Abstract: Bendable Materials for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Detection of Infrared and Visible Radiation

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antimicrobial substrate including a substrate and a polythiophene polymer. The polythiophene polymer has a number of repeated monomer units from n is 5-14 or 30 to 120, a number average molecular weight (Mn) from 1,000 to 4,000 or 10,000 to 40,000; and a polydispersity index (PDI) from 1 to 1.3. The present disclosure also provides the polythiophene polymer and uses thereof.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an autonomous, self-authenticating and self-contained secure boot-up system and methods for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that leverages physical unclonable functions (PUFs).

Abstract: The present invention relates to discovery that TBK1 phosphorylates Syntaxin 17 and that phosphorylation of Syntaxin 17 is intimate to control autophagy initiation. The present invention is directed to this discovery and the use of TBK1 inhibitors or inhibitors of Syntaxin 17 phosphorylation alone or in combination with additional bioactive agents to inhibit autophagy in the treatment of disease, especially the treatment of cancers. Methods of treating various cancers are disclosed using TBK1 inhibitors to patients with cancer and into cancerous tissues for the treatment of cancer including the inhibition, amelioration, reduction in metastasis and in recurrence of cancer in remission. Assays and methods for identifying compounds as inhibitors of Syntaxin 17 and as potential therapeutic agents for cancer and autoimmune diseases are also diseased herein.

Abstract: The present prevention provides a surface coating for cooling a surface by light scattering comprising a plurality of successive layers, each of the layers may be comprised of a plurality of spheres arranged to form a structure comprised of packed spheres. Each layer may have a different arrangement of packed spheres to create to a different light scattering property in each of the layers. The coating of the structures may also be formed by randomly packed spheres and the spheres may have a uniform diameter.

Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector comprising a closed loop configured to receive light from an external source adapted to trap light within said closed loop until absorption by the semiconductor.

Abstract: A method of obtaining multiple MRI contrasts of a subject comprising the steps of concurrently acquiring an MRSI and fMRI data in the same scan.

Abstract: A side-channel attack countermeasure that leverages implementation diversity and dynamic partial reconfiguration as mechanisms to reduce correlation in the power traces measured during a differential power analysis (DPA) attack. The technique changes the underlying hardware implementation of any encryption algorithm using dynamic partial reconfiguration (DPR) to resist side-channel-based attacks.

Abstract: Dampers made from polymers modified with nanomaterials (e.g. carbon nanotubes). This novel viscoelastic material has significantly improved damping characteristics making nano-modified polymers excellent materials for viscoelastic dampers, including highly customizable materials and geometries tailored to achieve good damping properties and proper shear stiffness and shear capacity.

Abstract: The realization of arrays of antennas for specific applications through the use of diffraction optics to create patterns that will allow for parallel writing of arrays.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage system comprising a dome-shaped thermal storage medium, a power supply that provides electrical power to an electrical air heater, a heat exchanger, an air blower, a steam generator, a tower, and air return duct. The thermal energy storage system may be designed in such a way that air return ducts are used to allow heat to travel back to the thermal storage medium, thereby improving efficiency and reducing loss of heat or energy of the system.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising a barium niobate-based cubic perovskite structure where, Mg and Ca has been used to dope the niobium sites along with Fe, Ni, Co, Y, and Pr.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the discovery that AMPK activation through Galectin 9 induces autophagy and affects other related processes in response to lyosomal damage which occurs and the use of that mechanism in the treatment of autophagy disease states and/or conditions. The use of modulators of AMPK and optionally a modulator of Galectin 9, TAK1 and/or a lysosomotropic agent for the treatment of autophagy-mediated disease states and/or conditions is described as are pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Highly conductive electrical traces formed over mechanical steps or on non-planar surfaces with linewidths of 10 to 100 ?m and a method for forming such electrical traces are disclosed. The method employs two steps, with the first step using an aerosol jet printing (AJP) process to form thin electrical traces that serve as the seed layers for the second step. The first step preferably employs multiple passes with the AJP to create multiple seed sub-layers with improved continuity and conductivity. In the second step, the seed layers are subjected to an electrodeposition process that forms the bulk of the thickness of the electrical traces. The electrodeposition process may include one, two, or three phases at corresponding low or high biases, with low biases providing denser, more highly conductive plating sub-layers, while high biases provide plating sub-layers having better gap bridging properties.

Abstract: A mask system, apparatus, device, and methods that increase both the screening efficiency and breathing easiness.

Abstract: Novel agents and theranostics for use as controllable and selective photosensitizers for the diagnosis, treatment and/or tracking of amyloid protein aggregates and amyloid diseases.

Abstract: Novel doped oxide and mixed-oxide materials having a metal homogenously dispersed in the form of isolated metal ions throughout the oxide lattice and methods for making the same.

Abstract: Steam cracking of ethane, a non-catalytic thermochemical process, remains the dominant means of ethylene production. The severe reaction conditions and energy expenditure involved in this process incentivize the search for alternative reaction pathways and reactor designs which maximize ethylene yield while minimizing cost and energy input. According to the present invention, ethylene yields as high as 68% were obtained with a quartz open tube reactor without the use of a catalyst or a cofed stream of oxidizing agents. The open tube reactor design promotes simplicity, low cost, and negligible coke formation. Reactor designs can be optimized to improve the conversion of ethane to ethylene via non-oxidative dehydrogenation, an approach which shows promise for decentralized production of ethylene from natural gas deposits.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device, system, and method that eliminates the short-circuiting and improves energy sweep in geothermal reservoirs.

Abstract: Synthetic materials that are useful as heterogeneous catalysts or electrocatalysts. The materials can be used to catalyze oxidation and/or reduction reactions and/or oxygen/hydrogen evolution/oxydation reactions.