U.S. Department of Energy

Vitro Flat Glass LLC

University of Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University

The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Energy

Oregon State University

Vitro, S.a.b. De C.v.

United States Department of Energy

The Penn State Research Foundation

Paul R Ohodnicki, Jr

Adam D Polcyn

James P Thiel

Paul A Medwick

Andrew V Wagner

Dennis J O'Shaughnessy

Thomas D Brown

James J Finley

Harry Buhay

Peng Kevin Chen

Abhinav Bhandari

Michael Paul Buric

Jeffrey A Benigni

Jagannath Devkota

Jacob Lorenzi Poole

Congjun Wang

Satoru Simizu

John P Baltrus

Benjamin Lucci

Chih-hung Chang

Michael McHenry

Christopher Matranga

Sheng Shen

Alan Xiaolong Wang

Kirk R Gerdes

Ki-Joong Kim

Ruishu Wright

Kevin Byerly

Aidong Yan

Sheng Huang

Xinyuan Chong

Mark A Andio

Zsolt Poole

Larry J Shelestak

Hong Li

James W McCamy

Michael T Lanagan

Jung-Kun Lee

Alex Leary

Douglas Kauffman

Chenhu Sun

Ping Lu

Malgorzata Ziomek-Moroz

Christopher E Wilmer

Fei Lu

Yujing Zhang

Xin Su

John C Ahern

Andrew M Schultz

Barbara Kutchko

Jenna Gustafson

Yulin Liu

Jeffrey Wuenschell

Roman Shugayev

Yuval Krimer

Michael P Buric

Dinesh Agrawal

Michael E Mchenry

Robert Fryer

Andreas V Wagner

Andrew W Wagner

A method to detect the presence and or concentration of an analyte in the environment of a spoof plasmon sensor having the steps of: providing a spoof plasmon sensor into an environment; interrogating said spoof plasmon sensor with an electromagnetic signal; collecting a modified electromagnetic signal from the spoof plasmon sensor; and analyzing the modified electromagnetic signal to detect an analyte in the environment of the sensor. A spoof plasmon sensor for detecting an analyte having a substrate with a superior surface; and a conductive material disposed on said superior surface, said conductive material defining a waveguide having a dual tapering shape, wherein said waveguide defines spoof plasmon cavities which are exposed substrate, where said substrate is configured to change in permittivity when contacted by an analyte.

Plasmonic microwave metamaterial waveguide sensing

A method of thermally processing a material with a thermal processing system includes providing a material for treating in an in-line thermal process to a heating system, providing a force to the material at a portion of the material configured to be heated by the heating system, adjusting the heating system to a specified temperature value, and heating the portion of the material to the specified temperature value while the portion of the material is under the force to change a magnetic property in the portion of the material. The heating system is moveable from a first position that is away from a path of the material through the in-line thermal process to a second position in which the heating system is configured to heat the portion of the material to the specified temperature value. The heating system can include induction-based heating.

Thermal processing techniques for metallic materials

Methods and systems including a microwave radiation source are described. A first region of a pure magnetic field can be generated in a first processing zone using a microwave radiation source of the first processing zone. The first processing zone can be a single mode microwave radiation chamber. A second region of a pure electric field can be generated in the first processing zone using the microwave radiation source. The second region can be spatially distinct from the first region. A first portion of an amorphous alloy can be loaded automatically into the first processing zone. The first portion can be positioned in an annealing region. The annealing region can be a single field region selected from the first region and the second region. The first portion can be heated in the annealing region. The first portion can be automatically unloaded from the first processing zone.

In-line microwave processing of alloys

Provided is an axial flux motor including a rotor having a wound ribbon core, the wound ribbon core including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material. The axial flux motor further includes a stator assembly spaced apart from the rotor along a rotation axis of the rotor. The stator assembly includes a body including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material and a plurality of permanent magnets substantially free of rare-earth materials. The plurality of permanent magnets is arranged on the body of the stator assembly.

Axial flux motor

A near-field probe (and associated method) compatible with near-infrared electromagnetic radiation and high temperature applications above 300° C. (or 500° C. in some applications) includes an optical waveguide and a photonic thermal emitting structure comprising a near-field thermally emissive material coupled to or part of the optical waveguide. The photonic thermal emitting structure is structured and configured to emit near-field energy responsive to at least one environmental parameter of interest, and the near-field probe is structured and configured to enable extraction of the near-field energy to a far-field by coupling the near-field energy into one or more guided modes of the optical waveguide.

High temperature near-field probe for sensing and energy harvesting applications based upon thermal emission

A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.

System and method for monitoring a reactor system using optical fiber based sensors

A method of tinting or coloring glass. The following layers are deposited onto the glass: a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer; a primer layer; and a second dielectric layer. Alternatively, these layers may be deposited onto the glass: a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer; and a second dielectric layer. Alternatively, the invention is a coated article that includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, an absorbing layer, and a second dielectric layer over the primer layer. The absorbing layer can be Inconel, titanium nitride, cobalt chrome (stellite), or nickel chrome material, and has a thickness in the range of 50 Å to 150 Å.

Solar control coatings providing increased absorption or tint

An architectural transparency includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, a first metallic layer over the first dielectric layer, a first primer layer over the first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer, a second metallic layer over the second dielectric layer, a second primer layer over the second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer, a third metallic layer over the third dielectric layer, a third primer layer over the third dielectric layer, and a fourth dielectric layer over the third primer layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a subcritical metallic layer.

Solar control coating with discontinuous metal layer

A method of making an optical fiber-based sensor includes providing an optical fiber, and providing a sensing or protection layer on a surface of the optical fiber by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.

Sensing and/or protection layers for optical fiber-based sensors using atomic layer deposition synthesis on optical fibers

Materials, methods of making, and methods of sensing liquid droplets with high spatial resolution as a signature of the on-set of corrosion using a hierarchical sensor network A hierarchical sensor network for sensing liquid droplets with high spatial resolution as a signature of the on-set of corrosion, including an interrogation system; and an intermediate sensor array layer in communication with the interrogation system. The network includes an interrogation system and an intermediate sensor array layer in communication with the interrogation system.

Distributed fiber-optic sensor network for sensing the corrosion onset and quantification

A gas sensor () includes at least one sensor device including a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device () or a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) device (), and a layer of metal organic framework (MOF) material () disposed on each of the at least one sensor device. The at least one sensor device is structured to sense a change in mass of the MOF material.

Gas sensor and method of optimizing an array of gas sensors

A method of making an optical fiber sensor device for distributed sensing includes generating a laser beam comprising a plurality of ultrafast pulses, and focusing the laser beam into a core of an optical fiber to form a nanograting structure within the core, wherein the nanograting structure includes a plurality of spaced nanograting elements each extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of optical fiber. Also, an optical fiber sensor device for distributed sensing includes an optical fiber having a longitudinal axis, a core, and a nanograting structure within the core, wherein the nanograting structure includes a plurality of spaced nanograting elements each extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. Also, a distributed sensing method and system and an energy production system that employs such an optical fiber sensor device.

Method of making a distributed optical fiber sensor having enhanced Rayleigh scattering and enhanced temperature stability, and monitoring systems employing same

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