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Improved Discrimination Performance in MEMS-Based Gas Sensors Enhanced selectivity: Combines gravimetric and impedimetric responses to demonstrate enhanced discrimination between multiple VOCs Powerful: Enables the simultaneous observation of both mass loading and dielectric changes in polymeric sensing films upon sorption of an analyte Innovative: Uses the transient response characteristics of a sensor response to a gated exposure event, rather than steady-state sensor data	8987
Recirculation System for Aerosol Collectors Maximizes Particle Concentration for Improved Pathogen Detection Enhanced detection: Continuously recirculated collection buffer increases the concentration of targeted particles collected and improves detection of pathogens Increased sampled air volume: Recirculating the buffer enables running the system for longer periods of time and with larger volumes of air to improve pathogen detection in entire buildings Increased control: Users have active control of the volume of fluid introduced during collection via the system’s recharge pump	8903
Thin Current Spreading Layers Improve Breakdown Performance Increases current uniformity: Improves cumulative current flow distribution from ~40% to ~100% of the p-type contact Improves breakdown performance: Avoids premature breakdown at the mesa edges making quasi-vertical devices comparable in performance to more expensive vertical devices. Improves Immunity to Etch Variation: Because current flow is no longer crowded along the mesa edges, process related variations in the mesa etching are less important to the diode performance.	8789
p-type Be-Doped AlN Films and Layered Films Enabling: Leverages MME method to provide the first access to p-type AlN:Be films, a superior ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor material good for high-power, high-temperature diodes and transistors Ease of fabrication: Avoids costly and complicated methods unfavorable for beryllium doping Improved breakdown performance: Achieves high reverse breakdown voltage—a significant advantage over WBG materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and GaN	8810, 8666, 8786
Scalable Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Chemical Separations Scalable: Uses simple chemistry and eliminates production steps to enable large scale polymer manufacturing Solution-processable: Permits the development of a variety of membrane morphologies including dense flat sheets, thin film composites, and hollow fibers High chemical stability: Results in stable structures able to withstand exposure to solvents and other chemicals, enabling stable separation performance and industrial application	8113
Micro Ammonia Production System (MAPS)—Systems and methods for making nitrogen-based compounds Higher yield and efficiency: Uses hollow hybrid nanoparticles instead of solid nanoparticles for a three-fold enhancement in electrocatalytic activity due to the increased surface area and higher number of successful reactant collisions Sustainable production: Leverages renewable electricity sources and offers clean and sustainable ammonia electrosynthesis, unlike the current industrial method for ammonia production that is energy intensive and heavily relies on fossil fuels Simplified process: Enables production of ammonia via gas-phase system with few or no additional steps for separation and purification	8056
A Biomimetic Nose with Machine Learning for Advanced Threat Detection Enhanced chemical detection: Reduces proximity issues and enhances detection Functional in air and liquid mediums: Can detect single or multiple chemical agents even when the medium contains both a liquid and a gas. An attachment makes it possible to use the device in liquid with air monitoring sensors. Continuous improvement: Uses machine learning algorithms to continually improve agent characterization	7796
Advancing Mass Spectrometry with Novel Interface Flexible: Allows for integration with a range of operational modes and analytical workflows for different ESI-MS techniques High performance: Offers enhanced sensitivity and a significantly improved limit of detection Robust and effective: Minimizes charged ion loss and enables sampling of the most analytically “valuable” droplets	4182
Virtual Sensing Integrated for Predictive Reliability (VIPR) Advanced: Acquires system data via virtual sensing, without the need for physical sensors in all desired locations Cost-reducing: Aims to reduce maintenance and planning costs for solid rocket motors and potentially other vehicle propulsion systems Predictive: Provides useful, repeatable, extensive data sets to predict rocket performance and enable proactive plans for propulsion system maintenance, upgrades, and replacements, potentially reducing downtime and failures	8555
Next-Generation Flow Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage at One-Tenth the Cost Higher power density: This design has achieved ultra-high power densities of 630 W/Ldevice (charge) and 170 W/Ldevice (discharge), compared to existing flow battery designs that achieve only 500 W/Ldevice (charge) and 90 W/Ldevice (discharge). Ultra-high current density: The design has achieved current densities of >300 mA/cm3 per device. Dramatically lower cost: The elimination of parts reduces fabrication costs by 90%. Cost is ~$330 rather than ~$4,400.	8284, 8571
Innovative Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Open-Air Assembly Protective: Potentially helps protect the technician against contact with ionic hazards Rapid: Separates ions through fast detection of differences in their mass, charge, and cross-section Convenient: Leverages an open-air arrangement that significantly reduces time for experiment setup and sample preparation	4885
Low-Cost Wearable Mass-Sensitive and Capacitive Bio/Chemical Multi-Sensor Versatile: Customizes MEMS chemical sensors, compatible with a variety of sensing materials, allowing for the detection of numerous gas-phase analytes Easy to manufacture: Uses batch-fabricated sensors compatible with COTS electronics Highly sensitive: Offers sub parts-per-million detection limits for volatile organic compounds	8269
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
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
Hybrid Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for Effective Gas Separation Tunable: Provides a mechanism for adjusting the porosity and functionality of ZIF materials to be used in a range of applications Advanced: Demonstrates significantly higher levels of separation selectivity from molecular mixtures of interest than previous ZIF models Scalable: Holds potential for large-scale CO2 separation in different materials, such as membranes and adsorbents	5925
Switchable Solvents and Methods of Use Thereof Lowers cost - eliminates the need to add and remove multiple solvents for each reaction step Lower pollution - eliminates the need to remove and capture solvents Easier separation of product - ideal for separation of vegetables such as soybean oil	3776
Detecting Change of Dielectric Constant Enables detection of materials based on changes to the effective dielectric constant of a circular resonator Measures the index of refraction to detect the change in optical wavelength that is occurring Able to detect the power of the electromagnetic wave in the circular resonator at resonance condition and/or during build-up stage	2839
Nanocrystalline Glass Ceramic Scintillators Cheaper – Can be easily fabricated on a large scale Efficient – High luminescence efficiency and light output Compact – Greater portability	5509
Fast Microscale Actuators for Probe Microscopy Enables fast and parallel actuation with integrated electrostatic actuators and built-in optical displacement sensors Accurate force measurement with nanometer resolution in parallel single-molecule mechanics experiments Novel FIRAT structures for high speed AFM imaging in liquid environments	3916
Method for Imaging Mass Spectrometry Precise – Method allows for automatic, precise control of molecule deposition Scalable – Deposition method can be done on large or multiple samples Solvent-Free – Improved imaging quality by eliminating solvent in deposition	4202
Eliminating Phase Separation Issues Phase separation is eliminated Growth process is faster Processing temperatures are lower and over a wider range	5459
Reduced Cyanine Dyes Simple Synthesis - Easy one-step synthesis from commercially available cyanine dyes Dependable - Exceptional sensitivity Versatile - High stability and wide range wavelength tunability	4430
Chemically Resolved Microscopy Using Microplasma Discharges Can be operated under ambient temperature and pressure Higher chemical and spatial resolution than currently exists Has the ability to pair mass spectrometry to microscopy	4340
AFM Cantilevers for Operation in Air and Immersion Efficient — enables fast actuation with integrated electrostatic actuators Accuracy — accurate force measurements with nanoscale lateral resolution Improved speed — improvement for both speed of actuation and accuracy of detection	3629
Method and Detection System for Film Thin Waveguides Enables label free detection of target compounds Thin-film	3600
Surface Electrode Ion Trap for Cellular Analysis Cells contained in charged droplets of solution and levitated above the surface electrode ion trapped by electromagnetic fields Enables sorting of cells by optical, chemical, and/or physical properties Merging of droplets is controlled allowing researchers to add chemicals and nutrients to cell environment one cell at a time	6970
High Throughput Spectrometer Low cost – decrease in the number of components decreases cost Compact – decrease in the number of components decreases size High resolution – improvements in hologram recording maintain high resolutions	3548
Integrated Force Sensing for Probe Microscopy Optimization of the optical detection sensitivity in air or liquid Mini AFM configuration able to form images in very small volumes Multi-tip nanosensors with simultaneous, multifunctional capabilities	3527
Facile Synthesis of Ultrathin Silver Nanowires Produces Ag nanowires less than 20 nm in diameter, with high aspect ratios (over 1000), and in high yield (>85%) One pot, quick (< 35 min) synthetic process that is performed under ambient pressure Great mechanical flexibility and can be bent at acute angles without breaking	6791
Stable and Durable Polymer Materials Resistant – Processed PIMs last longer in solvents than unprocessed PIMs Increased Stability – Infiltration processing decreases aging time and increases durability Tunable – Broad range of possible interactions with guest molecules	7730
Smart Test Strip Enabled by Inkjet Printed Microfluids Cost effective manufacturing approach Eco Friendly Light-weight	7505
Superomniphobic Paper Cost effective Higher oil repellency than currently available Can be modified to repel other substance	6222
Quantitative Control with Ion Utilization Superior control over ionization process in duration, frequency, and polarity High MS sensitivity with minimal sample consumption and native protein conformation conservation Patterned ion deposition onto both conductive and insulating surfaces	7336
Highly Sensitive Standoff Gas Sensing Using Carbon Nanotubes Extremely sensitive gas sensor based on the change in resonant frequency of circuit caused by interaction of gas molecules with carbon nanotubes CNTs can be functionalized to detect one or more analytes with high specificity Sensor can be manufactured using inkjet printing technologies to reduce costs	5830
Multiplexed Analysis of Cells for Cancer Research Enables the evaluation of cell properties in a biomimetic three-dimensional microenvironment Mnimal disruption of cell-cell and cell-material interactions Multiplies the number of variables that can be analyzed without significantly increasing the time of analysis	7236
Method to Enrich Glyco-Peptides & Proteins for Analysis More effective - enrichment of glycoproteins and glycopeptides in complex biological samples, especially low-abundance ones Reversible binding - for intact glycoprotein and glycopeptide analysis	7139

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