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Extremely Strong Material Made from Ternary Acrylic Resin System
Title: Extremely Strong Material Made from Ternary Acrylic Resin System Unmet Need: Chemical recycling of plastic waste through aminolysis diverts waste stream to useful resin products Polylactic acid (PLA) is the most used bioplastic in the world. PLA products include disposable cutlery, electronics, and medical implants. Degradation of PLA by aminolysis...
Published: 3/18/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jinwen Zhang, Lin Shao, Yu-Chung Chang
Keywords(s): 3D printing, acrylic resin, lactic acid, photocuring, polylactic acid, recycling
Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech
Low-cost reference membrane for electroanalysis
Low-cost reference membrane for electroanalysis Unmet Need: Development of low-cost reference membrane for electroanalysis Low-cost reference membranes for electrolysis are crucial components in various electrochemical sensors and systems. For a reference electrode to function properly, it must maintain a stable potential (electromotive force, emf)....
Published: 1/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jeffrey Bell, Dalton Glasco, Pedaballi Sireesha, William Mcleod, Kaylie Mccracken
Keywords(s): 3D printing, electrochemical devices
Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech
High-performance planar solar concentrators based on TiO2 nanoparticle doping
AbstractResearchers at WSU have invented a new conceptual solar concentrator: the light scattering-based solar concentrator (LSSC). This invention is a great enhancement of the photovoltaic (PV) application. Luminescence solar concentrator (LSC), has been considered a viable option to harvest solar energy with minimal environmental impacts. However,...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Wenji Dong, Yilin Li
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Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Chemistry, Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Advanced Materials
Improved performance of epoxies
Unmet Need: Use of renewable and nontoxic feedstock for epoxiesCurrently over 90% of commercial epoxy resins are derived from the non-renewable petrochemical bisphenol A (BPA). However, BPA is considered as a suspicious endocrine disrupting chemical and may cause harm to human health. In the recent decade, a variety of biobased epoxies have been developed...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jinwen Zhang, Tuan Liu
Keywords(s): bioepoxy, hyperbranched polymer, vegetable oil-based epoxy
Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Bioproducts, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Chemistry
Enhancing Soil Carbon Sequestration to Address Climate Change and Crop Sustainability Concerns
­Unmet Need: Natural Rates of Soil Carbon Sequestration are Insufficient to Address Global Climate Change Concerns and Crop Sustainability Mineral associated carbon is both the most persistent and abundant form of carbon in the global soil carbon pool, estimated at more than 1200 Pg. Despite these large natural mineral associated soil carbon stores...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Marc Kramer
Keywords(s): Adsorption, Agriculture, Carbon, Climate Change and Variability, Farming and Ranching, Soil to Society
Category(s): Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Additive Manufacturing, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Chemistry, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Bioproducts, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Instrumentation/Equipment
Polyurethane Composition with Enhanced Thermocompression Characteristics
Unmet Need: Challenges recycling and reprocessing polyurethane foams due to their thermoset behaviors Polyurethane foams are thermosets and accordingly, at their useful end of life, it may be challenging to reuse or recycle such polyurethane foams. The reprocessing of polyurethane is usually a slow process, especially for those prepared from petroleum-based...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jinwen Zhang, Wangcheng Liu
Keywords(s): foam, polyurethane, vitrimer
Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Sustainable resources, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Advanced Materials
A Facile, Mild, Fast, Catalyst Free Polylactic Acid (PLA) Degradation Method that Generates a Variety of Valuable Products
­Unmet Need: Current Polylactic Acid Recycling Processes are not Optimal, Requiring High Pressures/Temperatures, Long Degradation Times and/or Catalysts Currently, PLA degradation routes are divided into three categories: high temperature hydrolysis, low temperature hydrolysis and alcoholysis. Alcoholysis usually requires transesterification catalysts...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jinwen Zhang, Yu-Chung Chang, Lin Shao
Keywords(s): 3D printing, aminolysis, chemcial recycling, polylactic acid, recycling of composites
Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Sustainable resources, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Chemistry
Thermoacoustic-catalytic system for cooling and transforming cryogenic hydrogen
Unmet Need: Efficient hydrogen cooling and spin conversion Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels for the future clean economy, as it does not produce harmful emissions and as a liquid, hydrogen is one of the most energy-dense carriers. However, conventional liquefaction and cooling systems for cryogenic hydrogen involve a number of moving parts...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Konstantin Matveev, Jacob Leachman
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Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Energy, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Sustainable resources
Polyols and Polyurethanes from Lignin
Unmet Need: Successful production of lignin based Polyols Polyurethane (PU) is an important class of thermoset polymer with a $70 bn/year market, providing materials for many applications. PU materials are comprised of an isocyanate and a polyol; both of which are currently obtained from non-renewable petroleum resources, suggesting that the development...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Xiao Zhang, Udishnu Sanyal
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Category(s): Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Advanced Materials, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech
Recovery of Valuable Bioactive Compounds from Potato Peels
Unmet Need: High-yielding extraction of bioactive compounds without the use of toxic solvents The growing consumption of fresh potatoes in food processing industries has led to a fast-increasing generation of potato peels. More than 1.01 million metric tons of fresh peels were produced in the northwest of the United States in 2011. The lack of efficient...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Xiangyu Gu, Jose Martinez Fernandez, Shulin Chen
Keywords(s): Bioactive Compounds, Biomass and materials utilization, Liquefaction, Potato Peels, Sustainability
Category(s): Technologies > Food & Nutrition > Agriculture and Plant Sciences, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech
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