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Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines

General Cable Technologies Corporation

Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

Frog Creek Partners, LLC

Nanoai LLC

Terry C Lowe

Nhon Q Vo

Shenjia Zhang

Brian Deurloo

Cornelius A Muojekwu

Kady M Zinke

A configuration of nanoscale metal or metal oxide projections on the surface of a metal substrate is provided. The configuration, because of their nanoscale geometric characteristics, create non-uniform distributions of electrical surface charge, which can rapidly transfer into nearby microbes to reduce or eliminate their pathogenicity. The charge transfer disrupts the microbe outer membrane and inactivates pathogenic processes. One embodiment of a nano surface architecture is provided that is suitable for inactivating viruses or killing bacteria via enhanced charge transfer. A range of nanoprojection spacings, sizes, and shapes are provided. A high shear deformation process to create high-angle grain boundaries and specific grain sizes in metal or alloy substrates suited for nucleating and growing nanoprojections that possess the characteristics needed to deactivate microbes is also provided. Also provided are embodiments of high shear deformation to make the suitable substrates and thermal oxidation processes to cultivate nanoprojections.

Nanostructured metallic substrates and surfaces to deactivate microbes

Disclosed herein is an integrated combination of materials within a vesicle, comprising a space filling porous or fibrous structure and an engineered nonuniform elastic truss to form an impact mitigating Hybrid Material System (HMS). The macroscale and microscale structures within the HMS can be configured to absorb kinetic energy and reduce the forces transmitted by impacts through the HMS to any surface or body in contact with the HMS.

Non-uniform truss hybrid material system

A magnetizable object within a smoking article or tobacco product that has magnetic properties optimized to enable efficient magnetic retrieval of the smoking article from the environment in a manner that is independent of spatial orientation of the article with respect to the magnetic field.

Nonlinear flexible magnetic filter element

A conductive element of a cable or a wire is formed of a high shear deformation processed aluminum alloy. The aluminum-zirconium alloy exhibits high electrical conductivity and high tensile strength. Methods of forming cables and wires are also further disclosed including the formation of all aluminum alloy cables having high ampacity.

Cables having conductive elements formed from aluminum alloys processed with high shear deformation processes

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Terry C Lowe