Available Technologies

Please note:  This page is under construction. In the future, you will be able to find nano related technologies developed at the University of Virginia organized by thrust area.  In the mean time, please find a preliminary list below and visit the University of Virginia Patent Foundation website, (also currently being re-developed).

Issued Patents:

• Aluminum-Based Metallic Glass Alloys
• Improved Vapor Deposition of Giant Magnetoresistive Multilayers
• Levitated Infrared Sensors
• Directed Vapor Deposition of Electron-Beam Evaporant
• Multifunctional Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials

• Smart Barrier for Spin Torque Transfer Random Access Memory (STTRAM)
• In Plane Metal-Oxide-Oxide-Metal Diode Prepared by Selective Anodization
• Multi-Functional Field Effect Switches Utilizing Anodized V/VO2/V Junctions
• Closure Device for Skull Plates
• Epicardial Ablation Catheter and Access Sheath and Methods of Use
• Epicardial-Cathode Catheter for Ablation Procedures
• Manometrically-Monitored Introducer Needle and Method of Use
• Method and Means for Intracranial Implantation of Carmustine Anti-Tumoral Agents
• Steerable Epicardial Lead to be Placed via the Subxiphoid
• 74.1, Vertebrate Cytoplasmic Dynein
• Counter-Current Fluid-Fluid Flows Mixer (C2F3M)
• An On-Chip Signal Suppression Countermeasure to Power Analysis Attacks
• Ductile Bulk Amorphous Steel Alloys
• Fluorescent Boron Difluoride Diketone Polymers
• Improved Method for Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices Allowing Functional Tuning
• Super Rich Hydrogen Storage Nanomaterials with Intermediate Bond Strength
• Monolithic Photodiode Array with Impedance Match
• AST - Atomic Simulation Tool

Recently Licensed (No Longer Available):

• Cellular Filamentary Structures and Method of Manufacture
• Constructed Cellular Solids
• Remote Sensing of Small Volume Solution Temperature on Microdevices
• Super Thermal Conducting Materials and Method of Manufacture
• Ultra-Lightweight Cellular and Foam Structures Produced by Electron Beam Directed Vapor Deposition
• Isolation of Sperm Cells From Other Cells In Cell Mixtures
• Localized Control of Thermal Properties on Microdevices and Applications Thereof
• Purification of DNA Using Microchips Filled with Sol-Gels and Beads