Wake Forest University

Thomas L Smith

David Loren Carroll

Mark E Van Dyke

Nicole Hope Levi

William D Wagner

Lawrence Xavier Webb

Luke Burnett

Justin M Saul

Tadhg James O'Gara

Brian Werner

J Baxter Mcguirt

Manoj Namboothiry

Michael Callahan

Roche De Guzman

Faith M Coldren

Provided herein are keratin compositions (e.g., keratin gels, scaffolds, particulates, and the like) including a compound of interest, useful for release and/or delivery of the compound of interest (e.g., in vivo or in vitro). In some embodiments, the composition is a composition formulated for controlled release of the compound of interest.

Controlled delivery system

The present invention provides a method of sensing pressure in a region of interest by providing a plurality of metallic particles operatively associated with one another in the region of interest (for example, wherein the metallic particles sustain a plasmon upon excitation), and with the metallic particles configured or positioned in relationship to one another so that a physical property of the particles (for example, the energy of the plasmon) varies in response to pressure; measuring the physical property of the metallic particles that varies in response to pressure; and then determining the pressure in the region of interest from the detected physical property (e.g., resistance, energy of the plasmon). Compositions, articles and formulations for carrying out the method in industrial and biomedical applications are also described.

Small-scale pressure sensors

In one aspect, wireless strain gauges are described herein. In some embodiments, a wireless strain gauge comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a nano-composite backplane coupled to the RFID tag, wherein the resonant frequency of the RFID tag antenna demonstrates an exponential dependence or substantially exponential dependence on the strain sensed by the strain gauge.

Strain gauge and applications thereof

Provided herein are keratin compositions useful for treating ischemia and/or reperfusion injury, such as that associated with myocardial infarct, ischemic stroke, brain trauma such as traumatic brain injury, hypothermia, chronic wounds, and burns.

Keratin biomaterials for treatment of ischemia

Boat hull

Shingling gauge

Dart game playing field

Growing community of inventors

Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Thomas L Smith