News How the University of Chicago is Innovating for a Sustainable Future World IP Day 2024 is focused on exploring how IP encourages and can amplify solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. Specifically, the event – celebrated globally every year on...
News Where Are They Now? Unlisted is Opening the Doors to Off-Market Homes Historically, less than 5% of homes in the U.S. are listed for sale at any given time. Combine that with the well-documented housing shortage and record-high costs of purchasing a...
Technology Sulfur-Containing Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Organic‐inorganic hybrid sulfur‐containing materials show promising properties for a variety of applications (e.g., superconductors, thermoelectrics, etc.). Efficient synthesis of such compounds—especially those containing dithiolene‐type ligands—has historically been challenging due to…
Technology Functionalized Metal Carbides For Energy Storage The invention is a novel synthetic approach for surface modification of two-dimensional (2D) metal carbides (MXenes) using molten inorganic salts. Surface modification of MXenes have been hypothesized to affect material…
Technology New System for the Synthesis of Silicon-Based Materials for Biological Modulation Pure silicon materials with strong photoelectrochemical properties are advantageous to biomodulations devices due to their excellent dielectric properties that are promising in many electrical transmission applications. Synthesis of such materials…
Technology Bioadhesive Polymer for Connecting Semiconductors to Wet Tissue This method imparts bioadhesive properties onto polymeric semiconductors, which enables effective transductions of bio-signals from biological tissues to electronic devices. The Unmet Need: Conformable and stable integration of semiconductor-based biosensing…
News Making Disc Drives Smaller, Faster, More Stable University Provost Thomas Rosenbaum and Daniel Silevitch, Research Scientist, James Franck Institute, stand inside a shielded room, used to screen out radio interference from outside. To the left is the...
News Reflexion Holds a Mirror Up To Disease Reflexion Pharmaceuticals is an eclectic startup. In developing a novel process for making more effective protein therapeutics, it has employed University of Chicago expertise in chemical protein synthesis licensed protein-screening...
News The Future of Energy Storage: Bringing Batteries to the Molecular Scale The increasing use of renewable energy and the adoption of electric vehicles among other advances are creating a significant need for inexpensive and long-lived energy storage devices. While lithium-ion batteries...
Team Madhav V. Rajan, MS, PhD Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago
News Pandemic Contactless Check-In Demand Leads to Milestone for NVC Alum Lynx Lynx has distributed one million digital keys. Cofounded by Chicago Booth School of Business alum Dipen Gala, MBA ’16, Lynx makes it easier for property managers to rent out a...
News Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices Researchers at the University of Chicago have patented a new approach for developing carbon-based bioelectronic devices, which have a variety of applications in drug delivery, substance detection, and organ modulation....
