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Method Of Forming Composite Materials Including Conjugated Materials Attached To Carbon Nanotubes Or Graphenes (Cip), Lei Zhai, Anindarupa Chunder, Jianhua Liu, Jianhua Zou
Method Of Forming Composite Materials Including Conjugated Materials Attached To Carbon Nanotubes Or Graphenes (Cip), Lei Zhai, Anindarupa Chunder, Jianhua Liu, Jianhua Zou
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A method of forming composite materials includes dispersing a conjugated material, a solvent for the conjugated material, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene including structures having an outer surface to form a dispersion. The solvent is evaporated from the dispersion to yield a CNT or graphene composite including a plurality of crystalline supramolecular structures having the conjugated material non-covalently secured to the outer surface of the CNT or the graphene including structure. The supramolecular structures have an average length which extends outward in a length direction from the outer surface of the CNT or graphene including structure, …
Extremely Non-Degenerate Two Photon Absorption Sensing Method, Apparatus, And Applications, Eric Vanstryland, David Hagan
Extremely Non-Degenerate Two Photon Absorption Sensing Method, Apparatus, And Applications, Eric Vanstryland, David Hagan
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An extremely non-degenerate two photon absorption (END-2PA) method and apparatus provide for irradiating a semiconductor material substrate simultaneously with two photons each of different energy less than a bandgap energy of the semiconductor material substrate but in an aggregate greater than the bandgap energy of the semiconductor material substrate. A ratio of a higher energy photon energy to a lower energy is at least about 3.0. Alternatively, or as an adjunct, the higher energy and the lower energy photon has an energy no greater than about 25% of the bandgap energy.
Controllers For Battery Chargers And Battery Chargers Therefrom, John Elmes, Rene Kersten, Michael Pepper
Controllers For Battery Chargers And Battery Chargers Therefrom, John Elmes, Rene Kersten, Michael Pepper
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A controller for a battery charger that includes a power converter has parametric sensors for providing a sensed Vin signal, a sensed Vout signal and a sensed Iout signal. A battery current regulator (BCR) is coupled to receive the sensed Iout signal and an Iout reference, and outputs a first duty cycle control signal. An input voltage regulator (IVR) receives the sensed Vin signal and Vin reference. The IVR provides a second duty cycle control signal. A processor receives the sensed Iout signal and utilizes a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm, and provides the Vin reference to the IVR. …
Methods And Materials For Stimulating Proliferation Of Stem Cells (Div), Sudipta Seal, Kiminobu Sugaya
Methods And Materials For Stimulating Proliferation Of Stem Cells (Div), Sudipta Seal, Kiminobu Sugaya
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Disclosed herein are methods and materials for influencing proliferation of stem cells. Specifically exemplified herein are compositions comprising cerium oxide nanoparticles which can be used to stimulate proliferation of stem cells under common culture conditions, or which can be utilized to improve therapeutic outcomes.
Semiconductor Light Sources Including Selective Diffusion For Optical And Electrical Confinement, Dennis Deppe, Sabine Freisem
Semiconductor Light Sources Including Selective Diffusion For Optical And Electrical Confinement, Dennis Deppe, Sabine Freisem
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The invention includes material structures that produce optical and electrical confinement in semiconductor laser diodes. The material structures can produce a low operating voltage and polarization control for use of the laser diodes to improve sensor performance for position sensors, gas sensors, atomic clocks, and bio-sensors. The invention may also have application to laser diodes for optical interconnects and high power laser diode pumps, and those application requiring laser diode arrays.
System For Manipulation, Modification And Editing Of Images Via Remote Device (Us-Cip), Kiminobu Sugaya, Balaji Gandhi, Srikanth Yellanki
System For Manipulation, Modification And Editing Of Images Via Remote Device (Us-Cip), Kiminobu Sugaya, Balaji Gandhi, Srikanth Yellanki
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Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing remotely accessible medical image data. The system and method allows for increased accuracy and semi-quantitative or fully quantitative data from images by enabling the remote user to select regions of interest on a compressed image, and then conducting quantitative analysis on original images at a central location.
Methods And Products For Reawakening Retrocyclins, Alexander Cole
Methods And Products For Reawakening Retrocyclins, Alexander Cole
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Products and methods are provided for the restoring the endogenous expression of theta-defensins, such as retrocyclin-1, in mamallian cells. The present invention also includes products and methods for inhibiting sexually transmitted virus entry, e.g., HIV-1 virus entry, into a mammalian cell via, for example, administering to a subject an amount of a read-through mediating agent sufficient to induce exogenous expression of an amount of retrocyclin nonapeptides in the mammalian cell.
Stem Cell Banking System, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez
Stem Cell Banking System, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez
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The creation of specialized embryonic stem cell lines is a valuable tool for research and discovery. However, the large cost of production and ethical concerns over ESC lines limits their future development. We propose the creation of specialized cell types from somatic cells.
Two-Photon Absorbing Water-Soluble Fluorescent Probe As A Near-Neutral Ph Indicator, Kevin Belfield, Sheng Yao
Two-Photon Absorbing Water-Soluble Fluorescent Probe As A Near-Neutral Ph Indicator, Kevin Belfield, Sheng Yao
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The dynamics of intracellular pH is believed to be crucial for understanding the regulation mechanism of many physiological functions. Of the several methods avaible to detmermine pH, optical methods have several advantages including rapid response time, high signal-to-noise ratio, noninvasive, and excellent pH sensitivity. Since the first use of trapped intracellular pH probe, 6-carboxyfluorecein, was described by Thomas et al., a large number of pH indicators have been reported. SEE DISCLOSURE
Methods For Recognizing Pose And Action Of Articulated Objects With Collection Of Planes In Motion, Hassan Foroosh, Yuping Shen
Methods For Recognizing Pose And Action Of Articulated Objects With Collection Of Planes In Motion, Hassan Foroosh, Yuping Shen
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The invention comprises an improved system, method, and computer-readable instructions for recognizing pose and action of articulated objects with collection of planes in motion. The method starts with a video sequence and a database of reference sequences corresponding to different known actions. The method identifies the sequence from the reference sequences such that the subject in performs the closest action to that observed. The method compares actions by comparing pose transitions. The cross-homography invariant may be used for view-invariant recognition of human body pose transition and actions.
Electrode Structure, Method, And Application, Winston Schoenfeld, Hani Khallaf
Electrode Structure, Method, And Application, Winston Schoenfeld, Hani Khallaf
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Due to their low cost, light weight, and mechanical flexibility, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) may offer a promising future for alternatives to Si-based solar cells. One of the most promising organic solar cells is the one based on a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)
Display Device, Shin-Tson Wu, Yu-Pei Chang, Meizi Jiao, Yan Li, Chen-Chu Tsai, Ming-Huan Yang
Display Device, Shin-Tson Wu, Yu-Pei Chang, Meizi Jiao, Yan Li, Chen-Chu Tsai, Ming-Huan Yang
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Apparatus, methods, systems and devices for a low driving voltage, high transmittance blue phase liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates each with polarizer on the exterior surface thereof and a LC material and patterned electrodes on both substrates. The device outputs different light transmissions from the electrically controllable induced birefringence of the blue phase LC material.
Degradation Of Tatp, Tnt, And Rdx Using Mechanically Alloyed Metals, Christian Clausen, Rebecca Fidler, Michael Sigman, Cherie Yestrebsky
Degradation Of Tatp, Tnt, And Rdx Using Mechanically Alloyed Metals, Christian Clausen, Rebecca Fidler, Michael Sigman, Cherie Yestrebsky
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Bimetallic alloys, such as iron nickel (FeNi), iron palladium (FePd), and magnesium palladium (MgPd) provide in situ catalyst system fo remediating and degrading nitro and peroxide explosive compounds. Specifically, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), cyclo-1,3,5-trimethylene-2,4,6-trinitramine RDX), triacetone triperoxide (TATP), nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine which are contaminants in ground water, soil, and other structures can be treated on site to remediate explosive contamination.
Laser Pulse Temporal, Spectral And Spatial Shaping Devices Based On Volume Diffractive Gratings With Variable Parameters, Leonid Glebov, Oleksiy Andrusyak, Emilie Flecher, Larissa Glebova, Julien Lumeau, Sergiy Mokhov, Vadim Smirnov, Vladim Smirnov, Boris Zeldovich
Laser Pulse Temporal, Spectral And Spatial Shaping Devices Based On Volume Diffractive Gratings With Variable Parameters, Leonid Glebov, Oleksiy Andrusyak, Emilie Flecher, Larissa Glebova, Julien Lumeau, Sergiy Mokhov, Vadim Smirnov, Vladim Smirnov, Boris Zeldovich
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Recent invention of longitudinally chirped volume Bragg gratings has dramatically changed a design of high power femtosecond lasers. Replacing of bulky pairs of conventional surface gratings with compact and robust chirped volume Bragg gratings for stretching and compression of laser pulses in chirped-pulse-amplification systems enabled decrease of size and weight of those systems by several times. This patent application enables substantial increase of stretching time and compression to shorter pulses along with more complex shaping of laser pulses in both temporal and spectral domains.
An Optoelectronic Oscillator Using A High Finesse Etalon, Peter Delfyett, Ibrahim Ozdur
An Optoelectronic Oscillator Using A High Finesse Etalon, Peter Delfyett, Ibrahim Ozdur
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An optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is used to provide a continuous, high Q, modulated signal for a variety of purposes, including a carrier wave for communications, and radar emissions. The OEO of this invention replaces an RF filter in the conventional OEO with an interferometer, preferably a high finesse Fabry-Perot etalon as the mode selector, providing lower phase noise and higher RF frequency stability.
Polymer Composites Having Highly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes, Qun Huo, Hui Chen, Saiful Khondaker, Harish Muthuraman, Lei Zhai, Jianhua Zou
Polymer Composites Having Highly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes, Qun Huo, Hui Chen, Saiful Khondaker, Harish Muthuraman, Lei Zhai, Jianhua Zou
UCF Patents
A carbon nanotube-polymer composite includes a polymer continuous phase having at least a first polymer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the polymer continuous phase. The carbon nanotubes are non-functionalized nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are between 0.05 and 40 weight % of the composite. At least 98% of the carbon nanotubes are not involved in nanotube bundles.
Solar Energy Converter With Improved Photovoltaic Efficiency, Frequency Conversion And Thermal Management Permitting Super Highly Concentrated Collection, Scott Shepard
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A unique means of utilitzing existing technologies (possibly with entirely off-the-shelf components, but with options for the use of custom designed components) to accomplish three objectives. (1) To improve the efficiency of photovoltaics (PV) solar panels and cells by removing the heat (infrared, IR) from the light itself, before it hits the PV, via the mode filtering of optical fibers and the use of fiber Bragg gratings.
Method Of Forming Supported Doped Palladium Containing Oxidation Catalysts, Nahid Mohajeri
Method Of Forming Supported Doped Palladium Containing Oxidation Catalysts, Nahid Mohajeri
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A method of forming a supported oxidation catalyst includes providing a support comprising a metal oxide or a metal salt, and depositing first palladium compound particles and sec ond precious metal group (PMG) metal particles on the sup port while in a liquid phase including at least one solvent to form mixed metal comprising particles on the support. The PMG metal is not palladium. The mixed metal particles on the support are separated from the liquid phase to provide the supported oxidation catalyst.
Systems And Methods For Identifying Classes Of Substances, Michael Sigman, Mary Williams
Systems And Methods For Identifying Classes Of Substances, Michael Sigman, Mary Williams
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In one embodiment, a system and a method for identifying the class of a component of a mixture includes collecting samples from a sample source, determining a summed ion spectrum for each sample and generating sample data from the summed ion spectra, comparing the sample data with reference summed ion spectra of multiple reference substances to determine correlations between the reference substances and the sample data, and evaluating the correlations of the substances of each substance class to determine which substance class most closely correlates to the sample data.
Inhibition Of Neovascularization By Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles, Sudipta Seal, James Mcginnis, Lily Wong, Xiaohong Zhou
Inhibition Of Neovascularization By Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles, Sudipta Seal, James Mcginnis, Lily Wong, Xiaohong Zhou
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The present invention provides methods for reducing, reversing or inhibiting neovascularization of a tissue of a mammalian subject having a pathological condition involving neovascularization by administration in vivo of nanoceria particles (cerium oxide nanoparticles) to the subject. The method of the invention is useful, for example, for reducing, treating, reversing, or inhibiting neovascularization in ocular tissue such as the retina, macula, or the cornea; in skin; in synovial tissue; in intestinal tissue; or in bone. In addition, the method of the invention is useful for reducing or inhibiting neovascularization in a neoplasm (tumors), which can be benign or malignant, where …
Mcpip As Wound Therapy, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jianli Niu
Mcpip As Wound Therapy, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jianli Niu
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Disclosed herein are methods and compositions of treating a subject suffering from a wound. In exemplary examples, the method involves elevating MCPIP levels in a subject in need. Elevating MCPIP levels may involve direct administration (e.g. delivery of protein) or indirect administration (e.g. delivery vehicle capable of increasing expression of MCPIP).
Polarization Demultiplexing Using Independent Component Analysis, Guifang Li, Xiaobo Xie, Fatih Yaman
Polarization Demultiplexing Using Independent Component Analysis, Guifang Li, Xiaobo Xie, Fatih Yaman
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This invention provides blind demultiplexing capability for multiplexed optical transmission systems. Multiplexing can be done in polarization, fiber modes, multiple cores, or MIMO free space channel. This technique is modulation format independent.
Waveguides Configured To Simultaneously Guide Electromagnetic Waves Of Different Wavelengths, Guifang Li, Fatih Yaman
Waveguides Configured To Simultaneously Guide Electromagnetic Waves Of Different Wavelengths, Guifang Li, Fatih Yaman
UCF Patents
Optical fibers are often used to transmit electromagnetic signals. As a result of the geometry of such fibers, each fiber is typically configured to guide electromagnetic waves within only a limited range of wavelengths. In situations in which electromagnetic signals having significantly different wavelengths (e.g., signals from opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum) are to be transmitted, multiple fibers are typically required, one for each wavelength. The need for multiple fibers increases the complexity of the systems in which the fibers are used. It would therefore be desirable to have optical fibers or other waveguides that can transmit both relatively …
Solar Metal Sulfate-Ammonia Based Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle For Hydrogen Production., Cunping Huang, Nazim Muradov, Ali Raissi
Solar Metal Sulfate-Ammonia Based Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle For Hydrogen Production., Cunping Huang, Nazim Muradov, Ali Raissi
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Two classes of hybrid/thermochemical water splitting processes for the production of hydrogen and oxygen have been proposed based on (1) metal sulfate - ammonia cycles (2)metal pyrosulfate - ammonia cycles. Methods and systems for a metal sulfate MS04 - NH3 cycle for producing H2 and 0 2 from a closed system including feeding an aqueous (NH3)4SO3 solution into a photocatalytic reactor to oxidize the aqueous (NH3)4SO3 into aqueous(NH3)2S04 and reduce water to hydrogen, mixing the resulting aqueous (NH3)2S04 with metal oxide (e.g. ZnO) to form a slurry, heating the slurry of aqueous (NH4)2S04 and ZnO(s)in the low temperature reactor to …
Drug Composition Cytotoxic For Pancreatic Cancer Cells (Us), James Turkson
Drug Composition Cytotoxic For Pancreatic Cancer Cells (Us), James Turkson
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Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a drug combination that comprises ZD and S3I-201, Das and S3I-201, ZD and AG490, or Das and AG490. The disclosed drug combinations target two or more functional elements such as EGFR or Src and Stat3 or Jaks in pancreatic cancer cells. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the disclosed compositions to cytotoxically affect pancreatic cancer cells and methods of making the disclosed compositions.
Solid State Gas Dissociating Device, Solid State Sensor, And Solid State Transformer, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
Solid State Gas Dissociating Device, Solid State Sensor, And Solid State Transformer, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
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Patents filed by licensee. Patents connected to this disclosure were not entered into the ARGIS database therefore linking them all to this on disclosure.
Implementation Of On-Off Passive Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Using Coding And Switching Techniques, Donald Malocha, Donald Malocha, Nikolai Kozlovski
Implementation Of On-Off Passive Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Using Coding And Switching Techniques, Donald Malocha, Donald Malocha, Nikolai Kozlovski
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Methods and systems for passive wireless surface acoustic wave devices for orthgonal frequency coded devices to implement ON-OFF sensors reusing orthogonal frequency code and distinguishing between ON and OFF states using additional PN sequence and on/off switches producing multi-level coding as well as external stimuli for switching and identification of a closure system. An embodiment adds a level of diversity by adding a dibit to each surface acoustic wave devices, thus providing four different possible coding states. The PN on-off coding can be with the dibit for coding in a multi-tag system.
Oxidative Cleavage Of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids (Us), Richard Blair
Oxidative Cleavage Of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids (Us), Richard Blair
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Imported from Disclosure: A novel mechanocatalytic oxidation process has been developed. This process allows relatively benign oxygen sources (such as air and hydrogen peroxide) to be used for the production of aldehydes and oxocarboxylic acids from mono and polyunsaturated carboxylic acids derived from plant oils. The catalysts utilized are also environmentally benign. The aldehydes produced by this method can be used to improve the low temperature properties of bio-fuels and for the production of flavorings from bio-oils. The oxocarboxylic acids produced can be utilized for electrolytic hydrogen production, precursor materials for polymers, or in the production of commodity chemicals.
Electrochemical-Codeposition Methods For Forming Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Metal Composites - Cip, Quanfang Chen
Electrochemical-Codeposition Methods For Forming Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Metal Composites - Cip, Quanfang Chen
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An electrochemical-codeposition method for forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced metal nanocomposite includes providing a reaction vessel having an anode and a cathode and a plating solution therein, where the plating solution includes at least one acid, at least one surfactant, a plurality of CNTs, and plurality of metal cations that includes at least one metal. The plating solutaion has a pH between 2 and 4.5 and at least one portion of the plurality of CNTs are positively charged CNTs in the plating solution. A power supply is connected between the anode and the cathode. The positively charge CNTs and …
Doped Palladium Containing Oxidation Catalysts, Nahid Mohajeri
Doped Palladium Containing Oxidation Catalysts, Nahid Mohajeri
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Palladium-containing catalysts that exhibit fast kinetics in oxidation of reducing gases such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons have been prepared. Palladium, as oxide and/or hydroxide, is deposited on various metal oxides and metal sulfates. The kinetics of palladium oxide reduction has been increased by the addition of precious metal group such as platinum, silver, and ruthenium salts and complexes. This invention can be used in development of chemochromic passive sensors for hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbon gas detection. These gases/liquids are widely used and produced in many industries and a safe operation is a number one priority for all …