| Chemically Modified Reduced Graphene Oxides (rGOs) Improve Strength and Qualities of Polymer Composites |
- Chemically modifying rGO creates improved dispersibility and miscibility that can be used in polymer processes as a composite reinforcement or coating material.
- Easily scalable solution chemistry and purification/filtration makes the process economically feasible, resulting in a commercially viable material for many applications.
- Melt lamination results in a robust conductive coating that is more durable than comparable polymer-based coatings and enables many electronically active device designs.
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8297 |
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| Buoyant Platform Assembly Improves PCM Thermal Management |
- Enhances solidification: Incorporating highly localized agitation via a stirring whip rod, this technology seeds solidification to improve this often-arduous phase of PCM thermal cycling.
- Prevents scale build-up: This technology reduces the instance of sheets of solid PCM forming on the heat sink. The high-frequency, extensible whip rod orbits around the passageway to facilitate nucleation (creating improved solidification), while preventing scale build-up on the interior passageway surfaces.
- Customizable: The structural design allows the platform to be tailored to the effective density of the PCM material, enabling it to stay between the liquid and solid phases.
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8835 |
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| Eco-Method Mordant that Improves Natural Dye Adhesion to Synthetic Fabrics |
- Eco-friendly: An improved industrial dyeing process because it reduces excessive heat and water contamination during manufacturing.
- Wide applicability: Demonstrated to be successful with other materials beyond polyester, including Kevlar and polyacrylonitrile (PAN).
- Improved quality: Improving commercial dye methods without losing the desired properties of polyester such as flexibility is beneficial to industries like medical supply.
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9048 |
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| 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.
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8789 |
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| Cascaded Nickel Hard Mask |
- Substantially deeper etches: Because a very thick metal mask can be created, a wide range of µm features can be etched in a variety of III-Nitride semiconductors, allowing for extremely high voltage devices that require thicker layer structures
- Robust: This method has demonstrated highly consistent and effective protection against the kind of damage that is typical with standard fabrication methods
- Scalable: The nickel hard mask with cascaded e-beam evaporation and sputtering metal deposition method can readily be applied to the large-scale production of electronic devices
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8790 |
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| 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
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8810, 8666, 8786 |
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| Spin-Coated Polymer Collars Prevent Solder Wicking |
- Extend product lifespan: Increasing the stability of the contact between socket paddles and the Au surface allows for the BGAs to be in use longer
- Stability: Adding the mechanical reinforcement of the polymer collars allows for stronger thermodynamically stable solder joints
- Simple manufacturing: Spin coating the polymer onto the package is a simple manufacturing process.
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8747 |
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| Unique Processing Method for Highly Durable Bismaleimide Plastic |
- Highly durable: Demonstrates an impact strength of up to 69 kilo joules per square meter—a 392% increase over BMI that did not undergo HSSM processing
- High-fidelity: Overcomes the typical limitations of BMI without the use of chemical additives
- Straightforward: Requires only simple, conventional equipment for development
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7994 |
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| Ceramic Pump and Valve for Liquid Metals |
- First of its kind
- Set the world record for the hottest fluid ever pumped continuously
- Opens up new industry applications
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7284 |
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