Abstract: Contacts for solar cells and other optoelectronic devices are provided. Embodiments described herein take advantage of the surface Fermi level pinning effect to build an electrical field inside of a semiconductor to extract or inject carriers for solar cells, photodetectors, and light-emitting device applications. For example, n-type or p-type two-dimensional (2D) materials can be used in contact with an n-type semiconductor to form a “p-region” so that a p-n junction, or an i-n or n-n+ junction can be constructed. Similarly, n-type or p-type 2D materials can be used in contact with a p-type semiconductor to form an “n-region” so that an n-p junction, or an i-p or p-p+ junction can be constructed. These structures can provide sufficiently high electrical field inside the semiconductor to extract photogenerated carriers in solar cells and photodetectors or inject minority carriers for light-emitting devices.

Abstract: A quantum dot microscope apparatus is provided. A further aspect employs a tilted or tapered end or tip on a microscopic probe. Another aspect of the present apparatus employs a probe including a quantum dot with only one tunneling lead connected to a power source. A manufacturing aspect includes creating a tapered or asymmetrically shaped specimen-facing end of a probe where a quantum dot is located on the end. A further manufacturing aspect includes using focused ion-beam milling to create a tip or end of a quantum dot microscope probe.

Abstract: Methods and systems for remote sleep monitoring are provided. Such methods and systems provide non-contact sleep monitoring via remote sensing or radar sensors. In this regard, when processing backscattered radar signals from a sleeping subject on a normal mattress, a breathing motion magnification effect is observed from mattress surface displacement due to human respiratory activity. This undesirable motion artifact causes existing approaches for accurate heart-rate estimation to fail. Embodiments of the present disclosure use a novel active motion suppression technique to deal with this problem by intelligently selecting a slow-time series from multiple ranges and examining a corresponding phase difference. This approach facilitates improved sleep monitoring, where one or more subjects can be remotely monitored during an evaluation period (which corresponds to an expected sleep cycle).

Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing laboratory equipment in a hybrid reality environment or augmented virtual reality environment, are contemplated herein and include: at least one piece of laboratory equipment having at least one feature, wherein the at least one piece of laboratory equipment is tracked; a tracking module for tracking a position and an orientation of the at least one piece of tracked laboratory equipment; a virtual model, stored in a memory, comprising at least one 3-D virtual representation of the at least one feature of the at least one piece of laboratory equipment; and an experimentation module.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for generating plants that can grow in saline conditions, or remove a salt or other impurity from water, for example plants that can remove sodium chloride from salt or sea water, and plants that can produce purified water from salt or sea water.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a cyber-physical system for providing cloud prediction for photovoltaic array control are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte represented by general formula LiySiRx(MO4), where x is an integer from 1 to 3 inclusive, y=4?x, each R present is independently C1-C3 alkyl or C1-C3 alkoxy, and M is sulfur, selenium, or tellurium. Methods of making the solid electrolyte include combining a phenylsilane and a first acid to yield mixture including benzene and a second acid, and combining at least one of an alkali halide, and alkali amide, and an alkali alkoxide with the second acid to yield a product d represented by general formula LiySiRx(MO4)y. The second acid may be in the form of a liquid or a solid. The phenylsilane includes at least one C1-C3 alkyl substituent or at least one C1-C3 alkoxy substituent, and the first acid includes at least one of sulfuric acid, selenic acid, and telluric acid.

Abstract: Disclosures herein are directed to chemically defined animal-derived component free supplements designed for individual cell types that supports the ex vivo growth of cells as well or better than serum, in chemically defined conditions.

Abstract: Methods of controlling the maturation of plants and/or plant products (e.g. fruit, vegetable, ornamentals, etc.) by manipulating Alternative Oxidase (AOX) activity. An increase in activity hastens the maturation process while a decrease in activity slows or stops maturation.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for an at-risk system identification via analysis of discussions from various online hacker communities are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a compound useful for treating or preventing betacoronavirus infections such as SARS-Cov-2 infections. Also disclosed is a method for administering the compound to a subject, particularly a human subject, to treat or prevent a betacoronavirus infection in the subject. The compound can comprise an oligomer comprising a nucleic acid base sequence that is antisense to at least a portion of a SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA, and can comprise a sequence present in the 5? UTR and first 20 nt of coding sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA. The compound also can contain a peptide sequence. In some embodiments, the compound is a peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PPMO).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides potentiometric ion selective electrodes, methods for preparing the potentiometric ion selective electrode, a microfluidic electrode array comprising the potentiometric ion selective electrodes, and methods of using the microfluidic electrode array to measure inorganic cations and inorganic anions in a solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of improving cell lysis procedures and yields of intracellular biomolecules extracted from biomass. The methods comprise storing the microbial cells in ultra-low temperature (ULT) conditions for at least 10 minutes prior to lysing the cells.

Abstract: A magnetic-field-assisted plasma coating system and method are provided. In another aspect, a coating system employs a cathode with a linearly moveable magnetic field. A further aspect employs a workpiece as an anode within which is located an elongated cathode which internally coats a bore of the workpiece. Still another aspect of the present system and method employs an elongated and hollow cathode with at least one magnetic source therein. In yet another aspect, end caps or plates seal against one or more open ends of a workpiece bore to be coated, with a cathode inserted into the bore and a vacuum being created within the bore such that the workpiece itself defines at least a portion of a vacuum chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a longitudinally split immature tiller separated from a rhizome (LSITR), a cluster of multiple in vitro shoots (CMIT), a cluster of stem segments containing shoot primordia (CSSSP) and an in vitro tiller of Miscanthus×giganteus (Giant miscanthus), and their uses in propagating Miscanthus×giganteus (Giant miscanthus).

Abstract: A laser system and method include a self-referencing shaper. A self-referencing pulse shaper is provided in an embodiment. Another aspect of a laser system includes at least one beam splitter splitting a reference beam from a working beam and a test beam, a delay optic delaying a reference laser beam, an active shaper, an interferometer, and a programmable controller. In another aspect, a method includes splitting an input laser pulse into a reference pulse and a shaping pulse, controlling phase and amplitude of the shaping pulse with an adjustable pulse shaper, creating an optical delay of the reference pulse, comparing a test pulse and the reference pulse after the controlling and delay, the laser system characterizing the input laser pulse and monitoring the laser system's own dispersion in a self-referenced manner, and correcting an output working laser pulse by adjusting the pulse shaper based on the comparing step.

Abstract: A method for treating wastewater, comprising: (i) injecting a hydrate-forming gas (e.g., propane) into the wastewater under conditions of elevated pressure and reduced temperature to form a solid hydrate composed of the hydrate-forming gas and water from the wastewater; and (ii) separating the solid hydrate from the wastewater to result in removal of water from the wastewater, thereby resulting in partially dewatered wastewater, and optionally, (iii) lowering the pressure and/or raising the temperature of the solid hydrate to decompose the solid hydrate into reformed hydrate-forming gas and reformed water, and further optionally, recycling the reformed hydrate-forming gas for use in step (i) and/or capturing the reformed water from step (iii) and further decontaminating until suitable for release into waterway or for use in a process. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for practicing the method described above.

Abstract: The current disclosure provides methods for detecting and analyzing KRT17 expression in a sample obtained from a subject. The current disclosure also pertains to methods and kits for identifying a mammalian subject with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The current disclosure further provides methods and kits for determining the likelihood of survival of a subject having head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for agrobacterium-mediated chloroplast transgene expression are provided.

Abstract: The current disclosure provides methods for detecting and analyzing KRT4 and KRT17 expression in a sample obtained from a test subject. The current disclosure pertains to methods and kits for identifying a mammalian subject with cervical cancer or non-cancerous lesions of the cervix. The current disclosure further provides methods and kits for determining the likelihood of survival or treatment outcome of a subject having cervical cancer by determining the expression level of KRT17 in a sample.