New Jersey Institute of Technology

Sandia Corporation

New York University

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Universities Space Research Association

Nanoracks, LLC

Government of the United States of America, the Bureau of Reclamation

Boris Khusid

Paul Michael Chaikin

Rajesh N Dave

Fernando J Muzzio

Conrad D James

William V Meyer

Ecevit A Bilgili

Anagha A Bhakay

Andrew Hollingsworth

Mary Murphy

Frank Leitz

Qian Lei

Andreas Acrivos

Katherine L Guerra

Yueyang Shen

Ramani Susarla

Ezinwa O Elele

Anil Kumar

A three-dimensional Bragg grating may include a single colloidal crystal that includes a plurality of repeated layers of material having different refractive indexes. A sample cell for producing a volume Bragg grating may include an internal shape that forms at least one capillary cell having a flat surface and rounded edges. A method of producing a three-dimensional Bragg grating may include: suspending insoluble particles in a host fluid to form a suspension; and exposing the suspension to a sustained microgravity environment.

Method and apparatus for fabrication of large three-dimensional single colloidal crystals for bragg diffraction of infrared light

A benchtop device flow setup for determining the effectiveness of magnetic treatment of feed water for reducing mineral scaling includes two similar branches, both equipped with a reverse osmosis membrane and a pump that operate in the transient regime at the same flow rate and transmembrane pressure. The flow setup is further fed with a solution at the same level of supersaturation measured in a stirred reactor, however, only one branch exposes the feed to a magnetic field.

Method and device for testing the effectiveness of magnetic treatment of feed water for reducing mineral scaling in reverse osmosis processes

The present disclosure provides improved stripfilm based pharmaceutical products (e.g., for enhancing dissolution and bioavailability). More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved systems/methods for fabricating stripfilm based pharmaceutical products by utilizing higher viscosity film forming precursors and drying methods that accomplish improved/faster drying and provide improved/excellent content uniformity of active pharmaceutical agents in the stripfilm based pharmaceutical products. Exemplary systems/methods advantageously use high viscosity, bio-compatible polymeric precursors, (optional use of surface modified drug powders), and convective drying for fabrication of thin films loaded with nano and/or micro sized particles of poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to achieve improved active content uniformity and very fast dissolution from poorly water soluble actives, while accomplishing fast drying during the fabrication process. The present disclosure provides for the fast drying (e.g., via low temperature forced convection) of biocompatible polymer films loaded with poorly water-soluble drug nano-particles.

System and method for fabrication of uniform polymer films containing nano and micro particles via continuous drying process

A microfluidic device comprising independently addressable arrays of interdigitated electrodes can be used to assembly and transport large-scale microparticle structures. The device and method uses collective phenomena in a negatively polarized suspension exposed to a high-gradient strong ac electric field to assemble the particles into predetermined locations and then transport them collectively to a work area for final assembly by sequentially energizing the electrode arrays.

Microfluidic device for the assembly and transport of microparticles

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