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Thermal Atomic Layer Etching of Cobalt and Other Transition Metal Films
A novel stepwise chemical etching method for precise and controlled removal of metal surfaces using protic compounds.
Technology Summary
This technology introduces a method for etching metal or element surfaces by initially contacting the surface with a protic compound to create a modified layer, followed by exposure to a protic ligand-forming compound...
Published: 10/28/2025
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Inventor(s): Charles Winter
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Category > Assays, Technology Category > Chemical Processing/Synthesis, Technology Category > Chemicals, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Materials, Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Physics, Technology Category > Process/Procedure, Technology Category > Small molecule, Technology Category > Specialty compounds, Technology Category > Thin films
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High Capacity Hybrid Frame-Wall Intended for Cold-formed Steel Construction
High-Capacity Hybrid Frame-Wall Intended for Cold-formed Steel Construction
WSU Tech#: 23-1735
Technology Summary
This innovative hybrid frame-wall system integrates cold formed steel columns that support gravitational loads with a steel braced frame embedded within the wall plane to resist lateral forces. The frame uses concentric and eccentric...
Published: 10/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Fatmir Menkulasi, Salih Rakici
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Building & Construction, Technology Category > Engineering
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CMOS Laddered Inverter Ring Oscillator
Low-Power, Multi-Phase, CMOS-based Ring Oscillator Circuit
Background:
CMOS technology is used for constructing integrated circuit (IC) chips, including microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory chips (including CMOS BIOS), and other analog and digital logic circuits. A CMOS ring oscillator circuit is an odd number (N) of inverting stages connected...
Published: 10/6/2025
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Inventor(s): Melvin Edwards II, Mohammad Alhawari
Keywords(s): IoT
Category(s): Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Electronics, Technology Category > Electrical, Technology Category > Communications
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Ruthenium-based caging of nitrile-containing enzyme inhibitors
Technology Summary: Novel synthesis methods for caging nitrile-containing bioactive molecules to a non-toxic ruthenium metal complex have been developed which enable light activated release of a cathespin K inhibitor. Numerous potent and selective cathepsin inhibitors are being developed as drug candidates. Cysteine cathepsins are involved in the pathophysiology...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Jeremy Kodanko, Claudia Turro
Keywords(s): Cancer, Pharmaceuticals
Category(s): Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Other, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Drug Delivery, Technology Category > Chemicals
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Laser Spray Ionization (LSI) Method for Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Technology Summary: Laser Spray Ionization (LSI) is a novel inlet ionization method for mass spectrometry invented at WSU which can be used to create predominately multiply charged ions from solid samples at atmospheric pressure. Unlike MALDI ionization methods which are typically limited to producing singly charged species for larger molecules, LSI...
Published: 10/1/2025
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Inventor(s): Sarah Trimpin
Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Imaging
Category(s): Technology Category > Spectroscopy, Technology Category > Research tools, Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Other, Technology Category > Instrumentation, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Imaging, Technology Category > Characterization
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Next Generation MRI Contrast Imaging Agent
WSU has developed a new class of contrast agents that are effective at ultra-high field strengths (>3 tesla) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) where current clinical agents severely decline in effectiveness. Our new agents are based on the metal Eu(II) which is novel compared to current agents that are based on Gd(III). The difference between the...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Matthew Allen, Nipuni Gamage, Yujiang Mei, Joel Garcia, Jeremiah Moore
Keywords(s): Compound, Diagnostic, Imaging, MRI, Positive Imaging Agent
Category(s): Technology Category > Specialty compounds, Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > MRI, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Imaging, Technology Category > Chemicals
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Intelligent Autonomous Camera Control for Robotics with Medical, Military, & Space Applications
Currently, during robotic surgery the surgeon must interrupt the operation and shift controls to move the camera arm of the robot, causing a distraction for the surgeon. Researchers from Wayne State University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the School of Medicine have jointly developed a new method for camera movement based on...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Abhilash Pandya, Michael Klein, Ajay Mudunuri, Alex Cao, Luke Reisner, Brady King, Syed Ali
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Category(s): Technology Category > Robotics, Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Medical Devices, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Electronics, Technology Category > Devices
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Marangoni Optofluidic Tweezers (MOT)
There is currently a great deal of interest in using small droplets as containers for chemical reactions. Optical methods for droplet manipulation are attractive because they offer control without an on chip structure; however forces from optical tweezers tend to be in the pN range.
Wayne State University researchers have developed a new method...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Amar Basu, Gopakumar Kamalakshakurup
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Optics & Photonics, Technology Category > Microfluidics, Technology Category > MEMS, Technology Category > Instrumentation
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Dispersion-optimized Silicon nanoparticle (SiNP)/Graphene composite anode for high performance Lithium ion battery (LIB)
WSU researchers have invented a novel method to produce dispersion-optimized SiNP within a conducting Graphene matrix forming a standalone composite anode material. The method creates small clusters to lone particle distributions maximizing the nanomaterial properties of SiNP yielding anodes with improved capacity retention and rate performance. It...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Rhet C De Guzman, Ka Yuen Simon Ng, Steven Salley
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Nanomaterials, Technology Category > Materials, Technology Category > Energy Storage/Battery, Technology Category > Energy & Environment, Technology Category > Chemicals
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First Row Transition Metal Diazadiene Film Growth Precursors
Technology Overview
Wayne State University researchers have developed a new class of thermally stable, volatile transition chemical compounds that have desirable properties for the growth of thin films of transition metal-containing materials. These novel film precursors have high potential for use in the growth of thin films by chemical vapor deposition...
Published: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Charles Winter, Thomas Knisley
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Category > Thin films, Technology Category > Physical Sciences, Technology Category > Other, Technology Category > Materials, Technology Category > Chemicals
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