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Ion-Solvent-Polymer Interactions for Preparing Polymer Networks and Composites of Tunable Structures and Properties (UCLA Case No. 2023-147)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA's Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a solution-based synthesis platform capable of generating micro and nanostructured gels, polymers, and composites with simultaneously improved safety, mechanical and ionic conductivity/transport properties. Background: Pore structure engineering holds...

Published: 11/20/2023 | Inventor(s): Ximin He

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Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Polymers, Chemical > Synthesis, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Composite Materials

Self-Propelled Ink Deposition Robot (SPIDR) That Climbs on the Structures That It 3D-Prints (UCLA Case No. 2019-957)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have created a fleet of robots capable of performing autonomous 3D printing with exceptional speed, resolution, and precision. Background: The 3D printing robot industry has witnessed exciting developments...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jonathan Hopkins, Robert Candler, Hossein Kavehpour

Keywords(s): 3D biofabrication, 3D Printing, 6 degrees of freedom, bent-blade flexures, decoupled actuators, folded leaf-spring flexures, hexapod, hexblade, high speed, high-vibration environments, large range, six-axis positioner, space compatible inks, Stewart platform, vibration compensation

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Mechanical > Manufacturing, Mechanical > Robotics, Materials, Materials > Construction Materials, Materials > Composite Materials

2023-056 A Method to Make High Strength, High Ductility, and High Electrical Conductivity Metals

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed ultra-strong metal nanocomposites with high ductility, thermal stability, and electrical conductivity. Background: In many different applications, including those in the aerospace, defense, electronics, energy, and transportation sectors, nanocrystalline...

Published: 12/12/2023 | Inventor(s): Yinmin Wang, Zan Li

Keywords(s): graphene, high-strength, metal nanocomposites, Metals, Nanocrystal, nanocrystalline metals, nanodispersion, nanograined metals, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, nanostructured materials, Nanotechnology, reduced graphene oxide, strength-ductility, strength-electrical conductivity, strength-thermal stability

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Fabrication Technologies

2022-036 Giant Magnetoelasticity Enabled Self-Powered Pressure Sensor

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a soft material system that generates a giant magnetoelastic effect to enable self-powered pressure sensors for biomonitoring in wearable devices. Background: The magnetoelastic effect is the change in a material’s magnetic properties under mechanical stress or deformation....

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen

Keywords(s): Bioelectromagnetics, Biosensor, Elastic Modulus, Elastic Modulus Thermal Grease, Electromagnetism, Implant (Medicine), Magnetoresistive , Piezoelectric Sensor, Power Electronics, Robotics, Sensor

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Sensors, Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Electrical > Instrumentation, Mechanical, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Materials > Nanotechnology

2020-792 Hierarchical Porous Materials With Tunable Behavior Via Cononsolvency Effect

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method of controlling the micro-porous structure of polymers and thus their diffusion and mechanical properties.Background: Hydrogels hold promise for various applications including solar vapor generation, drug delivery, and energy storage. These materials...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Ximin He, Yousif Alsaid, Shuwang Wu

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Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Chemical > Polymers

2003-126 Glass-Modified Stress Waves for Adhesion Measurement of Ultra Thin Films and Nanoelectronics Device Fabrication

Professor Vijay Gupta - http://gupta.seas.ucla.edu/ SUMAMRY UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a fast, reliable, atomic-level sensitive adhesion metrology tool for measuring the tensile strength of multilayer interfaces and epoxy-bonded joints such as those appearing in the semiconductor (ICs,...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Vijay Gupta, Vassili Kireev

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Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies

2011-132 Enhanced Strength Carbon Nanotube Yarns

SUMMARYResearchers at the UCLA Department of Engineering have developed novel carbon nanotube/resin composite material that dramatically enhances strength and toughness of carbon nanotubes.BACKGROUNDCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered in terms of tensile strength and elastic modulus, compared to steel and...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Larry Carlson

Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Construction Materials

Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals

2020-445 Liquid Scintillator Containing High-Z Nanoparticles

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed an organic scintillator for identification of gamma radiation. This scintillator has high loading of high-Z nanoparticles without sacrificing optical transparency for better gamma ray detection. BACKGROUNDInorganic scintillators are widely used for the detection...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Hongxiang Zhao

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Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Chemical > Polymers, Materials > Fabrication Technologies

Perovskite Technologies

Yang Yang Group Website: http://yylab.seas.ucla.edu/ UC Case Nos. 2015-556, 2018-019, 2022-209 ----- Modulating Heterointerface Energetics for Operationally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells (UCLA Case No. 2022-206) Researchers at UCLA have developed a novel fabrication approach that stabilizes the surface of perovskite solar cells without hindering...

Published: 8/31/2023 | Inventor(s): Yang Yang

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Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Chemical > Polymers, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Thermoelectrics, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation > Solar, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage

Reversible Ethylene Oxide Capture in Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

UC Case No. 2009-228SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have devised a method to separate and purify gases such as ethylene oxide from gaseous mixtures using functionalized and porous metal-organic, covalent-organic, and zeolitic-imidazolate frameworks.BACKGROUNDMOFs are recognized for their gas adsorbing capabilities....

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Omar Yaghi, David Britt, Alexander Czaja, Torsten Maeurer

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Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials

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