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Neonatal Lumbar Puncture Device
NU 2021-170 INVENTORS Shankar Rajeswaran, MD* SHORT DESCRIPTION A medical device designed to increase the success rate of neonatal lumbar punctures performed by frontline medical providers. BACKGROUND Lumbar punctures (LPs) are a key diagnostic tool for standard fever workup in neonates. Approximately 180,000 neonatal LP’s are performed yearly...
Published: 8/2/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Medical device
Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Megasonically Exfoliated Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Inks
Megasonically Exfoliated Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Inks NU 2022-071 INVENTORS Lidia Kuo Sonal V. Rangnekar Vinod K. Sangwan Mark C. Hersam* SHORT DESCRIPTION A new method of processing nanomaterial inks utilizing megasonic exfoliation BACKGROUND Two-dimensional (2D) materials, a class of nanomaterials, have layer-dependent properties. In 2D matierals,...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Inks, Nanomaterials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Crosslinker for Recyclable Polymethacrylate Polymer Networks
NU 2022-018 INVENTORS John Mark Torkelson* Mohammed Abdulaziz Bin Rusayyis SHORT DESCRIPTION Polymethacrylate networks with unique crosslinking regime that enables full recovery of initial cross-link density after reprocessing ABSTRACT Northwestern researchers have developed a novel approach to improve the recyclability and reprocessability of...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Manufacturing/Processing, Materials, Polymer, Sustainability
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Catalytic chemical recycling of polyamide-based plastics
NU 2022-139 INVENTORS Yosi Kratish Tobin Jay Marks* Lukas Wursthorn SHORT DESCRIPTION Commercially available catalysts efficiently depolymerize Nylon 6 to the parent monomer at 240°C, the lowest temperature ever reported. ABSTRACT Northwestern researchers have discovered lanthanide amido catalysts can efficiently catalyze the depolymerization...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Chemicals, Environment, Materials, Polymer, Renewable
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Blade-Coatable Ionogel Electrolytes for High Energy Density Lithium Metal Batteries
NU 2022-034 INVENTORS Cory M. Thomas West Woo Jin Hyun Mark C. Hersam* SHORT DESCRIPTION A new blade-coatable ionogel electrolyte that enables high energy density solid-state lithium metal batteries with excellent cycling stability and rate performance ABSTRACT Northwestern researchers have developed a new approach to address critical scalability...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Batteries, Electronics & Circuits, Manufacturing/Processing, Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Printable Optoelectronic Inks Based on Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
NU 2018-164 INVENTORS Jung-Woo Ted Seo Jian Zhu Mark C. Hersam* SHORT DESCRIPTION Preparation of printable semi-conductor inks for fabrication of high-fidelity optoelectronic devices ABSTRACT Northwestern researchers have developed an approach to prepare semiconducting inks that enable the fabrication of optoelectronic devices through inkjet...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Electronics & Circuits, Materials, Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits, Sensors, Smart/Functional materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Screen-Printable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Ionogel Electrolytes for Mechanically Deformable Lithium-Ion Batteries
NU 2022-060 INVENTORS Woo Jin Hyun Lindsay E. Chaney Mark C. Hersam* SHORT DESCRIPTION A new screen printable ionogel electrolyte will enable printable solid-state lithium-ion batteries that are not only sustainable and safe, but mechanically flexible and scalable. ABSTRACT The invention proposes a screen-printable ionogel electrolyte formulation...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, Batteries, Electronics & Circuits, Manufacturing/Processing, Materials, Medical device
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Facebit: A Smart Face Mask Platform
NU 2021-253 PRIMARY INVENTOR Josiah Hester SHORT DESCRIPTION A smart face mask platform that collects and analyzes health-relevant metrics BACKGROUND With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries worldwide have enforced mask mandates, requiring people to wear masks in enclosed public spaces. According to a report by Environmental Science...
Published: 8/13/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): COVID-19, Health & Safety, Health IT
Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Smart Memtransistors: Learning to Forget On Demand
NU 2021-179 PRIMARY INVENTOR Jiangtan Yuan Stephanie Elizabeth Liu Vinod Kumar Sangwan Amit R. Trivedi Mark C. Hersam* SHORT DESCRIPTION A reconfigurable memtransistor that can dynamically adapt to new learning tasks BACKGROUND Recent AI advances have been possible due to GPU enabled parallel computing. However, this high computing capacity is not...
Published: 7/3/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Computer hardware, Data processing/analysis, Data storage, Electronics & Circuits, Nanotechnology, Platform technology, Quantum computing, Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
Two-Photon Direct Laser Writing System with Fiber-Tip Metalens
NU2020-223 INVENTORS Sridhar Krishnaswamy* Heming Wei Wisnu Hadibrata Koray Aydin SHORT DESCRIPTION Fabrication of computationally optimized metalens on fiber tip and use in a two-photon direct laser writing system BACKGROUND 3D micro/nanofabrication is increasingly becoming of interest for its ability to synthesize customized technologies for a...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, Devices, Engineering, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Optics, Research tool
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
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