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Christopher Petty
Director of Business Development, Physical Sciences
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Invention
PFAS-free Textile Coatings
Fluorinated polymers, commonly referred to as PFAS, are used as surface coatings in a variety of common consumer products, such as cookware, food packaging, and textiles. These chemicals make products non-stick or water-repellant due to their…
Investigators
- Joanna Aizenberg
Invention
Desodiated Sodium Transition Metal Oxides For Primary Batteries
Advancements in battery technology have been a research focus for many reasons, including cost reduction. Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to the abundance and low cost of sodium compounds.…
Investigators
- Xin Li
Invention
Breast and soft tissue reconstructive surgery
Breast reconstruction and augmentation options are limited and come with significant health risks. Artificial silicone or saline implants must be replaced within 10 to 15 years. Breast reconstruction using autologous tissue flaps, taking tissue from…
Investigators
- Luba Perry
- Jennifer Lewis
Invention
Direct processing of saltwater for renewable energy storage
Technological advances have created an abundance of renewable energy sources (wind and solar), however, storing energy at scale is an essential part of transitioning to renewables and remains a critical challenge. The Nocera lab has developed a…
Investigators
- Daniel Nocera
- Samuel Veroneau
Invention
Cyborg organoids with fully integrated nanoelectronics
Researchers from the Liu lab at Harvard have grown organoids with fully integrated sensors that grow with the developing cells, giving them the unique ability to study the early stages of organ development. Organoids are 3D clusters of cells that…
Investigators
- Jia Liu
- Kewang Nan
- Qiang Li
Invention
Scalable method for manufacture of thin film photovoltaic devices
Photovoltaic devices based on perovskites hold the potential of thin, light structures and very high efficiencies. However, the instability of perovskites in air leads to very short device lifetimes (on the order of hours), and thus silicone-based…
Investigators
- Roy G. Gordon
- Christina Chang
- Luke Davis
Invention
Faster testing for illicit drugs
Researchers in the Whitesides lab have developed a portable and easy to use Magneto-Archimedes Levitation (MagLev) device for identifying the composition of illicit drug mixtures. A diamagnetic sample (in this case, an unknown drug mixture) is…
Investigators
- George M. Whitesides
- Christoffer Abrahamsson
- Amit Nagarkar
- Michael Fink
- Daniel Preston
- Markus Nemitz
- Shencheng Ge
- Joseph Bozenko
Invention
Electrically Controlled, Shape Morphing Dielectric Elastomer Devices
Soft materials, such as elastomers, can be used as actuators and provide much larger dimensional changes, compared to piezoelectric and electrostrictive materials. However, these dimensional changes in elastomers do not result in more complex shape…
Investigators
- David R. Clarke
- Ehsan Hajiesmaili
Invention
Printing Microparticles for Drug Delivery
A startup emerging from Jennifer Lewis' lab intends to commercialize a technology platform that can produce microdroplets of highly viscous fluids, with applications in drug formulation and delivery. (Image courtesy of the Lewis Lab.)Droplet-based…
Investigators
- Jennifer Lewis
Invention
Novel annulation catalysts via direct C-H bond amination
Introducing functionality into unactivated C-H bonds, a ubiquitous group in organic molecules, remains a significant challenge due to the inertness of the substrate. Traditional synthesis strategies involve functional group exchange, an inefficient…
Investigators
- Theodore Betley
- Elisabeth Hennessy
- Alexandre Mikhailine
- Claudia Kleinlein
- Yuyang Dong
- Yunjung Baek