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Doping of Thorium-229 Into High Bandgap Metal Sulfate Material (Case No. 2025-99Y)

Summary: A UCLA researcher in the Department of Physics has developed a novel method for creating high-bandgap materials doped with thorium-229, enabling the development of advanced nuclear clocks. Background: Thorium-229 is the only known isotope with a nuclear transition low enough to be measured using conventional optical techniques. The combination...

Published: 10/9/2025 | Inventor(s): Eric Hudson

Keywords(s): Clock Signal, high-powered laser systems, Laser, laser alignment, Laser Diode, lasers

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

Smart Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging and Grid Integration Apparatus and Methods (Case No. 2010-903)

Summary Researchers at UCLA have developed a smart EV charging and grid integration system that uses real-time control, state estimation, and bidirectional energy flows to manage EV charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) operations. The system optimizes charging schedules based on grid constraints, user preferences, and energy market signals while ensuring...

Published: 10/2/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Batteries

Lithography-Based 3D Microbattery (Case No. 2015-524)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a 3D microbattery design that significantly increases energy storage for small-footprint devices. The battery uses a substrate with an array of vertical posts forming the first electrode, a conformal selectively-cured electrolyte coating, and a second electrode encasing the coated first electrode, yielding higher...

Published: 9/22/2025 | Inventor(s): Bruce Dunn, CJ Kim, Janet Hur, Leland Smith

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Optics & Photonics, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Batteries, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage

Metal Chalcogenides for Pseudocapacitive Applications (Case No. 2016-178)

Summary Researchers at UCLA have developed nanocrystalline, defect-rich metal dichalcogenide materials with expanded interlayer spacing that enable pseudocapacitive charge storage for Li⁺, Na⁺, Mg²⁺, and Ca²⁺ ion systems. These materials deliver high rate performance, suppress deleterious phase transformations, and enable fast charging/discharging...

Published: 9/15/2025 | Inventor(s): Sarah Tolbert, Bruce Dunn, John Cook, Hyungseok Kim

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Metals, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Batteries, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage

Metal Cations as Inorganic Structure-Directing Agents for the Preparation of Zeotype Aluminosilicates (Case No. 2022-246)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a method for directing the crystallization of aluminosilicate materials into either phillipsite zeolite or tobermorite silicate hydrate phases—using specific ratios of sodium (Na⁺), potassium (K⁺), and calcium (Ca²⁺) cations in synthesis gels, without organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs). Background Zeolites...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Gaurav Sant, Dante Simonetti, Juan Carlos Vega-Vila, Advait Holkar, Samanvaya Srivastava, Ross Arnold

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment

Vaterite Synthesis via Portlandite Carbonation (Case No. 2022-182)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a process to manufacture stable vaterite, a calcium carbonate polymorph, by carbonating portlandite under mild conditions and using stabilizers to prevent its conversion to more stable forms. The resulting material can be used as a cement replacement to help reduce embodied carbon in concrete systems. Background Ordinary...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Gaurav Sant, Dale Prentice, Dante Simonetti, Jenny Arabit

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Category(s): Materials, Energy & Environment, Materials > Nanotechnology

Direct Brucite Carbonation for Cementation (Case No. 2022-181)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a method for replacing a substantial portion of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) by using direct carbonation of brucite (Mg(OH)₂) in concrete mixtures, enabling lower-carbon concrete products produced under near-ambient conditions with cost-competitive engineering performance. Background Concrete production using...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Gaurav Sant, Dale Prentice, Dante Simonetti, Jenny Arabit

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Category(s): Energy & Environment, Materials, Energy & Environment > Carbon Capture

Co-Deacidification and Dechlorination of Aqueous/Gaseous Streams by Mineral Dissolution (Case No. 2022-173)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a method and composition for simultaneous deacidification and dechlorination of acidic aqueous solutions (including brines or electrolyte streams enriched in free-chlorine species), using mineral or rock solids containing low-valent metals to neutralize acidity and remove chlorine contaminants. Background Electrolytic...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Gaurav Sant, David Jassby, Xin Chen, Dante Simonetti, Steven Bustillos

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Membranes, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment

Ultrasonic Process for Selective Extraction of Lithium and Magnesium From Suitable Geological Precursors and Alkaline Indust (Case No. 2022-135)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed new methods for designing and synthesizing inorganic porous materials and extracting valuable metal ions from natural and waste sources. The first technology uses metal cations as inorganic structure-directing agents to control the formation of zeolite (phillipsite) and silicate hydrate (tobermorite) phases without...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Gaurav Sant, Ross Arnold, Mathieu Bauchy, Dante Simonetti, Xin Chen, David Jassby, Lawrence Anovitz, Elena Tajuelo Rodriguez

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment

Monitoring Structural Health Using Diffractive Optical Processors (Case No. 2025-201)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel structural health monitoring system that is highly accurate and cost effective, addressing limitations in current infrastructure and civil health monitoring and a rise in public safety concerns. Background: The need for structural health monitoring...

Published: 7/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Yuntian Wang, Yuhang Li

Keywords(s): 3D structures, Adaptive Optics, AI-generated images and content, all-optical diffractive computing, all-optical transformation, analog computing, analog optical computing, Analogue Electronics, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence algorithms, artificial intelligence augmentation, artificial intelligence/machine learning models, artificial-intelligent materials, civil engineering, civil infrastructure, civil monitoring, computational imaging, computational imaging task, Construction, deep diffractive network, Diffraction, diffractive design, diffractive image reconstruction, diffractive network, diffractive processor, diffractive surface, digital image reconstruction, electromagnetic spectrum, Electro-Optics, Image Analysis, Image Processing, Image Resolution, image restoration, image signal processing, Imaging, Infrastructure, Lens (Optics), linear optics, Nanostructure, optical processor, optically-guided structural monitoring, Optics, passive light-matter interactions, security imaging, Signal Reconstruction, Structural health monitoring, structural health monitoring (SHM), structure monitoring, Structures

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Imaging, Materials, Materials > Construction Materials, Electrical > Visual Computing, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Electrical > Instrumentation, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Software & Algorithms > Programs

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