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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…

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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…

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Efficient drive method for capacitive actuators with voltage amplification

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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…

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Safe cranial drilling device

Offered here is a device that enables non-neurosurgical personnel to safely drill through the skull without the risk of additional brain damage. It consists of a handheld, portable, cranial drilling device that can be used with any diameter drill…

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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…

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Method to fabricate articulated characters from skinned meshes

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Robust fluorescent probes allow sensitive detection of small molecules

The invention is an efficient method to synthesize novel silver nanoparticles with bright fluorescence and a giant Raman enhancement effect. These particles, 2 – 20 nm in diameter, exhibit a highly multi-domain structure with grain sizes down to 1…

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Slowing down light for enhanced detection and measurement of biomolecules

The photonic crystal device is a novel method for localizing and trapping light, where the light can be utilized for a wide-variety of chemical, biological, and optical applications. Traditional chemical and biological optical sensors are limited by…