"Smart Dust," or Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals
- Technology Application
- In addition to those mentioned above, the researchers are currently exploring other biological applications, such as controlled drug release, biomedical implants, artificial organs, and cell-based experimentation platforms.
- Detailed Technology Description
- UC San Diego researchers have developed a new nanotechnology, smart dust, that has state-of-the-art applications in almost every field of use, including biological sensing, screening, and communications technology. The invention utilizes micron-sized particles of silicon that have been etched and then chemically modified in such a way that each individual particle has its own addressable identity. This feature allows one to use thousands of the particles together, each with its own “tag,” for high-sensitivity chemical or biological sensing, diagnostics, and low- and high-throughput screening of biomolecular compounds.
- Application No.
- 8308066
- Others
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Intellectual Property Info
This technology is available for licensing, sponsored research, or both. Further information can be obtained under a confidentiality agreement.
Related Materials
- View inventor's Smart Dust presentation from 2005.
- For more information about smart dust and a to view a list of publications, visit http://chem-faculty.ucsd.edu/sailor/research.
Tech ID/UC Case
19578/2004-032-0
Related Cases
2004-032-0, 1997-064-4, 2002-075-2, 2003-257-2, 2003-182-2, 2003-214-2
- *Abstract
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None
- *IP Issue Date
- Nov 13, 2012
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Shawn Meade
Department:
Name: Michael Sailor
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
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