Abstract: A system to produce reactive oxidative species in a fluid medium containing a source of Cl(I) by irradiating a solid photocatalyst suspended in the fluid medium or residing on a surface that is contactable by the fluid with electromagnetic radiation. The electromagnetic radiation can be in the UV, near-UV, visible, or near-IR consistent with the photocatalyst employed. The source of Cl(I) in certain embodiments is Cl2, HOCl, or H2NCl. The photocatalyst is g-C3N4, TiO2, BBiOBr, or any other solid insoluble photocatalyst.

Abstract: An e-fuel energy storage system and method are provided. The e-fuel energy storage system comprises e-fuel, an e-fuel charger, and an e-fuel cell, wherein the component such as an electrode and membranes, material, and design configured to charge the e-fuel are independent and different from the component such as an electrode and membranes, material, and design configured to discharge the e-fuel.

Abstract: A wireless charging receiver as described herein includes a configurable rectifier configured to convert an alternating current input to a direct current output in a single processing stage, wherein the configurable rectifier comprises one or more diodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more diodes and configured to select one of a plurality of mode cycling schemes and control a present operating mode of the active diodes according to a selected mode cycling scheme. Additionally, an active diode as described herein includes a comparator, a gate driver, a power transistor, and a delay compensation circuit for compensation of at least one of a turn-on delay and a turn-off delay of the active diode, the delay compensation circuit including analog feedback loops.

Abstract: A meta-solid-state battery includes a first layer disposed on a first current collector, a second layer disposed on a second current collector, and third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer and the second layer are the cathode and anode electrodes. The third layer includes a first meta-solid-state electrolyte material. Each of the cathode and anode electrodes contain: an active material in an amount ranging from approximately 70% to 99.98% by weight, a carbon additive in an amount ranging from approximately 0.010% to 20% by weight, and a second meta-solid-state electrolyte material in an amount ranging from approximately 0.010% to 10% by weight. The first and second meta-solid-state electrolyte material include a gel polymer.

Abstract: Provided herein are organic long persistent luminescence compositions and methods of use and preparation thereof and articles comprising the same.

Abstract: A low birefringence ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) mixture composed of at least two components shows birefringence in the range 0.05 to 0.14, which is suitable for the modern display and photonic devices. The cell gap can be tuned from 1.5 ?m to 4 ?m to reduces the fabrication complexity and chromatic distortion by electro-optical modulation. The FLC mixtures can be employed in a wide temperature range. The characteristics of the said FLC mixture can be tuned by tuning the concentration of the constituents of the mixture. The helical pitch of the FLC mixtures can be varied from 100 nm to 10 ?m. A smectic tilt angle can be varied between 17° to 45° and the spontaneous polarization can be tuned over a wide range to meet requirements of different electro-optical modes, and the FLC mixture is applicable for a wide variety of electro-optical effects.

Abstract: An active sound barrier has at least one passive sound absorber at or near a boundary location. A microphone provides an output to a frequency division module, in which a plural of frequencies are filtered to provide outputs corresponding to frequency segments of the receiving transducer output at respective ones of the frequencies. An active driving circuit drives plural speakers or output transducers at respective ones of the frequencies, with at least a subset of the speakers or output transducers at or close to the barrier. The speakers or output transducers cooperate with the passive sound absorber to reduce noise across a wide frequency band as well as to effect an electrically switchable soft boundary.

Abstract: Techniques for designing and optimization of solid/cellular structures are described using a modeling process referred to as high-definition cellular level set in B-splines (HD-CLIBS). With this process, the entire design domain for the solid/cellular structure in question is subdivided into a set of connected volumetric cells in three dimensions. An implicit trivariate B-spline function is defined on each subdomain cell. With this parameterization scheme, constraints can be imposed on the relevant B-spline coefficients to naturally maintain geometric continuities at the connection faces between neighboring cells. The method offers several useful properties and powerful functionalities to build and modify a solid/cellular structure in the modeling process and to conduct topology optimization by directly adjusting the B-spline coefficients. The model construction can be carried out using a fast B-spline interpolation, and the topology optimization can involve a sequence of discrete B-spline convolutions.

Abstract: A photoaligned quantum rod enhancement film (QREF) includes: a substrate (802, 805); a photoalignment layer deposited on the substrate (802, 805); and a polymer layer deposited on the photoalignment layer, the polymer layer comprises a plurality of quantum rods, the plurality of quantum rods are configured to emit one or more wavelengths of light in response to pumping light, and are aligned to an alignment axis based on the photoalignment layer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating non-diffracting light sheets for multicolor fluorescence microscopy are disclosed. A method for generating a non-diffracting light patterned Bessel sheet comprises transmitting an input light beam through a Fourier transform lens the input light beam has a spatial intensity pattern at a first plane, and a Fourier plane is formed after the Fourier transform lens to obtain a first light beam; transmitting the first light beam through an annulus mask to obtain a second light beam; and transmitting the second light beam through an excitation objective lens to form a non-diffracting patterned light sheet. A method for generating a non-diffracting light line Bessel sheet comprises transmitting an input light beam at a first lane through an annulus mask to obtain a first light beam; and transmitting the first light beam through an excitation objective lens to form a non-diffracting Bessel light sheet.

Abstract: A method is directed to synthesis of poly(triphenylacrylonitrite)s (PTPANs) comprising polycoupling dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide, resulting in polycoupled dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide; and producing poly(triphenylacrylonitrite)s (PTPANs) by catalysis of the polycoupled dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide with palladium acetate and sodium bicarbonate, wherein the catalysis is allowed to proceed in dimethylacetamide under nitrogen at a prescribed temperature for a prescribed time.

Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to water disinfection by pulsed electric field (PEF) systems. The present subject matter relates to a pulsed electric field assembly with a separator that separates and disinfects the microorganisms in drinking water. The present subject matter relates to an anti-corrosion electrode, particularly an electrode having a zeolite coating layer serving as a protector, a process for the preparation a zeolite coating on a conducting electrode substrate, and application of the zeolite coated electrode on water electrolysis and PEF systems.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to ATE luminogens for visualization and treatment of cancer, particularly AIE luminogenic probes for cancer cell visualization and discrimination, lysosome-targeting AIEgens for imaging and autophagy visualization, highly fluorescent AIE-active theranostic agents for monitoring drug distribution and having anti-tumor activity to specific cancer cells, probes comprising AIE luminogens for cancer cell imaging and staining, AIE luminogens having clusteroluminogenic features and applications thereof, and methods of preparing thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides new, fully human EphA4 monoclonal antibodies with distinct binding characteristics. Also disclosed are antigen binding fragments of these antibodies, bispecific forms of these antibodies, and conjugates of these antibodies. In addition, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, antigen binding fragments, bispecific antibodies and conjugates are disclosed. These monoclonal antibodies, antigen binding fragments, bispecific antibodies, conjugates, nucleic acids and vectors are of use for identifying and treating a subject with a disease or condition involving abnormal EphA4-mediated signaling.

Abstract: The invention relates to the systems and methods for isolating single cells, capturing selected prey biomolecules within said cells, and detecting said prey biomolecules using a sensitive assay method. Also described herein are functionalized substrates and compositions for enabling the low limit of detection of selected prey biomolecules of selected cells.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system receives from a multimedia content server a plurality of content streams; each of the content streams includes a portion of an original content stream. The processing system transcodes the plurality of content streams based on a viewport prediction to produce a plurality of viewport streams; the viewport prediction is based at least in part on a visibility map associated with a viewer of the content. The processing system delivers each of the viewport streams to a client device associated with the viewer; each of the viewport streams is buffered at the client device in a separate buffer. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A device is designed to remove blockages in a lumen such as a thrombus, blood clot, or embolus. The device comprises a manipulating wire and a structure that can conduct electrical current to a lumen blockage. The electrical current is preferably in radio frequency (RF). The RF electric current in the blockage can excite the contents such as proteins of the blockage, so that cross-linking density and interfacial adsorption of the entire blockage is enhanced. The enhanced cross-linking density can result in increased fracture resistance of the blockage such that fracture of the blockage during the removal process is unlikely. The enhanced interfacial adsorption results in increased interfacial fracture resistance between the device and blockage so that the blockage can be securely captured during the removal process without using radially applied force.

Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards an integrated high-radix strictly non-blocking optical switching fabric, such as for use for intra-rack communication within racks in a data center. The fabric may be configured with any number of ports. A general topology of optical components, along with a routing controller (e.g., algorithm/mechanism), results in an optical switching fabric architecture that provides bidirectional routing, in a high-performance, high bandwidth, highly robust switching fabric that is also low in power consumption and low latency.

Abstract: A UV radiation detector includes: a diode including a substrate having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being located on opposing faces of the substrate, an active layer including rocksalt phase crystalline structure CaS disposed on the first side of the substrate, an electrical contact disposed on the second side of the substrate, and a semi-transparent conducting layer disposed on the active layer; and a circuit connecting the semi-transparent conducting layer and the electrical contact. The UV radiation detector detects radiation having a wavelength between 200 and 280 nm.

Abstract: A three-broadside-mode patch antenna includes: a rotationally symmetric radiator; a patch, wherein the patch is separated from the rotationally symmetric radiator by a dielectric and configured to capacitively feed the rotationally symmetric radiator; and three antenna probes, connected to the patch, configured to provide three antenna ports corresponding to three respective broadside radiation polarizations.