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Invention SummaryU-6110 is a proppant – a solid material designed to keep hydraulic fractures open during mining – for use in fracking. Fracking is a process of mining for natural fuel resources that is done by creating fissures in the earth and then pumping proppant in to hold the fissures open before they are closed due to geological...

Published: 6/4/2019 | Inventor(s): Taylor Sparks, John Mclennan, Kyu Bum Han

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Category(s): Materials, Ceramics

Laminable Electrochromic Coatings

Invention SummaryA novel method to manufacture electrochromic windows for increasing energy efficiency is under development at the University of Utah. In modern residential and commercial buildings, the most significant contributor to high heating and cooling loads is the poor energy efficiency of windows. Windows will always be inherently less effective...

Published: 10/22/2019 | Inventor(s): Max Gallant, Nicolas Flinner, Carina Hahn, Jeffrey Copeland, Taylor Sparks, Thomas Folke

Keywords(s): Materials, Thin Films

Category(s): Materials, Thin Films