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A Method of Spatially Resolved Measurement of Permittivity and Thickness of Dielectric Films on Surfaces of a Complex Geometry **Value Express**

Patent AbstractA system and method by which thickness of a dielectric film on substrates can be noninvasively determined is invented. The system and method are especially applicable to areas and applications where traditional techniques have proven unsuccessful or limited. According to embodiments of the present invention the present system and method...

Published: 8/1/2019 | Inventor(s): Mikhail Skliar

Keywords(s): Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials, Thin Films

3D Fabrication of Needle Tip Geometry and Knife Blade

Invention SummaryThis invention presents a novel needle fabrication technique for creating a sharp, beveled metallic microneedle. Using a SU-8 mold structure, needle tip geometry with beveled dimensions can be controlled in 3D. The same fabrication method can be adopted to create a micro-blade with controlled blade angle.Market ApplicationsExisting...

Published: 7/16/2019 | Inventor(s): Sung Lee, Charles Thomas (deceased)

Keywords(s): Mechanical Engineering, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Medical Devices, General Surgery

Novel Nanostructured and High Strength Titanium Boride (TiB) Monolithic Material

Invention Summary: Borides are hard ceramic engineered materials that possess high strength and hardness in addition to resisting high temperature oxidation and corrosive chemicals. Our technology consists of a method for manufacturing nanostructured Titanium Monoboride (containing more than 80% Titanium monoboride whiskers, 20% Ti and no TiB2)...

Published: 5/6/2019 | Inventor(s): Ravi Chandran

Keywords(s): Chemicals, Electrical Engineering, Materials and Mining, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials, Nanomaterials

Significantly Increasing Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Nanostructured ZnO Electrodes

Invention Summary: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have received considerable attention as a cost-effective alternative to conventional solar cells. However, a major efficiency limiting factor in current nanoparticle-based DSSCs is the trap-limited diffusion transport mechanism of electrons, a slow mechanism that limits the device efficiency,...

Published: 5/15/2019 | Inventor(s): Ashutosh Tiwari, Michael Snure

Keywords(s): Energy and Fuels, Environmental, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Energy, Solar Power

Tumor Environment Induced Ligand Expressing Nanocarrier System

Invention Description: Cancer cells are often characterized by specific antigens or overexpressed receptors on cell surfaces. Such receptors provide uptake routes for nutrients and signals from the surrounding environment, essential for active growth of the cells. These processes have now been utilized as an important delivery mode for macromolecular...

Published: 10/8/2019 | Inventor(s): You Han Bae, Kun Na, Eun Seong Lee

Keywords(s): Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment, Drug Delivery, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology, Research Tools, Therapeutics

Category(s): Therapeutics, Drug Delivery

Transistors for Replacing Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors in Nanoelectronics

**VALUE EXPRESS** Invention Summary: This invention is to replace metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) in mainstream silicon based microelectronics with junction field 0effect transistors (JFETs) because of their lower leakage and better scaling to nanoscale dimensions. The electrical properties, materials, and fabrication...

Published: 5/14/2019 | Inventor(s): Mark Miller, Justin Jackson, Divesh Kapoor, Justin Millis

Keywords(s): Electrical Engineering, Energy and Fuels, Materials and Mining, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Semiconductors

A Virus-Like Infectious Nanogel Vehicle: Virogel

Invention Description: Viruses infect specific cells within host organisms, replicate, destroy the cells, and spread from cell to cell in infectious cycles, causing diseases. These viral properties have inspired synthetic designs of various delivery vehicles, particularly for toxic anticancer agents that exhibit numerous side effects. Drug delivery...

Published: 5/7/2019 | Inventor(s): You Han Bae, Eun Seong Lee, Dongin Kim, Yu Seok Youn, Kyung Taek Oh

Keywords(s): Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Therapeutics, Vaccines & Adjuvants

A Simple Synthetic Route to Generate Metal Nanoparticles

A Simple Synthetic Route to Generate Metal Nanoparticles University Reference Number: U-4592 Invention Summary. A simple synthetic route to generate metal nanoparticles in the presence of omega-functionalized alkylthiols is developed by the University of Utah inventors. This technology is the first example of the use of 9-BBN (9-borabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonane)...

Published: 7/14/2017 | Inventor(s): Jennifer Shumaker-Parry, Rajesh Sardar, Patrick Shem

Keywords(s): Chemicals, Materials and Mining, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials, Nanoparticles