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Entering the Fourth Dimension - Manufacturing Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Structures

The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking companies interested in commercializing an innovative method for fabricating Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) structures that undergo reversible actuation in a wide variety of environments. This method uses direct-write additive manufacturing to locally-control the molecular orientation of LCEs, thereby programming...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Chemistry, Devices, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Industrial & Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Microfluidics, Polymers, Processes, Robotics

Category(s): Materials

Sheath-Core Fibers for Superelastic Electronics, Sensors, and Muscles

Summary:From fitness trackers to smart clothing, wearables are in high demand. Researchers at UT Dallas have invented a new class of elastic wires that can be woven into clothing or made into super-stretchy charger cords. Lighter-than-air, electrically conductive sheets of tiny carbon nanotubes are wrapped around a long rubber core to create conducting...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Ray Baughman, Shaoli Fang, Carter Haines, Hongbing Lu, Dong Qian

Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Industrial & Manufacturing, Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices, Motors, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Robotics, Sensors & Controls, Textiles

Category(s): Materials, Electronics

High Torque Density Switched Reluctance Motors

Applications like aerospace, automotive and robotics require high torque to volume/weight ratio machines. Permanent Magnet Machines have been considered to be the sole candidates, however, the limitation of the operational temperature, relatively high price, and unstable overseas supply of permanent magnet material limits its massive applications. There...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Babak Fahimi, Wei Wang, Chenjie Lin, Mehdi Moallem, Mohammadali Abbasian

Keywords(s): Automotive, Devices, Energy, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Industrial & Manufacturing, Motors, Robotics, Transportation

Category(s): Mechanical Systems

Fuel-Powered Artificial Muscles

These inventions are new, highly-efficient actuators which can function as artificial muscles. They are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater work per cycle, and produce larger contractions than natural muscles. Developed using nanotechnology, these actuators are powered through two methods that convert the chemical energy...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Ray Baughman, Von Ebron, Zhiwei Yang, Daniel Seyer, Mikhail Kozlov, Jiyoung Oh, Hui Xie, Joselito Razal, John Ferraris, Alan Macdiarmid, William Macaulay

Keywords(s): Chemistry, Coatings, Devices, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Fuel Cells, Industrial & Manufacturing, Mechanical Systems, Motors, Nanotechnology, Processes, Robotics, Textiles

Category(s): Materials