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Integrated Sensor Monitoring the Allowable Heat Exposure Time for Firefighters
Published Tuesday, April 4, 2006The gear donned by firefighters has advanced to a high level of heat protection with the use of modern materials. These improvements in insulating capabilities have resulted in an increased delay time between the thermal insult and its effects as heat energy is transported from the gear outer surface to the inner layers in contact with firefighter...
Categories: Devices, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): temperature sensor, Thermal equipment, 525
Docket: PS-2006-018
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Component Forensics of Visual Sensors and Devices
Published Monday, April 3, 2006Visual sensors have experienced tremendous growth in recent decades. The resolution and quality has been steadily increasing and digital devices are becoming ubiquitous. Digital imaging has been used in a number of applications, from military to reconnaissance to medical diagnosis and consumer photography. Consequently, a series of new forensic...
Categories: Information Technology
Keyword(s): cameras, identification, DRM
Docket: IS-2006-021
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Ultrasensitive Magnetoelectric Thin Film Magnetometers
Published Monday, March 27, 2006This invention pertains to ultrasensitive magnetic field sensors based on thin film magnetoelectric devices operating at room temperature. The principle behind the high sensitivity detection of low frequency magnetic field is the elastic coupling of a magnetostrictive thin film layer to a piezoelectric layer.Magnetoelectric devices with...
Categories: Microelectronics, Imaging devices
Keyword(s): magnetic field sensors, magnetic field detection
Docket: PS-2006-017
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Inexpensive Room Temperature Operated High Sensitivity Scanning Magnetic Probe Microscope Using a Magnetoelectric Device
Published Monday, March 27, 2006This invention pertains to a new kind of ultrasensitive magnetic scanning probe microscopes using magnetoelectric (ME) devices as the sensors. The magnetoelectric device consists of a piezoelectric material and a magnetostrictive material. Through the elastic coupling of the two materials, extremely high sensitivity magnetic field detection has...
Categories: Imaging devices
Keyword(s): Scanning probe microscope, 525
Docket: PS-2006-016
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A Novel Technique for Eliminating Edge Artifacts in Magnetic Microscopy
Published Wednesday, March 22, 2006Magnetic Inverse techniques used to detect faults in microelectronic structures allow a two dimensional magnetic field image produced to be converted into a current-density map. However, discontinuities in the magnetic field image at the edges of the image can lead to undesirable "ripple" artifacts (noise or interference) in the resulting map...
Categories: Imaging devices
Keyword(s): edge-artifacts magnetic field mircowave microscope
Docket: PS-2003-063
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Live Attenuated Avian Influenza Vaccine
Published Wednesday, March 8, 2006An especially virulent strain of the avian influenza virus has spread from Asia to Europe. The virus, as evidenced by the 1997 influenza outbreak in Hong Kong, can infect humans as well as birds. World leaders and health officials are taking the threat of a pandemic seriously, and pressure is on to develop effective containment measures and...
Categories: Vaccines
Keyword(s): avian influenza, vaccine, cold adapted
Docket: LS-2005-083
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The Inverted Cucurbit[n]uril Family
Published Wednesday, March 8, 2006Cyclodextrins, molecular container compounds, are currently used extensively in industrial applications ($24 million/yr. market) including the formulation of pharmaceuticals, chemical research, and sensor preparation. Similarly to the cyclodextrins, the cucurbit[n]uril family of container compounds bind to molecules with similar applications...
Categories: Chemical, Drug delivery devices
Keyword(s): sugars, molecular containers
Docket: LS-2005-050
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Data Normalization Strategy for Quantitative High-Throughput Metabolomic Profiling Analysis
Published Wednesday, March 8, 2006The emerging science of Metabolomics provides technology for measuring the metabolic status and overall biochemical events associated with a cellular or biological system. It refers to the quantitative identification of free metabolite pools. The potential applications for Metabolomic technologies are very diverse, including the pharmaceutical,...
Categories: Information Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2005-017
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Shadow Moire with Non-zero Talbot Distance
Published Wednesday, February 22, 2006Dr. Han of the University of Maryland College Park has developed a technique called Shadow Moiré using Nonzero-order Talbot Distance (SM-NT) in order to cope with the limitations of the conventional shadow moire. With the method, the basic sensitivity of shadow moiré has been increased beyond the previously conceived theoretical limit. The method...
Categories: Microelectronics
Keyword(s): shadow moiré, flip-chip devices, 525
Docket: PS-2004-080
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Heteroaggregate Nanoparticles for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Published Wednesday, January 25, 2006Hydrocarbon (HC) fuels are currently the source for producing the majority of commercial hydrogen. Hydrogen produced from HC fuel sources contains relatively high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) impurities that can interfere with its use as a fuel in Proton-Exchange Membrane fuel cell applications.University of Maryland researchers are...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): fuel cell, energy, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, nano
Docket: PS-2005-109