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Stimuli-Responsive Smart Block Copolymers Improve Dispersion of Titanium Dioxide in Architectural Coatings
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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Elizabeth Glogowski | T200004WO01
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Perovskites as Ultralow Work Function Cathode Materials
Electron emission cathode materials are found in high power electron beam devices used in defense, scientific research and communications applications as well as thermionic energy conversion technolog...
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Dane Morgan, Ryan Jacobs, John Booske | P160033US02
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Novel Catalysts for Improved Remediation of Sulfur-Containing Pollutants
According to BCC research, the global catalyst market was valued at $6.8 billion in 2015. With a CAGR of 2.8%, this market is anticipated to exceed $8.0 billion by 2021. Driving this growth is the gl...
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Robert McGaff | T190005WO01
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Porous Silicon Nanomembranes for the Rapid Separation of Macromolecules by Size and Shape
The separation or isolation of proteins from a heterogeneous mixture is a common practice in scientific experimentation and the manufacturing of biologic reagents. Commercially available kits and cur...
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Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Mark Levenstein | T180038WO01
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Recyclable Catalyst for Lower Cost Production of Fermentable Sugars and High Value Chemicals from Biomass
Lignocellulose is plant biomass that is the most abundantly available raw material on Earth for producing end products such as biofuels and certain high value chemicals. Processes currently exist to s...
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Malek Alkasrawi, Joynal Abedin | T170034US02
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Microbes Produce High Yields of Fatty Alcohols from Glucose
Fatty alcohols are used in detergents, emulsifiers, lubricants and personal care items. More than 1.3 million tons of fatty alcohols are used worldwide each year, representing a $3 billion market.
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Brian Pfleger, J. Tyler Youngquist | P140076US02
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Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) with Improved Antifouling Properties, Small Molecule Release
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are an emerging class of materials with unique antifouling properties and applications ranging from biomedical device coatings and consumer products to ...
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David Lynn, Uttam Manna | P160308US02
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Superabsorbent, Sustainable Aerogels
Aerogels are the world’s lightest solid materials made by removing liquid from gels. Such materials may contain up to 99 percent air and have special properties like high porosity and absorption.
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Shaoqin Gong, Zhiyong Cai, Qifeng Zheng | P140038US02
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Synthesizing Natural Products to Treat High Blood Cholesterol
Indole is one of the most abundant heterocycles in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products, such as indometacin, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, and vincristine, a natural product used to...
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Weiping Tang, Dongxu Shu, Gabrielle Winston-McPherson, Xiaoxun Li | P150023US03
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High-Symmetry, Bicontinuous Lyotropic Liquid Crystals with Percolating Nanoscale Domains
Liquid crystals, soft materials comprised of assemblies of organic molecules that exhibit long-range order at the five to 100 nanometer length scale, find widespread application in consumer goods rang...
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Mahesh Mahanthappa, Gregory Sorenson, Keiva Coppage | P120009US01
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Microcellular Foamed Plastics with Reduced Cost and Improved Surface Quality
Microcellular injection molding is a process that produces lightweight and dimensionally stable plastic components while using fewer raw materials than standard injection molding techniques. The proce...
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Lih-Sheng Turng, Jun Peng | P110013US01
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Sustainable Organic Aerogels for Insulation
Aerogels are the world’s lightest solid materials made by the removal of liquid from gels. Such materials may contain up to 99 percent air and combine unique properties like high porousness and exce...
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Shaoqin Gong, Alireza Javadi, Zhiyong Cai, Ronald Sabo, Qifeng Zheng | P120283US03
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Block Copolymers for Sub-10 Nanometer Lithography
Block copolymer (BCP) lithography is one of the most powerful technologies of the digital electronics era, allowing millions of nanoscale components to be fabricated on a single chip.
BCPs are made o...
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Padma Gopalan, Xiang Yu, Myungwoong Kim, Daniel Sweat | P140025US01
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Slippery Antifouling Surfaces with Health, Environmental and Consumer Applications
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are an emerging class of materials with unique properties. They possess useful antifouling characteristics, meaning they prevent other matter or organis...
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David Lynn, Uttam Manna, Matthew Carter | P150342US02
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Boron- and Nitride-Containing Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Small Alkanes and Oxidative Coupling of Methane
C3 and C4 olefins such as propene are key starting materials in the plastics and chemical industry. The main method for producing these critical building blocks is a petrochemical process called steam...
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Ive Hermans, Joseph Grant, Carlos Carrero Marquez, Alessandro Chieregato, Juan Venegas | P150387US02
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New Compounds for Treating High Blood Cholesterol and More
Indole is one of the most abundant heterocycles in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products, such as indometacin, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, and vincristine, a natural product used to...
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Weiping Tang, Xiaoxun Li | P150140US02
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A Photopatternable Layer for Controlling Block Copolymer Microdomain Orientation
The lithographic process is one of the key enabling technologies of the digital electronics era. Lithography allows hundreds of millions of components to be fabricated on a single chip with patt...
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Padma Gopalan, Eungnak Han | P09005US
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Novel Transparent Dilatant Materials Comprised of Single Chemical Component
Dilatant materials are non-Newtonian, shear thickening fluids whose shear viscosity increases with shear stress. Since these materials harden on sudden impact, they have shown great promise for use in...
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John Droske | T170056WO01
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Perovskites for Stable, High Activity Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes and Related Technologies
The rise of alternative energy technologies is driving materials R&D. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) may come to play an important role, as they are able to produce energy by direct chemical-to-electr...
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Dane Morgan, Ryan Jacobs | P160222US01
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Organic Polymers with Ultra-Small Pores for Carbon Dioxide Separation, Capture, and Conversion
According to the EPA, as of 2015 carbon dioxide and methane comprise about 82% and 10% respectively of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities. Landfill gas is a considerable source ...
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Mohammad Rabbani | T160005US02
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Compostable Thermoset Polymers
Thermoset materials, such as cured rubber and phenolics, offer enhanced properties over traditional thermoplastics (such as Poly(lactic acid) or PLA, polystyrene, PET, etc.). This is due to their abil...
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John Droske | T120033US02
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Improved Manufacture of Porous Materials for Catalysis and More
Porous materials are used in a wide variety of scientific and industrial applications including catalysis, energy storage and emerging biomedical technologies. Types include porous zeolites (commonly ...
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John Perepezko | P160073US01
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More Stable, Efficient Photocatalysts for Reducing Small Molecules
The reduction of small molecules such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide is extremely difficult because one-electron reduction processes often involve high-energy intermediates. Nitrogen reduction usually...
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Robert Hamers, Di Zhu, Marco Torelli | P150202US01
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Palladium-Based Catalysts Herald Greater Efficiency of Alcohol Oxidation to Esters and Acids
Converting hydrocarbon feedstocks like shale natural gas into higher value fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals requires the oxidation of various functional groups. However, oxidizing alcohols to carbox...
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Shannon Stahl, Adam Powell, Thatcher Root, David Mannel, Maaz Ahmed | P130355US02
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Nylon-3 Polymers Active Against Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming anaerobe that causes life-threatening intestinal infections. These infections result in more than 14,000 deaths and billions of dollars in h...
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Samuel Gellman, Runhui Liu, Bernard Weisblum, Shonna McBride | P150214US02