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A Reactor Design to Enable Efficient Microbial Electrolysis System With High Hydrogen Production Rate (Case No. 2025-298)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel reactor design for bias-free microbial electrolysis system operation, enabling efficient high-rate hydrogen production. Background: As demand for clean hydrogen production rises, microbial electrolysis systems (MES) continue to show promise for...

Published: 5/14/2026 | Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan, Leyuan Zhang

Keywords(s): Anaerobic digestion enhancement, bias-free microbial electrolysis system, Biorefineries/chemical plants, clean electricity generation, clean hydrogen production, Decentralized, off-grid, Electroactive Polymers, Electrocatalyst, Food/agricultural waste processing, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, high-rate hydrogen production, Hydrogen fueling stations, microbial electrolysis, Microbial electrolysis system (MES), microbial electrolysis systems (MES), municipal/industrial wastewater treatment plants, Post-treatment for energy recovery, Semiconductor processing plant wastewater

Category(s): Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Fuel Cells, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Water Treatment

Electroless Plating Solution for Forming Metal Films on Inert Substrates (Case No. 2026-211)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed a novel electroless plating solution that facilitates metal deposition on inert polymers without conventional pre-treatment. Background: Metal thin films deposited on inert polymer substrates are critical components in wearable electronics, sensors, and flexible...

Published: 4/16/2026 | Inventor(s): Matthew Nava, Oliver Garcia

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Nanotechnology

Superconducting Diodes for Qubit Readout (Case No. 2026-079)

Summary: UCLA researchers led by Professor Pri Narang have developed a fully superconducting, on-chip readout architecture that improves signal fidelity and limits backpropagation in quantum processors Background: Superconducting quantum processors can perform complex calculations orders of magnitude quicker than classical computers. Current superconducting...

Published: 3/3/2026 | Inventor(s): Prineha Narang, Arpit Arora, Nicolas Dirnegger

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

Design of High Thermal Conductivity Through-Glass Vias (TGVS) Interposers (Case No. 2026-157)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel method for producing electrically insulating, high–thermal conductivity through-glass vias. Background: Advanced semiconductor systems rely on 3D integrated circuits (3DICs) to meet rising demands for higher performance, reduced form...

Published: 3/5/2026 | Inventor(s): Tiwei Wei

Keywords(s): 3D integrated circuits (3DIC), advanced semiconductor packaging, artificial intelligence accelerators, Composite Material, copper electroplating, cubic-octahedral diamond, diamond composites, diamond metallization, Doping (Semiconductor), Electronics & Semiconductors, ferromagnetic semiconductor, Functional Materials, functional/composite materials, glass interposers, high-performance computing, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, microfabrication, Organic Semiconductor, physical vapor deposition (PVD), Semiconductor, semiconductor chip foundries, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Semiconductor Ohmic Contact, Semiconductor Risk Assessment, Semiconductor Sapphire, Semiconductors, silicon interposers, thermal bottleneck, through-glass vias (TGVs)

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Nanotechnology, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

Through-Glass Vias (TGVS) Thermal Management for Advanced 3DIC Packaging (Case No. 2026-156)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel approach to enhance the thermal performance of through-glass vias for advanced semiconductor packaging. Background: Advanced semiconductor systems rely on 3D integrated circuits (3DICs) to meet rising demands for higher performance, reduced...

Published: 3/5/2026 | Inventor(s): Tiwei Wei, Ye Yang

Keywords(s): 3D integrated circuits (3DIC), advanced semiconductor packaging, artificial intelligence accelerators, copper electroplating, cubic-octahedral diamond, diamond composites, diamond metallization, Doping (Semiconductor), Electronics & Semiconductors, ferromagnetic semiconductor, functional/composite materials, glass interposers, heat dissipation, high-performance computing, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, microfabrication, Organic Semiconductor, physical vapor deposition (PVD), real-time thermal management, Semiconductor, semiconductor chip foundries, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Semiconductor Ohmic Contact, Semiconductor Risk Assessment, Semiconductor Sapphire, Semiconductors, silicon interposers, thermal bottleneck, thermal management, thermal management systems, through-glass vias (TGVs), zzsemiconducting materials

Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Electrical, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Composite Materials, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking

Immobilized Peptides for Rare Earth Element Separation (Case No. 2026-031)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a bead-based chromatography platform that employs immobilized peptides for improved rare earth element separation and recovery. Background: Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical inputs for renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, advanced electronics,...

Published: 1/5/2026 | Inventor(s): Aaron Moment, Zihang Su

Keywords(s): bulk material, clean material production, Composite Material, Composite Materials, Construction Materials, Functional Materials, material characterization, material science, Materials, meta materials, Nanomaterials, Peptide, Peptide Base, peptides, rare earth element separation, Raw materials supplier, safe materials, Smart Material, sustainable rare earth recovery

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

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

Summary: 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 to greenhouse...

Published: 5/7/2026 | 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

Compliant Mechanisms That Perform Mathematical Operations via Analog Computing (Case No. 2025-230)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a fully compliant mechanism that performs mathematical operations using analog computing. Background: Mechanical computers rely on the relative motion of physical bodies to perform computations, rather than electronic signals, as electrical computers...

Published: 11/18/2025 | Inventor(s): Jonathan Hopkins, Pietro Sainaghi, Alexander Tsao, Zhidi Yang

Keywords(s): Advanced Computing / AI, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, analog computing, analog optical computing, computational efficiency, feature space, low latency computing, space compatible inks, Space Shuttle, Spacecraft

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Mechanical > Micro-Electromechanical Systems (Mems), Mechanical > Sensors, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials

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