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Use of ultraviolet and aluminum nanoclusters to form water repellents for textiles

University of Oregon Researchers: Darren Johnson, Jordan Levine, Alex Rosen, Tawney Knecht Patent Applications: 63/190,571 filed 5/19/2021; 17/749,055 filed 5/19/2022 (UO-21-031) Method for Producing a Water-Repellant Textile. Technology Background: Traditional durable, water-repellent (DWR) coatings for textiles commonly use per- and poly-fluorinated...

Published: 10/31/2023 | Inventor(s): Darren Johnson, Alex Rosen, Tawney Knecht, Jordan Levine

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Category(s): Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science, Physical Science, Nanoscience & Microtechnologies, Sustainability & Cleantechnologies

Bipolar Membrane Catalysis

University of Oregon Researchers are Producing Hydrogen via Membrane Water Electrolysis Using Earth Abundant Catalysts for Alkaline Exchange Membrane Electrolysis Catalyzing heterolytic water dissociation (WD), H2O→H++OH−, is practically important for accelerating electrocatalytic reactions that consume water and for fabricating bipolar-membrane...

Published: 5/4/2022 | Inventor(s): Shannon Boettcher, Sebastian Oener, Marc Foster

Keywords(s): Science

Category(s): Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Microtechnologies, Physical Science, Sustainability & Cleantechnologies

High Voltage Redox Electrolytes for Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitor Performance and Reduced Self-Discharge

Researchers have created a hybrid device that combines the advantages of both batteries and supercapacitors. Background Supercapacitors and batteries are the two leading forms of electrochemical energy storage. Both have unique advantages and can be applied to various applications. Supercapacitors can be charged quickly resulting in very high...

Published: 5/4/2022 | Inventor(s): Shannon Boettcher, Galen Stucky, Brian Evanko, Nicholas Parker, David Vonlanthen, David Auston, Sang-Eun Chun, Xiulei Ji, Bao Wang, Xingfeng Wang, Raghu Subash Chandrabose

Keywords(s): Advanced Materials, Chemical, Electrochemistry, Inorganic, Materials Science

Category(s): Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Microtechnologies, Physical Science, Sustainability & Cleantechnologies

A Facile Route to New and Old Cyclophanes from a Pnictogen-activated Self-Assembly Reaction

The well-defined topology and high strain of cyclophanes has found utility in a number of applications including asymmetric catalysis, insulating plastics, and organic electronics. Unfortunately, the field of cyclophane chemistry has been hindered by a lack of high yielding and functional group tolerant preparative methods for their synthesis. University...

Published: 8/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Darren Johnson, Mary Collins, Matthew Carnes

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Category(s): Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Microtechnologies, Sustainability & Cleantechnologies