Sam T. Liss

Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships

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Invention

Eliminating the bottleneck in WiFi networks: New protocol delivers order-of-magnitude increase in performance

Have you ever been to a very busy coffee shop, hotel lobby or conference and been unable to access WiFi? Wi-Fi networks based on the 802.11 set of standards are pervasive, but have a fundamental performance bottleneck that limits the practical…

Investigators

  • Hsiang-Tsung Kung
  • Tsung-Han Lin

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High-flux, low-power diamond nanowire single-photon source arrays: an enabling material for optical and quantum computing and cryptography

The novel approach taken by the Harvard researchers was to apply top-down nanofabrication techniques to define large arrays of vertically oriented nanowire antennas in a single-crystal diamond substrate. Briefly, structures were made from a…

Investigators

  • Marko Loncar
  • Thomas M. Babinec
  • Birgit J.M. Yao
  • Mughees Khan
  • Yinan Zhang
  • Philip R. Hemmer

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Multi-resistance states through electrically-driven phase transitions in VO2/HfO2/VO2 heterostructures on silicon

Key advantages of memory chips fabricated using the Harvard process include faster access time, smaller die size and lower power, all "holy grails" of the memory market. This invention is part of a portfolio of IP, starting with a basic patent for a…

Investigators

  • Shriram Ramanathan
  • You Zhou
  • Zheng Yang

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Patterning of metals and metal compounds using ionotropic polymers

Patterning surfaces to create some function is a core technology propelling our technical society. The most important such technology, photolithography, is used to create IC chips with nanoscale features. It is also the most expensive with fab…

Investigators

  • George M. Whitesides
  • Michal Lahav
  • Max Narovlyansky
  • Adam Winkleman
  • Raquel Perez-Castillejos
  • Emily A. Weiss
  • Leonard N.J. Rodriguez

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High-sensitivity, high-throughput biosensor capable of detecting biomarkers without external fluorescent labels

This invention describes a combination of technologies that produce a miniature optical biosensor array which is capable of detecting biomarkers without requiring external fluorescent labels. This label-free approach uses a sample placed in a…

Investigators

  • Frank Vollmer
  • Qimin Quan
  • Marko Loncar

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A self-sustained soliton oscillator utilizing nonlinear transmission lines and spectrum-preservice nonlinear amplification

The invention describes new methods and apparatus for implementing stable self-starting and self-sustaining electrical nonlinear pulse (e.g., soliton, cnoidal wave, or quasi-soliton) oscillators. In one embodiment, a nonlinear pulse oscillator is…

Investigators

  • Donhee Ham
  • David Ricketts
  • Xiaofeng Li
  • Matthew DePetro

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Inorganic additives for membrane fouling reduction

Technology that dramatically improves the antifouling performance of membranes that are used for industrial processes, such as filtration. Membranes are pervasive in membrane bioreactors that are used for ultrafiltration applications such as water…

Investigators

  • Chad David Vecitis
  • Jose Carlos Mierzwa

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A novel color filter array design scheme significantly reduces hardware complexity

In digital imaging applications, data are typically obtained via a spatial sub-sampling procedure implemented as a color filter array (CFA). CFA assigns a separate primary color to each pixel by placing a filter of that color over the pixel. The…

Investigators

  • Patrick J. Wolfe
  • Keigo Hirakawa

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Controllable motion damping for prosthetic limbs and robotics

The technology offered here provides instant damping control and tunable shock absorption in low-power mechanical systems. The invention is a soft structure which contains magneto-rheological fluid (MRF), which hardens under applied magnetic fields.…

Investigators

  • Robert J. Wood
  • Carmel S. Majidi

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A bulk nanomachining method for suspended nanobeam and other free-standing structures

This technology is a bulk nanomachining methodology for fabricating suspended sub-micron and nanoscale nanobeam photonic and mechanical elements. It is based on standard planar fabrication processes (i.e. optical or electron beam lithography and…

Investigators

  • Marko Loncar
  • Mikhail D. Lukin
  • Nathalie de Leon
  • Michael J. Burek
  • Brendan Shields
  • Birgit J.M. Yao

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