UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160084766 | RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTION DEVICE - A Raman spectroscopic detection device comprising at least one microfluidic sample channel; at least one excitation waveguide for exciting a Raman signal and at least one collection waveguide for collecting a Raman signal. The output of the excitation waveguide and the input of the collection waveguide are positioned directly in the microfluidic sample channel. | 03-24-2016 |
20160016976 | GOLD COMPLEXES - Gold (I) hydroxide complexes of the form Z—Au—OH and digold complexes of the form Z—Au-(μOH)—Au—Z where groups Z are two electron donors are provided. The groups Z may be carbenes, for example nitrogen containing heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), phosphines or phosphites. The complexes can be used as catalysts, for example in reactions such as hydration of nitriles, skeletal arrangement of enynes, alkoxycyclisation of enynes, alkyne hydration, the Meyer-Shuster reaction, 3,3′ rearrangement of allylic acetates, cyclisation of propargylic acetates, Beckman rearrangements and hydroamination. The complexes can be used in medicine, for example in the treatment of cancer. | 01-21-2016 |
20150227334 | Visual focus-aware techniques for visualizing display changes - A computer processor based method for controlling a plurality of computer displays in response to user behavior, the method comprising identifying at least one display that is unattended by the user by determining the user's visual focus, and applying an overlay window to the unattended display to control visualization of the identified unattended display. | 08-13-2015 |
20150173368 | Synthesis of MOFs - The present invention relates to the synthesis of a variety of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) using low temperature and solvents which are considered to be not particularly harmful to the environment. There is also provided novel MOFs which may be made by the desired processes. | 06-25-2015 |
20140296172 | Method for screening compounds comprising the use of picornavirus protease 2A - A method of screening compounds or molecules comprising the steps of: translating a sequence encoding the amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID No. 29 in a translation system in the presence of a test compound or molecule; and analysing the translation product(s) for the presence of one or more of (a) a peptide comprising the amino acids Pro-Gly at the C terminus and a peptide comprising the amino acid Pro at the N terminus: or (b) a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 29. | 10-02-2014 |
20140251412 | Thin Film Solar Cell - A solar cell that has a thin film of active material in which is defined a series or array of diffraction cells, wherein each diffraction unit-cell has a non-periodic series of diffraction features and is adapted to suppress at least one low order diffraction mode. | 09-11-2014 |
20140242493 | DIRECT CARBON ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A direct carbon fuel cell DCFC system ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140239149 | CONTROLLING LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH A MEDIUM - Methods for controlling light transmission through a medium by transmitting light from a single spatial portion of an input optical field through the medium creating an output optical field, superposing the output optical field with a reference optical field creating an optical interference field, detecting an intensity of a spatial portion of a polarization component of the optical interference field and using the detected intensity to determine a value of an optical field amplitude and of an optical field phase for each of a plurality of spatial portions of the input optical field and for each of first and second orthogonal input polarization states of transmitted light entering the medium. The method may be used in the control of the transmission of light 1) through a medium, which is randomizing in amplitude, phase and/or polarization or 2) through a multi-mode fiber or for beam shaping, optical trapping and/or optical manipulation. | 08-28-2014 |
20140231241 | METHOD FOR EFFECTING A PHOTOCATALYTIC OR PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC REACTION - The invention provides a method for effecting a photocatalytic or photoelectrocatalytic reaction of a reactant comprising contacting a metallic material having an electrical conductivity of 10 | 08-21-2014 |
20140203414 | Method Of Modifying Surfaces - The invention provides a method for chemically modifying a surface of a substrate, preferably a silicon substrate, including the steps of providing a substrate having at least a portion of a surface thereof coated with an organic coating composition including unsaturated moieties forming a surface coating, and introducing a vapour phase reactive intermediate species based on a Group 14 or Group 15 element from the Periodic Table of Elements to the substrate whereupon the reactive intermediate species is able to react with a number of the unsaturated moieties in the coating composition thereby chemically modifying the surface coating. Also disclosed is a surface-modified substrate obtained or obtainable by the method, and uses thereof in the fabrication of MEMS and IC devices. | 07-24-2014 |
20140185982 | WAVE VECTOR MATCHED RESONATOR AND BUS WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - An optical device including: a waveguide of refractive index n | 07-03-2014 |
20140073027 | MICROFLUIDIC PHOTOPORATION - A cell permeabilizing micro fluidic system for permeabilizing one or more cells in a fluid flow. The system has a micro fluidic channel for channeling at least one cell in a fluid flow and an optical source for generating a beam of light for permeabilizing the at least one cell, wherein the channel and the source are arranged so that the light beam and fluid flow are collinear in a permeabilization part of the channel and cells are permeabilized within the permeabilization part. | 03-13-2014 |
20130296162 | NOVEL LARGE PORE METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS - The present invention relates to novel micro or mesoporous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) which contain as ligands piperidine based phosphonic acids, as well as a method of synthesising such MOFs and uses of the MOFs themselves. | 11-07-2013 |
20130272720 | INTEGRATED ILLUMINATOR - An optical device comprising a sealed/closed housing; a light source and/or a detector within the housing; a window through the housing that is transparent to light transmitted from the light source or to the detector and a fixing for fixing an optical fiber or bundle of such fibers into a coupling position adjacent to the window to allow light to pass between the housing and the fiber or fiber bundle, wherein the fixing is adapted to allow connection and/or disconnection of the fiber or fiber bundle without opening or breaking a seal of the sealed housing. | 10-17-2013 |
20130222799 | WAVEGUIDE LOCALIZED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A Raman spectroscopic detection device comprising at least one microfluidic sample channel; at least one excitation waveguide for exciting a Raman signal and at least one collection waveguide for collecting a Raman signal. The output of the excitation waveguide and the input of the collection waveguide are positioned directly in the microfluidic sample channel. | 08-29-2013 |
20130173194 | OPTICAL EIGENMODE IMAGING - A method of optimising at least one measure that is a quadratic function of a wavefunction, such as the spot size of a laser, the method comprising: superimposing a plurality of wavefunctions; determining a relationship between the superimposed wavefunctions and the quadratic measure, and using the determined relationship to identify the superimposed wavefunctions that provide a desired or optimised quadratic measure. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171228 | ANTI-MICROBIAL METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK - The present invention relates to metal organic framework materials which possess anti-microbial properties. The present invention also provides methods of preparing such metal organic framework materials and uses of the metal organic framework materials to prevent or treat microbial infections, or provide surfaces which limit contamination by micro-organisms. | 07-04-2013 |
20130164828 | OPTICAL TRANSFECTION - An integrated fibre based device for transfecting material into a cell comprising an optical fiber that has a lens formed at its end for directing light to a surface of the cell, and a channel for delivery of the material for transfection into the cell. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163070 | PARAMETRIC GENERATOR - A method of optimizing parametric gain in a nonlinear optical crystal that in response to application of a pump beam generates through a parametric generation process signal and idler beams, wherein the signal beam is non-collinear with the pump beam and the signal beam is subject to absorption due to the nonlinear material, the method involving shaping the pump beam to have an elliptical cross section, wherein the method further involves determining the width w of the pump beam depending on the absorption co-efficient of the optical crystal. | 06-27-2013 |
20130128340 | OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATOR BASED ON A SLANT-STRIPE PERIODICALLY POLED NONLINEAR MATERIAL WITH OPTIMIZED LATERAL OUTPUT COUPLING OF A TERAHERTZ SIGNAL - An optical parametric device comprising a slant-stripe periodically poled nonlinear material that is operable to generate signal in response to interaction with a pump wave, the non-linear interaction being such that the pump and idler waves are collinear and the signal wave is non-collinear relative to the pump and idler waves, wherein the slant-stripe non-linear material is able to generate two idler waves and two signal waves, and the device is adapted to allow for the selection and output coupling of a required one of the two signal waves. | 05-23-2013 |
20130113140 | CELL PORATION - A method for porating one or more cells comprising positioning a particle near each cell; and causing laser-induced breakdown of the particle to create one or more cavitations, wherein the cavitation(s) causes poration of the cell. | 05-09-2013 |
20130109975 | MONOLITHIC DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130107273 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY | 05-02-2013 |
20130085353 | OPTICAL BACKSCATTERING DIAGNOSTICS - A system for non-invasive measurement of parameters relating to a biological tissue comprising: a plurality of light sources, each operable to emit a light signal with one or more predetermined wavelengths; a light detector for detecting light from the tissue as a result of illumination by the sources, and means for applying modulation functions to the light emitted to implement code division multiplexing, each source being associated with a different function, wherein the functions are selected so that there is substantially no cross correlation between them, and wherein the sources have overlapping spectra. | 04-04-2013 |
20130071429 | BUNYAVIRUS VACCINE - The present invention provides attenuated viruses for use as vaccines and for the treatment and/or prevention of viral diseases and/or infections. | 03-21-2013 |
20130064556 | INTEGRATED ILLUMINATOR - An optical device comprising a sealed/closed housing; a light source and/or a detector within the housing; a window through the housing that is transparent to light transmitted from the light source or to the detector and a fixing for fixing an optical fiber or bundle of such fibers into a coupling position adjacent to the window to allow light to pass between the housing and the fiber or fiber bundle, wherein the fixing is adapted to allow connection and/or disconnection of the fiber or fiber bundle without opening or breaking a seal of the sealed housing. | 03-14-2013 |
20130035322 | GOLD COMPLEXES - Gold (I) hydroxide complexes of the form Z-Au-OH and digold complexes of the form Z—Au-(μOH)—Au—Z where groups Z are two electron donors are provided. The groups Z may be carbenes, for example nitrogen containing heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), phosphines or phosphites. The complexes can be used as catalysts, for example in reactions such as hydration of nitriles, skeletal arrangement of enynes, alkoxycyclisation of enynes, alkyne hydration, the Meyer-Shuster reaction, 3,3′ rearrangement of allylic acetates, cyclisation of propargylic acetates, Beckman rearrangements and hydroamination. The complexes can be used in medicine, for example in the treatment of cancer. | 02-07-2013 |
20120276468 | SILICON PHOSPHATE AND MEMBRANE COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention provides a composition having the formula (I): xXO | 11-01-2012 |
20120149778 | COMPOUNDS - The invention provides compounds according to formula (I): (wherein X, Y, Z1 R1, R2, R3, Ar and Ar′ are as defined herein), and physiologically acceptable salts, solvates, esters or amides thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the compounds for use in medicine, for example for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases involving cell proliferation, such as cancer, and for the treatment or prophylaxis of other diseases. | 06-14-2012 |
20120093179 | INTRA-CAVITY OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR - An optical parametric oscillator comprising: an optical cavity; a semiconductor gain-medium located within the optical cavity, such that together they form a semiconductor laser, and a nonlinear material located within the cavity such that the nonlinear material continuously generates down-converted idler- and signal-waves in response to a pump-wave continuously generated by the semiconductor gain-medium, wherein the pump wave is resonant within the optical cavity and one or other but not both of the down-converted waves is resonant within the pump wave cavity or a further optical cavity. Brewster plates ensure singly resonant optical parametric oscillators and a birefringent filer is used for frequency setting. Coupled cavities allow for setting the photon lifetime in the cavity that relaxation oscillations are prevented. | 04-19-2012 |
20120075627 | FIBER PROBE BASED MICROFLUDIC RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A microfluidic device comprising at least one microfluidic channel with an input and an output for allowing fluid flow; and at least one Raman fiber based probe having an excitation fiber probe and/or a collection fiber probe positioned so that one end of the probe is in the microfluidic channel. | 03-29-2012 |
20110240018 | UMBILICAL - An umbilical comprising a side-emitting optical fiber or optical fiber-bundle for providing a distributed source of light along part or the whole of the length of the umbilical. | 10-06-2011 |
20110133104 | OPTICAL MANIPULATION OF MICRO-PARTICLES - A method for manipulating one or more particles comprising exposing the particle(s) to a beam of radiation that is able to lift and or impart an acceleration to the particle(s) to cause it to move in a curved trajectory. | 06-09-2011 |
20110122900 | LASER - An ultrashort-pulse laser that has a resonator that includes a laser gain medium, dispersion compensation optics, and a deformable optical element adapted to change its shape and consequently one or more characteristics of pulses output from the cavity. | 05-26-2011 |
20110021529 | P53 ACTIVATING COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to compounds which activate the p53 response, and find use in, for example, hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer treatment and potentially other diseases/conditions (involving sirtuin function). | 01-27-2011 |