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HgTe Quantum Dots With Near Untiy Photoluminescent Quantum Yields in the Near and Short-Wave Infrared (Case No. 2024-256)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed an innovative synthesis technique to create ultrasmall Mercury Telluride (HgTe) quantum dots, offering tunable optoelectronic properties and high photoluminescent quantum yields across the infrared spectrum. Background: HgTe quantum dots are gaining popularity...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Justin Caram, Belle Coffey

Keywords(s): Biochemistry, Chemical, Electronics & Semiconductors, Imaging, Infrared, infrared thermal imaging, Light-Emitting Diode, Materials, Microscale Chemistry, Nanomaterials, nanophotonics, near-infrared, Optoelectronic materials, Optoelectronics, photodetection, photoluminescence, photostability, Quantum Dot, Semiconductor, Semiconductors

Category(s): Electrical > Imaging, Chemical, Optics & Photonics, Materials > Nanotechnology, Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Electrical > Sensors, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

2021-355 Magnetically Activated Individual Cell Sorting Using Spin Orbit Torque

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a magnetically activated cell sorting method with high throughput and low-cost operation. BACKGROUND: The use of cell sorting techniques has become indispensable for many applications in biology and biomedicine. Cell sorting is particularly important...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Abdon Sepulveda, Victor Estrada, Ruoda Zheng, Yilian Wang

Keywords(s): Cancer Immunotherapy, Chemical, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, High-Throughput Screening, Imaging, Magnetic Field, Materials, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, T Cell

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Materials > Nanotechnology, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Medical Devices > Medical Imaging

2020-408: sAPPalpha Targeted Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease

UCLA researchers from the Department of Neurology have developed a novel application of two compounds that target the upstream formation of toxic amyloid-beta oligomers for the effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. BACKGROUND: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder currently affecting ~6...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Varghese John, Sujyoti Chandra

Keywords(s): Chemical, Cns, Therapeutics & Vaccines

Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology

2020-478 CONVERSION OF HETEROCYCLES TO NOVEL POLYMERS CONTAINING STRAINED FUNCTIONALITY AND CAPACITY FOR POST-POLYMERIZATION MODIFICATION

UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed a novel method for the conversion of Dewar heterocycles to versatile monomers with capacity for post-polymerization chemistry. BACKGROUND: Post-polymerization modifications are crucial in the development of synthetic materials for electronic, biomedical, and feedstock...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Hosea Nelson

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

Category(s): Chemical > Catalysts, Chemical > Polymers, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals

2020-172 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF CANNABINOID PRECURSOR OLIVETOLIC ACID AND ITS ANALOGUES

UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering have developed a novel method for the production of cannabinoid precursor olivetolic acid for the scalable synthesis of cannabinoids. BACKGROUND: Cannabinoids, the chemicals found in the cannabis plant, are widely recognized for their medical applications to alleviate pain....

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Yi Tang

Keywords(s): Chemical, Hydrocarbons, Pain Treatment, Personal Care / Home Care , Therapeutics & Vaccines

Category(s): Chemical, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology

2009-554 COMPLEX MIXED LIGAND OPEN FRAMEWORK MATERIALS

Case 2009-554UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel multifarious mixed functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF), which has been demonstrated to be successful in gas storage and separation.BACKGROUNDAdding complexity and increasing the number of building units to crystalline structures usually leads...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Omar Yaghi, Christian Doonan, Hexiang Deng

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

Category(s): Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals

2011-250 METAL TRIAZOLITES

Case No. 2011-250SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) using triazole ligands that allows for facile modification with a variety of metals, which has unique gas separation and adsorption properties.BACKGROUNDPrevious MOFs with advantageous porosity and stability have...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Omar Yaghi, Fernando Uribe Romo, David Britt, Felipe Gandara Barragan

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

Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Chemical > Chemical Sensors, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Gas Storage

Enantioseparation of Amino Acids Using a Chiral Recognition Polymer

Case 1998-601BACKGROUNDEnantioseparations are becoming increasingly important because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declared if a drug is chiral, the biological effects of both enantiomers must be determined. Many procedures for resolutions of D, L-amino acids have been documented on an analytical scale. The limitations of these methods...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Richard Kaner, Hailan Guo, Charles Knobler

Keywords(s): Chemical, Reaction Technologies

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