APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
Physical Sciences
Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
APPLICATIONS: Solar cells ABSTRACT: Alex Zettl and Onur Ergen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed graded bandgap perovskite photovoltaic cells with good output current and power conversion efficiency by implementing a new cell architecture. GaN was chosen to replace the typical TiO2 electron transport layer to provide a better surface morphology … [Read more...] about Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
Antiferromagnetic Memory Storage Device from Magnetic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2019-114
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Magnetic Memory Storage Semiconductors/Microelectronics ADVANTAGES: Appealing for low-power and low-temperature memory storage applications Points towards use of TMDs at or near room temperature for faster memory storage at lower power consumption ABSTRACT: James Analytis from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, and James's … [Read more...] about Antiferromagnetic Memory Storage Device from Magnetic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2019-114
Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Radiolabeling Metal separation Water treatment ADVANTAGES: Robust chelators High selectivity ABSTRACT: Researchers led by Rebecca Abergel have developed a new class of chelators – molecules that can bind metals – that incorporate peptoids into the chelator backbone, offering more control over the chelator’s structure and … [Read more...] about Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
LiDAR Periscope 2017-193
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Homeland security Law enforcement Radiological and nuclear security ADVANTAGES: Conceals LiDAR unit without compromising field of view Enables mapping without direct line of sight Agnostic to type of unit used Lower data rates, cost and power consumption compared to multiple units Requires the calibration and … [Read more...] about LiDAR Periscope 2017-193