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Lithium-7-Powered Nuclear Fission Subcritical Reactor: Safe Nuclear Power
A lithium-based fission reactor that generates safe, clean electricity while reducing the amount of discarded lithium batteries that end up in landfills. Background: Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal, have still failed to replace coal, oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuels, despite decades of technology development...
Published: 6/21/2024   |   Inventor(s): Matthew Szydagis
Keywords(s): #SUNYresearch, aerospace, applied physics, atomic power, automotive, chemistry, clean energy, climate change, dark matter WIMPs, energy, engineering, environment, experimental physics, green energy, heating, ion beam physics, lithium ion battery, materials science and engineering, nuclear physics, physics, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Environment, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy
Method of Growing Germanium Crystals
This new method uses a quartz shield to isolate the germanium that would otherwise be contaminated by the stainless steel chamber, insulation materials, or the graphite crucible. Doctors Mei and Wang also determined that use of a load scale can control the crystal diameter and ensure that all melted germanium is used in crystal production and thus removed...
Published: 12/2/2019   |   Inventor(s): Dongming Mei, Guojian Wang
Keywords(s): Germanium Crystals, Infrared Systems, Materials Science, Optical Communication, Phononic Devices, Physics, Radiation Detection, Semiconductors, Sensors, Transistors
Category(s): Semiconductors, Physics, Materials Science, Radiation Detection, Infrared Systems, Transistors, Sensors, Optical Communications, Phononic Devices
Mono-Layer and Multi-Layer Nanowire Networks
The fabrication of nanoscale materials (by both bottom-up and top-down routes) has been driven by miniaturization of devices and the limitations of Si COMS technology. Research using one-dimensional nano-wires and nanotubes to fabricate nanodevices has demonstrated their potential applications, including field effect transistors, nano-biosensors, solar...
Published: 3/28/2018   |   Inventor(s): Jun Jiao, Haiyan Li
Keywords(s): Nanotechnology, Physics
Category(s): Nanoscience & Microtechnologies
Synthesis of Nanoscale Structures in Defined Locations
Since their discovery in 1991 by microscopist Sumio Iijima, carbon nanotubes have intrigued researchers with their structures and the applications enabled by their unique physical properties. Nanotubes exhibit high chemical resistance and mechanical strength, among other desirable physical properties. However, one ongoing challenge to exploiting these...
Published: 2/22/2021   |   Inventor(s): Jun Jiao, Lifeng Dong, Sean Foxley, David Tuggle
Keywords(s): Nanotechnology, Physics
Category(s): Nanoscience & Microtechnologies
Shear-Force Ultrasonic Near-Field Microscope
The Shear-Force Ultrasonic Near-Field Microscope (SUNM) is a nanometrology tool for surface and subsurface materials characterization, including the dynamic behavior of fluid-like mesoscopic films confined between two sliding solid boundaries. By mechanically exciting the film and detecting the resulting sound emitted, the elastic properties of the...
Published: 8/6/2015   |   Inventor(s): Andres Larosa Flores, Richard Nordstrom
Keywords(s): Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Microscopy, Nanotechnology, Physics
Category(s): Physical Science