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Recycling cellulose waste into foams
Unmet Need: A method for recycling cotton waste into lightweight foams
Current petroleum-based polyurethane and polystyrene foams are non-biodegradable, hard to recycle, and contribute significantly to landfill plastic waste and pollution. There is a critical need for sustainable alternatives that reduce environmental impact. To address this, researchers...
Published: 7/1/2025
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Inventor(s): Hang Liu, Wangcheng Liu
Keywords(s): biobased materials, foam, recycling, Waste Management
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Post-consumer Cotton Waste Recycling for High-Quality Brand New Fibers
Unmet Need: Efficient use of textile waste
The worldwide fiber consumption for consumer textile products has been growing steadily in the past several decades due to population growth and living standard improvement. Given the fact that only about 15% of the post-consumer textiles are recycled, the number of textiles that contribute to the municipal...
Published: 5/7/2025
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Inventor(s): Hang Liu, Jinwen Zhang, Wangcheng Liu
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Self-weighing, self-powered smart diaper
Unmet Need: Hygienic continuous monitoring of urinary output in babies.
Urinary output (UO) is an important metric in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of many disorders including kidney disease, heart failure, dehydration, and shock. Premature infants suffer from several factors that make them especially vulnerable to fluid and electrolyte imbalances....
Published: 5/7/2025
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Inventor(s): Martin Schiavenato, Hang Liu, Subhanshu Gupta
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