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Steric Hindrance Effect of Additives for Tuning the Perovskite Crystal Orientation (Case No. 2024-023)

Summary: UCLA Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method to tune perovskite crystal orientation for increased performance, energy efficiency, and reduced material defect with a variety of field applications, including solar cells and LEDs. Background: Perovskite holds considerable promise as a highly...

Published: 10/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Yang Yang, Chunqing Ma, Haoxiang Duan, Dong Meng

Keywords(s): Energy Efficiency, energy-efficient, Imaging, Liquid-Crystal Display, Nanocrystal, OLED, Optoelectronics, organic photo detector, organic photovoltaics, perovskite, perovskite devices, perovskite solar cell, photodetection, Solar Cell, X-ray detectors

Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment, Materials > Composite Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Fiber Optics, Materials > Functional Materials

Carbon-Negative Desalination With High-Value Materials Recovery (Case No. 2024-008)

Summary: Researchers led by Dr. Eric Hoek have developed a carbon-negative method to desalinate brine and seawater and extract valuable materials from the source solution. Background: Increased global temperatures and extreme droughts are driving water shortages throughout the world. To address this, water recycling and desalination efforts have...

Published: 10/8/2024 | Inventor(s): Eric Hoek, Yongho Ju, Yoram Cohen, David Jassby

Keywords(s): brine, brine concentrate, carbon negative, carbon neutral, carbon sequestration, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, freshwater generation, global carbon utilization, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, Membrane bioreactor, membrane fouling, membrane scaling, Membranes, mineral harvesting, nanofiltration, renewable fuel, reverse osmosis (RO), Seawater, treatment efficacy, Wastewater treatment, Water Injection (Oil Production), Water Purification, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, water recovery, Water treatment

Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Energy & Environment > Carbon Capture, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Water Treatment, Materials > Membranes

Biosynthesis of Diacids (Case No. 2023-238)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a novel method for the biosynthesis of a native terpenoid from cellulose with high yield and selectivity. Background: With a growing need to identify sustainable chemical production methods for replacing conventional petrochemical synthesis, bioengineered...

Published: 10/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Junyoung Park, Glenn Nurwono

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Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

2021-291-AMBIENT METHANE FUNCTIONALIZATION BY CONTINUOUS ELECTROGENERATED D9 METALLORADICALS

SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed an electrocatalytic system for CH4 functionalization using silver (AgII) as a metalloradical mediator that works at low temperatures with minimal infrastructure. BACKGROUND Methane (CH4) release occurs in a wide array of industrial processes, including natural...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Chong Liu, Jiao Deng, Jesus Iniguez, Danlei Xiang, Xun Guan

Keywords(s): Catalysts, Electrocatalyst, Metals, Methane, Methane Reformer, Radical (Chemistry)

Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials, Chemical > Catalysts, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals

2019-954 Ultrastable Nanoemulsions in Disordered and Ordered States

SUMMARYResearchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA have developed a method for the production of crystalline, iridescent emulsions stable to repeated dilutions.BACKGROUNDMany existing nanoemulsion formulations suffer from instability, especially with regards to dilution. To prevent the nano-droplets from coalescing, more and...

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

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Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

Nanoemulsion Technologies

Mason Group Website: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/Mason/BACKGROUNDNanoemulsions are oil-in-water (or vice versa) suspensions of nanoscale droplets that range in size from 15 to 100 nm and have a variety of applications including drug delivery, agriculture, personal care and food products. Nanoemulsions have many advantages over traditional...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Thomas Mason

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Category(s): Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Chemical, Chemical > Emulsions, Chemical > Synthesis, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nanoparticles, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Materials > Nanotechnology

Monodisperse Emulsions Templated by 3D-Structured Microparticles

dana,Geneva,sans-serif">UCLA Case No. 2019-471 SUMMARY UCLA Researchers in the Departments of Bioengineering and Mathematics have developed a method to generate uniform, thermodynamically stabilized microdroplets with digitizable solid structures. BACKGROUND In standard emulsions, mixtures of different types of liquids result in non-uniform and...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Chueh-Yu Wu, Andrea Bertozzi, Bao Wang, Joseph de Rutte, Kyung Ha

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Category(s): Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

2010-247 Digital Microfluidic Platform for Radiochemistry

Summary UCLA researchers have created a novel, integrated microfluidic approach to radiochemical synthesis. Radiochemicals have been successfully synthesized on droplet-based microfluidic chips operated by electro-wetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) actuation. Background Radiochemicals have important uses in medicine, preclinical research, biology, biochemistry,...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): R. Michael Van Dam, Chang-Jin Kim, Gaurav Jitendra Shah, Supin Chen, Huijiang Ding

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Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

2009-269 A Semisynthetic Approach to Production of Keppra

Summary UCLA researchers have designed novel metabolic pathways in E. Coli to easily produce the starting chiral synthons for Keppra synthesis from glucose. Background Epilepsy is a debilitating disease of the central nervous system, which can cause severe seizures. Affecting around 1% of the population, this disease requires prolonged, and often life-long,...

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

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2009-136 Simplified One Pot Synthesis of [18F]SFB for Radiolabeling

Summary UCLA investigators in the department of Biological Chemistry have developed a high throughput screen to test for novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors that target regulatory protein binding. This assay has the potential to identify lead compounds to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia and other cancers dependent on tyrosine kinase signaling. Background...

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

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Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

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