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Highly Efficient Polymerization Induced by Visible Light

A simple, widely applicable technique to produce polymers The Technology This invention is a new living free-radical polymerization technique which uses the external stimulus light as a trigger, and is oxygen tolerant. This invention allows for a high degree of control over the polymerization activation and deactivation such that well-defined polymer...

Published: 19/05/2015

Category(s): Next Generation Materials

Keywords(s): Biotech, Chemical, Chemical Engineering, Electronics, Material Science, Nanotech, Textiles

Inventor(s): Jiangtao Xu, Cyrille Boyer

A world-first material to effectively store hydrogen

Safer, Compact Hydrogen Storage Hydrogen has enormous potential as an energy storage medium. This invention provides the key to safer, more compact hydrogen storage. Energy generated from renewable sources, like wind or solar power, is difficult to store and therefore unable to supply demand when weather conditions are unfavourable. A viable energy...

Published: 26/10/2014

Category(s): Renewable Energy & Environment

Keywords(s): Cleantech, Energy, Environment, Manufacturing, Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, Storage

Inventor(s): Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Wei Liu

Improved Fuel System for Scramjets

A Fuel System developed to increase the energy density and lower the ionisation threshold for hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuel in high speed air breathing engines such as scramjets. The Technology The development of scramjet technologies has suffered from the need to improve reliability and reduce requirements for ignition speeds and minimum operating...

Published: 16/03/2014

Category(s): Mechanical, Advanced Materials, Miscellaneous, Easy Access IP

Keywords(s): Aeronautical Engineering, Chemical, Chemical Engineering, Defence, Easy Access IP, Energy, Material Science, Petrochemical, Transport

Inventor(s): Stefan Brieschenk, Sean O'byrne