Abstract: A process of producing ceramic-ceramic composites, including but not limited to nuclear fuels, and composites capable of exhibiting increased thermal conductivities. The process includes milling a first ceramic material to produce a powder of spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material, and then co-milling particles of a second ceramic material with the spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material to cause the particles of the second ceramic material to form a coating on the spheroidized particles of the first material. The spheroidized particles coated with the particles of the second ceramic material are then compacted and sintered to form the ceramic-ceramic composite, in which the second ceramic material forms a continuous phase completely surrounding the spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 11, 2016
Assignees:
Purdue Research Foundation, The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Alvin A. Solomon, Huthavahana S. Kuchibhotla, Shripad T. Revankar, Sean Marshall McDeavitt, Jean Concetto Ragusa
Abstract: Methods of manufacturing biocompatible, corrosion resistant, self-adaptive, shape-memory titanium-based alloys by using specific ranges of elements in the alloy. Subsequent to melting, the alloy may undergo heat treating, thermo-mechanically processing, and training. Subsequent to training, the alloy has an ultra-low elastic modulus and exhibits self-adaptive, superelastic behavior.
Abstract: A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes preparing a solution. The solution includes an anionic material, a cationic material, and water. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the solution to produce a coating on the substrate. The coating has cationic material and anionic material.
Abstract: Provided herein are assays and in vitro methods to determine susceptibility to a drug effective against a pathogenic bacteria, for example, a pathogenic Mycobacteria, that has a beta-lactamase activity. An excitation wavelength is delivered to a biological sample obtained from a subject having an infection from the pathogenic bacteria in the presence of a beta-lactamase substrate. The intensity of a signal, such as a fluorescent, luminescent or colorimetric signal, at an emission wavelength of a product of the beta-lactamase on the subject is correlated to drug susceptibility. Also provided is an assay system for monitoring drug susceptibility of a pathogenic bacteria comprising color-producing substrates for a beta-lactamase of the pathogenic bacteria, an assay device for visibly detecting a product of the beta-lactamase on the substrate thereof and a reader configured to quantify the visibly detected product.
Abstract: Composite and methods are applied to the surface as a highly visible colored pavement treatment. In an embodiment, a highly visible colored pavement treatment comprises an aggregate material, an enhanced visibility material, and wherein the enhanced visibility material is mixed with and blended into the aggregate material to form a composite. In another embodiment, the method of applying the highly visible colored pavement treatment to a surface may comprise applying an adhesive to a target area, applying enhanced visibility material to the target area, and applying an aggregate material to the target area.
Abstract: The present invention provides optical agents comprising optically functional cross linked supramolecular structures and assemblies useful for tandem optical imaging and therapy. Supramolecular structures and assemblies of the present invention include optically functional shell-cross linked micelles wherein optical functionality is achieved via incorporation of one or more linking groups that include one or more photoactive moieties. The present invention further includes imaging and therapeutic methods using one or more optical agents of the present invention including optically functional shell cross-linked micelles having an associated therapeutic agent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 26, 2016
Publication date:
September 8, 2016
Applicants:
Mallinckrodt LLC, Washington University, The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
William L. Neumann, Richard B. Dorshow, John N. Freskos, Karen L. Wooley, Nam S. Lee, Yun Lin, Guorong Sun
Abstract: Methods and composition for the production of sorghum hybrids with selected and different flowering times are provided. In accordance with the invention, a substantially continual and high-yield harvest of sorghum is provided. Improved methods of seed production are also provided.
Abstract: High internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) and polyHIPEs formed therefrom. HIPE components have been adjusted to delay and/or prevent polymerization and free radical decomposition at certain temperatures. Methods include preparing two water-in-oil emulsions; one emulsion includes an oxidizing initiator at a concentration not sufficient to induce polymerization, and another emulsion includes a reducing agent. The two emulsions may be stored for months. When combined, a redox reaction is induced, resulting in polymerization (polyHIPE formation) at temperatures below 100° C., such as between 20° C. and 40° C. This allows a final composition to be formed in situ, with or without highly sensitive materials, including biologically-derived or active constituents (e.g., cells, growth factors, enzymes, proteins, drugs, chemoactive agents). The polymerization rate may be short, as fast as thirty seconds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 23, 2014
Publication date:
August 25, 2016
Applicant:
The Texas A & M University System
Inventors:
Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernandez, Robert Scott Moglia
Abstract: Compounds for mitigation of biofouling, and methods of making compounds for biofouling. Terpolymers comprising hyperbranched fluoropolymers possessing unique topology mitigate fouling on susceptible surfaces. In some embodiments, the terpolymers comprise PEG and PDMS.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2016
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Karen L. Wooley, Jeffery E. Raymond, Kevin A. Pollack, Philip M. Imbesi
Abstract: Functionalized Porous Polymer Networks (PPNs) exhibiting favourable characteristics such as high surface area? and gas uptake properties are disclosed, including methods of making such networks. A method of preparing a porous polymer network, comprising: (a) a step of homo-coupling a monomer in the presence of 2,2?-bipyridyl, 1,5-cycloocta-1,5-diene, a mixed solvent of DMF/THF and a compound or mixture selected from the group consisting of bis(1,5-cydoocta-1,5-diene)nickel(0), Ni(PPH3) 4, and Zn/NiCI2/NaBr/PPH3 at a temperature in the range of 20 to 40° C. These stable PPNs may be useful in the context of carbon capture, gas storage and separation, and as supports for catalysts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2016
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Hong-Cai Zhou, Julian Sculley, Weigang Lu
Abstract: A module suitable for use in a crash barrier has a diaphragm with opposite first and second sides. First and second cellular foam blocks are coupled to the first and second sides of the diaphragm respectively. A wrap layer surrounds a periphery of the first and second cellular foam blocks. A sealant layer may be applied to the wrap layer. The wrap layer is configured as a metal cover member. A crash barrier may be configured with one or more modules. A method of manufacturing a module includes adhering first and second cellular foam blocks to opposite sides of a diaphragm and wrapping a wrap layer around a periphery of the first and second cellular foam blocks. A transition rail may be connected between first and second crash barriers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2016
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Dean C. Alberson, D. Lance Bullard, Jr., C. Eugene Buth, Michael S. Brackin
Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for converting lignocellulosic biomass to concentrated sugars. For example, a saccharification process includes obtaining lignocellulosic biomass and converting the lignocellulosic biomass into sugars. The lignocellulosic biomass is converted into sugars by flowing the lignocellulosic biomass countercurrently to a flow of water through a saccharification vessel having a column and converting the lignocellulosic biomass into a sugar solution using an enzyme in the column.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 1, 2016
Publication date:
July 28, 2016
Applicant:
The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Mark T. Holtzapple, Agustin N. Zentay, Melinda E. Wales
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘White Zest One’. This new variety, which requires approximately 500-550 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree which produces a high quality, sweet-acid, medium large to large, firm, semi freestone to freestone, white-fleshed peach that matures in early to mid-June in the medium chill zone of Texas.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘GOLDEN ZEST’. This new variety, which requires approximately 600 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree of mid-season maturity, which produces yellow-fleshed fruit with non-melting firm flesh, attractive golden yellow skin coloration, and suitable for both local and long-distance shipping.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Flat Delight Two’. This new variety, which requires 500-550 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree of early mid-season maturity, which produces yellow-fleshed, sub-acid flat (donut, pantao) fruit that are firm, attractively colored, and suitable for local fresh market and home garden use.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Smooth Delight Two’. This new variety, which requires 350-400 chilling units of dormancy, is a nectarine tree of early season maturity, which produces yellow fleshed sub acid fruit that are firm, attractively colored, and suitable for both local and regional fresh fruit markets.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘White Delight Four’. This new variety, which requires approximately 700 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree of mid to late mid season maturity, which produces white fleshed, sub-acid fruit that are very firm, attractively colored, and suitable for both local and regional markets.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Flat Delight One’. This new variety, which requires 450-500 chilling units of dormancy, is a low-acid, flat (pantao) peach tree of early season maturity, which produces white-fleshed fruit that are firm, attractively colored, and suitable for the local fresh fruit market and home garden use.
Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘WHITE DELIGHT ONE’. This new variety, which requires approximately 500-550 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree which produces a high quality, subacid, large, firm, clingstone, white-fleshed peach that matures in late May in the medium chill zone of Texas.