The three new technologies described below, developed by Alex Zettl and his team from Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division, add to Berkeley Lab's robust patent portfolio of nanodevices. These new inventions offer opportunites for quantum advancements in wireless communication, MEMS capababilities, and mass sensing, among other applications. All of the inventions have … [Read more...] about Ultra High Performance MEMS/NEMS Actuators, Oscillators, and Sensors IBs-2008a, 2008b, and JIB-2124
Synthetic Rotational Nanomotor IB-1939
APPLICATIONS: A variety of MEMS actuator applications Microfluidics, catalysis, microarrays Chemical and biological sensing Mirror movement for optical applications Oscillator in wireless and microwave communications ADVANTAGES: Smallest synthetic motor ~ 300 … [Read more...] about Synthetic Rotational Nanomotor IB-1939
Branched 3-D Inorganic Nanocrystals for Biological Imaging and Electronics Applications IB-1773
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biological imaging Electronics production Catalyst production Photovoltaics LCDs Photonic band gap materials Mechanical structural support in polymer films High-surface-area catalysts ADVANTAGES: Can synthesize whole branched inorganic nanocrystals with well-defined connectivities in three … [Read more...] about Branched 3-D Inorganic Nanocrystals for Biological Imaging and Electronics Applications IB-1773
High Tc SQUID Circuits Suppress Intrinsic Magnetic Field Noise IB-1221
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Medical imaging Magnetocardiography Magnetoencephalography Geophysical studies Magnetotellurics Controlled-source electromagnet ADVANTAGES: Eliminates excess low-frequency noise inherent in SQUID devices ABSTRACT: John Clarke and colleagues at Berkeley Lab … [Read more...] about High Tc SQUID Circuits Suppress Intrinsic Magnetic Field Noise IB-1221
Library of Plasmids to Control Gene Expression Levels EIB-2792
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Pharmaceutical and chemical production Biological research involving gene expression ADVANTAGES: Enables control over gene expression Applicable with any genes lacking 4 particular restriction sites ABSTRACT: Taek Soon Lee and colleagues at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a technology that … [Read more...] about Library of Plasmids to Control Gene Expression Levels EIB-2792