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Mosquitoes feeding on the Passive Insect Surveillance Sensor Device

Low-Cost Device Catches, Kills and Identifies Vectors with Infectious Diseases

33502 – According to the World Health Organization, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17 percent of all infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths annually. Confirmed cases of Dengue fever (DENV), Zika (ZIKV) or chikungunya (CHIKV) in the Americas over the past few years now pose a heightened risk for epidemics in the U. S., as well as in the traditional endemic areas like... Read More

Simplified main, end (left side), top, and bottom views, showing a gas application shield device, the gas application shield in accordance with one embodiment of the invention

Laser Sintering Process Toughens Ceramic Nanocomposite Mixtures

33316 – Ceramics have many important applications, but they often have relatively low fracture toughness, which can limit or negatively affect their applications. An invention from the University of Central Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology is a new process that creates carbon nanotube (CNT) – non-oxide structural ceramic nanocomposites through the laser sintering of a mixture of CNTs and... Read More

Room lighting image (left) showing surfactant free Sol-Glow™ particles on the left and microemulsion synthesized Sol-Glow™ particles on the right. UV-excitation image (right) showing the fluorescence of surfactant free Sol-Glow™ particles on the left and microemulsion synthesized Sol-Glow™ particles on the right

Surfactant-Free, Fluorescent Gel with Increased Light Emittance

33296 – Fluorescent quantum dots (Qdots) including dopant-based Qdots, are traditionally synthesized via a wet chemical method, where a mixture of a surfactant and a capping agent is used. UCF researchers have created a surfactant-free, water-based, chemical precipitation method to create high-quality, dopant-based, water-dispersible Sol-Glow™ particles. This method overcomes current limitations of... Read More

Depiction of a battery comprising disclosed supramolecular structures non-covalently attached to a CNT or a graphene comprising structure between a pair of electrodes, according to a disclosed embodiment, where the supramolecular structures in the battery function as the anode

Method to Functionalize CNT and Graphene Surfaces

32074 – Especially for the fabrication of electronic devices Two carbon allotropes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, have valuable mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. The lack of a simple and versatile system to disperse and functionalize CNTs and graphene for commercial use often prevents these valuable properties from being utilized in the fabrication of various electronic... Read More

Depiction of the four stages of the growth of the nanofilaments

Electrochemical Deposition of CNT from Organic Solutions

30035 – Inexpensive synthesis at room temperature The invention represents the means, methods and apparatus for low temperature electro-deposition of carbon nanoparticles on metal catalyst electrodes. It also provides details on mixing the organic solutions for immersion of the metal catalyst electrodes. Carbon nanostructures, such as nanotubes and nanofilaments, exhibit unique properties,... Read More

Schematic of an exemplary electrochemical co-deposition apparatus for forming nanocomposites according to the invention

Ultra Strong and Ultra Conductive Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Metal Composites

30562 – Methods for the fabrication of carbon nanotube reinforced metal nanocomposite materials There is an unrelenting passion for the development of improved high performance new materials which has spawned the production of today’s composite materials. These materials are particularly attractive because of their exceptional strength, stiffness-to-density ratios and superior physical properties.... Read More

Fluorescence spectra of pure P3HT-b-PS and P3HT-b-PS/SWCNTs (2:1) dispersion in chloroform, according to an embodiment of the invention

Composite Materials and Coatings Created by an Efficient Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Copolymer Solutions

31164 – A method in which CNTs are held in dispersion via the utilization of brief mechanical force and copolymers, and the superhydrophobic coatings created from such dispersions. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are projected to dramatically change how we look at electronics, architecture and optics in the future. Their unique properties such an unmatched tensile strength, distinctive electrical... Read More