by | Feb 12, 2026 | Li, Fu, Li, Yihang, Liao, Jie, Mao, Wenbo, Yang, Lan, Zhang, Qian, Zhao, Guangming
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A compact microresonator sensor that can enhance light-matter interaction to enable highly sensitive detection of trace amounts of gas for safety, environmental, and diagnostic applications.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington Universi…
by | Feb 12, 2026 | Mao, Wenbo, Yang, Lan
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A new plug-in sensing platform system that uses exceptional points (EPs) to enhance the sensitivity of optical sensors, without requiring redesign or costly hardware modification.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Lou…
by | Feb 2, 2022 | Bai, Peng, Lee, Youngju, Ma, Bingyuan
— Technology Description
Researchers in Peng Bai’s lab at Washington University have developed an inexpensive rechargeable sodium metal battery with a 99.93% sodium retention rate. This battery uses glyme-based electrolytes with a low moisture content and a bare copper current collector to ach…
by | Nov 2, 2021 | Banerjee, Parag, Chen, Xiao, Myung, Yoon
— Technology Description
Engineers in the Banerjee laboratory have developed a single-step, scalable vapor deposition process for fabricating high performance thin film perovskite materials at low temperature and atmospheric pressure. These lead-free, non-toxic films could be used as solar cell abso…
by | Nov 2, 2021 | Biswas, Pratim, Chadha, Tandeep, Fang, Jiaxi
— Engineers in Prof. Pratim Biswas’ laboratory have developed an electrostatic precipitator device that removes ultrafine pollutants and inactivates pathogens from the air at high efficiency and low cost. This gas cleaning system has the potential to replace HEPA filters for air filtering applic…