LSU Chemistry: A Catalyst for Innovation

 

LSU top 100 in patents

LSU climbed to No. 56 in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2023 Top 100 ranking for U.S. utility patents granted to universities, a jump from the No. 75 ranking in 2022, marking its highest placement in history. 

The LSU Department of Chemistry is one of the top contributors to the University鈥檚 patent portfolio. Faculty in the department have been at the forefront of discoveries, developing technologies and solutions with real-world applications, spanning various fields, including polymer chemistry, analytical techniques, and biomedical devices. 

Patents issued to LSU Chemistry faculty and scientists since 2015 (LSU Innovation): 

  • issued May 28, 2024, Feral Hog Toxicant
  • issued April 9, 2024, Methods and Devices for Sample Capture Using Gas-pulse Nanoparticle Displacement
  • issued November 15, 2023, Microfluidic Isolation of Tumor and Other Rare Cells from Whole Blood or Other Liquids
  • issued September 26, 2023, Thiol-Acrylate Based Materials for 3D Cell Culturing in a Microfluidic Device
  • issued November 1, 2022, Phase Contrast X-Ray Interferometry
  • issued June 28, 2022, Methods and devices for sample capture using gas-pulse nanoparticle displacement
  • issued June 21, 2022, Amide-based electrolyte battery
  • issued November 30, 2021, Cure-on-demand and time-lapse polymerization
  • issued September 21, 2021, Hydrophobically modified polypeptoids and uses thereof
  • issued August 17, 2021, Devices and methods for deep UV laser ablation
  • issued December 22, 2020, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
  • issued December 2, 2022, Universal molecular processor for precision medicine
  • issued December 31, 2019, Methods of making polypeptides
  • issued October 1, 2019, Microfluidic isolation of tumor cells or other rare cells from whole blood or other liquids
  • issued September 17, 2019, Microfluidic isolation of tumor cells or other rare cells from whole blood or other liquids
  • issued August 27, 2019, Universal molecular processor for precision medicine
  • issued January 9, 2019, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
  • issued November 6, 2018, High energy grating techniques
  • issued October 23, 2018, Tip enhanced laser assisted sample transfer for biomolecule mass spectrometry
  • issued October 23, 2018, Carbazole-based gumbos for highly efficient blue OLEDs
  • issued May 31, 2018, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
  • issued April 10, 2018, Curcumin conjugates for treating and preventing cancers
  • issued February 27, 2018, Copper complex for capturing carbon dioxide
  • issued October 10, 2017, Detection and Molecular Weight Determination of Organic Vapors
  • issued August 1, 2017,  Polymeric Nanopillars and Nanotubes, Their Manufacture and Uses
  • issued June 6, 2017, Methods and Devices for DNA Sequencing and Molecular Diagnostics
  • issued May 9, 2017, Controlled Radical Polymerization, and Catalysts Useful Therein
  • issued December 29, 2015, Vitamin E Conjugates, and Their Uses as Antioxidants and Prodrug Delivery Vehicles
  • issued October 29, 2015, Curcumin conjugates for treating and preventing cancers
  • issued December 8, 2015, Detection of Nucleic Acid Sequence Differences Using the Ligase Detection Reaction with Addressable Arrays
  • issued December 1, 2015, Colorimetric and Fluorometric Determination of Homocysteine and Cysteine

 

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