Patent • #11717892. Hybrid additive featured plates used to form an overall microchannel heat exchanger and corresponding method of manufacture are disclosed. Various additive manufacturing (AM) techniques may be used to form walls defining microchannel features on a plate substrate. The manufacturing method is a hybrid process in that leverages both additive...
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Additively Manufactured Crystalline Materials
Featured Opportunity • Highly localized, site-specific additive manufacturing of high power conversion efficiency (PCE) crystalline materials for semiconductors and functional devices Shown above: Laser direct-write of free-form perovskites Semiconductors are foundational materials that underpin all modern electronic devices ranging from integrated circuits, LEDs, and photovoltaics. One class of crystalline semiconductor material that has...
ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED LOCALLY RESONANT INTERPENETRATING LATTICE STRUCTURE
Patent • #11,195,504. A method, system, and apparatus for fabricating an acoustic metamaterial is provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an acoustic metamaterial includes determining at least one tuned physical property for each of a plurality of micro-resonators according to a desired acoustic property of the acoustic metamaterial. For a...
Additives for improving autoignition reactivity of hydrocarbon-based fuels
Patent • #11814595. According to various aspects, an additive for a hydrocarbon-based fuel has a formula (I), in which R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from —H, —CH3, or —CH2CH3, and at least one of R1, R2, or R3 is not —H. The additive improves an autoignition reactivity of the...
ADDSec: Artificial Diversity & Defense Security
Software • Sandia researchers have developed a technology that automatically detects and responds to potential threats in under 1 millisecond—preventing an attack that can have a devastating impact on the nation’s economy and public health and safety. Sandia’s detection approach is a set of machine learning algorithms that recognizes anomalous behavior and then...
ADDSec: Artificial Diversity & Defense Security
Featured Opportunity • Networks and systems that monitor our grid and other critical infrastructure environments use predictable communications and static configurations that make them vulnerable to attack. Sandia researchers have developed a technology that automatically detects and responds to potential threats in under 1 millisecond—preventing an attack that can have a devastating impact...
Adhesive particle shielding
Patent • #7,473,301. An efficient device for capturing fast moving particles has an adhesive particle shield that includes (i) a mounting panel and (ii) a film that is attached to the mounting panel wherein the outer surface of the film has an adhesive coating disposed thereon to capture particles contacting the outer...
Adhesiveless copper clad laminates and method for manufacturing thereof
Patent • #8,288,011. Adhesiveless copper clad laminates wherein a base metal layer is directly formed on at least one side of an insulating film without using an adhesive and a copper conductor layer having a desired thickness is formed on the base metal layer, the adhesiveless copper clad laminates is characterized in...
Adiabatic/diabatic polarization beam splitter
Patent • #9,759,862. The various presented herein relate to an on-chip polarization beam splitter (PBS), which is adiabatic for the transverse magnetic (TM) mode and diabatic for the transverse electric (TE) mode. The PBS comprises a through waveguide and a cross waveguide, wherein an electromagnetic beam comprising TE mode and TM mode...
Adjustable shear stress erosion and transport flume
Patent • #6,494,084. A method and apparatus for measuring the total erosion rate and downstream transport of suspended and bedload sediments using an adjustable shear stress erosion and transport (ASSET) flume with a variable-depth sediment core sample. Water is forced past a variable-depth sediment core sample in a closed channel, eroding sediments,...
Advanced fire-resistant forms of activated carbon and methods of adsorbing and separating gases using same
Patent • #9,315,730. A method of removing a target gas from a gas stream is disclosed. The method uses advanced, fire-resistant activated carbon compositions having vastly improved fire resistance. Methods for synthesizing the compositions are also provided. The advanced compositions have high gas adsorption capacities and rapid adsorption kinetics (comparable to commercially-available...
Advanced fire-resistant forms of activated carbon and methods of adsorbing and separating gases using same
Patent • #8,945,277. Advanced, fire-resistant activated carbon compositions useful in adsorbing gases; and having vastly improved fire resistance are provided, and methods for synthesizing the compositions are also provided. The advanced compositions have high gas adsorption capacities and rapid adsorption kinetics (comparable to commercially-available activated carbon), without having any intrinsic fire hazard....
Advanced Forms of Activated Carbon
Featured Opportunity • Sandia’s advanced activated carbon is used for the adsorption of noble gases (argon, krypton, and xenon) for the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. This solution is simple, reliable, and affordable. This development is safer due to the fire hazards associated with traditional activated carbonbeing significantly reduced. Activated carbon adsorbers have...
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Advanced Ultrasonic Device with In-Situ Height Adjustment for Improved Flaw Detection
Featured Opportunity • Ultrasonic testing is a nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique that uses ultra-high frequency sound to detect flaws within a part of interest Ultrasonic testing is a nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique that uses ultra-high frequency sound to detect flaws within a part of interest. A fluid (e.g. water or gel) is used...
Advanced UV Laser Design for Precision Timing and UV Sterilization
Featured Opportunity • Breakthrough laser design offers unmatched accuracy and reliability for applications including precision timing for defense, space exploration, and telecommunications. Current UV laser technologies face several limitations that hinder their reliability in critical applications. Strain within the laser structure can lead to the formation of cracks that in turn can compromise...
Aeroelastically coupled blades for vertical axis wind turbines
Patent • #9,267,490. Various technologies described herein pertain to a vertical axis wind turbine blade configured to rotate about a rotation axis. The vertical axis wind turbine blade includes at least an attachment segment, a rear swept segment, and optionally, a forward swept segment. The attachment segment is contiguous with the forward...
Aerosol fabrication methods for monodisperse nanoparticles
Patent • #8,864,045. Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for forming monodisperse particles. In one embodiment, the monodisperse particles can be formed by first spraying a nanoparticle-containing dispersion into aerosol droplets and then heating the aerosol droplets in the presence of a shell precursor to form core-shell particles. By removing either the...
Aerosol method for nano silver-silica composite anti-microbial agent
Patent • #8,246,933. A method of forming and resulting nano-structured composite includes atomizing a mixture of an amount of each of aminopropyltriethoxysilane, AgNO.sub.3, DI water, and ethanol in a carrier gas; heating the atomized droplets at a selected temperature for a time sufficient to reduce the Ag to its elemental form in...
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Affinity selection of Nipah and Hendra virus-related vaccine candidates from a complex random peptide library displayed on bacteriophage virus-like particles
Patent • #9,549,976. The invention relates to virus-like particles of bacteriophage MS2 (MS2 VLPs) displaying peptide epitopes or peptide mimics of epitopes of Nipah Virus envelope glycoprotein that elicit an immune response against Nipah Virus upon vaccination of humans or animals. Affinity selection on Nipah Virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using random sequence peptide...
Aiming system
Patent • #10,613,040. An aiming system including a first member securable to a device having a point source, a second member selectably rotatable about a first axis relative to the first member, a third member selectably rotatable about a second axis oriented non-parallel to the first axis, and an aiming member having...
Air bearing heat exchanger
Patent • #10,422,590. The various technologies presented herein relate to fabrication and operation of a heat exchanger that is configured to extract heat from an underlying substrate. Heat can be extracted by way of an air gap formed between an impeller and a baseplate. By utilizing a pump to create an initial...
Air bearing heat exchanger methods
Patent • #10,801,787. The various technologies presented herein relate to fabrication and operation of a heat exchanger that is configured to extract heat from an underlying substrate. Heat can be extracted by way of an air gap formed between an impeller and a baseplate. By utilizing a pump to create an initial...
Airborne agent concentration analysis
Patent • #6,687,640. A method and system for inferring airborne contaminant concentrations in rooms without contaminant sensors, based on data collected by contaminant sensors in other rooms of a building, using known airflow interconnectivity data. The method solves a least squares problem that minimizes the difference between measured and predicted contaminant sensor...
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