Abstract: A multi-functional polymer concrete using polymer or cement-polymer binders modified with boron nanotubes and heavyweight aggregate particles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 11, 2020
Publication date:
December 1, 2022
Applicant:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
Mahmoud Reda Taha, Eslam Mohamed Soliman
Abstract: A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 27, 2022
Assignee:
UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
Inventors:
Steven R. J. Brueck, Stephen D. Hersee, Seung-Chang Lee, Daniel Feezell
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for rapid, culture free pathogen detection. The methods utilize optical spectroscopy techniques to identify and/or characterize pathogens in a sample via the detection of unique properties and/or analytes that are specific to particular pathogens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2022
Assignee:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
Aaron Kurt Neumann, Matthew S Graus, Jerilyn A Timlin
Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and device for sealing a wellbore or piping system by creating a zone or area of voltage difference above and below a leak.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 1, 2020
Publication date:
August 25, 2022
Applicant:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
Ishtiaque Anwar, Mahmoud Reda Taha, John Stormont
Abstract: A nonlinear transmission system comprising a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber and a polarizer, based on the extreme sensitivity of the state of polarization of transmitted light on various parameters, such as the temperature, the optical power input to the fiber. Passive stabilization is achieved by simply terminating the PM fiber by a polarizer at a selected angle. Active stabilization of the optical length of the PM fiber is achieved by feeding back the transmitted into the control of optical power sent through the fiber.
Abstract: A 3D printed fiber reinforced polymer composite having a nonlinear stress-strain profile created by a central layer and a plurality of recruited successive layers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2022
Assignee:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
Eslam Mohamed Soliman, Mahmoud Reda Taha
Abstract: Viruses and other bioagents are of high medical and biodefense concern and their detection at concentrations well below the threshold necessary to cause health hazards continues to be a challenge with respect to sensitivity, specificity, and selectivity. Ideally, assays for accurate and real time detection of viral agents and other bioagents would not necessitate any pre-processing of the analyte, which would make them applicable for example to bodily fluids (blood, sputum) and man-made as well as naturally occurring bodies of water (pools, rivers). We describe herein a robust biosensor that combines the sensitivity of surface acoustic waves (SAW) generated at a frequency of 325 MHz with the specificity provided by antibodies and other ligands for the detection of viral agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2022
Assignees:
UNM Rainforest Innovations, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
Inventors:
Richard S. Larson, Brian Hjelle, David C. Brown, Marco Bisoffi, Susan M. Brozik, Darren W. Branch, Thayne L. Edwards, David Wheeler
Abstract: A method for forming electrical contacts for a solar cell and a solar cell formed using the method is provided. The method includes forming a first metal layer over predefined portions of a surface of the solar cell; depositing a carbon nanotube layer over the first metal layer; and forming a second metal layer over the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the first metal layer, the carbon nanotube layer, and the second metal layer form a first metal matrix composite layer that provides electrical conductivity and mechanical support for the metal contacts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 28, 2022
Assignee:
UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
Inventors:
Sang M. Han, Omar Abudayyeh, David Wilt, Nathan Gapp
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 for rapid differential diagnosis of infection using supercritical fluid chromatographic separation of quorum sensing molecules as biomarkers for infection agents.
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for electrical impedance spectroscopy for non-destructive, real-time, tracking of relative water content and stress responses in plants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2020
Publication date:
May 26, 2022
Applicant:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
David Hanson, Patrick Joseph Hudson, Kaitlyn Johanna Hughes READ, Laura Green, Joseph Stinziano, Tito Busani, Mahmoud Behzadirad
Abstract: A larvicide comprising an essential oil encapsulated within a non-viable yeast cell. The larvicide is particularly effective against mosquito larvae, non-toxic to humans and other non-target species, inexpensive to make, and non-toxic during manufacture, transport, and storage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2022
Assignee:
UNM Rainforest Innovations
Inventors:
Ivy Foo-Hurwitz, Ravi Durvasula, Scott Matthews, Michael Workman
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 13C and/or 2H isotope enhanced ambroxol (“isotope enhanced ambroxol”) and its use in the treatment of autophagy infections, especially mycobacterial and other infections, disease states and/or conditions of the lung, such as tuberculosis, especially including drug resistant and multiple drug resistant tuberculosis. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising isotope enhanced ambroxol, alone or in combination with an additional bioactive agent are useful against an autophagy mediated disease state and/or condition, for example, a Mycobacterium infection, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, Sjogren's disease and lung cancer. Methods of treating autophagy disease states and/or conditions, especially including autophagy disease states or conditions which occur principally in the lungs of a patient represent a further embodiment of the present invention.
Abstract: A variety of application can use nuclear magnetic resonance as an investigative tool. Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements can be conducted using a nuclear magnetic resonance microscope. An example nuclear magnetic resonance microscope can comprise a film embedded in a coverslip, where the film is doped with reactive centers that undergo stable fluorescence when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength within a range of wavelengths and a magnetic field generator to provide a magnetic field for nuclear magnetic resonance measurement of analytes when disposed proximal to the film. Microwave striplines on the coverslip can be arranged to generate microwave fields to irradiate the analytes for the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. Control of the microwave signals on the microwave striplines can be used for dynamic nuclear polarization in the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement of analytes.