Michigan State University Technology Transfer Office is offering licenses for 37 nanotechnologies. The nanotechnologies include industrial catalysts for more efficient petroleum and chemical processing; a way to remove mercury from water; improved sensors as well as high efficiency nanomaterials for batteries, capacitors and fuel cells. Other technologies involve improved methods of manufacturing semiconductors and carbon nanotubes. Licenses are also offered for improved methods of manufacturing polymer composites with nanomaterials and improved coatings.
Licenses for nanotechnologies include:
The invention provides for more rapid and efficient production of clays as a component in polymer-clay nanocomposites used in a variety of commercial applications.
Method for producing ultrastable porous aluminosilicate structures for industrial catalysis in petroleum refinement and chemical conversion of large molecules.
Method for making a gamma-alumina catalyst high high surface area and large interconnected pores of well-defined size, making it a promising candidate for efficient production of a wide variety of chemical compounds.
The technology is a material and process to obtain ultrastable organofunctional microporous to mesoporous silica compositions for industrial catalysis. The process provides for tuning pore sizes and functionalizing over 20% of the framework's surface.
The invention is a dimensionally stable Pt/diamond composite electrode for use in electrosynthesis, electrochemical-based toxic waste remediation, and energy conversion devices, like fuel cells.
A porous aluminosilicate material for catalytic processes and process for achieving tunable pore sizes for optimizing catalytic conversion of fluids including industrial scale processes such as petroleum refinement.
The technology creates graphite nanoplatelets of less than 200 microns in size from expanded graphite composites by using selected chemicals and microwave or radio wave treatment.
The technology is a cost-effective preparation of organofunctional mesostructured molecular sieves for toxic, heavy metal ion trapping and heterogeneous catalysis. The process uses sodium silicate starting materials rather than more expensive alkoxides to form tunable pore sizes and to attach organic groups along the surface of the pores.
An atomic force microscope (AFM) based Augmented Reality System consisting of an AFM connected to a haptic device will allow the operator to feel the nano-objects he is manipulating in real-time.
Method for making conductive, nanocrystalline diamond potentially used as a non-toxic electrode for electroanalysis applications.
The technology includes composites and methods for making the compositions to provide a metal matrix with dispersed inorganic oxide particles and a surface of a bound organofunctional group. The result is sub-micron reinforcement for solder which allows a superior service life especially in microelectronics.
A highly sensitive nano-scale piezoelectric force sensor can be used to measure contact force and its rate of change on nano-objects, promising an advancement in micromanipulation and microassembly technology.
This technology is a patent-pending process for fabricating a reproducible lawn of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on a semiconductor substrate using a microwave plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) reactor chamber.
This invention is a bio-based and biodegradable-polymeric blend with low water vapor and oxygen permeability that is useful for high-barrier packaging.
An artificial nano-layered silicate with high surface area per unit volume provides high chemical reactivity applicable for applications in catalysis, adsorption, nanocomposites, and water purification.
A piezoelectric film deposited on a micro-cantilever atomic force microscope (AFM) probe tip enables the cantilever to remain fully extended, with improved sensing and manipulation of nano-objects.
This invention provides a single-strand DNA-polypyrrole based biosensor for the detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli), using synthetic oligonucleotides as a model of rapid detection of bacterial select bioterrorism agents.
This invention is a method and apparatus (a biosensor) for detecting microorganisms using DNA hybridization and cyclic voltammetry.
This technology is a method of making a sensitive and inexpensive biosensor. Dehydrogenase enzymes (and cofactors) are attached to an electrode to form a bioelectronic interface. The interface can be readily installed, removed and regenerated. The method may be suitable for incorporation into a biosensor array.
Using a hollow latex tube as a probe tip with adjustable internal air pressures, nano-objects can be picked up and deposited with good precision, creating new applications.
A reliable, controlled process is provided for bridging nano-scale electrode gaps with nanowires (NWS) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), with resulting applications in the future manufacture of molecular electronics devices. This invention has promise as a research tool in properties of NWs and CNTs.
The invention is a method for creating a complex masked and exposed surface and selectively removing the resist or mask. The film is a polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) and has a polycationic surface that binds biomaterials. The resist areas can be selectively removed without disturbing adherent interactions between the cationic film surface and bound biomaterials.
The technology includes processes for creating versatile and selective metal patterns (such as copper and nickel) by combining the use of PEM coatings, microcontact printing (MCP), and electroless deposition. MCP is used to pattern a charged catalyst (such as palladium and stannous ions) onto oppositely charged PEM coated substrates. The substrate is then placed into an electroless deposition bath where a metal selectively plates at the catalyzed regions.
The invention is a process for preparing and affixing electrically conducting diamond powder to conducting diamond with conducting binder. In addition, metals can be electrodeposited onto the powder to obtain specific electrochemical activity. Applications include electrochemical generation of chlorine or ozone or remediation of toxic waste.
This technology is a doped ternary semiconductor composition with exceptional figures of merit for thermoelectric generation (heat pump) in many applications.
A MEMS oscillator with multiple microbeam resonators capable of detecting multiple analytes with a single forcing input and single detection output signal.
The technology yields a stable zeolite with uniformly distributed intracrystal pores that range from a microporosity with diameters of 1.2 to 2.0 nm to small mesoporosity of 2 to 10 nm that should provide an optimal yield in the cracking of large petroleum molecules and other catalytic conversions of large molecules.
07001F: Highly Efficient, Selective and Fast Hg2+ Removal from Water Solutions by Using Chalcogenide
An alkali metal chalcogenide was developed that can reduce mercuric ions Hg2+ to below 1 part per billion (ppb), which is below US drinking water standards. The material appears to be the best performance for selectivity and capacity for removing mercury from water.
The invented process allows for the selection of individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by selected properties (e.g. physical dimensions and electrical properties) from an initial undifferentiated CNT power with a wide range of CNT properties, with potential applications in the construction of nanodevices.
This technology is a method of making a reinforced plastic composite material that consists of nanoscopic clay particles and wood flour particles dispersed in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin.
This technology is a method for preparing a porous aluminosilicate catalyst that is highly acidic with uniformly distributed pores averaging around 2.4 nm in diameter. Such a material can enhance catalysis in applications like petroleum refinement.
The invention incorporates xGnP or other carbon-based nano-materials to make SMC composites for multi-functional, structural and non-structural application.
The invention provides a coating of carbon-based nanomaterials, such as exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP), to achieve a certain conductivity for non-conductive fiber or fillers. In addition, xGnP can be integrated at low concentrations into fabricated coated fibers or filler reinforced hybrid composites to attain certain conductivity and other desirable functionalities.
This technology provides novel biologically enhanced electrically-active magnetic (BEAM) nanoparticles for separating and concentrating specific targets from complex sample matrices.
95009: Highly Acidic Mesostructured Aluminosilicates Assembled from Surfactant-mediated Zeolite Hydrolysis Products for industrial oxidation catalysis like petrochemical products synthesis and waste water remediation.
95009: Highly Acidic Mesostructured Aluminosilicates Assembled from Surfactant-mediated Zeolite Hydrolysis Products for industrial oxidation catalysis like petrochemical products synthesis and waste water remediation.
Doubling the pore size of micropores in catalytic oxidation materials could provide for faster diffusion rates while sustaining a large surface area for molecular collisions. In addition, the ability to recover certain chemicals used to make the material significantly reduces costs and complex disposal challenges.
This technology is a clay-reinforced polymer nanocomposite material that is significantly stronger than alternatives and sufficiently versatile to support a range of hydrophocity for integration into a range of polymeric matrix material.
This technology is a method for preparing a mesoporous organosilica for catalysis and adsorbent activities. The synthetic, semi-crystalline, structure is an inorganic oxide with mesopores lined with a reactive organic silane chemical groups (moieties).
