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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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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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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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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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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Smart coatings are responsive to external or environmental factors like temperature with an engineered and predictable effect. This technology focuses on stimuli-responsive block copolymer additives t...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The inventor discloses a new method and system for reductive electrochemical synthesis that uses H2 as the terminal reductant. Essentially, this invention will enable H2-integrated anodes and flow-rea...
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Manufacturers require material that can absorb a high amount of kinetic energy from ballistic impacts to produce protective equipment such as bulletproof vests and tank armor, and air- and spacecraft ...
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A solvent-less method for photo-redox mediated MF-ROMP that can be used to produce industrially relevant polymers. Recognizing that fluorinated alcohols have several comparable characteristics to ROMP...
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An improved ODH method for the conversion of alkanes (e.g., propane) to alkenes (e.g., propylene) that leverages an oxygen-atom donor. Essentially, the method is radical-mediated, requiring only a sma...
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Building off their earlier work with LC-infused multilayer films, the inventors developed a method for directly infusing LCs into porous PTFE membranes.  The resulting materials have desirable ch...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a process for producing core-shell metal matrix nanocomposite wire for directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing. The procedure involves first produ...
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The inventors have identified new interstitial oxygen diffusers. Included in this discovery is the identification of classes of materials that enable substitution of elements to yield related material...
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UW-Madison researchers developed a carbon-supported boron catalyst for the selective and active oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of alkanes to produce alkenes (e.g., olefins comprising two or more carb...
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UW Madison researchers have developed cobalt intermetallic compounds that include cobalt and a second element. The isotopes of the second element in the compounds are present in their natural isotopic...
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