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Molecular Ruler for Quantifying Steady-State and Population Distribution of Photo-Generated Charge Carriers
Provides Quantitative Information on the Steady-State Hot Carriers in Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals This DNA-based molecular ruler quantitatively measures the steady-state energy and population distribution of plasmon-generated hot carriers in metal nanocrystals. Photo-generated charge carriers, such as plasmon-generated hot electrons and holes,...
Published: 4/29/2026   |   Updated: 4/29/2026   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Yue Hu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences > Chemistry
A Method to Accelerate Federated Learning via Client Hopping
THE CHALLENGE Organizations across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and edge computing increasingly look to federated learning to extract value from sensitive, distributed data while maintaining privacy and regulatory compliance. Yet scaling this technology into a reliable commercial solution remains challenging, as current architectures struggle...
Published: 3/24/2026   |   Updated: 3/24/2026   |   Inventor(s): Fangtong Zhou, Yi Shi, Yiwei Thomas Hou
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science
A Real-time Interference Mitigation Method for Automotive Radar
THE CHALLENGE The growing adoption of FMCW radar in modern vehicles—used for crucial functions like collision avoidance and autonomous driving faces a serious business and technical challenge: mutual radar interference. As more vehicles hit the road with similar radar systems, their signals often overlap, creating "noise" that hides...
Published: 10/22/2025   |   Updated: 8/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Yubo Wu, Yiwei Thomas Hou
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Transportation
Multi-List Strategy for Spectrum Interference Management
THE CHALLENGE Spectrum managers operating in shared-spectrum environments (e.g., the CBRS band) face a critical challenge: protecting high-priority incumbents such as Navy radar while maintaining reliable service for commercial users. Static move lists—the prevailing industry approach—repeatedly shut down the same base stations during...
Published: 11/17/2025   |   Updated: 7/16/2025   |   Inventor(s): Naru Jai, Yubo Wu, Yi Shi, Yiwei Thomas Hou
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Communication
Novel Real Time Scheduler
THE CHALLENGE Scheduling bandwidth for multiple cell phone users is presently accomplished almost on an arbitrary basis using a predefined algorithms developed to maximize throughput. Since the scheduling frames are updated every 1 ms, this approach has made it virtually impossible to allocate bandwidth in a real-time, on-demand basis, to achieve best...
Published: 6/30/2025   |   Updated: 4/9/2025   |   Inventor(s): Yan Huang, Yiwei Thomas Hou, Yongce Chen
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Communication
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   |   Updated: 10/12/2023   |   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   |   Updated: 3/3/2022   |   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   |   Updated: 11/5/2021   |   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   |   Updated: 9/17/2021   |   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   |   Updated: 5/14/2019   |   Inventor(s): Jingjing Qiu, Wei Wei
Keywords(s): Catalysts, nanoparticle synthesis, Plasmonic, Thin Films
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
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