APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Detecting incipient cracks in structural nanocomposites Monitoring stresses in biological tissues Other nanoscale tensile / compressive stress sensing applications ADVANTAGES: Scalable Applicable to many materials Instant local stress reporting Excellent cyclability No degradation of the host … [Read more...] about Local Stress Sensing in Multifunctional Polymer Films Using Fluorescent Tetrapod Nanocrystals 2016-122
Available Technologies
Streamlined Saccharification from Lignocellulosic Biomass 2015-143
APPLICATIONS: Large scale production of biofuels and other chemicals Biomass deconstruction ADVANTAGES: Lowers operating costs Reduces amount of toxic and wasteful byproducts Yields a sugar stream ready for fermentation ABSTRACT: Researchers Blake Simmons, Seema Singh, and Feng Xu at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed high gravity … [Read more...] about Streamlined Saccharification from Lignocellulosic Biomass 2015-143
Translation Control Tool for Plant Bioengineering 2013-166
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Plant bioengineering ADVANTAGES: Fine-tunes RNA and protein expression Layering expression regulation Can be used for temporal and tissue specific expression repression ABSTRACT: A team of Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) researchers led by Dominique Loqué has developed a new plant bioengineering system for improved precision … [Read more...] about Translation Control Tool for Plant Bioengineering 2013-166
Lanthanide-Chelator Barcode for Combinatorial Screening Applications 2016-121
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Combinatorial screening in Drug discovery and optimization Biomanufacturing Diagnostics ADVANTAGES: Enables faster testing of more diverse conditions / combinations Readily detects lanthanide/chelator complexes Maintains strong lanthanide binding and single-charge ionization Simplified … [Read more...] about Lanthanide-Chelator Barcode for Combinatorial Screening Applications 2016-121
Determining Ligninases Activities through Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) 2016-109
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lignocellulosic biofuel production High value chemical production ADVANTAGES: Rapid, high throughput Simultaneously detects several enzyme activities ABSTRACT: Lignin, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass, may be an important starting material for biomaterial or biofuel production. Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy … [Read more...] about Determining Ligninases Activities through Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) 2016-109