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Chip-based Nano-optoelectrodes for Optical Voltage Sensing

THE CHALLENGE The challenge in developing reliable, scalable optical voltage sensors lies at the intersection of technical complexity and commercial viability. Current solutions—ranging from fluorescent dyes to random plasmonic nanostructures—face critical limitations: they either require invasive labeling, suffer from photobleaching,...

Published: 7/15/2025 | Inventor(s): Yuming Zhao, Chuan Xiao, Wei Zhou

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Electronics

Micro-/nano-optoelectrode Arrays by Hierarchical Modular Design

THE CHALLENGE The growing demand for real-time monitoring of complex biological systems—like brain networks, stem-cell growth, and mini-organs—has exposed a major gap in the market: the lack of scalable, integrated sensor platforms that can simultaneously capture both electrical signals and chemical changes in 3D environments. Current...

Published: 7/15/2025 | Inventor(s): Elieser Mejia, Wei Zhou

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biotechnology

Washable SERS Fabrics via Micro-Imprinting

THE CHALLENGE The major challenge in wearable SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) sensors lies in bridging the gap between cutting-edge lab technology and real-world usability. While SERS offers powerful, label-free chemical detection at the molecular level, current fabrication methods rely on expensive clean-room processes, rigid substrates,...

Published: 6/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Biomedical

Fast Viral Detection via SERS and Machine Learning

THE CHALLENGE The key challenge in developing effective virus detection tools for real-world environments lies in bridging the gap between laboratory-grade accuracy and field-ready usability. Current diagnostic methods like PCR and immunoassay are highly sensitive but depend on complex sample preparation, costly reagents, cold-chain logistics, and...

Published: 6/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou, Peter Vikesland, Linsey Marr, Nisha Duggal

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications > Engineering

Chip-integrated Nanolaminate Nano-optoelectrode Arrays for Interfacial Electrochemical Reaction Monitoring

THE CHALLENGE: In the field of electrochemistry, understanding the dynamics of interfacial reactions is crucial for advancements in areas such as electrocatalysis, biosensing, and energy conversion. Real-time monitoring of these reactions allows scientists to gain insights into mechanisms that drive these processes. Accurate and detailed analysis of...

Published: 7/15/2025 | Inventor(s): Yuming Zhao, Chuan Xiao, Wei Zhou

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials

Transparent NanoplasmonicMeshes for Bio-interfaced Multimodal Biochemical Sensing

THE CHALLENGE For multicellular systems such as microbial biofilms and tumors it is essential to capture the holistic system-level spatiotemporal picture. This allows for the understanding of complex and dynamically evolving biological activities to determine effective therapeutic intervention methods. Currently, standard bioanalysis methods do not...

Published: 6/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou, Elieser Mejia

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology

Drug Dosage Testing using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

THE CHALLENGE Plasmonic nanostructures have enabled label-free surfaceenhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to emerge as a rapid nondestructive molecular fingerprint characterization technique for complex biological samples. However, label-free SERs bioanalysis faces significant challenges in reliability and reproducibility due to local optical field...

Published: 6/26/2025 | Inventor(s): Wei Zhou, Wonil Nam

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biotechnology

Multiresonant Plasmonic Meshes for Bio-interfaced Sensing and Actuation

THE CHALLENGE Mesh plasmonic devices have the potential to combine the biocompatibility of polymeric meshes with the capabilities of plasmonic nanostructures to enhance nanoscale light-matter interactions for bio-interfaced optical sensing and actuation. However, scalable integration of uniformly structured plasmonic hotspot arrays with polymeric...

Published: 6/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou, Peter Vikesland

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology, Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials

Jianming Liang Portfolio

M11-093L: Development of a Highly Efficient and User-Friendly Software System for Carotid Intima-Media Thickness- Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a highly user-friendly system for semiautomatic CIMT image interpretation. Their contribution is the application of active contour models (snake models) with hard constraints, leading...

Published: 7/29/2025 | Inventor(s): Zongwei Zhou, Jae Shin, Jianming Liang

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Category(s): Computing & Information Technology, Imaging, Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Imaging

Self-supervised Learning: From Parts to Whole

As machine learning grows and advances, contrastive representation learning continues to emerge as the state-of-the-art technique in computer vision. Contrastive representation learning, however, has major limitations that make it problematic for 3D medical imaging, such as requiring extensive mini-batch sizes, special network design, or memory...

Published: 2/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Ruibin Feng, Zongwei Zhou, Jianming Liang

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Category(s): Computing & Information Technology, Imaging, Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Imaging

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