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Magnet powder and sintered magnet of strontium and barium M-type modified hexagonal ferrite
This technology uses a special magnet powder made from strontium and barium hexagonal ferrite to create strong, durable sintered magnets. Background: The field of permanent magnets plays a crucial role in a wide range of modern technologies, including electric motors, generators, loudspeakers, and various electronic devices. Among the different types...
Published: 6/25/2026   |   Updated: 6/25/2026   |   Inventor(s): Arjun Pathak, Adel Sassi
Keywords(s): 3D printing, magnetic materials, materials, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > Buffalo State College, Technology Classifications > Engineering
Photo-expanding Spiropyran Hydrogels
yle> 2021-037 Short Description Sulfonate-based, water-soluble spiropyran photoswitches can be covalently incorporated into hydrogel networks to trigger light-driven volumetric expansion, with reversible contraction under dark conditions. The technology enables photoresponsive hydrogels and soft materials with tunable actuation behavior using light,...
Published: 5/18/2026   |   Updated: 5/18/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Hydrogel, Materials, Smart/Functional materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Fluorous Gated Field-Effect Transistor Sensors for PFAS Detection
Fluorous-interface gated field-effect transistor (FET) sensors provide a portable platform for real-time detection of PFAS and related fluorinated compounds in water. An extended-gate interface converts fluorous interactions into electrical signals, with an optional F-PANI configuration that adds an optical response for cross-verification. The platform...
Published: 5/15/2026   |   Updated: 5/15/2026   |   Inventor(s): Dongmei Dong
Keywords(s): Electronics, Environmental , Materials, Monitoring, Portable
Category(s): Environment, Engineering, Engineering > Electronics, Engineering > Materials
Northwestern Startup: NuMat Technologies, Inc
Founded: 2011 Northwestern Inventor: Omar Farha Weinberg School of Arts & Sciences Department of Chemistry Randall Q. Snurr McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Joseph T. Hupp Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry Numat Technologies is an advanced materials...
Published: 6/22/2026   |   Updated: 5/5/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Catalyst, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Materials, MOFs, Polymer, Startup with Northwestern IP
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Northwestern Startup: Volexion, Inc.
Founded: 2018 Northwestern Inventor: Mark Hersam McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Materials Science Volexion is developing advanced cathode materials for lithium ion batteries that overcome key limitations to conventional technology, primarily enhanced battery performance at low temperatures and rapid charging and discharging....
Published: 6/22/2026   |   Updated: 5/5/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Energy storage, Graphene, Lithium-ion, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Northwestern Startup: Lilac Solutions
Founded: 2016 Northwestern Inventor: Christopher Wolverton McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Materials Science and Engineering Lilac Solutions is developing new ion exchange materials to transform lithium extraction from brine resources. Lilac Solutions Website
Published: 6/22/2026   |   Updated: 5/5/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Manufacturing/Processing, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP, Sustainability, Sustainable Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Advanced Pulsed-Laser Synthesis for Metal Carbides
NU 2025-190 SHORT DESCRIPTION A pulsed-laser synthesis method for making advanced metastable materials, including metal carbides and nitrides. INVENTORS Bryan Hunter* Alexis Magana Christopher Nowak * Principal Investigator NU 2025-190 IP STATUS Provisional Application Filed (joint with Harvard University) DEVELOPMENT...
Published: 4/22/2026   |   Updated: 4/10/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Materials, Metals, Nanoparticle
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Mixing associating polymers for obtaining self-stabilized thermothickening colloids
Self-stabilized thermoresponsive polymer suspensions for reversibly increading fluid viscosity at elevated temperatures NU2019-015 INVENTORS - Kenneth Shull* - Yaoyao Chen SHORT DESCRIPTION For oil and gas, personal care, and adhesive applications, this low-cost thermoresponsive polymer technology delivers massive, reversible viscosity increases...
Published: 4/7/2026   |   Updated: 4/7/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Programmable Protein Crystals for Advanced Catalytic and Structural Applications Through DNA-Directed Assembly
>SHORT DESCRIPTION For protein engineering and biomaterial synthesis, this technology programs crystal structures by precisely positioning DNA ligands, offering enhanced control over crystal architecture. INVENTORS Chad Mirkin*, PhD George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University Weinberg College...
Published: 3/19/2026   |   Updated: 3/19/2026   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Materials
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
Interactive, Expressive Music Accompaniment and Training System for Popular Music and Standard Jazz Improvisation
RPI ID: 2015-005-401 Innovation Summary: Provides an adaptive accompaniment engine that listens to a performer via microphones, analyzes timing, tempo, chord cues, and semantic count-ins, and generates responsive rhythm-section backing. A signal-analysis pipeline extracts onset timing and voice-digit recognition from spoken count-ins to predict tempo,...
Published: 3/10/2026   |   Updated: 3/10/2026   |   Inventor(s): Jonas Braasch, Selmer Bringsjord, Nikhil Deshpande, Pauline Oliveros
Keywords(s): alternate energy source, batteries, Electrochemical, Energy, Energy Management, Fuel Cell, Materials, Polymer Chemistry
Category(s): Media, Arts, Science and Technology
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