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Smart Coating to Reflect Lasers and Dissipate Their Energy
Responds Automatically and Transforms to Reflect Laser IlluminationThis surface coating uses a graphene-oxide-reinforced shape memory polymer that changes color in response to laser beam. The early detection of a laser beams is desirable to prevent damage to military equipment, such as drones, that can lose functionality from laser beam illumination....
Published: 7/18/2023   |   Inventor(s): Ruochen Liu, Peng Jiang, Sin Leo, Rao Fei, Wei Zhang
Keywords(s): Coatings (nanotech) 112614, Graphene oxide, laser light, Photonic crystals, shape memory polymer, stimuli-responsive
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials, Technology Classifications > Others > Cleantech
Polymeric Chromogenic Sensor to Analyze Ethanol Concentration in Gasoline, Drugs and Other Liquid Products
Changes Color upon Contact with Chemical Analytes to Detect and Quantify the Presence of a Liquid in Commercial Liquid ProductsThis chromogenic sensor uses shape memory polymer gratings to detect the concentration of ethanol in gasoline and other commercial liquid products. One of the most common uses of ethanol is as a fuel additive to reduce air pollution,...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Peng Jiang, Zhuxiao Gu, Sin-Yen Leo
Keywords(s): optical discs, optics, polymer, Sensors, shape memory polymer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Water
Anti-Reflection Coating for Curved and Rough Surfaces
Reduces Optical Reflection While Increasing Light Transmission Through Nearly Any SubstrateThis anti-reflection coating reduces optical reflection and increases light transmission through geometrically complex optical surfaces. Consumer demand for anti-reflective properties continues to need for improved applications such as improving light conversion...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Peng Jiang, Sin-Yen Leo, Zhuxiao Gu
Keywords(s): Antireflection coatings, Nanoparticles, quarter-wavelength, self-assembly
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Instrumentation-Sensors-Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Chromogenic Sensor for Analyzing Ethanol Concentration in Gasoline
Reusable, Inexpensive, Tunable Polymer Membrane Detects Ethanol Concentration Using One Drop of Gasoline or a Similar Commercial ProductThis reusable, chromogenic ethanol sensor can detect the concentration of ethanol in a single drop of gasoline. Ethanol has lower energy content than gasoline; it also can cause corrosive damage to rubber and aluminum...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Peng Jiang, Sin Leo, Tianwei Xie
Keywords(s): chromogenic, ethanol sensor, gasoline, Photonic crystals, polymer swelling, sensor, shape memory polymer, vapor
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Instrumentation-Sensors-Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Tunable, Anti-Reflection Coating Using Common Shape Memory Polymers
Scalable Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Performs In Ambient ConditionsThis tunable, anti-reflection coating uses a variety of shape memory polymers with a nanoporous structure to help regulate light transmission and reflection in monitors, car dashboards, optical lenses, smart devices, solar cells and more. By 2020, the global anti-reflective coatings market...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Peng Jiang, Yin Fang, Sin Leo, Danielle Liu
Keywords(s): anti-glare, Antireflection coatings, Nanoparticles, nanoporous surface texture, self-assembly, shape memory polymer, Template Nanostructures
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials, Technology Classifications > Others > Energy