Duke University

Immunolight, LLC

Katherine Sarah Hansen

Zakaryae Fathi

Frederic Avery Bourke, Jr

Michael J Therien

Ian Nicholas Stanton

Diane Renee Fels

Paul R Stauffer

Paolo Maccarini

Cory Robert Wyatt

Harold Walder

Eric John Toone

Jennifer Ann Ayres

Joshua T Stecher

James Clayton

Zak Fathi

Mark DeWhirst

Joseph A Herbert

Dave Gooden

Mark Wesley Dewhirst

Paul Rath Stauffer

Jennifer Ayres

Frederic A Bourke

Zakarayae Fathi

Methods and systems for producing a change in a medium. A first method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium at least one upconverter including a gas for plasma ignition, with the upconverter being configured, upon exposure to initiation energy, to generate light for emission into the medium, and (2) apply the initiation energy from an energy source including the first wavelength &#x3bb;to the medium, wherein the emitted light directly or indirectly produces the change in the medium. A second method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium an agent receptive to microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation, and (2) apply as an initiation energy the microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation by which the agent directly or indirectly generates emitted light in the infrared, visible, or ultraviolet range to produce at least one of physical and biological changes in the medium.

Up and down conversion systems for production of emitted light from various energy sources including radio frequency, microwave energy and magnetic induction sources for upconversion

A polymerizable composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and a phosphor capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.

Adhesive bonding composition and method of use

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Katherine Sarah Hansen