energy, Energy Management, Fuel Cell, Materials, Polymer Chemistry

Category(s): Media, Arts, Science and Technology

Recombinant Production of Silk Proteins via Bacillus Megaterium Secretion (Updated)

RPI ID: 2023-070-301 Innovation Summary: This technology enables the recombinant production of silk proteins using Bacillus megaterium as a secretion host. The system leverages the bacterium’s natural secretion pathways to produce and release silk proteins extracellularly, simplifying downstream purification. The method supports scalable production...

Published: 3/10/2026 | Updated: 3/10/2026 | Inventor(s): Mattheos Koffas, Runye Zha, Alexander Connor

Keywords(s): advanced polymers, Biodegradable materials, Biomaterial, Biomedical material, Biomimetic material, green polymer synthesis, Materials, silk, sustainable

Category(s): Biotechnology and the Life Sciences

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