Harvard College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Northwestern University

Daniel John Preston

George M Whitesides

Evelyn N Wang

Shencheng Ge

Michael Johannes Fink

Amit Arun Nagarkar

Milan Mrksich

Ryan Enright

Nenad Miljkovic

Alexei S Ten

Samuel Evan Root

Joseph Bozenko

Markus P Nemitz

Vanessa Sanchez

Jovanna Angelina Fazzini

Yunzhe Wang

Nicolas J Deshler

Christoffer Karl Abrahamsson

Brian J Cafferty

A magnetic levitation system is described, including a first and second magnets having surfaces of their like-poles facing each other; and a container disposed between the first and second magnets' like poles and containing a solution including a paramagnetic complex in a non-aqueous solvent, where the paramagnetic complex includes a paramagnetic metal and at least one ligand that coordinates to the paramagnetic metal via electron donation. Methods of separating a mixture of solid compounds, and/or identifying, confirming, and/or predicting the composition of the mixture, are also described.

Magnetic levitation system

In one aspect, a kit includes a sleeve including an outer lining and an inner lining; a pouch arranged within the sleeve and including one or more polymer sheets, a plurality of channels, and a plurality of vents; and a foam precursor capable of forming a foam within the pouch. In one aspect, a method of stabilizing a body part includes providing a sleeve including an outer lining and an inner lining around a body part; providing a pouch arranged within the sleeve and including one or more polymer sheets, a plurality of channels, and a plurality of vents; providing a foam precursor in the pouch; and forming a foam within the pouch.

Expanding foam-fabric orthopedic limb stabilization device

A device is disclosed, including: a plate including a sample deposition tube adapted to receive a sample comprising one or more analytes, the sample deposition tube defining a vertical axis substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the plate; and a mirror positioned to project, substantially parallel to the main surface of the plate, an image of the sample deposition tube along its vertical axis, so as to allow determination of the vertical location of the one or more analytes inside the sample deposition tube. Methods for determining the density of one or more analytes using various embodiments of the device are also described.

Sample analysis with mirrors

A machine-readable medium and methods of reading and writing same are disclosed. The machine-readable medium comprises a substrate having an array of addressable locations thereon, each addressable location adapted to be physically associated with a collection of non-polymeric molecules. The molecules in each collection are selected from a set of unambiguously identifiable molecules, each molecule uniquely associated with a predetermined position in a numerical value, wherein the presence of the molecule in the collection indicates a predetermined digit at the associated position and the absence of said molecule in the collection indicates a zero at said associated position.

Storage of information using mixtures of molecules

Lubricant infused surfaces (LIS) can be uncoated high-surface-energy solids, thereby eliminating the need for unreliable low-surface-energy coatings and resulting in LIS repelling the lowest surface tension impinging fluid (butane, &#x3b3;&#x2248;13 mN/m) reported to date.

Lubricant infused surfaces

A uniform external field can enhance condensation on a superhydrophobic surface. Jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces accumulate a positive charge which promises the manipulation and control of jumping behavior using external electric fields.

Condensation on surfaces

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Daniel John Preston