Devices, methods and techniques related to high voltage and high-power diamond transistors are disclosed. In one example aspect, a switch operable under high-voltage and high-power includes a P-type diamond layer doped with an acceptor material, a first N-type diamond layer doped with a donor material and in contact with one side of the P-type diamond layer, a light blocking layer comprising the one or more apertures configured to allow the light to enter the first N-type diamond layer, a source contact and a drain contact that are at least partially in contact with the P-type diamond layer, and the gate in contact with at least an area of the first N-type diamond layer that corresponds to one of the one or more apertures. The gate can be positioned on the backside of the substrate.
H01L 31/112 - Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by field-effect operation, e.g. junction field-effect photo- transistor
An aerogel includes a three-dimensional printed structure having printed ligaments geometrically arranged, where an average diameter of the printed ligaments is in a range of greater than 0 microns and less than 50 microns. In addition, an average distance between a center of a first of the printed ligaments and a center of a second of the printed ligaments is at least equal to the average diameter of the printed ligaments, where the first and the second of the printed ligaments are adjacent. Each printed ligament includes of a plurality of random pores, where an average diameter of the random pores is less than 50 nanometers.
C09D 11/03 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder
C09D 11/103 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds of aldehydes, e.g. phenol-formaldehyde resins
C09D 11/324 - Pigment inks containing carbon black
Screening for screening a material includes: providing active mixing direct-ink-writing of the material, providing in situ characterization substrates or probes that receive the material, and providing active learning planning for screening the material. The providing active mixing direct-ink-writing of the material prints five to ten films. The providing in situ characterization substrates or probes includes printing five to ten films on the substrates or probes with a first set of constituents. The providing active learning planning for screening the material includes providing machine learning that takes the first set of constituents and uses the first set of constituents to dictate a next batch of films to achieve improved additional sets of constituents.
B05D 1/02 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
B05D 1/26 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by applying the liquid or other fluent material from an outlet device in contact with, or almost in contact with, the surface
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for screening a formulation of a material being printed in an additive manufacturing process, in situ, to enable rapid analysis, modeling and modification of at least one characteristic associated with the material formulation. In one embodiment the system includes a computer and an experimental planning software module that includes a historical database of sample material test results, a machine learning software module, and a new batch formulation generation software module. The experimental planning software module enables new material formulations to be determined in situ and in real time, using one or more machine learning models, and new material samples to be printed in accordance with newly determined material formulations, for closer inspection and evaluation of at least one desired characteristic of the sample materials.
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for screening a formulation of a material being printed in an additive manufacturing process, in situ, to enable rapid analysis, modeling and modification of at least one characteristic associated with the material formulation. In one embodiment the system includes a computer and an experimental planning software module that includes a historical database of sample material test results, a machine learning software module, and a new batch formulation generation software module. The experimental planning software module enables new material formulations to be determined in situ and in real time, using one or more machine learning models, and new material samples to be printed in accordance with newly determined material formulations, for closer inspection and evaluation of at least one desired characteristic of the sample materials.
A method of forming a product for separating gases includes forming a three-dimensional ceramic support, heating the three-dimensional ceramic support at a temperature for an effective duration of time to result in the conductive ceramic material having a plurality of intra-material pores, and incorporating a sorbent additive into the intra-material pores of the conductive ceramic material. Moreover, the three-dimensional ceramic support includes an electrically conductive ceramic material configured for joule heating.
B01D 53/82 - Solid phase processes with stationary reactants
B01D 53/96 - Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants
B01J 20/02 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
B01J 20/30 - Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating
A method for producing a neutrons includes triggering a raising or a lowering of a temperature of a pyroelectric crystal of less than about 40° C. to produce a voltage of negative polarity of at least −100 keV on a surface of a deuterated or tritiated target coupled thereto. A deuterium ion source is pulsed to produce a deuterium ion beam. The accelerating of the deuterium ion beam is achieved by accelerating voltage of the pyroelectric crystal toward the deuterated or tritiated target to produce neutrons. Furthermore, the pyroelectric crystal, the deuterated or tritiated target, and the deuterium ion source are coupled to a common support. The method also includes throwing the common support housing the pyroelectric crystal, the deuterated or tritiated target, and the deuterium ion source near an unknown threat for identification thereof.
The present disclosure relates to a lighting component which may comprise a light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD) for generating at least one of blue light or ultraviolet light. A fluoride phosphor matrix may be included, which may be consolidated into a phosphor ceramic structure including at least one of a transparent fluoride ceramic structure or a translucent fluoride ceramic structure, and positioned adjacent to the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure generates at least one of red or orange light when irradiated by the light emitted from the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure exhibits reduced thermal quenching relative to a fluoride particulate structure irradiated by the LED or LD.
F21K 9/64 - Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer
A spectral beam combining system includes a spectral channel splicer comprising a plurality of reflectors and a spectral beam combiner comprising a diffraction optical element such as a diffraction grating. The spectral beam combining system may further comprise at least one additional diffractive optical element or diffraction grating for dispersion compensation that reduces the effects of angular dispersion of wavelength components within the input channel. This spectral beam combining system facilitates combining an increased number of wider spectral channels thereby potentially allowing higher optical power, e.g., within each fewer channel lasers. The combined beam focal spot shape profile is maintained as spectrum width or central spectrum wavelength of any one or all input channels is changed.
The disclosed technology includes a planar device for performing multiple biochemical assays at the same time, or nearly the same time. Each assay may include a biosample including a biochemical, enzyme, DNA, and/or any other biochemical or biological sample. Each assay may include one or more tags including dyes and/or other chemicals/reagents whose optical characteristics change based on chemical characteristics of the biological sample being tested. Each assay may be optically pumped to cause one or more of luminescence, phosphorescence, or fluorescence of the assay that may be detected by one or more optical detectors. For example, an assay may include two tags and a biosample. Each tag may be pumped by different wavelengths of light and may produce different wavelengths of light that is filtered and detected by one or more detectors. The pump wavelengths may be different from one another and different from the produced wavelengths.
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure includes forming a layer of resin comprising liquid crystal oligomers and a photoinitiator, applying a magnetic field to the formed layer in a predefined alignment direction for substantially aligning the liquid crystal oligomers in a first orientation; and exposing the formed layer to radiation for curing a first portion of the layer during application of the magnetic field thereby resulting in the first portion having liquid crystal elastomers substantially aligned in the first orientation. The method includes applying a second magnetic field to the formed layer in a predefined second alignment direction for substantially aligning uncured liquid crystal oligomers in a second orientation, and exposing the layer to radiation for curing a second portion of the layer during application of the second magnetic field thereby resulting in the second portion having liquid crystal elastomers substantially aligned in the second orientation.
B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
B29C 64/124 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified
An apparatus, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a superjunction device having a voltage sustaining layer formed of a semiconductor material and a dopant in the voltage sustaining layer. The dopant is for distributing an electric field within the voltage sustaining layer. The dopant is more concentrated along a sidewall of the voltage sustaining layer than toward a center of the voltage sustaining layer, the sidewall extending at least a portion of the distance between a top surface and a bottom surface of a voltage sustaining layer. Methods of electric field-enhanced dopant diffusion to form a superjunction device are also presented.
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
H01L 29/207 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds further characterised by the doping material
H01L 21/225 - Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into, or out of, a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions; Redistribution of impurity materials, e.g. without introduction or removal of further dopant using diffusion into, or out of, a solid from or into a solid phase, e.g. a doped oxide layer
H01L 21/66 - Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment
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SUPERJUNCTION DEVICES FORMED BY FIELD ASSISTED DIFFUSION OF DOPANTS
An apparatus, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes a superjunction device having a voltage sustaining layer formed of a semiconductor material and a dopant in the voltage sustaining layer. The dopant is for distributing an electric field within the voltage sustaining layer. The dopant is more concentrated along a sidewall of the voltage sustaining layer than toward a center of the voltage sustaining layer, the sidewall extending at least a portion of the distance between a top surface and a bottom surface of a voltage sustaining layer. Methods of electric fieldenhanced dopant diffusion to form a superjunction device are also presented.
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/36 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities
H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
H01L 29/207 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds further characterised by the doping material
H01L 21/225 - Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into, or out of, a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions; Redistribution of impurity materials, e.g. without introduction or removal of further dopant using diffusion into, or out of, a solid from or into a solid phase, e.g. a doped oxide layer
Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a Q61H, G12D, G12V, G12C, G12S, G12A, G12R, or G13D mutation or wild-type KRAS) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
C07D 409/04 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing two hetero rings directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring- member bond
C07D 409/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing three or more hetero rings
C07D 417/04 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing two hetero rings directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring- member bond
C07D 417/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing three or more hetero rings
C07D 519/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing more than one system of two or more relevant hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system not provided for in groups or
Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12D mutation) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
C07D 409/10 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing aromatic rings
C07D 409/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing three or more hetero rings
C07D 519/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing more than one system of two or more relevant hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system not provided for in groups or
A diffractive optical element, such as a plasma grating, can be made by directing two laser beams so that they overlap in a nonlinear material to form an interference pattern in the nonlinear material. The interference pattern can modify the index of refraction in the nonlinear material to produce the diffractive optical element. This diffractive optical element may be used to separate the peak of a laser pulse from light preceding the peak thereby increase the temporal contrast of a laser pulse such as a compressed laser pulse.
A technique for determining the three-dimensional position of radiation interaction in a scintillator is disclosed. The method comprises detecting a scintillation event within a scintillator to produce a measured detector response, by using a photodetector that has a planar surface optically coupled to the scintillator and that has a plurality of pixels defined on the planar surface. The method further comprises calculating a spatial distribution of photons, resulting from the scintillation event, across the planar surface of the detector, and determining an angle-dependent quantum efficiency of the photodetector, associated with the scintillation event. The method further comprises calculating a detector response of the photodetector based on the spatial distribution of photons and the angle-dependent quantum efficiency, to produce a calculated detector response; and computing a position in three dimensions of the scintillation event based on the calculated detector response and the measured detector response.
A method of forming a chemically reactive membrane includes applying a first solution to a structure, the first solution includes a macrocyclic ligand having electron-donating ligands and a side functional group for crosslinking, crosslinking a plurality of the macrocyclic ligand to form a first network of crosslinked macrocyclic ligands, and applying a second solution to the structure, the second solution comprising a catalytic center. Each catalytic center complexes with the electron-donating ligands of each macrocyclic ligand to form catalytic sites in the first network of crosslinked macrocyclic ligands.
A shape-stable structure that is configured to provide ablative cooling. The structure is used to form a component that includes shape-stable bulk structure and an ablative material. The bulk structure is infiltrated with the ablative material so that the ablative material is disposed in pathways defined by the bulk structure.
C04B 38/00 - Porous mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramic ware; Preparation thereof
C04B 35/48 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on zirconium or hafnium oxides or zirconates or hafnates
A product includes an aminopolymer material formed into a self-supporting structure, the aminopolymer material including crosslinked aminopolymers having amine sites for the capture of carbon dioxide molecules.
B01D 53/96 - Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
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SAMARIUM COBALT AND NEODYMIUM IRON BORIDE MAGNETS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME
A magnet includes a three-dimensional structure with nanoscale features, where the three-dimensional structure has a near net shape corresponding to a predefined shape.
H01F 41/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils or magnets
H01F 1/055 - Alloys characterised by their composition containing rare earth metals and magnetic transition metals, e.g. SmCo5
H01F 1/057 - Alloys characterised by their composition containing rare earth metals and magnetic transition metals, e.g. SmCo5 and IIIa elements, e.g. Nd2Fe14B
C22C 19/07 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on cobalt
An embodiment of the invention includes an expandable implant to endovascularly embolize an anatomical void or malformation, such as an aneurysm. An embodiment is comprised of a chain or linked sequence of expandable polymer foam elements. Another embodiment includes an elongated length of expandable polymer foam coupled to a backbone. Another embodiment includes a system for endovascular delivery of an expandable implant (e.g., shape memory polymer) to embolize an aneurysm. The system may include a microcatheter, a lumen-reducing collar coupled to the distal tip of the microcatheter, a flexible pushing element detachably coupled to an expandable implant, and a flexible tubular sheath inside of which the compressed implant and pushing element are pre-loaded. Other embodiments are described herein.
Energy storage apparatus, systems, and methods provide an energy storage enclosure, a negative electrode in the enclosure, a positive electrode in the enclosure, a separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, an electrolyte in the enclosure, and the circulation of the electrolyte through the negative electrode and the positive electrode.
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming an electrically conductive ink able to be deposited through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. The method may involves providing an electrically non-conductive flowable material adapted to be flowed through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. A predetermined quantity of chiplets may then be mixed into flowable material, in accordance with a predefined percolation threshold, to form a percolating chiplet network within the polymer as the ink is flowed through the print nozzle and deposited on a surface. The chiplets each form an engineered electronic component, and ones of the chiplets randomly connect, in accordance with the predefined percolation threshold, to form an electrically conductive circuit having a predetermined circuit characteristic.
H01L 25/16 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices the devices being of types provided for in two or more different main groups of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. forming hybrid circuits
H01L 25/00 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 25/07 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
H05K 3/30 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor
H05K 1/16 - Printed circuits incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor
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STEREOLITHOGRAPHY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF PHOTOALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS
A product includes a three-dimensional structure having a plurality of sequentially-formed layers comprised of liquid crystal elastomers. The liquid crystal elastomers in a portion of a first of the layers are substantially aligned in a predefined first orientation and the liquid crystal elastomers in a portion of a second of the layers are substantially aligned in a predefined second orientation that is different than the first orientation. Each of the portions of the three-dimensional structure is characterized as exhibiting a shape change in response to a stimulus, wherein the shape change is reversible. The product includes a contiguous region of aligned liquid crystal elastomers in one of the portions having a maximum dimension of less than 60 microns.
B29C 64/129 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified characterised by the energy source therefor, e.g. by global irradiation combined with a mask
The present invention provides a nanodisc with a membrane scaffold protein. The nanodisc includes a membrane scaffold protein, a telodendrimer and a lipid. The membrane scaffold protein can be apolipoprotein. The telodendrimer has the general formula PEG-L-D-(R)n, wherein D is a dendritic polymer; L is a bond or a linker linked to the focal point group of the dendritic polymer; each PEG is a poly(ethylene glycol) polymer; each R is and end group of the dendritic polymer, or and end group with a covalently bound hydrophobic group, hydrophilic group, amphiphilic compound, or drug; and subscript n is an integer from 2 to 20. Cell free methods of making the nanodiscs are also provided.
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure of liquid crystal (LC) elastomers includes contacting a resin layer of LC oligomers with a layer of photoalignment material, and exposing a portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the portion of photoalignment material in a first orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the first orientation of the illuminated portion. The portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured. Operations for forming additional layers include creating a relative movement of the resin layer away from the photoalignment material, contacting another resin layer with the photoalignment material, and exposing another portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the photoalignment material in a different orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the different orientation, and the portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured.
A formulation for forming a styrene-based scintillator using light-directed additive manufacturing techniques includes a base monomer, a primary dye, a secondary dye, and a cationic photoinitiator. The base monomer includes one or more styrene-derivative monomers.
The present disclosure relates to a method involving a substrate having an interface layer, wherein the interface layer (IL) forms only an upper surface portion of the substrate, and a feedstock material (FM) placed on the IL. The method involves using a laser system to generate first and second beam components providing first and second power flux levels, respectively, where the second power flux level which is greater than the first. The FM is heated to a first level short of a melting point using the first beam component, at which point the particles of the FM begin to experience surface tension forces relative to the IL. Further heating the FM to a second level melts the FM and also melts the IL of the substrate, but where a portion of the IL remains unmelted by the second beam component as the particles of the FM and the IL are bonded together. The method also involves configuring the laser system such that the second beam component has a duration less than the first beam component by a factor of at least 1×10−3, and a power controlled to be sufficient only to melt the interface layer of the substrate.
B29C 64/273 - Arrangements for irradiation using electron beams [EB] frequency modulated
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/153 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only solid materials using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting
B29C 64/282 - Arrangements for irradiation using multiple radiation means, e.g. micromirrors or multiple light-emitting diodes [LED] of the same type, e.g. using different energy levels
B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
B22F 12/00 - Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing; Auxiliary means for additive manufacturing; Combinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
B23K 26/0622 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam by shaping pulses
B23K 26/066 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms by using masks
The production of a porous copper-zinc structure includes providing copper ink, creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure, 3D printing the copper ink into a porous copper lattice structure using the 3D model, heat treatment of the porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure, surface modification of the heat treated porous copper lattice structure by nanowires growth on the heat treated porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires, and electrodeposition of zinc onto the heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires to produce the porous copper-zinc structure.
A formulation for forming a styrene-based scintillator using light-directed additive manufacturing techniques includes a base monomer, a primary dye, a secondary dye, and a cationic photoinitiator. The base monomer includes one or more styrenederivative monomers.
A method of manufacturing a physical object comprises, during a process of manufacturing the physical object by a machine, capturing image data of at least a portion of the physical object and other sensor data related to the machine or to the at least a portion of the physical object. The method further comprises, during the process of manufacturing the physical object, for each of the plurality of pixels of the image data, coregistering the image data with the other sensor data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, storing the coregistered image data and other sensor data in association with each other in a data structure, and using at least a portion of the coregistered image data and other sensor to detect an anomaly in the physical object or in the process of manufacturing the physical object.
A method of manufacturing a physical object comprises, during a process of manufacturing the physical object by a machine, capturing image data of at least a portion of the physical object and other sensor data related to the machine or to the at least a portion of the physical object. The method further comprises, during the process of manufacturing the physical object, for each of the plurality of pixels of the image data, coregistering the image data with the other sensor data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, storing the coregistered image data and other sensor data in association with each other in a data structure, and using at least a portion of the coregistered image data and other sensor to detect an anomaly in the physical object or in the process of manufacturing the physical object.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED GAS BLOWN POLYSILOXANE FOAMS
A product includes a three-dimensional printed polymer structure formed from at least one filament. The three-dimensional printed polymer structure has a plurality of layers arranged in a geometric pattern, the layers being formed from the at least one filament, where the at least one filament comprises a polysiloxane material having a plurality of closed cell pores formed therein.
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
The present disclosure relates to a method for creating a powder for use in a selective laser sintering additive manufacturing (AM) application to form a battery component. In one aspect the method may comprise providing a battery component active material, a carbon material and a binder material. The active material and the binder material are mixed together in a first ratio in a mixer for a first time period, to carry out a first mixing operation, to produce a first mixture of active material and binder material. Carbon material may then be added to the first mixture of active material and binder material in a second ratio. The carbon material and the first mixture of active material and binder material may then be mixed for a second time period in a second mixing operation to form a homogeneously mixed powder.
B22F 10/16 - Formation of a green body by embedding the binder within the powder bed
B22F 12/58 - Means for feeding of material, e.g. heads for changing the material composition, e.g. by mixing
B22F 1/105 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material containing inorganic lubricating or binding agents, e.g. metal salts
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
Provided herein are novel monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments with improved binding to and/or neutralization against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants, e.g., Omicron lineages. Also provided are compositions and biosensors comprising the monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments and methods of using the novel monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments for treating, preventing, and diagnosing COVID-19 and detecting SARS- CoV-2.
Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12C mutation) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
A61K 31/4375 - Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic ring systems the heterocyclic ring system containing a six-membered ring having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. quinolizines, naphthyridines, berberine, vincamine
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REPAIRED THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS-CoV-2 VARIANTS
Provided herein are novel monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments with improved binding to and/or neutralization against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants, e.g., Omicron lineages. Also provided are compositions and biosensors comprising the monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments and methods of using the novel monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments for treating, preventing, and diagnosing COVID-19 and detecting SARS-CoV-2.
The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor protection system. The system may have a sensor for receiving an incoming optical signal, a passive sensing and modulation component, and an active sensing and modulation subsystem. The passive sensing and modulation component is configured to sense when a first characteristic is associated with the incoming optical signal is present that adversely affects operation of the sensor, and redirects at least a portion of the incoming optical signal thereof away from the sensor to thus reduce an intensity of the incoming optical signal reaching the sensor. The sensor is located on an image plane downstream of the ISM subsystem, relative to a path of travel of the incoming optical signal. The active sensing and modulation subsystem has an active modulation component and is located upstream of the passive sensing and modulation component, relative to the path of travel of the incoming optical signal, and is also located on a conjugate image plane, and is configured to use the redirected portion of the incoming optical signal as feedback in controlling a modification of the incoming optical signal to reduce a risk of damage to the passive sensing and modulation component.
A method of forming a magnet includes forming a structure by electrophoretic deposition (EPD), and after forming the structure, sintering the formed structure to form a magnet. The forming the structure by EPD includes adding a plurality of first particles having magnetic anisotropy to an EPD chamber and applying a voltage differential across electrodes of the EPD chamber to create an electric field in the EPD chamber for causing electrophoretic deposition of the first particles above a first of the electrodes for forming a first layer comprising the first particles.
H01F 41/26 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for applying magnetic films to substrates from liquids using electric currents
A system for time series analysis using attention models is disclosed. The system may capture dependencies across different variables through input embedding and may map the order of a sample appearance to a randomized lookup table via positional encoding. The system may capture capturing dependencies within a single sequence through a self-attention mechanism and determine a range of dependency to consider for each position being analyzed. The system may obtain an attention weighting to other positions in the sequence through computation of an inner product and utilize the attention weighting to acquire a vector representation for a position and mask the sequence to enable causality. The system may employ a dense interpolation technique for encoding partial temporal ordering to obtain a single vector representation and a linear layer to obtain logits from the single vector representation. The system may use a type dependent final prediction layer.
The present disclosure relates to a system for forming a segmented optical imaging array for receiving an incoming optical signal. The system makes use of an arrayed image switch (AIS) having a plurality of independently tiltable reflecting elements each forming at least one of a respective image channel or a portion of a respective image channel, and each configured to receive at least a portion of the incoming optical signal. Each of the elements is responsive to electrical element pointing commands, and each is positionable at more than two different angles for receiving and reflecting at least a respective portion of the incoming optical signal as a respective output therefrom, either along an optical output path or at least partially away from the optical output path. An electronic controller generates the electrical element pointing commands for each one of the elements. A sensor disposed in the optical output path receives any one or more of the respective outputs from each one of the elements which are directed along the optical output path, and creates an image therefrom.
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure of liquid crystal (LC) elastomers includes contacting a resin layer of LC oligomers with a layer of photoalignment material, and exposing a portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the portion of photoalignment material in a first orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the first orientation of the illuminated portion. The portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured. Operations for forming additional layers include creating a relative movement of the resin layer away from the photoalignment material, contacting another resin layer with the photoalignment material, and exposing another portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the photoalignment material in a different orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the different orientation, and the portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured.
B29C 64/129 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified characterised by the energy source therefor, e.g. by global irradiation combined with a mask
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B29K 105/00 - Condition, form or state of moulded material
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BIOSENSORS FOR DETECTING AND/OR NEUTRALIZING BIOAVAILABLE URANIUM AND RELATED U-SENSITIVE GENETIC MOLECULAR COMPONENTS, GENE CASSETTES, VECTORS, GENETIC CIRCUITS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS
U biosensors, and related U-sensing genetic molecular components, genetic circuits, compositions, methods and systems are described, which in several embodiments can be used to detect and/or neutralize uraniunm and in particular bioavailable U.
A method includes forming a solution comprising a solvent and at least two elements selected from: scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), one or more lanthanides, and one or more actinides. The method includes adding an effective amount of at least one polyoxometalate for forming complexes with at least one of the elements and adding an effective amount of a cation for causing precipitation of at least some of the complexes of one of the elements. Substantially all of another of the elements remains in solution during the precipitation of the at least some of the complexes of the one of the elements. A kit includes a polyoxometalate, a cation, and instructions for adding effective amounts of the polyoxometalate and the cation for separating at least two elements selected from the group consisting of: scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), one or more lanthanides, and one or more actinides via a precipitation reaction.
Ultraviolet light sources such as UV and DUV laser diodes and light emitting diodes (LEDs) are described. The UV light source may comprise at least one quantum well with first and second photoconductive layers on opposite sides thereof. The UV light source may further comprise at least one optical pump configured to direct pump light to the UV light emitter. The pump light may have a photon energy less than the band gap of the at least one quantum well to increase the conductivity of electrons and holes in the first and second photoconductive layers. The electrons and holes can thereby propagate to the quantum well where at least some of the electrons and holes combine resulting in the emission of UV light.
H01S 5/04 - Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser
H01S 5/30 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR STRUCTURED BATTERY ELECTRODES
The present disclosure relates to a system for making an electrically conductive battery component. The system uses a metal layer forming a planar metal substrate, and a powder deposition component for applying a powder to form a powder layer on the planar metal substrate. A laser is used and configured to generate a laser beam to selectively sinter portions, or all, of the powder layer using a predetermined beam scanning pattern. A subsystem is used to remove portions of the powder layer that are not sintered by the laser to leave a planar finished material layer.
B22F 12/58 - Means for feeding of material, e.g. heads for changing the material composition, e.g. by mixing
B22F 1/105 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material containing inorganic lubricating or binding agents, e.g. metal salts
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
The present disclosure relates to a system for making an electrically conductive battery component. The system uses a metal layer forming a planar metal substrate, and a powder deposition component for applying a powder to form a powder layer on the planar metal substrate. A laser is used and configured to generate a laser beam to selectively sinter portions, or all, of the powder layer using a predetermined beam scanning pattern. A subsystem is used to remove portions of the powder layer that are not sintered by the laser to leave a planar finished material layer.
H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
A product includes a polymer aerogel. The aerogel is physically characterized by having a transparency greater than or equal to 90% transmission of visible light through a 3 mm thickness of the aerogel. The aerogel includes at least one oligomer selected from the group consisting of: a polyamide, a polyimide, a polyacrylate, a polyvinyl, and a polythioether. A method includes dissolving at least one monomer in at least one solvent to form a mixture and causing polymerization of the at least one monomer to form at least one oligomer. The method also includes causing crosslinking of the at least one oligomer, initiating gelation of a product of the crosslinking and the at least one solvent to form an aerogel precursor; and forming an aerogel from the aerogel precursor.
C08G 73/10 - Polyimides; Polyester-imides; Polyamide-imides; Polyamide acids or similar polyimide precursors
C08J 3/11 - Making solutions, dispersions, lattices or gels by other methods than by solution, emulsion or suspension polymerisation techniques in organic liquids from solid polymers
C08J 3/24 - Crosslinking, e.g. vulcanising, of macromolecules
Methods, devices and systems for ultra-high dose radiotherapy are described that rely in-part on active switching control of a photoconductive switch when the accelerator is accelerating charged particles to produce output radiation at desired dose rates. One example method for producing output radiation in a flash radiotherapy system includes receiving, at a particle accelerator, a charged particle beam, where the particle accelerator system also includes a photoconductive switch coupled to the particle accelerator. The photoconductive switch can operate in a linear mode and includes a doped crystalline material that receives a voltage to establish an electric field across the crystalline material. The method includes producing a plurality of voltage pulses by the photoconductive switch in response to receiving light incident on the doped crystalline material, and accelerating the charged particles by the particle accelerator based on the plurality of voltage pulses to produce the output radiation beams for flash radiotherapy.
The present disclosure relates to a method for additively manufacturing a part. The method may involve using a reservoir to hold a granular material feedstock, and using a nozzle in communication with the reservoir to release the granular material feedstock in a controlled fashion from the reservoir to form at least one layer of a part. The method may further involve using an excitation source for applying a signal to the nozzle which induces a controlled release of the granular material feedstock from the nozzle as needed to pattern the granular material feedstock as necessary to form a layer of the part.
Amorphous silicon carbide may be doped with one or more ions such as vanadium and these ions may radiate light if excited, for example, using optical or electrical pumping. A single photon light source may be formed from a single such ion that is pumped or from a plurality of ions that are pumped if light from only one ion is collected, e.g., using an aperture or pin hole. Such single photon sources may possibly be use in quantum computing, quantum sensing and/or quantum telecommunications.
A system is provided for background suppression and anomaly detection/classification in a sensor data field using an omnidirectional stochastic technique to expose anomalies. For each element in the sensor data field, the system identifies neighborhoods of elements that cover the various nearby parts of the sensor data field in all directions. At a specified statistical significance level for background, the system considers the element to be background if it is statistically insignificant relative to the elements in any one of the surrounding neighborhoods. The system exposes anomalous objects by applying an attenuation coefficient near zero to those background elements. The system grows anomalous objects from seed elements that correspond to local peaks in the background-suppressed sensor data field. The system can be trained to jointly learn an effective statistical significance level for background suppression and the parameters for classifying objects as of interest or not of interest.
Amorphous silicon carbide may be doped with one or more ions such as vanadium and these ions may radiate light if excited, for example, using optical or electrical pumping. A single photon light source may be formed from a single such ion that is pumped or from a plurality of ions that are pumped if light from only one ion is collected, e.g., using an aperture or pin hole. Such single photon sources may possibly be use in quantum computing, quantum sensing and/or quantum telecommunications.
H01L 33/34 - Materials of the light emitting region containing only elements of group IV of the periodic system
H01L 33/18 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor bodies with a particular crystal structure or orientation, e.g. polycrystalline, amorphous or porous within the light emitting region
H01L 33/48 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor body packages
A method is disclosed which comprises accessing a detector model that is trained in parallel with an operator model and an attacker model using a reinforcement learning technique based on iteratively simulating scenarios of operation of an environment to generate training data and learning weights of the models based on the simulated training data. The simulating of a scenario is based on the last learned weights of the models. The method further comprises, during operation of the environment, applying the detector model to an operator action, a prior observation of state of the environment from prior to taking the operator action, and a current observation of the environment from after taking the operator action, to detect whether an attack on the environment has occurred.
In one aspect, an apparatus includes a first aspheric refractive surface defined by a first polynomial and positioned to receive input light, and a first aspheric mirror surface comprising a first reflective coating, the first mirror surface defined by a second polynomial and positioned to receive light from the first aspheric refractive surface. The apparatus includes a second aspheric mirror surface comprising a second reflective coating, the second aspheric mirror surface defined by a third polynomial and positioned to receive light from the first aspheric mirror surface, and a second aspheric refractive surface defined by a fourth polynomial and positioned to receive light from the second aspheric mirror surface, wherein the first aspheric refractive surface, the first aspheric mirror surface, the second aspheric mirror surface, and the second aspheric refractive surface are arranged to have a fixed alignment with respect to each other as part of a monolithic structure.
G02B 23/02 - Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors
Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are grown directly on a base material for an anode. The CNTs are filled with Li metal. The filling behavior of the CNTs with Li metal is governed by the density, height, and diameter of the CNTs in the forest. These parameters are controlled by modifying the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) recipe used to grow the CNT forest along with adjusting the catalyst stack design to tune the aspect ratio, density, and rigidity of the CNT forest.
C23C 16/06 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the deposition of metallic material
H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
A system for generating a machine learning system to generate guidance information based on locations of objects is provided. The system accesses training data that includes training time-of-arrival (“TOA”) information of looks and guidance information for each look. The guidance information is based on a training collection of object locations. The TOA of a look represents, for each object location of a training collection of object locations, times between signals transmitted by transmitters and return signals received by receivers. The return signals represent signals reflected from an object at the object location. The system trains a machine learning system using the training data wherein the machine learning system inputs TOA information and outputs guidance information.
G05D 1/10 - Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
An EUV light source including a vacuum chamber, a droplets injector operatively connected to the vacuum chamber for directing the droplets into the vacuum chamber, droplets produced by the droplets injector wherein the droplets have one side and another side opposite the one side, the droplets including a solid higher Z bead in a low Z liquid, and at least one laser beam directed onto the one side of the droplets.
SATSAT. The gain medium may be doped with dopant to provide gain, with larger concentration of dopants proximal the input surface and smaller concentration proximal the output surface.
An optical amplifier comprises a gain medium having an input surface and an output surface wherein the output surface is larger than the input surface. The gain medium may be frustum shaped. The optical amplifier includes a negative diverging lens to receive an extraction laser beam and to cause the laser beam to expand as the beam passes through the gain medium. The amplifier further comprises a positive collimating lens configured to receive the expanding amplified beam and reduce the divergence. The gain medium can be pumped by counter-propagating radiation. The fluence of the laser beam within the gain medium is configured to be near constant along the length of the gain medium and may be within 1.5-2.0 FSAT. The gain medium may be doped with dopant to provide gain, with larger concentration of dopants proximal the input surface and smaller concentration proximal the output surface.
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure includes forming a layer of resin comprising liquid crystal oligomers and a photoinitiator, applying a magnetic field to the formed layer in a predefined alignment direction for substantially aligning the liquid crystal oligomers in a first orientation; and exposing the formed layer to radiation for curing a first portion of the layer during application of the magnetic field thereby resulting in the first portion having liquid crystal elastomers substantially aligned in the first orientation. The method includes applying a second magnetic field to the formed layer in a predefined second alignment direction for substantially aligning uncured liquid crystal oligomers in a second orientation, and exposing the layer to radiation for curing a second portion of the layer during application of the second magnetic field thereby resulting in the second portion having liquid crystal elastomers substantially aligned in the second orientation.
B29C 64/194 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control during lay-up
B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
B29C 64/124 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B29K 105/00 - Condition, form or state of moulded material
B29K 21/00 - Use of unspecified rubbers as moulding material
63.
MINIATURE ION TRAPS FOR FAST, HIGH-FIDELITY AND SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTATIONS
A vertical ion trap include at least four RF electrodes on a substrate, the RF electrodes extending up from the substrate, a region between the electrodes forming the vertical ion trap, and at least two direct current electrodes adjacent the RF electrodes and the vertical ion trap. A horizontal ion traps includes a substrate, the substrate having a hole, at least one RF electrodes raised above the substrate and offset from each other across the hole, the RF electrodes, and at least one DC electrode corresponding to each RF electrode, the DC electrodes raised above the substrate. A method of forming an ion trap includes forming three-dimensional structures on a substrate in a curable polymer using two-photon polymerization direct laser writing, metalizing the three-dimensional structures to form RF electrodes, and forming direct current electrodes at least partially on the substrate.
Disclosed are flow-through electrode devices and techniques for making flow-through electrodes. In one aspect, a flow through electrode apparatus comprises one or more fiber layers. Each fiber layer comprises a plurality of fibers oriented to be orthogonal to a flow direction of a fluid. The plurality of fibers are configured to cause an inertial flow of the fluid around the plurality of fibers at a first flow rate of the fluid.
Plasma and gas based optics may be used to direct light to a target that produces emission harmful to solid-state optics. In some cases, a shield having a hole, opening or separation for the light to pass may be employed to attenuate or block such harmful emission from the target thereby providing some protection for the solid-state optics. In some designs, the light incident on the target is not coaxial with light sources such as pump and/or seed sources providing beams incident on the plasma or gas based optics. In various designs, however, the plasma or gas based optic(s) is resistant to the emissions from the target.
Provided herein are compounds and compositions thereof that may be capable of disrupting, interrupting, and/or preventing an interaction between a small GTPase protein and a PI3K protein (e.g., PI3Ka). The present disclosure also provides methods of treating cancers and other indications with such compounds or compositions thereof.
C07D 401/04 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing two hetero rings directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring- member bond
C07D 401/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing three or more hetero rings
C07D 519/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing more than one system of two or more relevant hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system not provided for in groups or
A61K 31/4365 - Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic ring systems the heterocyclic ring system having sulfur as a ring hetero atom, e.g. ticlopidine
A61K 31/437 - Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic ring systems the heterocyclic ring system containing a five-membered ring having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. indolizine, beta-carboline
A61K 31/4375 - Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic ring systems the heterocyclic ring system containing a six-membered ring having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. quinolizines, naphthyridines, berberine, vincamine
A61K 31/472 - Non-condensed isoquinolines, e.g. papaverine
A61K 31/4985 - Pyrazines or piperazines ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic ring systems
A61K 31/519 - Pyrimidines; Hydrogenated pyrimidines, e.g. trimethoprim ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic rings
The present disclosure relates to an additive manufacturing system for forming at least one of forming a part or modifying a surface using a volume of polymerizable resin. The system makes use of a subsystem for generating power output signals, and at least one acoustic transducer. The acoustic transducer is placed in a vicinity of the volume of polymerizable resin and is responsive to the power output signals. The acoustic transducer generates and projects ultrasound energy in response to receiving the power output signals to at least one spatial location within the volume of resin to cause polymerization of at least a portion of the volume of resin to at least one of form the part or modify the surface.
A system is provided for simulating a cyberattack as a simulated cyberattack on a real industrial control facility that includes reals sensor devices. The system generates simulated sensor signals that are representative of sensor signals generated by a sensor of a real sensor device that is the target of the simulated cyberattack. The system injects the simulated sensor signals into the real sensor device so that the real sensor device generates an output based on the simulated sensor signals. The system monitors the response of a personnel of the industrial control facility. The system then generates an assessment of the response based on a target response. The system may rerun the simulated cyberattack based on the assessment.
The present disclosure relates to an additive manufacturing system for forming at least one of forming a part or modifying a surface using a volume of polymerizable resin. The system makes use of a subsystem for generating power output signals, and at least one acoustic transducer. The acoustic transducer is placed in a vicinity of the volume of polymerizable resin and is responsive to the power output signals. The acoustic transducer generates and projects ultrasound energy in response to receiving the power output signals to at least one spatial location within the volume of resin to cause polymerization of at least a portion of the volume of resin to at least one of form the part or modify the surface.
B29C 64/129 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified characterised by the energy source therefor, e.g. by global irradiation combined with a mask
B29C 64/268 - Arrangements for irradiation using electron beams [EB]
B29C 64/277 - Arrangements for irradiation using multiple radiation means, e.g. micromirrors or multiple light-emitting diodes [LED]
B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED POROUS SILICONE MATRIX USING LEACHABLE POROGEN
The silicone-based ink for additive manufacturing includes a siloxane macromer, and a porogen mixture comprising a water-soluble porogen and a surfactant. The product of additive manufacturing with a silicone-based ink includes a three-dimensional printed structure including a plurality of continuous filaments arranged in a predefined pattern and a plurality of inter-filament pores defined by the predefined pattern of the continuous filaments. In addition, each continuous filament of the three-dimensional printed structure includes a silicone matrix having an open cell structure with a plurality of intra-filament pores, and the intra-filament pores form continuous channels through the silicone matrix.
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B29C 64/379 - Handling of additively manufactured objects, e.g. using robots
B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
An embodiment includes a platform shape memory polymer system. Such an embodiment exhibits a blend of tunable, high performance mechanical attributes in combination with advanced processing capabilities and good biocompatibility. A post-polymerization crosslinking synthetic approach is employed that combines polyurethane and thiol-ene synthetic processes. Other embodiments are described herein.
A system is provided for simulating a cyberattack as a simulated cyberattack on a real industrial control facility that includes reals sensor devices. The system generates simulated sensor signals that are representative of sensor signals generated by a sensor of a real sensor device that is the target of the simulated cyberattack. The system injects the simulated sensor signals into the real sensor device so that the real sensor device generates an output based on the simulated sensor signals. The system monitors the response of a personnel of the industrial control facility. The system then generates an assessment of the response based on a target response. The system may rerun the simulated cyberattack based on the assessment.
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
A system determines an event location of an event within an indoor environment based on an event sound generated by the event. The system employs time-reversal techniques based on a received event sound to identify the event location as being in the vicinity of one of a plurality of locator devices at locator locations in the environment. The system includes a base array located within the environment that receives an indication that an event has been detected. Upon receiving the event sound, the system generates a time-reversed event sound for each transceiver and transmits via each transceiver the time-reversed event sound for that transceiver. When a locator device receives a time-reversed event sound, the locator device determines whether the event is in the vicinity of that locator location of the locator device and, if so, outputs an indication that the event occurred at that locator location.
The present disclosure relates a method for forming a second material from a first material. The method involves providing a first material having a surface, and irradiating the surface with a heating beam. The surface is also exposed to a flow of reactant while the surface is being heated with the heating beam. This transforms at least a portion of the surface into a second, transformed material different from the first material.
B23K 26/0622 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam by shaping pulses
B23K 26/08 - Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
B23K 26/14 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring using a fluid stream, e.g. a jet of gas, in conjunction with the laser beam; Nozzles therefor
B23K 26/34 - Laser welding for purposes other than joining
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMATIVE INTERFACE/SURFACE PAINTING (TRIP) FOR ARBITRARY 3D SURFACE/INTERFACE STRUCTURES
The present disclosure relates a method for forming a second material from a first material. The method involves providing a first material having a surface, and irradiating the surface with a heating beam. The surface is also exposed to a flow of reactant while the surface is being heated with the heating beam. This transforms at least a portion of the surface into a second, transformed material different from the first material.
H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
H01L 21/67 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components
Iowa state university research foundation, Inc. (USA)
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (USA)
UT- Battelle, LLC (USA)
Eck Industries, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
Ott, Ryan T.
Meng, Fanqiang
Mccall, Scott K.
Henderson, Hunter B.
Rios, Oriando
Sims, Zachary C.
Weiss, David
Abstract
MMC’s comprising an Al—RE alloy-based matrix and ceramic, metal and/or intermetallic reinforcement particulates dispersed in the alloy matrix provide improved strength and ductility wherein the reinforcement particulates have a higher melting temperature than the matrix alloy.
C22C 32/00 - Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ
C22C 1/051 - Making hard metals based on borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides or silicides; Preparation of the powder mixture used as the starting material therefor
77.
STOCHASTIC HEATING AT AN ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACE
Methods and apparatus for stochastically heating charged reactants by applying a random (stochastic) voltage signal to a working electrode, thereby inducing a stochastic electric field. By agitating the charged species in the interfacial region adjacent the working electrode or other target substrate, the stochastic electric field increases the effective temperature of the charged species while scarcely affecting any surrounding neutral molecules (e.g., water). This effect increases the reaction rates in the interfacial region and can allow the reactants to achieve rates that are commensurate with physically inaccessible temperatures in common solutions.
Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12C mutation) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
C07D 417/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing three or more hetero rings
A61K 31/517 - Pyrimidines; Hydrogenated pyrimidines, e.g. trimethoprim ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic ring systems, e.g. quinazoline, perimidine
Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12D or G12V mutation or wild-type KRAS) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
C07D 417/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing three or more hetero rings
A61K 31/517 - Pyrimidines; Hydrogenated pyrimidines, e.g. trimethoprim ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic ring systems, e.g. quinazoline, perimidine
A system identifying a source of radiation is provided. The system includes a radiation source detector and a radiation source identifier. The radiation source detector receives measurements of radiation; for one or more sources, generates a detection metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; and evaluates the detection metrics to detect whether a source is present in the measurements. When the presence of a source in the measurements is detected, the radiation source identifier for one or more sources, generates an identification metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; generates a null-hypothesis metric indicating whether no source is present in the measurements; evaluates the one or more identification metrics and the null-hypothesis metric to identify the source, if any, that is present in the measurements.
An ink for three dimensional printing a ceramic material includes metal oxide nanoparticles and a polymer resin, where a concentration of the metal oxide nanoparticles is at least about 50 wt % of a total mass of the ink. A method of forming a porous ceramic material includes obtaining an ink, where the ink comprises a mixture of metal oxide nanoparticles and a polymer, forming a body from the ink, curing the formed body, heating the formed body for removing the polymer and for forming a porous ceramic material from the metal oxide nanoparticles. The forming the body includes an additive manufacturing process with the ink.
B01J 20/06 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising oxides or hydroxides of metals not provided for in group
B01J 20/04 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising compounds of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals or magnesium
B01J 20/30 - Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
B01D 53/22 - Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by diffusion
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods of tuning a radio frequency circuit using stub tuners and photoconductive switches. In one aspect an electromagnetic stub tuner apparatus is disclosed. the apparatus includes a transmission line, and a photoconductive switch positioned along the length of the transmission line. The photoconductive switch is configured to turn on or turn off, wherein an impedance of the transmission line is changed when the photoconductive switch is turned on compared to when the photoconductive switch is turned off. In another aspect, a method of tuning a radio frequency circuit is disclosed. In yet another aspect, a method of producing a radio frequency tuning circuit is disclosed.
The present disclosure relates to a system for producing a patterned nanostructured surface on a component from a pre-existing, nanostructured surface with a first spatial feature distribution on the component. The system makes use of a force application element configured to apply a force to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface, and a force application control subsystem. The force application control subsystem is configured to control elevational movement of the force application element along a first axis of movement into and out of contact with the pre-existing, nanostructured surface to apply a predetermined load to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface. The predetermined load is sufficient to modify the pre-existing, non-patterned nanostructured surface to create the patterned nanostructured surface.
Techniques, systems, and devices are described for providing a computational frame for estimating high-dimensional stochastic behaviors. In one exemplary aspect, a method for performing numerical estimation includes receiving a set of measurements of a stochastic behavior. The set of correlated measurements follows a non-standard probability distribution and is non-linearly correlated. Also, a non-linear relationship exists between a set of system variables that describes the stochastic behavior and a corresponding set of measurements. The method includes determining, based on the set of measurements, a numerical model of the stochastic behavior. The numerical model comprises a feature space comprising non-correlated features corresponding to the stochastic behavior. The non-correlated features have a dimensionality of M and the set of measurements has a dimensionality of N, M being smaller than N. The method includes generating a set of approximated system variables corresponding to the set of measurements based on the numerical model.
G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
A GPR system the implements a modified multistatic mode of operation is provided. The GPR is suitable for mounting on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The GPR system has radar transceivers. The GPR system transmits transmit signal serially via the transceivers. For each transceiver that transmits a transmit signal, the GPR system receives a return signal acquired by each transceiver except for a return signal for the transceiver that transmits the transmit signal. The GPR system outputs of matrix of return signals that includes a null value for the return signals of the transceivers that transmit.
G01S 13/00 - Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
G01S 13/02 - Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G01V 3/12 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with electromagnetic waves
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MECHANICAL LOADING TO CREATE SPATIALLY PATTERNED META SURFACES FOR OPTICAL COMPONENTS
The present disclosure relates to a system for producing a patterned nanostructured surface on a component from a pre-existing, nanostructured surface with a first spatial feature distribution on the component. The system makes use of a force application element configured to apply a force to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface, and a force application control subsystem. The force application control subsystem is configured to control elevational movement of the force application element along a first axis of movement into and out of contact with the pre-existing, nanostructured surface to apply a predetermined load to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface. The predetermined load is sufficient to modify the pre-existing, nanostructured surface to create the patterned nanostructured surface.
233. The apparatus also includes a first dielectric material positioned between the outer conductor and the inner conductor, the dielectric material in contact with both the ferromagnetic material and with the second internally facing side of the outer conductor, wherein the outer conductor, the inner conductor, the dielectric material and the ferromagnetic material form the nonlinear transmission line.
Disclosed are monolithic optical systems using an aerogel molded around a mandrel. A method of manufacturing an optical system includes applying a reflective coating to at least a portion of a surface of a mandrel, placing the mandrel in a tank and subsequently filling the tank with aerogel to a predetermined depth below a top of the mandrel. The method includes adding a separation layer to the tank on top of the aerogel at the predetermined depth, catalyzing the separation layer into a solid, and adding aerogel on top of the separation layer filling the tank with aerogel above a height of the mandrel, and removing the aerogel and mandrel from the tank, drying the aerogel into a solid aerogel structure, catalyzing the reflective coating to bond the reflective coating with the aerogel, and removing the mandrel from the aerogel structure to produce the aerogel structure having a hollowed-out interior.
G02B 23/02 - Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors
Disclosed are non-linear transmission lines using ferromagnetic materials to generate ferromagnetic resonance oscillations. In one aspect, a non-linear transmission line apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer conductor having a first side and a second internally facing side, and an inner conductor positioned internal to the non-linear transmission line apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ferromagnetic material surrounding the inner conductor, wherein the ferromagnetic material comprises nanoparticles of an ε-polymorph of iron oxide expressed as ε—Fe2O3. The apparatus also includes a first dielectric material positioned between the outer conductor and the inner conductor, the dielectric material in contact with both the ferromagnetic material and with the second internally facing side of the outer conductor, wherein the outer conductor, the inner conductor, the dielectric material and the ferromagnetic material form the nonlinear transmission line.
Methods and devices for digitizing an analog repetitive signal using waveform averaging are described. An example method includes generating a time-varying dither signal, receiving the analog repetitive signal comprising multiple instances of a waveform, wherein each waveform has a waveform duration, wherein an average of the time-varying dither signal over multiple waveform durations is substantially zero, and wherein the time-varying dither signal varies over each waveform duration, generating a timing alignment, combining each waveform with the corresponding portion of the time-varying dither signal over each waveform duration to produce an analog output signal, converting the analog output signal to a digital output signal, and producing, based on the timing alignment, a digital averaged signal based on averaging the multiple instances of the waveform in the analog output signal, wherein the timing alignment is used to align the multiple instances of the waveform in the analog output signal.
Described are methods, compositions, and devices for a concatemeric protein standard that behaves as a protein but transforms into single peptides upon digestion, which is optimized to function as a non-obtrusive process control for mass spectrometry analysis.
The present technology can be used to control the current injection profile in the longitudinal direction of a high-power diode laser in order to optimize current densities as a function of position in the cavity to promote higher reliable output power and increase the electrical to optical conversion efficiency of the device beyond the level which can be achieved without application of this technique. This approach can be utilized, e.g., in the fabrication of semiconductor laser chips to improve the output power and wall plug efficiency for applications requiring improved performance operation.
H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser
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Fabrication of 3D-printed copper based zinc anodes
The production of a porous copper-zinc structure includes providing copper ink, creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure, 3D printing the copper ink into a porous copper lattice structure using the 3D model, heat treatment of the porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure, surface modification of the heat treated porous copper lattice structure by nanowires growth on the heat treated porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires, and electrodeposition of zinc onto the heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires to produce the porous copper-zinc structure.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
An optical device provides nonlinear spectral broadening of laser pulses of a laser beam having a spatially varying intensity profile. The device comprises a nonlinear optical element and an optical path difference compensator. The nonlinear optical element has a spatially varying thickness that depends on the spatially varying intensity profile of the laser beam. The optical path difference compensator has a spatially varying thickness that varies such that the optical path length over which the laser beam propagates through the nonlinear optical element and the compensator is spatially more uniform across most of the laser beam cross-section.
G02B 26/08 - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
H01S 3/10 - Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
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Spectral channel splicer for spectral beam combining laser system
A spectral beam combining system includes a spectral channel splicer comprising a plurality of reflectors and a spectral beam combiner comprising a diffraction optical element such as a diffraction grating. This spectral beam combining system may facilitate combining an increased number of spectral channels thereby producing higher optical power of the combining beam system.
An optically addressable light valve comprises a first transparent conductor layer, a layer of liquid crystal, and a photoconductor comprising an ultrawide band gap (UWBG) semiconductor. The liquid crystal is between the first transparent conductor layer and the semiconductor photoconductor. The optically addressable light valve is configured to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal and the UWBG semiconductor. A second transparent conductor may be formed in the UWBG semiconductor in some configurations, and the voltage may be applied across the first and second transparent conductor.
G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
G02F 1/1337 - Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers
G02F 1/135 - Liquid crystal cells structurally associated with a photoconducting or a ferro-electric layer, the properties of which can be optically or electrically varied
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Integrated solid-state rapid thermo-cycling system
Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing a portable lab system for PCR testing. An example method for operating an integrated thermal cycling system includes depositing samples into the integrated thermal cycling system that includes a thermal cycling device and an electronic interface. The thermal cycling device includes multiple wells to receive the samples to be thermally cycled, a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) element connected to the multiple wells, a substrate on which the TEC element is positioned, and a controller coupled to the TEC element. The multiple wells are positioned within the substrate that includes a thermally conductive ground positioned between adjacent wells. Supplying power to the integrated thermal cycling system, via the electronic interface, allows the multiple wells to exchange heat with the substrate and for each well to operate independently from other wells.
H10N 10/13 - Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
Devices, systems and methods for encoding information using optical components are described. An example photonic filtered sampler includes a spectral shaper configured to receive an optical pulse train, a dispersive element positioned to receive an output of the spectral shaper and to expand spectral contents thereof in time, and a modulator configured to receive an output of the dispersive element and a radio frequency (RF) signal, and to produce a modulated output optical signal in accordance with the RF signal. In this configuration, one or more characteristics of the modulated output optical signal is determined based on a spectral shape provided by the spectral shaper and dispersive properties of the dispersive element.
G02F 1/21 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour by interference
H04J 14/02 - Wavelength-division multiplex systems
G02F 2/00 - Demodulating light; Transferring the modulation of modulated light; Frequency-changing of light
G02F 1/365 - Non-linear optics in an optical waveguide structure
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System and method for sub-wavelength detection for jetting-based additive manufacturing using a split ring resonator probe
The present disclosure relates to a system for detecting and analyzing droplets of feedstock material being ejected from an additive manufacturing device. The system makes use of a split ring resonator (SRR) probe including a ring element having a gap, with the gap being positioned adjacent a path of travel of the droplets of feedstock material. An excitation signal source is used for supplying an excitation signal to the SRR probe. An analyzer analyzes signals generated by the SRR probe in response to perturbations in an electric field generated by the SRR probe as the droplets of feedstock material pass the ring element. The signals are indicative of dimensions of the droplets of feedstock material.
G01R 27/04 - Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant in circuits having distributed constants
G01R 27/32 - Measuring attenuation, gain, phase shift, or derived characteristics of electric four-pole networks, i.e. two-port networks; Measuring transient response in circuits having distributed constants
G01B 21/12 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring diameters of objects while moving
G01B 15/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electromagnetic waves or particle radiation, e.g. by the use of microwaves, X-rays, gamma rays or electrons
G01N 22/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
An advanced manufactured electrochemical reactor to convert air (N2+O2) to nitric acid (HNO3) and ammonia (NH3). The electrochemical reactor platform can be tailored via advanced manufacturing to improve activity, selectivity, energy efficiency and stability of the reactions.
C25B 11/077 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of a single catalytic element or catalytic compound the compound being a non-noble metal oxide
C25B 11/081 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of a single catalytic element or catalytic compound the element being a noble metal
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