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Rapid Synthesis Of Nanostructures At Room Temperature

Technology Benefits

Vaccine strains that have increased shelf life at elevated temperatures, greater antigen stability and a higher percentage of native folded antigen molecules during immunizationEnzymatic reactions that last longer without restocking the enzymesPurification processes that achieve higher yields of industrial-useful proteins

Technology Application

Biotherapeutic production

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Related Materials

Room temperature fast synthesis of zinc oxide nanowires by inductive heating; Luo, L.; Sosnowchik, B. D.; Lin, L.; www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu
Rapid Synthesis Of Carbon Nanotubes by Bulk and Localized Inductive Heating; Sosnowchik, B. D.; Lin, L.; www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu

Tech ID/UC Case

17722/2006-154-0

Related Cases

2006-154-0

*Abstract

Nanostructures and the methodologies for making them have garnered increasing interest because of their unique electrical, mechanical, and optical properties for a wide range of potential applications including transistors, field-emitters and sensors. Numerous methods have been developed to synthesize nanostructures such as thermal and plasma-enhanced CVD, MOVPE, laser ablation, thermal evaporation, and aqueous methods. However, most of these methods require long processing time, show low growth rates, or are bulk heating processes that present big obstacles for large-scale production and applications of nano-materials.

To address these synthesis limitations, researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new nanostructure synthesis setup. This new approach operates at room temperature and is relatively simple, but offers more rapid production in comparison to existing alternatives. Moreover, this new process is easy to set-up and clean as well as less expensive than conventional CVD synthesis methods.

Using this method, the Berkeley research team has achieved growth rates of aligned CNT as high as 200 um/min within less that a minute.

*Principal Investigator

Name: Liwei Lin

Department:

Name: Lei Luo

Department:

Name: Brian Sosnowchik

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Country/Region

USA