Patent • #US7922931B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid comprising a mixture of LiNO3, NaNO3, KNO3, NaNO2 and KNO2 salts where the Li, Na and K cations are present in amounts of about 20-33.5 mol % Li, about 18.6-40 mol % Na, and about 40-50.3 mol % K and where the nitrate...
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Low-melting point heat transfer fluid
Patent • #US7828990B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid made of a mixture of five inorganic salts including about 29.1-33.5 mol % LiNO3, 0-3.9 mol % NaNO3, 2.4-8.2 mol % KNO3, 18.6-19.9 mol % NaNO2, and 40-45.6 mol % KNO2. These compositions can have liquidus temperatures below 80° C. for some compositions.
Low-melting point inorganic nitrate salt heat transfer fluid
Patent • #US7588694B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid made of a mixture of four inorganic nitrate salts: 9-18 wt % NaNO3, 40-52 wt % KNO3, 13-21 wt % LiNO3, and 20-27 wt % Ca(NO3)2. These compositions can have liquidus temperatures less than 100 C; thermal stability limits greater than 500 C;...
Low-power MEMS wakeup system
Patent • #US10481672B1. There is provided a near-zero-power wakeup system in which a MEMS sensor for mechanical or acoustic signals is coupled to a very-low-power complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). Power consumption can be minimized by operating the ASIC with sub-threshold gate voltages.
Low-temperature nanosolders
Patent • #US9463532B2. A nanosolder comprises a first metal nanoparticle core coated with a second metal shell, wherein the first metal has a higher surface energy and smaller atomic size than the second metal. For example, a bimetallic nanosolder can comprise a protective Ag shell “glued” around a reactive Cu nanoparticle. As...
Lower-Cost Strengthened Glass Substrates
Featured Opportunity • Lower-cost strengthened glass substrates for smart phones, smart watches, tablets, and other durable, impact-resistant applications Glass substrates with enhanced strength and durability are in high demand for use in handheld devices and electronic displays. Currently, glass strengthening is achieved using alkali ion-exchange techniques, where high temperature molten-salt baths are used...
Lung-Targeting Nanobodies and Purification Methods
Featured Opportunity • A new approach for combating infectious disease at lower dose frequencies and amounts by directly delivering enhanced potency therapeutics Immunohistochemistry (IHC) readout of nanobodylocalization and specificity within the lung tissue The combination of high-throughput screening, functional validation assays and sophisticated bioinformatic tools to develop highly potent, neutralizing antibodies has generated...
Lung-targeting single-domain antibodies and purification methods
Patent • #US12421306B1. Disclosed herein are single-domain antibodies (sdABs) configured for targeting to human or mammalian lung tissue. Constructs and methods of using such sdABs are also described herein, such as methods of binding with and transporting other sdABs or other cargo with beneficial functionalities, binding to and transporting biochemical or pharmaceutical...
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Magnetic agglomeration method for size control in the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles
Patent • #US7972410B1. A method for controlling the size of chemically synthesized magnetic nanoparticles that employs magnetic interaction between particles to control particle size and does not rely on conventional kinetic control of the reaction to control particle size. The particles are caused to reversibly agglomerate and precipitate from solution; the size...
Magnetic electrical contact sensor
Patent • #US12140645B1. A magnetic electrical latch assembly for sensing an electrical contact has a housing for supporting a magnetic electrical contact. The housing has an annular cavity and a cylinder disposed within the cavity. A magnetic electrical contact is attached at one end to the cylinder. The cylinder is movable axially...
Magnetic field falling particle solar receiver systems and methods
Patent • #US10502459B1. Systems and methods that increase the residence time of particles falling through a solar receiver using an induced magnetic field to suspend or slow down and/or alter the flight path of the particles falling through the concentrated beam of sunlight are disclosed.
Magnetic method for stimulating transport in fluids
Patent • #US9470458B1. A method for producing mass and heat transport in fluids, wherein the method does not rely on conventional convection, that is, it does not require gravity, a thermal gradient, or a magnetic field gradient. This method gives rise to a unique class of vigorous, field-controllable flow patterns termed advection...
Magnetic Sensing to Determine Material Flows and Electrical Shorts
Featured Opportunity • Many research applications have a critical need for flow and electrical-current diagnostics within fluids; however, current flow visualization techniques require optical access which is often infeasible in high-temperature high-pressure (HTHP) opaque vessels. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed a non-destructive visualization technique to create a three-dimensional (3D) real-time image of...
Magnetic Smart Tagging and Sensing Platform
Featured Opportunity • A chip-scale, magnetic smart tagging and sensing platform with enhanced performance for the accurate tracking, sensing, and monitoring of assets The accurate tracking and sensing of assets is an area of growing interest across diverse industries and environments. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technologies face key limitations in settings with RF-based communications...
Magneto-optical sensor for magnetic field measurement
Patent • #US12498432B2. A magneto-optical sensor can be used to measure electrical current with a very narrow pulse width as sensed by the magnetic field in the transmission line region of a pulsed power accelerator. Pulsed power accelerator experimental results agreed remarkably well with the Faraday effect theory, device physical model, and...
Magnetostrictive current sensor method and system
Patent • #US12196784B1. A method and system for determining the state of one or both of an electrical conductor or an associated system utilizing a non-invasive sensor and a magnetostrictive response from the current of the electrical conductor. The method includes providing a sensor assembly including a magnetostrictive resonator sensor and a...
Malicious activity detection in a memory
Patent • #US11023579B1. A method and apparatus for monitoring a volatile memory in a computer system. Samples of compressed data from locations in the volatile memory in the computer system are read. Data in the volatile memory is reconstructed using the samples of compressed data. The data is an image of the...
Malware detection and analysis
Patent • #US9294486B1. Embodiments of the invention describe systems and methods for malicious software detection and analysis. A binary executable comprising obfuscated malware on a host device may be received, and incident data indicating a time when the binary executable was received and identifying processes operating on the host device may be...
Manufacturing & Assurance
Technology Area • The Manufacturing & Assurance technology area contains solutions for additive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing-related analytics, tools, and software domains. Assurance technologies assist in implementing systematic quality assurance in everything from data collection, testing, and software, to modeling and analytics. This technology area also contains specialized portfolios related to: Advanced ManufacturingAssemblyDispersionTemperature ControlFlow...
Mapping and imaging ionizing radiation in two and three dimensions
Patent • #US11630218B1. A two-dimensional imaging system and a two-dimensional or three-dimensional optical tomographic mapping system, each employing gas scintillation induced by ionizing radiation, i.e., radioluminescence, and corresponding methods, are disclosed. The systems may employ one or more cameras and corresponding UV filters (potentially solar blind filters) for imaging a radioluminescent scene....
Massively parallel diffuse optical tomography
Patent • #US9750413B2. Diffuse optical tomography systems and methods are described herein. In a general embodiment, the diffuse optical tomography system comprises a plurality of sensor heads, the plurality of sensor heads comprising respective optical emitter systems and respective sensor systems. A sensor head in the plurality of sensors heads is caused...
Material identification based upon energy-dependent attenuation of neutrons
Patent • #US9151852B1. Various technologies pertaining to identifying a material in a sample and imaging the sample are described herein. The material is identified by computing energy-dependent attenuation of neutrons that is caused by presence of the sample in travel paths of the neutrons. A mono-energetic neutron generator emits the neutron, which...
Material identification system
Patent • #US10261033B2. A method and apparatus for identifying a material in an object. An image of the object generated from energy passing through the object is obtained by a computer system. The computer system estimates attenuations for pixels in a sensor system from the image of the object to form estimated...
Material identification system
Patent • #US10816485B2. A method and apparatus for identifying a material in an object. An image of the object generated from energy passing through the object is obtained by a computer system. The computer system estimates attenuations for pixels in a sensor system from the image of the object to form estimated...
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