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5G Acoustic Filters

Dr. Songbin Gong from the University of Illinois has developed a suite of technologies for the design strategy and method of fabricating acoustic front-end filters at various frequencies,...

Dr. Songbin Gong from the University of Illinois has developed a suite of technologies for the design strategy and method of fabricating acoustic front-end filters at various frequencies, including frequencies > 6 GHz. These acoustic front-end filters demonstrate high electromechanical coupling, high fractional bandwidths, as well as high quality factors. This is achieved through a combination of materials selection, resonator design, and filter design.

This technology:

 

  • Increases the frequency range and the fractional bandwidth of acoustic filters
  • Enables the future generations of wireless communication
  • Allows access to frequency bands above 6 GHz and provides the high FBW required for 5G communications

Electrochemical Remediation of Mercury using Semi-Conducting and Redox-Active Polymers

Dr. Xiao Su has created a system and method for the electrochemical remediation of mercury using semiconducting polymer electrodes. This system and method is directly...

Vibrational Circular Dichroism Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Microscope

Dr. Bhargava has developed a new method and device for imaging with a discrete frequency infrared spectroscopic microscope. Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) is useful...

Ultrasoft Slip-mediated Bending in Few-layer Graphene

This technology leverages the bending stiffness and super lubricity of few-layer materials to create ultra-flexible 2D materials with tunable electronic properties....

Advanced Recycling Method for Polyethylene and Polypropylene Solid Wastes

Dr. Damien Guironnet from the University of Illinois has developed a chemical recycling method for upcycling propylene and isobutene solid wastes. This technique may be...

Shape Memory Polymer Adhesive Gripper

Dr. Seok Kim has developed a robotic gripper arm which has potential applications in many fields including aerospace, electronics, manufacturing, logistics, and micro-...

Autonomous Robot Packaging of Arbitrary Objects

Dr. Kris Hauser from the University of Illinois and colleagues from Duke University have developed a robotic packing algorithm that reduces packing waste and increases...

A Method for Synthesizing Zeolites with Tunable Hydrophobicity

Dr. Flaherty has developed a method for synthesizing zeolites with controlled defect density. By controlling the defect density of the zeolite materials during synthesis,...

High Resolution Distributed Sensor

Inventors from the University of Illinois have developed novel phase-separated optical fibers for use in a distributed sensor. These phase-separated optical fibers have...

Energy Efficient Nanoscale Capacitor

Dr. Alexey Bezryadin, with his research group, has developed a dielectric capacitor that provides 200 J/g of storage density. By injecting and trapping charges within a...

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