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Use of the Thorium-229 Nuclear Transition in a Nonlinear Optical Crystal or Fiber (Case No. 2024-241 and 2025-172)
Summary: Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA have developed a novel technique to harness thorium-229 using nonlinear optical crystals and fibers to generate necessary wavelengths in a vacuum-free and defect-resistant system. Background: Isomeric nuclear transition is a phenomenon that occurs when atoms transition from...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Eric Hudson
Keywords(s): Doping (Semiconductor), Electromagnetism, nuclear energy, nuclear fusion, Particle Physics, Quantum Computer, quantum network, thermonuclear fusion, Wavelength
Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics > Fiber Optics
Surface Oxophilic Single Atom Decoration of PT Catalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (Case No. 2025-263)
Summary: Researchers at UCLA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel catalyst design using oxophilic single-atom decorations that enhances the performance and durability of platinum (Pt) catalysts in alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells. Background: Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising alternative to internal combustion...
Published: 6/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Chengzhang Wan
Keywords(s): anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs), Catalysts, catalytic hydrogenation, clean energy, clean energy consumption, clean material production, Composite Material, Composite Materials, Construction Materials, Electrocatalyst, electrochemically active surface area, high-durability catalysts, Hydrogen, Hydrogen oxidation reaction, hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), hydrogen production, low overpotential catalysis, mass activity, material science, Materials, meta materials, Methane Reformer Hydrogen Production, microarchitectured materials, Nanomaterials, nanostructured materials, Nanotechnology, oxygen oxidation reaction, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), Platinum group metal catalysts, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), proton exchange water membrane electrolyzer (PEMWE), Rhodium-decorated Platinum nanowires (SARh-PtNW), specific activity, transition metal catalysts
Category(s): Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Catalysts
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: 4/8/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jun Park, Glenn Nurwono
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Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing
HFSIO as Gate Insulator for N-Polar Gan HEMTs (Case No. 2024-268)
Summary: Researchers in the UCLA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a new, high-performance transistor for high-frequency and high-power systems. Background: Gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are critical for high-frequency and high-power electrical applications due to their superior material...
Published: 6/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Elaheh Ahmadi, Oguz Odabasi, Xin Zhai
Keywords(s): atomic layer deposition, dielectric gates, field-effect transistors (FETs), gallium nitride, GaN, G-polar GAN, hafnium silicon oxide, HfSiO, high dielectric constant materials, high electron mobility transistors, high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), high frequency electronics, high power electronics, N-polar GAN, organic field effect transistors, quality control manufacturing, scalable manufacturing, solid-state thermal transistor, strength-thermal stability, thermal stability, thermal transistor, Thin-Film Transistor, Transistor, transistors
Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Materials > Metals
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: 2/14/2025   |   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
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: 7/17/2025   |   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: 2/14/2025   |   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: 7/17/2025   |   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: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Michael van Dam, CJ 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: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
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Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing
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