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SECURE BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION USING EFFICIENT NEURAL NETWORKS
Value proposition Face Recognition (FR) has become integral to identity management in many practical applications, from unlocking personal devices to facilitating law enforcement and accessing financial services. These systems process sensitive biometric data that, if compromised, can lead to privacy invasions, identity theft, and unauthorized surveillance....
Published: 12/22/2025   |   Inventor(s): Vishnu Boddeti, Wei Ao
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Category(s): Computer Software, Informatics, Data Processing/Analysis
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
Nature-inspired Functionally-graded UHMWPE + Kevlar Composites Achieve Extraordinarily High Strength
Nature-inspired polymers are achieved using unique processing to yield functional gradient composites with embedded Kevlar fibers exhibiting extraordinarily high strength lightweight UHMWPE materials. Background: Demand for new energy absorption materials and implantable polymeric biomaterials has increased significantly in recent years. The...
Published: 11/18/2025   |   Inventor(s): Shenqiang Ren, Lu An
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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
Click Chemistry Probes for Specific Targeting of Sialic Acid Tumor Antigens
Technology: Researchers at MUSC have identified methods for selectively modifying linked sialic acid or polysialic acid with bioorthagonal reaction schemes having applications broad applications in drug delivery. This is achieved by exposing a 2,3 linked sialic acid and/or a 2,8 linked polysialic acid to condensing reagents under suitable reaction conditions....
Published: 3/15/2023   |   Inventor(s): Richard Drake, Xiaowei (Vivian) Lu
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Category(s): BioPharma
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
Network-Coded Multiple Access
[Licensing negotiation in progress] [Invitation for Expression of Interest - Deadline: 16 June 2016] Systems and methods include a first wireless local area network (WLAN) system that jointly exploit physical-layer network coding (PNC) and multi-user decoding (MUD) to boost system throughput. This multiple access mode is referred to as Network-Coded...
Published: 1/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Soung Chang Liew, Lu LU, Lizhao You
Keywords(s): Network Coding, Wireless Local Area Network
Category(s): Information and Communications Technology
Erythropoietin-Derived Short Peptide and Its Mimics as Immuno/Inflammatory Modulators
Invention Summary: Erythropoeitin (Epo) is a hematopoietic growth factor widely used in the treatment of anemia and has been claimed to have direct neuroprotective effects. However, long-term Epo therapy can lead to the excessive elevation of platelets and red blood cells in non-anemic individuals. A short Epo-derived peptide has recently been shown...
Published: 1/28/2026   |   Inventor(s): Rui Rong Yuan, Peter Dowling, Bo Wang, Wei Lu
Keywords(s): Neurological disorder & neuropathic pain
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics