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Thin Bilayer Paints to Enable Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling (Case No. 2026-014)

Intro Sentence: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have formulated a novel bilayer coating that enables high-performance passive daytime radiative cooling. Background: Conventional technologies for cooling buildings are highly energy-intensive, consuming about 19% of U.S. residential electricity and contributing...

Published: 11/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aaswath Raman, Aryan Zaveri, Justin Louie

Keywords(s): advanced thermal control materials, advanced thermal paint, alternative cooling, background radiation, concentrated solar radiation, energy conversion, energy conversion applications, Energy Efficiency, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, energy management, Energy Management System, energy-efficient cooling, heat dissipation, infrared (IR) radiation, infrared-reflectance, Paint, paint architecture, passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC), photothermal materials, pigmented coating, real-time thermal management, Renewable Energy, Renewable energy sources, solar reflectance, thermal control, thermal control materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal management, thermal management systems, thermal metamaterials, thermal stability, ultraviolet reflectance, visible reflectance

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Chemical, Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Energy & Environment > Thermal

Aerodynamics-Informed Design Optimization of Vehicles with Machine Learning (Case No. 2025-083)

Intro Sentence: UCLA researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a machine-learning–guided aerodynamic optimization framework that accelerates the design of electric vehicles by coupling high-fidelity simulations with data-driven shape prediction. Background: Electric vehicle (EV) technologies have...

Published: 11/5/2025 | Inventor(s): Kunihiko Taira, Jonathan Tran, Kai Fukami, Daisuke Umehara, Kenta Inada, Yoshimichi Ono, Kenta Ogawa

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Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment

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: 10/28/2025 | Inventor(s): Rajit Gadh, Siddhartha Mal, Brahmavar Prabhu, Chi Cheng Chu

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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: 10/24/2025 | 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

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