by | Jan 28, 2024 | Chen, Da-Ren, He, Lina, Ozdemir, Sahin, Yang, Lan, Zhu, Jiangang
— WGM microresonators are an immature technology with room for improvement
Microresonators are optical devices that are an important component of microlasers used in optoelectronics, data communications, and sensing. Most microresonators are WGM type, which confine light to a very small volume for si…
by | Feb 26, 2021 | Biswas, Pratim, Fortner, John, Jiang, Yi, Wang, WeiNing
— Technology Description
A team of researchers at Washington University, led by Pratim Biswas and John Fortner, has constructed crumpled graphene oxide nanoparticles encapsulating TiO2 and Ag to create reactive, easily cleaned water filtration membranes. The TiO2 and Ag, which can be periodically re…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Kharasch, Evan, Morrissey, Jeremiah, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Wang, Congzhou
— Technology Description
An interdisciplinary team at Washington University has developed low-cost, easy-to-use, nanoparticles that can preserve antibodies, proteins and other biological molecules without refrigeration. This technology employs metal organic frameworks (MOF) that can be used in two w…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Abbas, Abdennour, Kharasch, Evan, Liu, Keng-Ku, Morrissey, Jeremiah, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Tian, Limei
— Technology Description
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University have developed a patented plasmonic nanotransducer system with built-in, highly stable artificial antibodies that can quickly detect and quantify biological molecules. These artificial antibodies can be rapidl…
by | Apr 9, 2020 | Jiang, Qisheng, Jun, Young-Shin, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Wu, Xuanhao
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory and Prof. Singamaneni’s laboratory have developed high performance, stable membrane materials that can be used for photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) to purify or desalinate water with minimal input of electric…