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Thermotargetron for modifying thermophilic microorganisms
The Thermotargetron is a genetic tool for modifying thermophilic micro­organisms using a type-II intron element, TeI3c‑4c. It allows efficient gene inactivation across a broad host range without needing selection markers and can target short gene sequences. Background Renewable fuels like bioethanol are increasingly vital due to rising global...
Published: 1/13/2026   |   Inventor(s): Alan Lambowitz, Georg Mohr, Wei Hong, Qui Cui, Ya-Jun Liu
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Category(s): Life sciences > Immunology > Genomics/genetics, Life sciences > Research tools > Tool/assay/screening platform, Physical sciences > Energy > Renewable, green, or transitional energy
Sunlight-Harvesting Windows for Enhanced Power Generation
Nanoparticle-Embedded Glass Redirects Scattered Light to Solar Cells Within Window Frames that Produce Electricity These sunlight-harvesting windows embedded with metal nanoparticles and framed with photovoltaic cells produce four times as much power as other solar windows. In 2014, the United States installed enough solar photovoltaics to power 4...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Jiangeng Xue
Keywords(s): Harvesting, Infrared Absorption, light scattering, Nanoparticle, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Transparent
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Synthesis of Star-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles for Solar Power and Biomedical Applications
Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles Improve Photocatalytic Activity in Solar Cells and Windows or Biomedical Sensing This synthesis process produces gold nano-stars, plasmonic nanoparticles useful as photocatalysts for many applications. The gold nanoparticles market is expected to reach $6.33 billion by 2025; the nanoparticles are in large demand to improve...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Wenxiao Guo
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Others > Cleantech
Photocatalyst for More Efficient Water Oxidation, CO2 Reduction, and Nitrogen Fixation
Drives Photochemical Reactions Powered by Solar Energy and at Low Temperatures This photocatalyst and photolytic process boosts electrochemical efficiency of common industrial reactions, allowing them to occur under solar conditions and low temperatures. The global photocatalyst market is projected to reach $4.58 billion by 2025. Photocatalysts can...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Others > Cleantech
Enhanced Au/TiO2 Catalysts for More Efficient O2 Activation
Adjusts Atomic Interface to Enable Catalytic Activity 34 Times Greater Than Traditional Catalysts This enhancement of the Au/TiO2 catalyst results from manipulating its interfacial atomic structures for optimal oxygen activation. Analysts project the global market for catalysts to reach $48 billion in 2027 . The field of heterogeneous catalysis does...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Jiawei Huang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Others > Others
Hybrid Plasmonic Platform for Directing and Controlling Nanostructure Growth
Low-Heat, Bottom-Up Approach Can Produce Metal, Polymer or Bio-Molecule Structures for Catalysis, Biosensors, Electronic Devices and MoreThis surface plasmon mediated chemical solution deposition method uses surface plasmon resonance to deposit nanoparticles in the liquid phase at room temperature to direct and control nanostructure growth. Plasmonic...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Jingjing Qiu, Wei Wei
Keywords(s): Catalysts, nanoparticle synthesis, Plasmonic, Thin Films
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Disturbed Self-assembly: Growing Block Copolymer Nanosheet (BCNS) Densely and Naturally
AbstractNanosheet plays an important role in the development of clinical therapeutics and diagnostics e.g., bioimaging/sensing, drug delivery systems and tissue engineering. As one of the most important approaches to preparing nanomaterials, self-assembly is able to give rise to various nanostructures from zero-dimension nanoparticles to three-dimension...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yu Wang, Weihong Zhong
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Category(s): Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Nanotechnology
Functionalized Porous Polymer Nanocomposites via Introducing Functional Components into Emulsion Systems
AbstractFunctional porous polymer films are of great interest to academia as well as industry for a variety of applications, such as gas separation, water purification and sensors. A porous structure can not only reduce the density of the material, but can also remarkably increase the surface/interface area, which can be used for various functionalizations....
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yu Wang, Weihong Zhong, Bin Li
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Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech
Adhesive Conductive Binder for Battery Electrodes
Abstract Researchers at WSU have developed a high-performance hybrid conductive adhesives (HCA), which showed strong adhesion properties, high ionic and electric conductivities and good elasticity.Energy storage devices are in desperate need of high-performance binder materials that can maintain good/stable contact among all the components and at the...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yu Wang, Weihong Zhong
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Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Next Generation Materials & Technology > Advanced Materials, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Electrical/Electronics, Technologies > Energy & Environment > Energy
Protein-based Nanofabrics as Multi-functional “Green” Air Filtering Materials for High Efficiency Particulate and Toxic Chemical Filtration
AbstractAir filters currently in the market cannot simultaneously purify the air from particles and chemicals effectively. The non-degradable synthetic nature of existing products also creates environmental issues. To solve these problems, researchers at Washington State University have developed a green multi-functional air filter. This filter is...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Weihong Zhong, Hamid Souzandeh, Yu Wang
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Category(s): Technologies > Energy & Environment > Clean Tech, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Chemistry, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Global Human and Animal Health