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WAFER-SCALE PIEZOELECTRIC BIO-ORGANIC THIN FILMS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a flexible piezoelectric thin film, and method of manufacture. It has a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-glycine-PVA sandwich heterostructure. The thin film is manufacture...
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Xudong Wang, Fan Yang, Jun Li | P210089US01
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IONIC CYCLIC NITROXYL RADICAL OLIGOMERS
UW researchers have designed and synthesized a series of cathode materials for aqueous redox flow batteries by dimerization of TEMPO into ionic structures. TEMPO radicals have high voltage but are too...
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Dawei Feng, Patrick Sullivan, Xiuliang Lyu, Wenjie Li | P210314US02
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VASCULAR GRAFT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel manufacturing technique to enhance the compliance of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) for vascular graft applications. This new method involves mo...
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Lih-Sheng Turng, Edward Chen | P240206US01
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Forming Syntactic Foams Using Selective Laser Sintering
Composite materials are used in the aerospace, automotive, marine and defense industries because of their enhanced specific mechanical properties and functionality. One category of composite materials...
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Pavana Prabhakar, Hridyesh Raj Tewani | P230100US02
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3D-PRINTED FERROELECTRIC METAMATERIAL WITH GIANT PIEZOELECTRICITY AND BIOMIMETIC MECHANICAL TOUGHNESS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a nacre-mimetic ferroelectric metamaterial with exceptional piezoelectricity and fracture toughness. Ferroelectric (e.g. poly(vinylidene fluoride)-co-hexafluoropr...
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Xudong Wang, Jun Li | P210136US01
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METAL-BASED COMPOSITES AND METHODS THEREFOR
UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel approach to effectively wet, incorporate and disperse ceramic nanoparticles into molten metal. The technique is based on rapidly heating the melt to induc...
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Lianyi Chen, Ali Nabaa | P230427US01
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PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVES MADE BY HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS FOR USE AS ANOLYTES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
UW researchers have developed a sustainable viologen redox species synthesized from a common industrial organic species, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethylammonium chloride. Also known as Dextrosil, t...
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Dawei Feng, Xiuliang Lyu, Patrick Sullivan, Wenjie Li | P210214US02
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METAL COMPOUND BASED CATALYSTS FOR ELECTROSYNTHESIS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND LINEAR PAIRED ELECTROCHEMICAL VALORIZATION OF BIOMASS-DERIVED FEEDSTOCKS
UW-Madison researchers have developed an improved electrochemical valorization strategy that leverages an electrocatalyst capable of carrying out two-electron oxygen reduction reactions (2e- ORR). The...
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Song Jin, Jordan Schmidt, Hongyuan Sheng, Richard Ross, Aurora Janes, Kwanpyung Lee | P220293US02
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BIOMIMETIC CATALYSTS FOR DIVERSE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a method to synthesize organocatalysts that can be engineered to mimic biological enzymes for use in a variety of industrially relevant chemical reactions. The or...
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George Huber, Hochan Chang, James Dumesic | P220291US02
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Fluorescent Indicator of Lithium Ions
UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel profluorophore that binds to lithium ions with high specificity, inducing a fluorescent signal. The fluorescent indicator can be seamlessly integrated int...
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Randall Goldsmith | P150162US02
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Method for the Synthesis of a Zinc Oxide Graphene Composite Material
Zinc oxide graphene composite materials have significant interest commercially as they have been demonstrated effective for use in sensors and capacitors. They can act as transparent conductive thin-f...
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Seth King, Daniel Little | T190028US02
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GLASSY ORGANIC FRAMEWORK ION-CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES
UW-Madison researchers have developed a class of extremely robust yet inexpensive ion exchange membranes based on glassy organic frameworks. These membranes have shown promising performance for redox ...
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Dawei Feng, Patrick Sullivan, Xiuliang Lyu, Wenjie Li | P220146US02
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ARCHITECTED CARBON NANOTUBE FOAMS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
UW-Madison researchers have designed and fabricated architected vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) foams with synergistic improvements in specific elastic modulus, specific energy absorption, ...
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Ramathasan Thevamaran, Abhishek Gupta, Komal Chawla, Bhanugoban Maheswaran | P230015US02
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERTIARY BETA-HYDROXY-ALPHA-AMINO ACIDS
UW-Madison researchers from the department of chemistry have developed a synthetic route for producing tertiary β-hydroxy-α-amino acids. Their approach utilizes a pyridoxal-phosphate (PLP)-...
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Andrew Buller, Tyler Doyon, Samantha Bruffy, Anthony Meza | P220362US02
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CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM-ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH OXIDATION-RESISTANCE IMPARTED BY THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT
UW-Madison researchers have developed an alloy of chromium, molybdenum and aluminum that has shown survivability up to 1600 degrees C, as well as over exposure times of 120 hours through multiple ther...
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Dan Thoma, Michael Niezgoda | P230315US01
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STRETCHABLE PIEZOELECTRIC BIOCRYSTAL THIN FILMS
UW-Madison researchers have developed an amino acid-based piezoelectric biocrystal thin film that offers tissue-compatible omnidirectional stretchability with unimpaired piezoelectricity. The stretcha...
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Xudong Wang, Jun Li | P230250US01
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Additive-Free Method of Zinc Electrodeposition
The need for corrosion-resistant materials is present throughout automotive, aerospace, and electronics manufacturing as well as many other metal and polymer manufacturing industries. Electrodepositio...
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Sujat Sen, Seth King | T210038US02
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SLIPPERY AND ANTI-FOULING LIQUID-INFUSED COATINGS FABRICATED FROM BIODEGRADABLE AND BIOCOMPATIBLE COMPONENTS
UW-Madison researchers developed SLIPS fabricated from building blocks that are biodegradable, edible, or generally regarded as safe (GRAS). These materials are based on nanofiber-based mats/meshes ge...
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David Lynn, Harshit Agarwal | P220052US02
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL-INCORPORATED RESIN OBJECTS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a new additive manufacturing (AM) method for generating multi-color objects. The researchers identified a photochemically-controlled metal redox system capable of...
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Andrew Boydston, Evan Sherbrook | P200119US02
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High-Throughput Tool for Developing Enzyme-Mimicking Catalysts
Catalysts play countless roles in modern society including production of fertilizer, synthesis of plastics and other ubiquitous materials and development of pharmaceuticals. However, many catalysts re...
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Jeffrey Martell, Edward Pimentel, Justice Merrifield | P220207US02
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SELF-ASSEMBLING ROD-COIL COPOLYMERS FOR CARBON NANOTUBE SORTING AND THE FABRICATION OF CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a triblock copolymer strategy for controlling the spacing between CNTs. The triblock copolymers consist of an A-B-A architecture where the B block is the conjugat...
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Padma Gopalan, Michael Arnold, Stephanie Oliveras Santos, Songying Li | P220349US01
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ELECTROCHEMICAL DEHYDROGENATION, EPOXIDATION, SUBSTITUTION, AND HALOGENATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVES
UW-Madison researchers have developed a new electrochemical method for synthesizing epoxides from hydroxy-alkanes. The method is implemented in a reactor comprising an anode and a cathode separated by...
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Marcel Schreier, Christine Lucky | P200384US02
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RECYCLING OF PLASTICS BY SOLVENT-TARGETED RECOVERY AND PRECIPITATION (STRAP)
UW-Madison researchers have developed a process to recover the components of printed multilayer plastic films. As an example, a film composed of polyethylene (PE), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), and p...
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George Huber, Kevin Sanchez-Rivera, Reid Van Lehn, Theodore Walker, Panzheng Zhou | P220053US02
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Bio-Composite Materials For 3D Printing Using Milk Proteins
Recent global estimates project that over 125 million tons of dairy products are wasted or discarded due to spoilage each year. Roughly half of this waste occurs before the products even reach the con...
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John Obielodan, Joseph Wu | T200060US02
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SYNTHESIS OF ATOMICALLY DISPERSED M-N-C CATALYSTS VIA SELECTIVE METALATION
UW-Madison researchers have developed a solution-phase metalation method for increasing M loading on N-C. The N-C supports are synthesized by high-temperature pyrolysis of N, C precursor mixtures (e.g...
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Shannon Stahl, Jason Bates | P210397US02