Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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Improved Disulfide-Bond Reducing Agents

Disulfide bonds between cysteine residues are the most common crosslinking agents in proteins. Reducing these bonds is an ordinary procedure in biochemistry and biotechnology. The most commonly used r...
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Ronald Raines, John Lukesh | P110330US02

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New Conductive Polymers for Lithium Ion Batteries

Batteries can be classified as primary (nonreusable) or secondary (rechargeable). The demand for rechargeable batteries of high energy density and specific energy has surged along with portable electr...
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Mahesh Mahanthappa, Ryan Weber | P120049US02

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Manufacturing Polymer Micropellets

Polymer-based micropellets can be formed having diameters smaller than 50 microns. The miniscule particles are vital to a number of processes like laser sintering—used to build rapid prototypes ...
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Tim Osswald, Martin Launhardt | P100314US02

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Superior Nanocomposite Welding Wire

Advanced metal alloys with high strength and fracture toughness are used in an increasing number of applications. However, some metal alloys like Al-Cu have been underutilized due to poor weldability....
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Xiaochun Li, Hongseok Choi, David Weiss | P130003US01

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Improved Photocatalyst 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, Nigel Becknell | P120070US01

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