Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100292931 | OPTICAL PLATFORM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STIMULATING, MANIPULATING, AND PROBING MULTIPLE LIVING CELLS IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - An optical platform and system for the simultaneous stimulation, manipulation and probing of multiple living cells in complex biological systems. The apparatus utilizes a spatiotemporal light modulator to expose a sample to pinpoints of light at selected times and wavelengths in two or three dimensional space and then detect the responses. In one embodiment, a spatiotemporal light modulator is optically coupled to a variable wavelength light source, a lens system and a system control unit with sample response sensors, wherein sample responses are detected after exposure to patterns of light in real time. Light patterns can be modulated in response to sample responses. | 11-18-2010 |
20110058164 | Time resolved single-step protease activity quantification using nanoplasmonic resonator (NPR) sensor - A nanoplasmonic resonator (NPR) comprising a metallic nanodisk with alternating shielding layer(s), having a tagged biomolecule conjugated or tethered to the surface of the nanoplasmonic resonator for highly sensitive measurement of enzymatic activity. NPRs enhance Raman signals in a highly reproducible manner, enabling fast detection of protease and enzyme activity, such as Prostate Specific Antigen (paPSA), in real-time, at picomolar sensitivity levels. Experiments on extracellular fluid (ECF) from paPSA-positive cells demonstrate specific detection in a complex bio-fluid background in real-time single-step detection in very small sample volumes. | 03-10-2011 |
20130104983 | Selective Reflector for Enhanced Solar Cell Efficiency | 05-02-2013 |
20130148682 | PLASMON LASERS AT DEEP SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE - Hybrid plasmonic waveguides are described that employ a high-gain semiconductor nanostructure functioning as a gain medium that is separated from a metal substrate surface by a nanoscale thickness thick low-index gap. The waveguides are capable of efficient generation of sub-wavelength high intensity light and have the potential for large modulation bandwidth >1 THz. | 06-13-2013 |
20140056551 | GRAPHENE BASED OPTICAL MODULATOR - The present invention provides for a one or more layer graphene optical modulator. In a first exemplary embodiment the optical modulator includes an optical waveguide, a nanoscale oxide spacer adjacent to a working region of the waveguide, and a monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to the spacer. In a second exemplary embodiment, the optical modulator includes at least one pair of active media, where the pair includes an oxide spacer, a first monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a first side of the spacer, and a second monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a second side of the spacer, and at least one optical waveguide adjacent to the pair. | 02-27-2014 |
20150140427 | Nanoporous Silicon Network Thin Films as Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries - Various embodiments of the invention describe nanoporous silicon (Si) network thin films with controllable porosity and thickness that are fabricated by a robust and scalable electrochemical process, and then released from Si wafers and transferred to flexible and conductive substrates. These nanoporous Si network thin films serve as high performance Li-ion battery electrodes, with an initial discharge capacity of 2570 mA h g | 05-21-2015 |
20150192767 | MULTIPLANE OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to optical microscopy. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a sample holder, a first objective lens, a plurality of optical components, a second objective lens, and a mirror. The apparatus may directly image a cross-section of a sample oblique to or parallel to the optical axis of the first objective lens, without scanning. | 07-09-2015 |
20150196888 | CATALYTIC DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to catalytic devices. In one aspect, a device includes a substrate, an electrically insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a layer of material disposed on the electrically insulating layer, and a catalyst disposed on the layer of material. The substrate comprises an electrically conductive material. The substrate and the layer of material are electrically coupled to one another and configured to have a voltage applied across them. | 07-16-2015 |