APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Treatment and prevention of gadolinium deposition in patients undergoing MRIs Treatment for exposure to toxic metals including lead, tin, and cadmium ADVANTAGES: Strong decorporation efficacy High affinity for the toxic elements gadolinium (Gd), lead (Pb), tin (Sn), and cadmium (Cd) ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have … [Read more...] about Decorporation Agent for Therapeutic Chelation of Industrial and Clinical Toxic Heavy Metals 2016-078
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Oral Dosage Forms for Actinide Decorporation Agent 2016-079
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Treatment of radionuclide exposure Treatment or prevention of gadolinium (Gd) deposition from MRIs Treatment for exposure to toxic metals including lead (Pb), tin (Sn), and cadmium (Cd) ADVANTAGES: Administered orally in a variety of dosage forms Ease of clinical use Enables use during emergencies or mass … [Read more...] about Oral Dosage Forms for Actinide Decorporation Agent 2016-079
2017 R&D 100 Award – Berkeley Lab Finalists
The following Berkeley Lab technologies have been named as finalists in the 2017 R&D 100 Award competition: Energy Technologies Area Estimation of Renewable Energy Generation on the Grid (Stewart, Kara, Roberts, Tabone) MyGreenCar (Saxena) BEST Cities Software (Zhou, Price, Khanna, Ohshita) Biosciences: Dub-Seq: Double Barcoded Shotgun Expression Library … [Read more...] about 2017 R&D 100 Award – Berkeley Lab Finalists
Mithrene Fabrication 2016-072
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: FRET-based bio detection Optoelectrical devices, e.g., solar cells, electrically pumped plasmonic lasers ADVANTAGES: Preserves monolayer semiconducting characteristics Exhibits tunable optical properties Can be grown at low temperatures Straightforward incorporation of mithrene into devices ABSTRACT: Nathan Hohman of … [Read more...] about Mithrene Fabrication 2016-072
Photovoltaic Device with 3D Charge Separation and Collection 2016-163
APPLICATIONS: High efficiency solar cells ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers led by Wladek Walukiewicz have developed a photovoltaic (PV) device having three-dimensional (3D) charge separation and collection where charge separation occurs in 3D depletion regions formed between p-type doped group III-nitride materials in the PV device and intrinsic structural … [Read more...] about Photovoltaic Device with 3D Charge Separation and Collection 2016-163