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Control over deposition of nanoscale materials using structured surfaces

The ability to precisely localize and control deposition of materials at the nanoscale is extremely important for a wide variety of emerging technologies. Many unique physical properties emerge only at the nanoscale and it is very useful to be able…

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Low-cost method for measuring the frequency content of a signal above the acquisition rate

Harvard researchers have developed a new method for determining the PSD of a signal that dramatically extends the effective detection bandwidth of current instruments. The invention circumvents previous limitations of acquisition rate and detector…

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Silicon-based photodiodes for enhanced infrared detection, quick response and low cost

The technology offered here is for the creation of an “impurity enhanced” silicon material with unique optelectric properties. The material is created by employing an ion-implantation technique using a nanosecond laser to melt the basis of single…

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Improved metal complex chemical precursors for atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor depostion (CVD) using bicyclic guanidines

A new class of metal complex precursors has been identified for use in atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD), using bicycle guanidines as ligands as opposed to acetamidines. The ALD process involves the alternating…

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Microfluidic arrays for multiplex detection of analyts

This invention is a microfluidic array apparatus and a method of performing multiple analyses on multiple samples simultaneously, utilizing nanoliter volumes of reagents. It has two embodiments, the first consists of N microfluidic channels, perhaps…

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Analyzing trace gases at part-per-billion levels by rapid gas-phase cooling

This invention realizes a new idea of using buffer gas to rapidly cool small gas molecules to very low temperatures.

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Monolithically-integrated graphene structures as sensors

Graphene is a single, atomic-layer thick two-dimensional sheet of bonded carbon atoms that is characterized by superb electric and mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, and optical transparency. Graphene is a promising candidate material for…

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Self-aligned barrier layers

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Vertical silicon nanowires as a universal platform for highly efficient delivery of bioactive molecules into living cells

This platform consists of an array of surface-modified vertical silicon nanowires that have been chemically grown or etched on a wafer and to which virtually any kind of bioactive species (drug, protein, nucleic acid, nanoparticles) may be attached…