Flexible Nanophotonic Cavity-Enhanced Infrared Photodetectors Employing Double Quantum Wells
Double-quantum-well infrared photodetectors (DQWIPs) integrated with nanophotonic cavities enable highly responsive mid-infrared detection through enhanced intersubband absorption in the thin semiconductor heterostructure. Additionally, the technology is compatible with flexible substrates.
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Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIPs)...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Inventor(s): Peter Liu, Puspita Paul
Keywords(s): Featured, Imaging: Medical Imaging, Instrumentation, Night vision and thermal imaging, Optics, Research Tool, Sensors, Surveillance, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Semiconductor Devices and Manufacturing
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Borophene Tubes
Nanotubes directly synthesized from atomically thin sheets of borophene to adopt multiple structures with high thermal and electrical conductivity.
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Borophene nanotubes (BNT) have been a synthetic goal for decades based on predictions of their usefulness in energy storage and generation. BNTs offer options for carbon nanotubes applications,...
Published: 10/22/2025
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Inventor(s): Paras Prasad, Mark Swihart, Pranay Ranjan, Devendra Negi, Amitava Banerjee, Shahzad Ahmad, Moin Siddiqui, Arshiya Ansari, Ghanshyam Varshney
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Featured, Materials & Chemicals, Research Tool, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Modified Graphene Oxide-based Membranes for Mixture Separations
A facile method for developing membranes for hydrocarbon mixture separations by depositing graphene oxide flakes on a commercial porous substrate.
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Molecular separations in mixtures account for approximately 50% of industrial energy use in the US alone, so there is high demand for alternate separation technologies, particularly for liquid...
Published: 9/12/2025
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Inventor(s): Miao Yu, Bratin Sengupta
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Featured, Materials & Chemicals, Research Tool, Surface Research, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents
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Nanoporous Materials for Direct Air Capture
An amine-based ultrathin polyamide coating for direct carbon dioxide capture from air and point sources with low carbon dioxide concentrations.
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Direct air capture (DAC) technologies allow extraction of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storage or conversion to value-added chemicals through catalysis. DAC materials must demonstrate...
Published: 10/22/2025
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Inventor(s): Miao Yu, Kaleb Friedman
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Energy, Featured, Materials & Chemicals, Research Tool, Surface Research, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Environment
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Production of Salivary Gland Epithelial Progenitors and Acinar Organoids
Human iPSC-based tissue engineering system to develop salivary gland epithelial progenitors used to construct acinar organoids that mimic glandular microarchitecture and function.
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Organoids are three-dimensional cell constructs that replicate the complicated tissue microarchitecture of specialized epithelial tissues. These constructs...
Published: 10/22/2025
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Inventor(s): Stelios Andreadis, Ronel Samuel, Olga Baker, Kihoon Nam
Keywords(s): Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Featured, Medical Devices, Research Tool, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biological Materials, Technology Classifications > Screens and Assays
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