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Ultrafine Platinum Catalysts for Hydrogen Fuel Cells (Case No. 2023-026)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel method to synthesize platinum-based catalysts with ultralow base transition metal-oxide content. Background: Ultrafine platinum (Pt)-based catalysts present a promising avenue for achieving exceptional fuel cell activity while minimizing base transition...

Published: 3/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Yu Huang

Keywords(s): Catalysts, Fuel Cell, Metals, Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, Platinum, transition metal catalysts

Category(s): Materials, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Fuel Cells, Chemical, Chemical > Catalysts, Chemical > Synthesis, Materials > Nanotechnology

2023-021 A Ferrobotic Swarm Technology for Accessible, Adaptable, and Automated Testing

Summary: UCLA Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an automated, algorithm-driven nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) method that is easy to manufacture, distribute, and yields accurate results with reduced demand of testing reagents. Background: Major epidemics over the last two decades have emerged...

Published: 8/8/2023 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Sam Emaminejad, Haisong Lin, Wenzhuo Yu, Kiarash AmirMozafariSabet

Keywords(s): Algorithm, algorithm-based testing, automated testing, Automation, Cell Counting/Imaging, COVID-19, Ferrofluid, ferrorobotics, high throughput testing, Nanotechnology, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), Nucleic Acid Platform Systems, Nucleic Acids, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), pooling, Software & Algorithms, viral testing

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Diagnostic Markers, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

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

2022-276 A Self-Powered Bioelectronic Stent Sensor for Postoperative Blood Flow Rate Monitoring

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a miniaturized bioelectronic stent sensor that provides continuous, real-time, and reliable hemodynamic monitoring. Background: Diseases caused by arterial atherosclerosis are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, affecting over 4.6 million...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen, Geoffrey Colby, Guorui Chen

Keywords(s): Atherosclerosis, Biomaterial 3D Printing, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Rate , Medical Device, Medical Devices and Materials, Medical Physics , Nanotechnology, Sensors, Smart medical device, Stent, wearable medical device

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Medical Devices, Electrical > Mems

2022-223 A Bioanalytics-Enabled and Hollow Microneedle-Based Wearable Technology for Personalized Medicine

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a minimally-invasive wearable device that continuously monitors pharmaceutical concentrations in a user to optimize the drug’s dosage. Background: The annual cost of medication-related morbidity and mortality due to non-optimized pharmacotherapy...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Shuyu Lin

Keywords(s): Adverse Drug Reaction, Antibody-Drug Conjugate, Antiviral Drug, Biomonitoring, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Drug, Drug Carrier, Drug Delivery, Drug Delivery Microporous Material, Drug Development, Drug Development Feature Extraction, Drug Discovery, Drug monitoring, Drug Resistance, Drug-Eluting Stent, Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Fine-Needle Aspiration, Gene Combination Drug, Immunosuppressive Drug, interstitial fluid (ISF)-based information, Investigatioal New Drug, Management Of HIV/AIDS Psychoactive Drug, medical automation technology, Medical Device, Medical Devices and Materials, medication customization, medication efficacy, Microneedle array, minimally invasive device, Monitoring (Medicine), Monitoring And Recording Systems, Multiple Drug Resistance, Mutation Drug Design, Nanosensor, Nanostructure, Nanotechnology, non-invasive drug monitoring, personalized dose assessment, Pharmaceutical Drug, Pharmaceutical Drug Ethylene Glycol, Pharmaceutical Drug Opioid Dependence, Prescription Drug, real-time sensing/monitoring/tracking, remote monitoring, sample-to-answer devices, Smart medical device, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, wearable medical device

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electrical > Sensors, Materials > Nanotechnology

2021-229 Processes, Equipment and Materials Recipes, and Related Know-How to Perform the Silicon-Interconnect Fabric (Si-IF) Chip-Scale Packaging Technology

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel manufacturing process for Silicone-Interconnect Fabric (Si-IF) that is not only scalable, but also robust as it relies on established processing techniques from CMOS technologies. Background: With the rise of computation-heavy applications, such...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Subramanian Iyer

Keywords(s): Analogue Electronics, CMOS, Consumer Electronics, Digital Electronics, Electronic Packaging, Electronics & Semiconductors, electronics packaging, heterogenous electronic systems, Integrated Circuit Via (Electronics), Interposers, Nanotechnology, Power Electronics, Printed Circuit Board, Printed Electronics, Silicon

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Memory

Cellphone-Based Micro-Plate Reader for Point-Of-Care ELISA Testing & High-Throughput and Automated Diagnosis of Antimicrobial Resistance

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a cost-effective cellphone-based micro-plate reader to rapidly perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) with >99% accuracy. Background: Immunoassays are biochemical tests that are conducted to measure the presence and concentration of...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Dino Di Carlo, Steve Feng, Bingen Cortazar Unzaga, Brandon Berg, Haydar Ozkan, Omai Garner, Kuochao Tseng

Keywords(s): Antibacterial, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibody, Artificial Intelligence, Bacteria, Drug Resistance, ELISA, High-Throughput Screening, Immunoassay, Nanotechnology, Optics, Photonics, Point Of Care, Smartphone

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Antibodies, Diagnostic Markers, Optics & Photonics, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

2021-313 METHODS OF ANALYZING NANOVIALS CONTAINING CELLS USING FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a high throughput, single cell screening and sorting platform to facilitate single cell functional assays. Background: Biological assays are usually performed using microwell plates because of their ability to scale experiments and integrate with current lab automation...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Joseph de Rutte, Robert Dimatteo

Keywords(s): Assay, Biotechnology, Life Science Research Tools, Nanotechnology, Targets And Assays

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Cell Lines, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Materials > Functional Materials, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Materials > Nanotechnology

2022-132 SCALABLE AND RAPID INFRARED RADIATION ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel and scalable method to synthesize ultrafine nanoparticles. Background: Ultrafine nanoparticles are particles that often exhibit unique properties due to their small size and high surface area to volume ratio. Despite being about 10,000x smaller...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan, Bosi Peng

Keywords(s): Catalysts, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Chemical > Synthesis, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage

2022-037 PROFILE MONITOR FOR ULTRA-SMALL PARTICLE BEAMS

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed a beam profile monitor capable of resolving ultra-small particle beams at sub-micron spot sizes. BACKGROUND: Modern optical applications utilizing ultra-high brightness beams, such as X-ray free electron lasers (XFEL), require monitoring the spatial distributions...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Nathan Majernik

Keywords(s): Beam Divergence, Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Analysis, Ion Beam, Laser, Nanotechnology, Optics, Photonics

Category(s): Electrical > Sensors, Materials > Nanotechnology, Optics & Photonics

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