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The invention is a method for creating a complex masked and exposed surface and selectively removing the resist or mask. The film is a polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) and has a polycationic surface that binds biomaterials. The resist areas can be selectively removed without disturbing adherent interactions between the cationic film surface and bound biomaterials.

Easy to use and reliable virtual user interfaces are provided in augmented reality systems though the use of fiducials, or digital tattoos.

This invention provides distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS)/polyurethane based compositions that are extrudable, injection or compression moldable, and can be used to make furniture, trays and/or containers. The invention also discloses processes for preparing the compositions.

This invention provides a novel organic, conductive polymer that has magnetic properties at room temperature, and can be used as a transducer in a conductometric-immunoassay biosensor.

An algorithm and a circuit are provided for implementing high-speed CMOS analog decoders. This technology is useful for iterative decoding of turbo, low-density parity-check (LDPC) or turbo-like coded data.

The technology includes processes for creating versatile and selective metal patterns (such as copper and nickel) by combining the use of PEM coatings, microcontact printing (MCP), and electroless deposition. MCP is used to pattern a charged catalyst (such as palladium and stannous ions) onto oppositely charged PEM coated substrates. The substrate is then placed into an electroless deposition bath where a metal selectively plates at the catalyzed regions.

The invention is a process for preparing and affixing electrically conducting diamond powder to conducting diamond with conducting binder. In addition, metals can be electrodeposited onto the powder to obtain specific electrochemical activity. Applications include electrochemical generation of chlorine or ozone or remediation of toxic waste.

This invention provides compositions and a method for improving the impact strength and elongation at break of PLA without significantly compromising their tensile strength and modulus.

A method for increasing salt and drought tolerance in plants by transforming a plant cell with a gene, XERICO, encoding a transcription factor comprised of a RING (Really Interesting New Gene)-H2 zinc-finger.

This technology is a doped ternary semiconductor composition with exceptional figures of merit for thermoelectric generation (heat pump) in many applications.