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Simple, Inexpensive Gelators for Organic Solvents
Published Sunday, December 19, 2010Salts can modulate self-assembly in water by screening electrostatic repulsions between headgroups of amphiphiles—chemical compounds possessing both hydrophilic (water-loving) and lipophilic (fat-loving) properties—and by adsorption of counterions at the interface of amphiphilic aggregates. For example, aromatic salts like sodium salicylate can...
Categories: Chemical
Keyword(s): gels, salts, lipids, fuel transportation
Docket: LS-2010-016
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Novel Working Pairs for Refrigeration and Heat Pumps
Published Wednesday, December 8, 2010Absorption/adsorption refrigeration and heat pump systems are usually powered by low grade heat instead of electricity. These systems have drawn increasing consideration in recent years due to the soaring price of fossil fuels and environmental concerns over traditional refrigerants used in vapor compression systems. However, the performance of...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): absorption, adsorption, heat pump, air conditioning
Docket: PS-2010-101
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Revolutionary Hybrid Core-Shell Nanostructure without Epitaxy
Published Wednesday, December 1, 2010Background:Until now, epitaxy has been the only affordable method of high quality semiconductor crystal growth in nanotechnology and semiconductor fabrication. However, conventional epitaxial growth imposes strict limitations on deposition layer thickness and only allows certain “lattice matched” materials to be combined. Additional...
Categories: Chemical, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials, Materials, Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): non-epitxial, semiconductor crystal growth, core-shell nanostructures
Docket: PS-2010-031
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Cascade Vapor Compression and Absorption Cycles Improve Building Air Conditioning
Published Sunday, November 28, 2010Background:This invention pertains to water-lithium bromide (LiBr) absorption heat pumps for cooling and dehumidifying air in buildings. Currently, an air-cooled water/LiBr absorption heat pump would be incapable of operating at ambient temperatures above a critical value due to crystallization of the salt solution. The relatively low...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): absorption heat pumps, air conditioning, cascade vapor compression
Docket: PS-2010-100
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Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling for Absorption Heat Pumps
Published Sunday, November 28, 2010Background:This invention pertains to water-lithium bromide (LiBr) absorption heat pumps for cooling and dehumidifying air in buildings. Currently, an air-cooled water/LiBr absorption heat pump would be incapable of operation at ambient temperatures above a critical value due to crystallization of the salt solution. The relatively low...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): heat pump, air conditioning, absorption, vcs
Docket: PS-2010-099
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Water Soluble, Surfactant Free, Functional Carbon Nanostructures
Published Monday, November 22, 2010Background:Carbon nanotubes, though tiny, have a huge number of potential applications. At approximately 1/50,000th of the width of a human hair, nanotubes find widespread uses in electronics, composites, and biomedical science because they exhibit extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties, and are efficient thermal...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): carbon nanotubes, biological sensing, medical devices
Docket: LS-2010-049
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Novel microdevice for measuring protein-surface interactions
Published Sunday, November 21, 2010Background:Biological and chemical sensors utilize various passivation materials to reduce non-specific binding on their sensor surface. It is difficult to know beforehand how different proteins will interact with these passivated surfaces and so there is much research performed to characterize protein-surface interactions using a...
Categories: Microfluidics
Keyword(s): protein, microdevice, adsorption, electrode
Docket: PS-2010-113
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Magnetostrictive Wire Based Flow Sensors
Published Tuesday, November 2, 2010Background:Numerous examples of cilia and whisker-based flow sensors can be found in nature. A mammal’s whisker bends in response to touch or to wind, creating a sensory response which is then interpreted by the animal’s brain. Similarly, fish have a sensory organ known as a lateral line running the length of the body that can detect...
Categories: Aerospace, Sensors/Monitors, Materials, Engineering
Keyword(s): magnetostrictive wires, sensors, medical devices, biological warning systems
Docket: PS-2010-055
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ATTUNE, Automatic Terrorists’ Technology Usage Networked Environment
Published Thursday, October 21, 2010BackgroundSince their introduction, social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flicker have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices. These sites help strangers connect based on shared interests, political views, or activities. Unfortunately, social...
Categories: Information Technology
Keyword(s): social networking, homeland security, terrorism, 525
Docket: IS-2010-064
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Cooperative Transmission in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks
Published Wednesday, October 20, 2010BackgroundCooperative communication enhances performance in wireless environments. The idea of cooperation emerged from the realization that spatial diversity can counteract the effects of fading, shadowing, attenuation and interference. Most recent developments capitalize on the properties of the wireless medium to enhance transmission rate...
Categories: Microelectronics, Information Technology
Keyword(s): wireless, networks, cooperative communication, multi-hop relaying
Docket: IS-2009-110