Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Liquiglide Inc.

General Electric Company

Infinite Cooling Inc.

Everon24, Inc.

Alsym Energy, Inc.

Agzen Inc.

Kripa K Varanasi

J David Smith

Rajeev Dhiman

Adam T Paxson

Brian Richmond Solomon

Christopher Jameson Love

Seyed Reza Mahmoudi

Maher Damak

Jonathan David Smith

Karim Khalil

Nasim Hyder

Sruti Balasubramanian

Justin Kleingartner

Sushant Anand

Leonid Rapoport

C Benjamin Renner

Bahar M Alipour

Mukesh Chatter

Nikhil Ashok Koratkar

Nitin Bhate

Hyukmin Kwon

Karen K Gleason

Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian

Yuk-Chiu Lau

Gareth H McKinley

Tao Deng

Margaret Louise Blohm

Rahul Mukherjee

Trevor John Simmons

Carsten Louis Boers

Md Nasim Hyder

James C Bird

Srinivas Prasad Bengaluru Subramanyam

Konrad Rykaczewski

Dan Soto

Henri-Louis Girard

Ernesto Reza-Garduño Cabello

Brian Jordan

Ming Feng Hsu

Yet-Ming Chiang

Norman Arnold Turnquist

Christopher Edward Wolfe

Wayne Charles Hasz

Geoffrey David Myers

Farshad Ghasripoor

Dennis Michael Gray

Robert E Cohen

Frederick George Baily

Shorya Awtar

Imdad Imam

Kevin P Simon

Mark Edward Burnett

Dalong Zhong

Gregory Allen O'Neil

Jeffrey Scott Goldmeer

Ciro Cerretelli

Michael Bernhard Schmitz

Mohammad Ashraf Gondal

Todd Charles Curtis

Andong Liu

Alexander Henry Slocum, Jr

Daniel H Goodman

Emad Ahmad Obaid Gharaibah

Xinwei Chen

Adam J Meuler

David Quere

Gibum Kwon

Harrison L Bralower

Vishnu Jayaprakash

Caroline McCue

Asli Ugur Katmis

Susmita Dash

Dieter B Brommer

Gisele Azimi

Jose L Yagüe

Ingrid Fuller Guha

Carl Frederik Brasz

Joseph DiPrisco

Antoine Le Helloco

Jolet De Ruiter

Thomas Jean-Yves Binder

Jeffrey Carbeck

Emily Green

Christohpher J Love

Ernesto Reza-Garduno Cabello

Konrad Rykaczewksi

Charles W Hibben

Described herein are methods for transporting and/or harvesting gas from bubbles, as well as associated articles and systems. In some embodiments, transporting and/or harvesting the gas from the bubbles can reduce or prevent the amount of foam that is present within a system. According to certain embodiments, a conduit comprising a porous wall portion can be at least partially submerged into a foam and/or a bubble-containing liquid. The porous wall portion of the conduit can be configured and/or arranged, according to certain embodiments, such that the porous wall portion provides a fluidic pathway through which gas from the bubbles within the liquid may be channeled to a gaseous environment in the interior portion of the conduit. The gas may be transported, according to certain embodiments, along the interior portion of the conduit into an external gaseous environment and/or harvested from the interior portion of the conduit.

Bubble gas harvesting and/or transport methods and associated systems and articles

Foam mitigation using a variety of articles, systems, and methods is generally described. According to certain embodiments, surfaces with certain wetting properties can be used to reduce or eliminate the formation of foam from bubble-containing liquids. In some embodiments, a surface with certain wetting properties is configured and/or arranged within bubble-containing liquids such that the surface provides a gaseous fluidic pathway through which gas from the bubbles within the liquid may be channeled to a gaseous environment outside the liquid.

Foam reduction and/or prevention methods and associated systems and articles

In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to apparatus comprising a liquid-impregnated surface, said surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a matrix of solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, one or both of the following holds: (i) 0<ϕ≤0.25, where ϕ is a representative fraction of the projected surface area of the liquid-impregnated surface corresponding to non-submerged solid at equilibrium; and (ii) S<0, where Sis spreading coefficient, defined as γ−γ−γ, where γ is the interfacial tension between the two phases designated by subscripts w, a, and o, where w is water, a is air, and o is the impregnating liquid.

Apparatus and methods employing liquid-impregnated surfaces

Described herein is an aqueous aluminum ion battery featuring an aluminum or aluminum alloy/composite anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a manganese oxide, aluminosilicate or polymer-based cathode. The battery operates via an electrochemical reaction that entails an actual transport of aluminum ions between the anode and cathode. The compositions and structures described herein allow the aqueous aluminum ion battery described herein to achieve: (1) improved charge storage capacity; (2) improved gravimetric and/or volumetric energy density; (3) increased rate capability and power density (ability to charge and discharge in shorter times); (4) increased cycle life; (5) increased mechanical strength of the electrode; (6) improved electrochemical stability of the electrodes; (7) increased electrical conductivity of the electrodes, and (8) improved ion diffusion kinetics in the electrodes as well as the electrolyte.

Aqueous aluminum ion batteries, hybrid battery-capacitors, compositions of said batteries and battery-capacitors, and associated methods of manufacture and use

Described herein are medical devices and medical implements with high lubricity to flesh (or biological fluid) and/or inhibited nucleation on its surface. The device has a surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a plurality of micro-scale and/or nano-scale solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween. The impregnating liquid fills spaces between said solid features, the surface stably contains the impregnating liquid between the solid features, and the impregnating liquid is substantially held in place between the plurality of solid features regardless of orientation of the surface.

Medical devices and implements with liquid-impregnated surfaces

Polymers comprising fluorinated side chains that can be used for water resistance coatings on substrates and are deposited by initiated chemical vapor deposition are generally described.

Durable water resistant coatings

The invention is directed to an article with a liquid-impregnated surface, the surface having a matrix of features thereupon, spaced sufficiently close to stably contain a liquid therebetween or therewithin, and preferable also a thin film thereupon. The surface provides the article with advantageous non-wetting properties. Compared to previous non-wetting surfaces, which include a gas (e.g., air) entrained within surface textures, these liquid-impregnated surfaces are resistant to impalement and frost formation, and are therefore more robust.

Liquid-impregnated surfaces, methods of making, and devices incorporating the same

Presented herein are systems and methods for automatically determining liquid coverage on plant surfaces. More particularly, in certain embodiments, presented herein is a system for receiving an image depicting one or more plant surfaces, automatically identifying the plant surfaces in the image and distinguishing portions covered by liquid, and automatically determining a liquid coverage value. In some embodiments, the system determines changes to liquid spraying parameters to achieve desired liquid coverage values. In some embodiments, the system uses two cameras to cooperatively conduct background removal in images and determination of liquid coverage.

Systems and methods for real-time measurement and control of sprayed liquid coverage on plant surfaces

Embodiments described herein relate generally to systems and methods for creating durable lubricious surfaces (DLS) via interfacial modification. The DLS can be prepared via a combination of a solid, a liquid, and an additive that modifies the interface between the DLS and a contact liquid, resulting in an interfacial layer that acts as a lubricant and/or protective coating between the DLS and the contact liquid. The lubricating effect created between the additive and the contact liquid results in enhanced slipperiness, as well as the protective properties that can help with durability of the DLS.

Systems and methods for creating durable lubricious surfaces via interfacial modification

An example of a system for use in collecting fluid from a gas stream includes one or more collection panels and a frame for arranging the panel(s). Each of the collection panel(s) may comprise an emitter electrode assembly member, comprising one or more emitter electrodes, physically attached to an electrically insulated from a fluid collection member comprising one or more collection electrodes. The frame may be sized and shaped to be disposed near a gas outlet or a duct. An example of a method for collecting fluid from a gas stream includes providing the collection panel(s) disposed in a path of the gas stream; providing the gas stream; generating and maintaining a voltage at the one or more emitter electrodes of each of the collection panel(s); and collecting an amount of the fluid from the gas stream with the one or more collection panels.

Systems and methods for collecting fluid from a gas stream

Systems and methods related to the formation of a reaction product on a surface are generally provided. The systems and methods described herein may allow for collection of the retention of a fluid by a surface in a relatively high amount. Such systems and methods may be useful in various applications including, for example, agriculture. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance water retention on hydrophobic surfaces of plants. Advantageously, the methods described herein may, in some cases, result in the formation of reaction products on a surface that serve to prevent fluids from being removed from the surface. Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may suppress the adverse effects of natural conditions such as high surface energies and wind.

Systems and methods for surface retention of fluids

Crystal nucleation, and associated articles, systems, and methods, are generally described.

Enhanced crystal nucleation

Methods related to forming reaction products on surfaces are generally provided. Some methods comprise applying first and second polyelectrolytes in first and second polyelectrolyte carrier fluids to a surface. The first and second polyelectrolytes may be different, and the first and second carrier fluids may be the same or different. Some methods comprise forming a mixture of the first and second polyelectrolytes in a mixture carrier fluid that comprises the first and/or second carrier fluids. The first and second polyelectrolyte may be removed from the mixture carrier fluid to form a reaction product on the surface. In some embodiments, the mixture carrier fluid comprises a salt with a molecular weight of less than or equal to 1 kg/mol at a concentration within the mixture carrier fluid of from 0.01 M to 0.5 M. In some embodiments, the mixture carrier fluid has a turbidity of greater than or equal to 10 NTU and a viscosity of less than or equal to 1 Pa*s.

Articles and systems involving reaction products on surfaces and associated methods

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