Last Update: 09/03/2008

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• Biofuels
• Biotechnology and Medicine
• Chemistry
• Energy Efficient Technologies
• Environmental Technologies
• Fuel Cells and Batteries
• Imaging and Lasers
• Ion Sources and Beam Technologies
• Materials
• Nanotechnology and Microtechnology
• Software and Information Technologies

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• Biohazard Control Station
• Cardiac Stent Maufacturing Using Multiple Focused Ion Beam Technology
• Berkeley Ergo Arm
• Novel PET Camera Designs
• Neutron Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
• Sub-100 ps Time Digitizer for High Throughput PET

Biofuels

• Using Novel Enzymes To Produce Advanced Biofuels
• Termite Microbial Enzymes for Energy Efficient Biofuel Production

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Biotechnology and Medicine

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES

• Altering Bone Density by Modulating SOST Expression via Tissue-specific Enhancers
• Amorphous Silicon Array for Medical Imaging
• Assays Based on the Role of Dystroglycan and Alpha-Dystroglycan Proteolysis in Tumor Cell Growth
• Biomarker for Cell Senescence
• Biohazard Control Station
• Catalyst Exchanges Deuterium or Tritium into Organic and Organometallic Compounds
• Color and Shape Changing Polymeric Ribbons and Sheets
• Colorimetric and Fluorescent Sensors for Rapid and Direct Detection of Influenza, E. coli, and Other Analytes
• Comprehensive Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug-Resistant Breast Cancers
• Co-registration of PET and Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Images for Improved Prostate Imaging and Biopsy
• Diagnostic MRI Skin Map Database
• Diagnostic Test to Personalize Therapy Using Platinum-based Anticancer Drugs
• Early Identification of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques Using In Vivo MIR Spectroscopy and Imaging
• Electrostatic-based DNA Microarray Technique
• Fast Scintillation Detectors Using Direct-Gap Semiconductors
• Full Karyotype Analysis for Increasing Pregnancy Rates per IVF Cycle
• Genes Encoding Telomere-Associated Proteins
• High Quantum Efficiency Charge Coupled Device
• Low-resistivity Photon-transparent Window Attached to Photo-sensitive Silicon Detector
• Method for Identifying New Breast Cancer Stem Cells and Targeted Therapies
• Mobile Ex-Situ High Resolution NMR and MRI
• Noninvasive Detection of Preclinical Cardiovascular Disease
• Non-Transgenic Cell Lines for Identifying Target Premalignant Genes
• Portable, High Resolution NMR/MRI in Inhomogeneous Fields
• Predictive Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug Resistant Ovarian Cancer
• Prognostic for Invasive and Metastatic Cancers
• Protease-based Cancer Screening Using Nanoliter Samples
• Quantum Dot Based Cell Motility, Invasion, and Metastasis Assays
• Rac1b: A Highly Selective Marker and Target for Cancer
• Rotenone Analogs: High Extraction and Retention Perfusion Tracers for PET and SPECT Imaging
• SATB1: A Fundamental Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Breast Cancer JUST PUBLISHED IN NATURE
• Simple Colorimetric Biological Barcode Amplification Assay
• Single Step, Real-Time Protein Kinase Detection For Biological Screening
• Sub-100 ps Time Digitizer for High Throughput PET
• SQUIDS
• Tritium Labeled, High Specific Activity Compounds

GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC TECHNOLOGIES

• A Cell Injection System Using Carbon Nanotubes
• Antibodies for Monitoring and Phosphorylation Sites for Inhibiting DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
• Automated Protein Crystal Mounting and Alignment
• Biological Production of Polymer Monomers
• Comprehensive Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug-Resistant Breast Cancers
• Electrospray Emitters for Integrating Mass Spectrometry with Microfluidic Devices
• Genomic and Proteomic Software
  • LABELIT – Software for Macromolecular Diffraction Data Processing
  • PHENIX - Software for Computational Crystallography
  • Vista/AVID: Visualization and Allignment Software for Comparative Genomics
• High Selectivity Peptides for Cancer Therapy, Screening for Cancer Therapies, and Therapy Sensitization
• Improved Procedure for Refolding Insoluble Proteins
• Mass Spectrometer for High Molecular Weight Ions and Charged Particles
• Methods and Proteins for Developing New Classes of Antibiotics
• Molecular Ruler for Label-free Measurement of Protein-DNA Interactions
• Monolithic Polymers Revolutionize Microfluidic Devices
• New High Performance Hybrid Magnets for High-throughput DNA and Molecule Separation
• Non-Surgical Skin Enhancement Through Rhamm Protein Modulation
• Non-Transgenic Cell Lines for Identifying Target Premalignant Genes
• Optimum Protein Solubility Screen
• PhyloChip: DNA Microarray for Rapid Profiling of Microbial Populations
• Predictive Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug Resistant Ovarian Cancer
• Prognostic for Invasive and Metastatic Cancers
• Rac1b: A Highly Selective Marker and Target for Cancer
• Recovery of cDNAs from Plasmid Libraries
• SATB1: A Fundamental Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Simple Colorimetric Biological Barcode Amplification Assay
• Single Step, Real-Time Protein Kinase Detection For Biological Screening
• Spatially Controlled Surface Modification of Plastic Microfluidic Devices
• TACE Inhibition for Treating High-Risk Cancers and Enhancing Current EGFR Therapies

MOUSE MODELS

• PR-A Transgenic Mice Allow Study of Female Reproductive Endocrinology
• Sterile Transgenic Mice Model: Male Infertility
• Transgenic Mice: Atherosclerosis Portfolio
• Transgenic Mice: Breast Cancer and Leukemia

RESEARCH TOOLS

• A Cell Injection System Using Carbon Nanotubes
• Altering Bone Density by Modulating SOST Expression via Tissue-specific Enhancers
• Apparatus and Instrumentation for Single Molecule Spectroscopy
• Automated Electron Microscopy Film Scanner
• Disposable, High Pressure Microfluidic Chips with Integrated Interconnects
• Electrospray Emitters for Integrating Mass Spectrometry with Microfluidic Devices
• Growth of Large Patterned Arrays Of Neurons on CCD Chips Using Plasma Deposition Methods
• Improved Procedure for Refolding Insoluble Proteins
• Long-term Growth of Finite Life Span Normal Human Epithelial Cells
• Membrane-Derivatized Colloids for the Detection and Analysis of Cell Membrane Binding Interactions
• Methods and Proteins for Developing New Classes of Antibiotics
• Molecular Ruler for Label-free Measurement of Protein-DNA Interactions
• New High Performance Hybrid Magnets for High-throughput DNA and Molecule Separation
• Non-Transgenic Cell Lines for Identifying Target Premalignant Genes
• Optimum Protein Solubility Screen
• PhyloChip: DNA Microarray for Rapid Profiling of Microbial Populations
• Predictive Methodology and Tools for Nanotoxicology
• Rac1b: A Highly Selective Marker and Target for Cancer
• Single Step, Real-Time Protein Kinase Detection For Biological Screening
• Spatially Controlled Surface Modification of Plastic Microfluidic Devices
• Transmission Electron Microscope Phase-contrast Enhancement

THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES

• Aligned Crystal Growth at Polymerized Membranes
• Altering Bone Density by Modulating SOST Expression via Tissue-specific Enhancers
• An Apolipoprotein that Strongly Modulates Plasma Triglyceride Levels
• Antibodies for Monitoring and Phosphorylation Sites for Inhibiting DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
• Apolipoprotein A-1 Variants for Reducing Cardiovascular-Related Risks
• Berkeley Ergonomic Arm
• Biomimetic Agents for Replacement of NAD+/NADH in Enzymatic Reactions
• Bone Replacement Materials
  • Composites with Graded Microstructures for Orthopedic Implants and Bone Tissue Engineering
  • Flexibone: Osteo-mimetic Composites
  • Graded Bioactive Glass and Glass/Ceramic Coatings for Metal Bone Implants
  • Injectable Hydrogel-Based Biodegradable Bone Replacement Materials
  • Mineralization of Biocompatible Scaffolds
  • Peptides for the Controllable Promotion or Inhibition of Bone Growth
• Breast Cancer Therapy and Potential Method for Enhancing Radiation Sensitivity via Inhibition of ß1 Integrin
• Compact Systems for Effective and Precise Brachytherapy
• Comprehensive Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug-Resistant Breast Cancers
• Diagnostic MRI Skin Map Database
• High Selectivity Peptides for Cancer Therapy, Screening for Cancer Therapies, and Therapy Sensitization
• Membrane Microarrays for Cell Manipulation
• Methods and Proteins for Developing New Classes of Antibiotics
• Method for Identifying New Breast Cancer Stem Cells and Targeted Therapies
• Microgels with Acid-Degradable Cross-Linkers for Vaccine and Cytoplasmic Drug Delivery
• Microgels with Acid-Degradable Polymer Backbones for Delivering Bioactive Materials
• Mineralization of Biocompatible Scaffolds
• Nano-onion Therapy for Cancer Tumors
• Non-Surgical Skin Enhancement Through Rhamm Protein Modulation
• Novel NMR-based Xenon Biosensor
• Polymerized Nanoparticle Therapeutics
• Predictive Markers and Therapeutic Targets for Drug Resistant Ovarian Cancer
• Rac1b: A Highly Selective Diagnostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Cancer
• Regulatory Sequence that Controls the Expression of Allergic-Related Cytokines
• SATB1: A Fundamental Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Synthetic Nano-Low Density Lipoprotein As a Targeted Drug Delivery Vehicle
• Synthetic Peptide that Causes Bundling of F-Actin in Vitro and in Situ
• TACE Inhibition for Treating High-Risk Cancers and Enhancing Current EGFR Therapies
• Tendon Repair Factor

Chemistry

• Biological Production of Polymer Monomers
• Biomimetic Agents for Replacement of NAD+/NADH in Enzymatic Reactions
• Carboxylic Acids
• Catalyst Exchanges Deuterium or Tritium into Organic and Organometallic Compounds
• Catalysts for Reduction of SO2 to Elemental Sulfur
• Co-implantation of Group VI Elements and Nitrogen for the Formation of Non-Alloyed Ohmic Contacts for n-type GaAs
• Coplanar Electrode Configuration Improves Radiation Detector Performance
• Device and Method of Positionally Accurate Implantation of Individual Particles in a Substrate Surface
• Diesel Particle Scatterometer
• Disposable, High Pressure Microfluidic Chips with Integrated Interconnects
• Fast Scintillation Detectors Using Direct-Gap Semiconductor
• Fluorination of Thermodynamically Unstable Nickel Fluorides using NiF₆²-Salts
• High Conductivity Single-ion Cross-linked Polymers for Lithium Batteries and Fuel Cells
• Hollow Nanocrystals and Nanoreactors
• Hydrocarbon Oxidation for Manufacturing Chemicals
• Mini Pulsed Metal Plasma Source
• Nanomachining of High Aspect Ratio Structures, as High-performance X-ray Zone Plates
• PhoSNOX: Yellow Phosphorus for Flue Gas Scrubbing
• RF-Driven Plasma Source for Ion Implantation Applications
• Selective Ion Source for Semiconductor Devices
• Spatially Controlled Surface Modification of Plastic Microfluidic Devices
• Superconducting Films on Metal Substrates Carry Commercial Level Current
• Superconducting Multilayer Interconnect Technology

Energy Efficient Technologies

• Aerosol Sealing
  • Aerosol Remote Sealing System
  • Clog-free Atomizing and Spray Drying Nozzle
• Air-stable Nanomaterials for Efficient OLEDs and Solar Cells
  • Solvent Processed Nanotube Composites
  • OLEDS with Air-stable Structured Electrodes
• Branched 3-D Inorganic Nanocrystals for New Electronic Applications
• Electrochromic Device Controlled by Sunlight
• Energy Efficient Condensing Side-arm Gas Water Heater
• Energy Efficient Laboratory Fume Hood
• Energy Efficient Lighting:
  • High Performance, Energy Efficient Table Lamp
• EnergyPlus:Energy Simulation Software for Buildings
• First Diode for Thermal Management of Micro and Macro Devices
• Gas Filled Insulating Panels
• Hydrocarbon Oxidation for Manufacturing Chemicals
• Improved GaN MBE-Growth using Bismuth as a Surfactant
• Improving the Efficiency of Nanoscale Photovoltaic Devices
  • Novel Concentrating Nanoscale Solar Cells
  • Ideal Structure for Organic/Nanomaterial Solar Cells
  • Controlling the Structure of Organic/Nanomaterials Solar Cells
  • High Efficiency Fullerene/Polymer Solar Cells
• Lean Flame Stabilization Ring Converts Natural Gas Burners to Burn Lean
• Low Cost, Stable Switchable Mirrors
  • Lithium Ion Mirrors with Improved Stability
  • Transition Metal Switchable Mirrors
• Low Cost, High Efficiency Tandem Silicon Solar Cells
• Nanoporous Metal-Inorganic Materials for Hydrogen Storage
• Novel GaN Thin Film Growth Procedure on Lattice Mismatched Substrates
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• TRAMS: A New Tracer Gas Airflow Measurement System
• Tunable Thermal Link
• Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Layers on SOD Substrates
• Ultraclean Low Swirl Combustion

Environmental Technologies

• Adsorbing Filter Media for Carbon Mass Balance Measurements in Airborne Particles
• Antifungal Polypeptides
• Biological Production of Polymer Monomers
• Biomimetic Agents for Replacement of NAD+/NADH in Enzymatic Reactions
• Coplanar Electrode Configuration Improves Radiation Detector Performance
• Cost Effective Method for Removing Arsenic from Water
• Cost-Saving Technique for Recovery of Carboxylic Acids
• Detection and Identification of Unexploded Ordinance
• Diesel Particle Scatterometer
• Fluorine Separation and Generation Device
• Gas Filled Insulating Panels
• Hydrocarbon Oxidation for Manufacturing Chemicals
• In Situ Optical Sensor for Measuring Particulate Inorganic Carbon in Seawater
• Miniature Airborne Particle Mass Monitors
• Nanoporous Metal-Inorganic Materials for Hydrogen Storage
• Nested Type Coaxial Neutron Generator
• Optical Sedimentation Recorder (OSR) for Tracking the Ocean's Carbon Flux
• PhyloChip: DNA Microarray for Rapid Profiling of Microbial Populations
• PhoSNOX: Yellow Phosphorus for Flue Gas Scrubbing
• Source-independent Full Waveform Inversion of Seismic Data
• Subsurface and Remediation Technologies:
  • Accurate Identification, Imaging, and Monitoring of Fluid Saturated Underground Reservoirs
  • AnisWave2D and 3D: Seismic Wave Modeling for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Reservoir Imaging
  • Bioremediation System for Separating Nanoparticle Waste
  • Bore II - Advanced Wellbore Technology Characterizes Groundwater Flow and Contamination
  • Chemical-free Biological Remediation of Perchlorate and Chlorate Contamination
  • Cost-Effective Bioelectrical Remediation of Xenobiotics
  • Electrical Resistivity Monitoring Borehole Array
  • EMGeo: Risk Minimizing Software for Finding Offshore Fossil Fuels by Fluid Identification
  • Ferrofluids for Subsurface Barriers Flow Control and Imaging
  • Gas Exploration Software for Reducing Uncertainty in Gas Concentration Estimates
  • Geophysical Earth Modeling (GEM) Software
  • High Frequency Electric Field Measurement Using a Toroidal Antenna
  • Lightweight, Portable X-Ray Core Scanner
  • Low-Field NMR/MRI Using Rotating-Frame Gradient Fields
  • Omni-Depth, Direct Measurement Fluxmeter for New Applications in Agriculture and Remediation
  • Piezotube Borehole Seismic Source for Continuous Crosswell Monitoring
  • Software-Integrated System of Waterflood Surveillance and Control
  • TOUGH +: Modeling Fluid and Heat Flow in Porous and Fractured Ground
  • Tube-wave Seismic Imaging and Monitoring Method for Oil Reservoirs and Aquifers
• Recyclable Sorbent Coating for Organic Pollutant Sampler

Fuel Cells and Batteries

• Batteries with Orthorhombic Sodium Manganese Oxide Cathodes
• Boron Nitride Nanotubes with Modified Surfaces
• Conductive Carbon Coatings for Electrode Materials
• Fast, Low Cost Method for Manufacturing Porous Structures for Fuel Cells, Catalysts and Filtration
• Fluorine Separation and Generation Device
• High Conductivity Single-ion Cross-linked Polymers for Lithium Batteries and Fuel Cells
• High Power Performance Lithium Ion Battery
• Nanoporous Metal-Inorganic Materials for Hydrogen Storage
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells:

  • Braze for Robust Seals with Ceramic
  • Durable Joining of Dissimilar Materials
  • Easy Joining of Dissimilar Materials in Concentric Tubes
  • Fail-Safe, Inexpensive Electrochemical Device Stack Design
  • Fuel Cell Housing for Rapid Start-Up Auxiliary Power and Gas Separation
  • High Quality, Dense Thin Films Using Metal/Metal Alloy Additives
  • Improved Electrode-Electrode Structures for Solid State Electrochemical Device
  • Improved Segment-in-Series High Temperature Electrochemical Device
  • Inexpensive Production of High Density Thin Ceramic Films on Rigid or Porous Substrates
  • Low Cost Fabrication of Thin-Film Ceramic Membranes for Nonshrinking Substrates
  • Low-Cost Layered Structure for High Temperature Electrochemical Devices
  • Metal Current Collector Protected by Oxide Film
  • Method for Making Flat, High Performance Thin Membrane Structures on Porous Substances
  • Novel Support Structure for Ceramic Electrochemical Device
  • Robust, Multifunctional Joint for Large Scale Power Production Stacks
  • Robust Seal for High Temperature Electrochemical Devices
  • Simplified Cu-Cermet Anode Production for High Temperature Electrochemical Devices
  • Single-step Infiltration for Improved Low Temperature Cathode Performance
  • Support for Planar Solid State Electrochemical Devices
  • Surface Additives for Enhanced Electrode Performance
• Water-retaining Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
• Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Layers on SOD Substrates
• Zinc-Nickel Oxide Battery

Imaging and Lasers

• Accurate Identification, Imaging, and Monitoring of Fluid Saturated Underground Reservoirs
• Algorithm for Correcting Detector Nonlinearites
• Amorphous Silicon Array for Medical Imaging
• Apparatus and Instrumentation for Single Molecule Spectroscopy
• Automated Cryotomographic Stage for X-ray Microscopy
• Automated Electron Microscopy Film Scanner
• Coplanar Electrode Configuration Improves Radiation Detector Performance
• Co-registration of PET and Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Images for Improved Prostate Imaging and Biopsy
• Cost-Effective, Laser-Assisted In Situ Nanostructure Fabrication and Processing
• Cryogenic Immersion Light Microscope Stage
• Dedicated Test Surface for Calibration of High-Performance Optical Systems
• Diagnostic MRI Skin Map Database
• Digital Restoration and Preservation of Audio Recordings
• Early Identification of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques Using In Vivo MIR Spectroscopy and Imaging
• Fast, Bright, Monochromatic Photofield-emission Electron Source with Spin-polarization Control
• Fast Scintillation Detectors Using Direct-Gap Semiconductors
• Ferrofluids for Subsurface Barriers Flow Control and Imaging
• Frames and Crawlers for On-ship Detection of Nuclear Materials
• Genomic and Proteomic Imaging Software
  • LABELIT – Software for Macromolecular Diffraction Data Processing
  • PHENIX - Software for Computational Crystallography
• Graphene Membranes for Nanometer-scale Lithography and Single Atom Resolution TEM Imaging
• High-Efficiency Micro-Scale Light-Concentrating Arrays for Digital Imaging
• High Quantum Efficiency Charge-Coupled Device
• High Voltage Compatible, Fully Depleted CCD
• Lightweight, Portable X-Ray Core Scanner
• Low-resistivity Photon-transparent Window Attached to Photo-sensitive Silicon Detector
• Mass Spectrometer for High Molecular Weight Ions and Charged Particles
• Method and Apparatus for Adjustably Inducing Biaxial Strain in Thin Films
• Method for Producing Giant Magnetoresistance Materials
• Multi-channel Detector Readout Method and Integrated Circuit
• Nanosecond Monolithic CMOS Readout Cell
• NMR AND MRI Technologies:
  • Functionalized NMR-based Xenon Biosensor
  • Low-Field MRI with Improved Resolution and Portability Using Gradient Fields of Arbitrary Size
  • Low Field NMR/MRI Using High T_c SQUIDS
  • Low-Field NMR/MRI Using Rotating-Frame Gradient Fields
  • Mobile Ex-Situ High Resolution NMR and MRI
  • Optical Atomic Magnetometer for Portable, Inexpensive MRI and Magnetic Microparticle Detection
  • Portable, High Resolution NMR/MRI in Inhomogeneous Fields
  • Remote NMR/MRI Detection
  • Safe and Selective Enhancement of NMR and MRI Using Hyperpolarized Noble Gases
  • SQUID-Detected NMR and MRI at Ultralow Magnetic Fields
  • Using Pulse Sequences to Achieve High Resolution NMR/MRI with Simplified Hardware
• Non-contact Nanoscale Imaging of Liquids and Weakly Bound Materials
• Optical Synchronization Systems for Femtosecond Light Sources
• Optical Metrology for X-Ray Mirror
• Rotenone Analogs: High Extraction and Retention Perfusion Tracers for PET and SPECT Imaging
• Source-independent Full Waveform Inversion of Seismic Data
• Transmission Electron Microscope Phase-contrast Enhancement
• Widely Tunable, Semiconductor THz (Infrared) Laser

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Ion Sources and Beam Technologies

• Antennae for Radio-Frequency (RF) Sources
  • External Antenna for Ion Sources
  • Focused Electron and Ion Beam Systems
  • Porcelain-Coated RF Antenna
  • Quartz Antenna for RF Ion Sources
  • Quartz Antenna with Hollow Conductor
• Cathodic Arc Plasma System
  • Macroparticle Twist Filter, Magnetic Expander and Homogenizer for Cathodic Arc Plasmas
  • Miniaturized Cathodic Arc Plasma Source
  • Triggerless Cathodic Arc Initiation
• Compact RF-Matching Network
• Constricted Plasma Source
• Detecting Nuclear Materials in Containers Using High-Energy Gamma Rays
• Extraction System for Ion Sources
• Lithography and Micromachining
  • Graphene Membranes for Nanometer-scale Lithography and Single Atom Resolution TEM Imaging
  • High Current Focused Ion Beam System, IB-1217
• High Throughput Proximity Print System for Lithography, IB-1529, IB-1780
• Ion Beam Projection Lithography (IPL) for Minimizing Pattern Distortion and Mask Replacement/Repair, IB-1383
• Simplified and Compact Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Ion Source, IB-1562
• Ultra Low Energy Spread Ion Beam Source, IB-1165
• Universal Pattern Generator for Micro-Ion Beam Reduction Lithography, IB-1387, IB-1579
• Focused Ion Beam System
• Improved Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation
• Ion Beam Extractor with Counterbore
• Ion Source for Microprocessor Manufacturing
• Ion Texturing Methods and Articles
• Lithium-Drifted Silicon Detector with Segmented Contacts
• Low Power, High Energy Gamma Ray Detector Calibration Device
• Mini Pulsed Metal Plasma Source
• Particle Beam Biaxial Orientation of a Substrate for Epitaxial Crystal Growth
• Neutron and Proton Generators:
  • Sub-5 Nanosecond Neutron Generator for Detection of Explosives
  • Compact Systems for Effective and Precise Brachytherapy
  • Cylindrical Neutron Generator with Nested Option, IB-1764
  • Neutron-based System for Nondestructive Imaging, IB-1794
  • Mini Neutron Tube, IB-1793a
  • Ultra-short Ion and Neutron Pulse Production, IB-1707
  • Mini Neutron Generator, IB-1793b
  • Compact Spherical Neutron Generator, IB-1675
• Positive and Negative Ion Beam Merging System for Neutral Beam Production
• RF-Driven Plasma Source for Ion Implantation
• Selective Ion Source for Semiconductor Devices

Materials

• Aerogels: Reduction of Inorganic Oxide Aerogels Using Reactive Plasma
• Air-stable Nanomaterials for Efficient OLEDs and Solar Cells
  • Solvent Processed Nanotube Composites
  • OLEDS with Air-stable Structured Electrodes
• Aligned Crystal Growth at Polymerized Membranes
• Biological Production of Polymer Monomers
• Bone Replacement Materials
  • Composites with Graded Microstructures for Orthopedic Implants and Bone Tissue Engineering
  • Flexibone: Osteo-mimetic Composites
  • Graded Bioactive Glass and Glass/Ceramic Coatings for Metal Bone Implants
  • Injectable Hydrogel-Based Biodegradable Bone Replacement Materials
  • Mineralization of Biocompatible Scaffolds
  • Peptides for the Controllable Promotion or Inhibition of Bone Growth
• Color and Shape Changing Polymeric Ribbons and Sheets
• Colorimetric and Fluorescent Sensors for Rapid and Direct Detection of Influenza, E. coli, and Other Analytes
• Disposable, High Pressure Microfluidic Chips with Integrated Interconnects
• Fast, Low Cost Method for Manufacturing Porous Structures for Fuel Cells, Catalysts and Filtration
• Fluorination of Thermodynamically Unstable Nickel Fluorides using NiF₆²-Salts
• GaN and Other Group III-N Thin Films
  • Growth of GaN with a Low Density of Structural Defects
  • High Quality GaN Films on Silicon Substrates Using HfN Buffer Layers
  • Improved GaN MBE-Growth using Bismuth as a Surfactant
  • Novel GaN Thin Film Growth Procedure on Lattice Mismatched Substrates
• High Conductivity Single-ion Cross-linked Polymers for Lithium Batteries and Fuel Cells
• Imaging
• Low Cost, Stable Switchable Mirrors
  • Lithium Ion Mirrors with Improved Stability
  • Transition Metal Switchable Mirrors
• Low Cost, High Efficiency Tandem Silicon Solar Cells
• Membrane and Receptors for Highly Selective Gas-Phase Sensing
• Method and Apparatus for Adjustably Inducing Biaxial Strain in Thin Films
• Method for Producing Giant Magnetoresistance Materials
• Microgels with Acid-Degradable Cross-Linkers for Vaccine and Cytoplasmic Drug Delivery
• Microgels with Acid-Degradable Polymer Backbones for Delivering Bioactive Materials
• Nano and Micro Technologies
• Nanoporous Metal-Inorganic Materials for Hydrogen Storage
• Recyclable Sorbent Coating for Organic Pollutant Sampler
• Robust Joining of Temperature-Sensitive and Chemically Reactive Materials
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Superconducting Films on Metal Substrates Carry Commercial Level Current
• Water-retaining Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

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Nanotechnology and Microtechnology

• Au-NP: High Resolution Biomarkers as Indicators of Nanotoxicity
• Bioremediation System for Separating Nanoparticle Waste
• C36 - A New Class of Buckyballs
• Color and Shape Changing Polymeric Ribbons and Sheets
• Cost-Effective, Laser-Assisted In Situ Nanostructure Fabrication and Processing
• Fabrication of Uniform and Spatially Controlled Nanostructures on Substrates
• Graphene Membranes for Nanometer-scale Lithography and Single Atom Resolution TEM Imaging
• Improving the Efficiency of Nanoscale Photovoltaic Devices
  • Novel Concentrating Nanoscale Solar Cells
  • Ideal Structure for Organic/Nanomaterial Solar Cells
  • Controlling the Structure of Organic/Nanomaterials Solar Cells
  • High Efficiency Fullerene/Polymer Solar Cells
• Membrane and Receptors for Highly Selective Gas-Phase Sensing
• Method and Apparatus for Adjustably Inducing Biaxial Strain in Thin Films
• Microfluidic Devices
  • Disposable, High Pressure Microfluidic Chips with Integrated Interconnects
  • Electrospray Emitters for Integrating Mass Spectrometry with Microfluidic Devices
  • Monolithic Polymers Revolutionize Microfluidic Devices
  • Spatially Controlled Surface Modification of Plastic Microfluidic Devices
• Miniature Airborne Particle Mass Monitors
• Molecular Ruler for Label-free Measurement of Protein-DNA Interactions
• Nanocrystals
• Branched 3-D Inorganic Nanocrystals for Biological Imaging and Electronics Applications
• Controlled Assembly of Nanocrystal/Organic Composites
• Fabrication of Highly Luminescent Graded Core/Shell Nanocrystals and Simple Heterostructures
• Hollow Nanocrystals and Nanoreactors
• Low Temperature Scalable Production of Oriented Nanowires
• Nanocrystal Heterostructures for Biological Imaging and Electronic and Photonic Devices
• Quantum Dot Based Cell Motility, Invasion, and Metastasis Assays
• Single-step Superlatticed Nanorod Synthesis
• Nanoporous Metal-Inorganic Materials for Hydrogen Storage
• Nanotubes
  • A Cell Injection System Using Carbon Nanotubes
  • Air-stable Nanomaterials for Efficient OLEDs and Solar Cells
    • Solvent Processed Nanotube Composites
    • OLEDS with Air-stable Structured Electrode
• C36--A New New Class of Buckyballs
• Controllable, Reversible, Nanoscale Mass Conveyor
• Directed-Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
• Engineering of Nanotube Geometry
• First Diode for Thermal Management of Micro and Macro Devices
• Metallic Carbon Materials
• Nanotube Heterojunctions
• Nanotube Bearing and Spring
• Nanotube Radio for Communications and Medical Applications
• Powerful Linear Nanomotor
• Simple and Inexpensive Fabrication of Very Long Carbon Nanotubes
• Synthetic Rotational Nanomotor
• Ultra High Performance MEMS/NEMS Actuators, Oscillators, and Sensors
  • Forceful MEMS/NEMS Nanoactuator
  • High Frequency Abacus Nanotube Resonator
  • Nanoresonator for Precise Positioning and Mass Sensing
  • Voltage-Controlled, Autotransducing Microwave Oscillator
• Nanomachining of High Aspect Ratio Structures, as High-Performance X-Ray Zone Plates
• Nano-onion Therapy for Cancer Tumors
• Non-contact Nanoscale Imaging of Liquids and Weakly Bound Materials
• Predictive Methodology and Tools for Nanotoxicology
• Protease-based Cancer Screening Using Nanoliter Samples
• Scalable Methods for Growing, Shaping, and Placing Nanostructures
  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes with Modified Surfaces
  • Defect Elimination in Nanoscale Materials
  • Fabrication of Uniform and Spatially Controlled Nanostructures on Substrates
  • Large Scale Controlled Placement of Nanoparticles and Nanostructure
  • Nanoknife: The Precision Cutting of Molecular-scale Materials
  • Scalable Cleaning, Reforming, and Shaping of Batch-Manufactured Nanotubes and Nanowires
• Signal Peptide-Semiconductor Nanocrystal Conjugates
• SQUIDS:
  • High Tc SQUID Circuits Suppress Intrinsic Magnetic Field Noise
  • NMR/MRI with Hyperpolarized Inert Gas and High Tc SQUID for Signal Enhancement and Detection
  • SQUID-based, Asymmetric, Planar Gradiometer Suppresses Ambient Magnetic Field Noise
  • SQUID-Detected NMR and MRI at Ultralow Magnetic Fields
  • Superconducting Multilayer Interconnect Technology
• Synthetic Nano-Low Density Lipoprotein As a Targeted Drug Delivery Vehicle
• Thermal Profiling of Nanoscale Circuitry
• Transmission Electron Microscope Phase-contrast Enhancement
• Tunable Thermal Link

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Software and Information Technologies

• Algorithm for Correcting Detector Nonlinearites
• Cryptography for Secure Dynamic Group Communications
• Employee-Identification-Triggered First Aid Box
• Energy Efficiency Software
  • EnergyPlus:Energy Simulation Software for Buildings
• FastBit: Ultrafast Database Searching Using a Patented Indexing Method
• Genomic and Proteomic Software
  • LABELIT – Software for Macromolecular Diffraction Data Processing
  • PHENIX - Software for Computational Crystallography
  • Vista/AVID: Visualization and Allignment Software for Comparative Genomics
• Geophysical Software
  • Accurate Identification, Imaging, and Monitoring of Fluid Saturated Underground Reservoirs
• AnisWave2D and 3D: Seismic Wave Modeling for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Reservoir Imaging
• EMGeo: Risk Minimizing Software for Finding Offshore Fossil Fuels by Fluid Identification
• Gas Exploration Software for Reducing Uncertainty in Gas Concentration Estimates
• Geophysical Earth Modeling (GEM) Software
• Software-Integrated System of Waterflood Surveillance and Control
• TOUGH +: Modeling Fluid and Heat Flow in Porous and Fractured Ground
• Bore II - Advanced Wellbore Technology Characterizes Groundwater Flow and Contamination
• Growth of Large Patterned Arrays Of Neurons on CCD Chips Using Plasma Deposition Methods
• Optimal Siting of Bio-Samplers in Buildings

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