ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed technologies related to a solar fuel generator. In one aspect, a device includes a photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell having a first surface and a second surface, a mesh disposed on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, and a polymer disposed on the mesh and on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell. The … [Read more...] about Solar Fuel Generator Including a Catalytic Mesh 2016-020
Physical Sciences
High Throughput Acoustic Transmission 2015-140
ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab led by Xiang Zhang have developed technologies for acoustic transmission and reception. Technologies may include receiving, at a first communications interface, a plurality of data values for transmission, and generating, using one or more processors, a plurality of data patterns based on the received data, each of the plurality of data … [Read more...] about High Throughput Acoustic Transmission 2015-140
Spectroscopic Imaging and Analysis of Live Cells 2015-077
ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab led by Hoi-Ying Holman have developed technologies for measurement, visualization, and analysis of chemical dynamics in living cells or tissues for diagnostic pathology. Devices can be open- or closed-channel microfluidic membrane devices for long-term IR spectroscopy of live adherent cells and ultimately for rapidly identifying … [Read more...] about Spectroscopic Imaging and Analysis of Live Cells 2015-077
Mechanically-Softened, Mass-Loaded, and Chemically-Modified Membranes 2018-081
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Speaker (earbud, compact, high-intensity, speaker array) Microphone (compact, microphone array) Radar source and/or receiver Positional sensor Echolocation Triangulation Acoustic camera ADVANTAGES: Enables smaller devices Offers broad frequency response ABSTRACT: Membranes of 2D materials (e.g., graphene, other … [Read more...] about Mechanically-Softened, Mass-Loaded, and Chemically-Modified Membranes 2018-081
Increased Specificity and Sensitivity to Detect Targeted Metabolites using NIMS 2017-051
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biological and chemical assays Selective metabolite analysis ADVANTAGES: Increased sensitivity to detect targeted metabolites High selectivity to targeted metabolites Extremely sensitive and non-destructive analytical technique ABSTRACT: Nanostructure-initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) is a surface-based mass … [Read more...] about Increased Specificity and Sensitivity to Detect Targeted Metabolites using NIMS 2017-051