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Highly Efficient Approach for Developing Biocompatible and Potent Lipid Nanoparticles

Enhancing the biocompatibility and potency of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) by refining the structure of ionizable lipids through an iterative method. Problem: Ionizable lipids play a crucial role in determining the potency and biocompatibility of LNPs. Current approaches, medicinal chemistry, and combinatorial chemistry, each have limitations. Medicinal...

Published: 5/8/2026 | Updated: 5/8/2026 | Inventor(s): Michael Mitchell, Xuexiang Han, Rohan Palanki

Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Platform Technology

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Therapeutics

Northwestern Startup: NanoIntegris, Inc. (Acquired by Raymor Industries)

Founded: 2006 Northwestern Inventor: Mark Hersam McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Material Science and Engineering Faculty Profile NanoIntegris is a leading supplier of premium single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT, DWNT). The technology separates nano-tubes by diameter and/or electronic type (i.e., metal...

Published: 5/5/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Carbon nanotube, Graphene, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits, Startup with Northwestern IP

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Heterostructured Film For Atmospheric Water Recovery

A nanoparticle-polymer film enables isothermal droplet formation and water recovery from humid air through capillary condensation on a porous surface. Problem: Conventional condensation of undersaturated water vapor can require energy-intensive cooling. Porous materials can condense water without cooling but often retain it inside voids. That makes...

Published: 5/6/2026 | Updated: 4/30/2026 | Inventor(s): Daeyeon Lee, Baek Min Kim, Amish Patel, Zachariah Vicars, Lilia Escobedo, R Bharath Venkatesh

Keywords(s): Nanotechnology, Soft Materials

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Environment, Technology Classifications > Materials

Device For Rapid, Tunable, And Scalable Generation Of Lipid Nanoparticle Formulations

Microfluidic device for generation of large, precisely-defined, diverse lipid nanoparticle libraries for screening LNP formulations. Problem: Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have broad applications such as delivery agents for gene editing cargo, immunotherapies, and many clinical applications. The structures of the lipid components of an LNP, their relative...

Published: 4/17/2026 | Updated: 4/17/2026 | Inventor(s): Michael Mitchell, David Issadore, Andrew Hanna

Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Drug Delivery, Gene Editing, Gene Therapy, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Microfluidics, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Hardware & Components, Technology Classifications > Robotics

Bi-specific Lipid Nanoparticles for Boosting Antitumor Immunity in Glioblastoma

SHORT DESCRIPTION A bispecific lipid nanoparticle that bridges tumor-associated myeloid cells (TAMCs) and glioma cells by dual checkpoint blockade and simultaneously reprograms TAMCs into antitumor effectors via targeted delivery of a STING agonist. INVENTORS Maciej Lesniak* Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,...

Published: 4/30/2026 | Updated: 4/14/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Brain cancer, Cancer/Oncology, Drug delivery, Immunotherapy, Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Targeted therapy, Therapeutics

Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics

Reflective Polymer Coating For Microscale Electronic Communication

A polymer coating which allows a device’s electrical activity to be optically transmitted based on its transparency. Problem: Existing wireless microscale communication platforms, such as radio-frequency antennas and micro-LEDs, are limited in their large footprint requirements relative to the chip size, have challenging integration pathways...

Published: 3/16/2026 | Updated: 3/16/2026 | Inventor(s): Marc Miskin, Matthew Campbell

Keywords(s): Electronic Materials, Nanotechnology, Platform Technology

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Information Systems, Technology Classifications > Hardware & Components, Technology Classifications > Materials

Multiple Quantum Well Floating Gate Non-Volatile Memory (MQWFGNVM)

This technology is a novel type of non-volatile memory that can store more than two values in a single cell, significantly increasing the amount of data that can be stored. Background: Conventional floating gate non-volatile memory (FGNVM) can store two values (0 or 1) in a single memory cell. The 0 and 1 represent the presence or absence of charge...

Published: 3/13/2026 | Updated: 3/12/2026 | Inventor(s): Supriyo Karmakar

Keywords(s): electronics, MOSFET, nanotechnology, semiconductors

Category(s): Campus > Farmingdale State College, Technology Classifications > Quantum Computing

Phosphonium Metal Halide Semiconductors for PFAS Detection

Advantages Exceptional water stability, with demonstrated structural integrity for over 22 months in aqueous environments Improved thermal stability by up to 160 °C higher than conventional ammonium-based analogues Tunable optical and electrochemical properties suitable for sensing, optoelectronics, and energy applications Enables low-cost,...

Published: 5/11/2026 | Updated: 2/27/2026 | Inventor(s): Ioannis Spanopoulos, Ali Azmy, Zois Syrgiannis, Anand Tiwari

Keywords(s): Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Advance Materials, Technology Classifications > Chemistry, Technology Classifications > Electronics > Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment, Technology Classifications > Electronics > Electronics Sensors

Netrin-1 Mimetic Peptide Amphiphile Assemblies for Enhanced CNS Regeneration

NU 2024-174 INVENTORS Samuel Stupp* Cara Smith Zaida Alvarez Pinto SHORT DESCRIPTION Nanofiber-shaped supramolecular assemblies that mimic netrin-1 bioactivity to stimulate neurite growth and synaptic maturation for enhanced CNS regeneration. BACKGROUND Neurotrophic factors are essential for the development and regeneration of neurons; however,...

Published: 5/11/2026 | Updated: 2/20/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): AD - Alzheimer’s Disease, CNS - Central Nervous System, CVA - Cerebrovascular Accident, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Neurodegenerative disease, Regenerative medicine, SCI - Spinal cord injury, Targeted therapy, Therapeutics

Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics

Deuterized Low-K Dielectric Materials for TDDB Mitigation

Simple, scalable and inexpensive process to replace the hydrogen in low-k dielectrics with deuterium to improve semiconductor performance. Background: Low-k dielectrics are a class of materials used in the manufacture of nanoscale semiconductor devices. The problem with low-k dielectrics is that they are susceptible to a phenomenon known as time dependent...

Published: 3/24/2026 | Updated: 1/30/2026 | Inventor(s): James Lloyd, Patrick Lenahan, Niaz Mahmud

Keywords(s): nanotechnology, semiconductors

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology, Campus > University at Albany

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