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Available Technologies by Category
Portable Multi-Parameter Cancer Diagnostic Tool	Powerful: Simultaneously measures multiple tissue parameters to determine electro-thermo-mechanical properties Disposable: Uses single-use biochip components to eliminate cross-contamination Versatile: Uses a variety of other micromotion-capable actuators and extends to other manufacturing techniques and different length scales	7619
Tautomeric Sensing with a Covalent Organic Framework	Fast: Provides highly responsive color change within seconds Passively reversible: Does not require external stimuli for regeneration Long-term stability: Sensing ability extends for months	8262
Next-Generation Custom-Fit Reusable Mask for Respiratory Protection	Aims to eliminate fit-testing: Designed to remove the expensive and time-consuming federal (i.e., OSHA) mandate for annual fit-testing for workplace use Improved fit: Adapts to fit specific facial features, increasing comfort and enhancing efficacy and potentially eliminating face-seal leakage to enhance performance Reusable: Withstands cleaning and decontamination	6635
Vest-Style Device Assists Ventilation and Perfusion (V/Q) to Help Prevent Respiratory Failure	Powerful: Designed to optimize oxygenation for patients in acute hypoxic respiratory failure Supportive therapy: Non-invasively complements mechanical ventilator support Low cost: Significantly less expensive than technologies that increase oxygenation (e.g., ventilators, oxygen systems)	8529
Highly Effective Motion Capture Marker for Small Aerial Robots	Robust: Improves the reliability and accuracy of the motion capture measurement by eliminating excessive reflection Easy to use: Consists of only a miniature driver circuit and illumination stripe while requiring a simple plug-in power supply to operate Lightweight: Accommodates small robots with limited payload capacity—total weight of an active marker is approximately 1 gram	8528
The Sliding-Window Queue-Proportional Sampling (SW-QPS) Algorithm	High performance: Offers a novel switching framework that eliminates batching delays without sacrificing throughput performance Advanced: Computes matchings of much higher quality than state-of-the-art and widely used regular switching algorithms Efficient: Achieves at least 88 percent throughput with a computational complexity of just O(1) per port	8540
Optical Architecture Enables High-Performance Chips	High performance: Provides efficient, practical, and manufacturable optical computing solutions for a variety of platforms Efficient: Permits a new way of designing high-performance computing and decision-making tasks using manufacturable solutions with high-speed processing, despite fabrication imperfections Flexible: Offers photonic chips in a variety of material platforms (i.e., silicon, silicon nitride) and meta-surface arrays implemented in hybrid platforms that combine dielectrics and nonlinear/reconfigurable materials	8437
Hybrid Meta-Surfaces for Active, Non-Volatile Light Manipulation	Fast: Enables highly dense pixels with fast (nanosecond) switching capability Scalable: Can be fabricated with features down to nanometer sizes; the overall device can incorporate several meta-surfaces with different features over a large-size wafer Agile: Offers high switching robustness (up to 1012 cycles)	8530
Novel Thin-Film Coatings for Enhanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Cathodes	Enhances activity and stability: Electro-catalytic activity and stability were enhanced in symmetrical and anode-supported cells. Eliminates technical hurdles: By reducing operating temperatures to 700°C or lower, this process makes SOFCs more commercially feasible. Efficient: The efficient one-step infiltration process enables implementation for typical SOFC fabrication.	6331
Highly Efficient, Durable Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)	More stable: The technique used enhances cathode durability while maintaining the high-kinetic electrode structure Stackable: The cathode design is suitable for implementation in a fuel cell stack Fast: The combination of nanoparticles and conformal coatings provides increased reaction sites and rapid transport paths	7256
Novel Crosslinked Hydrogel Improves Efficacy and Side Effects of Cancer Treatment	Versatile: Can integrate with all types of immune checkpoint blockade antibodies and respond to various types of cancers Improved tolerability via local delivery: Limits side effects on nonmalignant tissues and organs—a challenge of other immunotherapies Innovative: Leverages the body’s natural immune response to reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence	8505
Novel Pharmaceutical Compounds Based on Tumor-Selective KDM Inhibitors	Selective: Can be used to target specific types of tumors Proven efficacy in vitro: Can be used to inhibit proliferation of cells (e.g., cancer or tumor cells), reducing tumor burden, inhibiting tumor growth, or both Enhanced potency: Displayed a 65-fold increase in cytotoxic potency against tested triple negative breast cancer cell lines	7880
Enhanced MIMO Framework for Optimized Wireless Communications	Innovative: Overcomes the efficiency and complexity challenges of conventional detector frameworks Independent: Has a fixed complexity that remains unaffected by noise Sophisticated: Combines the high performance of K-best detection with the low-complexity scalar list detector	7343
Using Soy Proteins to Reduce Costs of Dewatering of Fibrous Sludge	Cost-effective: Decreases costs by 80% compared to using 100% CPAM Greater price stability: Experiences much less price fluctuation than the hydrocarbon feedstock from which CPAM is manufactured More environmentally friendly: Reduces the mass and volume of sludge requiring disposal and is a nonpetroleum-based option	6128
Hybrid Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harvests Mechanical and Electrical Energy	Sustainable: Harvests energy from the environment to minimize the use of non-renewable materials for power Highly efficient: Exhibits an unprecedented conversion efficiency of 50% to 85%, an area power density of 313 watts per square meter, and a volume power density of 340 kilowatts per cubic meter Powerful: Integrates with several other TENGs for output power of 1 megawatt	6606
Three-Dimensionally Textured Photovoltaic (PV) Cells	Powerful: Improves probability of absorption via a novel light-trapping geometry Practical: Eliminates the need for heavy, complex, costly, and failure-prone mechanical systems required by traditional planar PV cells to track the sun Reliable: Improves photon absorption probability even at off-normal azimuth angles, leading to more predictable performance across all seasons for terrestrial applications	2922
Novel Polymer Hybrid Improves Stability of Implantable Devices	Strong: Provides structural stability and enhanced cellular adhesion for implant materials Biocompatible: Reduces the risk for complications that could arise with the use of chemical components Customizable: Permits easy incorporation of various nanomaterials to fine-tune devices to meet patient needs	8449
Fabricating High-Power Solar Cells with a Novel Boron Emitter	Efficient: Demonstrates a competitive level of efficiency road map of over 24.2% Cost-effective: Offers a simplified approach for fabricating TOPCon solar cells while still maintaining their efficiency Sustainable: Improves upon current renewable energy solutions that provide alternatives to fossil fuel–based energy consumption	7991
Powered Bilateral Knee Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of Children and Adults	Lightweight: Uses one of the lightest available electromechanical actuators—just 0.5 kg—along with a mere 1.5 kg for the exoskeleton assembly Back-drivable: Lowers the mechanical effort involved in back driving with a single-stage actuator Efficient: Reduces battery consumption compared with existing systems	8369
A Method to Minimize 5G Signal Noise and Energy Consumption	Efficient: Minimizes 5G energy noise and lowers overall energy consumption required for the exponential growth of 5G networks Reliable: Promises to improve signal reliability by suppressing bandwidth-intensive media without impacting end-user experience Economical: Improves affordability of signal routing for millimeter-wave (mmWave) 5G services	8204