New concept of N₂-phobicity for post-combustion CO₂ separation   Novel azo-linked covalent organic polymers were synthesized using a catalyst-free synthetic approach. Unlike any other porous materials, azo-polymers showed increasing CO₂/N₂ selectivity with rising temperature, mainly due to the entropic loss of N₂ gas molecules upon their interaction with azo-groups (N₂-phobicity), thereby leading to the...

Should we focus on blocking cyber attacks or tolerating them?   Even though blocking all cyber-attacks including newly-generated attacks is not possible, robust intrusion tolerance could be given to crucial systems through adaptive intrusion tolerance systems such as Adaptive Cluster Transformation (ACT).   Article  |  Fall 2014     As cyber threats are  ever-growing co...

Wireless power transfer achieved at 5-meter distance   With a maximum output power of 209W at 20kHz, the Dipole Coil Resonant System can charge 40 smartphones simultaneously, even if the power source is 5 meters away.   Article  |  Fall 2014     A new remote power delivery mechanism was developed in which power is wirelessly transfer power over two times farther, ...

Solar rechargeable wearable batteries   Lithium ion batteries are now being rebuilt to power conductive textiles and are being integrated with flexible solar cells in order to serve as power sources of wearable IT devices and, thus, accelerate the new era of consumer electronics.    Article  |  Fall 2014     IT technology is currently entering a new era of wearable elec...

Visualization of 3D microscopic structures of blood vessels using an ultra-high-speed intravascular endoscopic microscopy system   Ultrahigh-speed endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) system visualizes 3D microscopic structure of the inside of blood vessels.   Article  |  Fall 2014     Heart attack, most frequently caused from the failure of the coronary artery of ...

Never-fading pigments developed by colloidal crystals confined in microcapsules   Uniform colloids are assembled to form a crystalline phase in the internal volume of microcapsules, exhibiting sparkling structural colors through optical interference. The colors developed by a regular lattice of colloids never fade as long as the structure is maintained, and the lattice structure can be further engineered to m...