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Christopher Petty
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Invention
Use of bacterial probiotic to detoxify common herbicides and insecticides
Pollinators are crucial for the maintenance of wild plants and agricultural productivity; 80% of wild plants and up to 75% of main crops consumed by humans are dependent upon pollination. However, the global pollinator population is drastically…
Investigators
- Robert Brucker
Invention
A New Electrochemical Method of CO2 Capture
There are increasing efforts worldwide to reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based energy. However, in parallel, other approaches are urgently required to deal with the problem of rising CO2 emissions.This invention “A New Electrochemical Method of CO2…
Investigators
- Michael J. Aziz
Invention
Reconfigurable Structured Surfaces for Enhanced Security Features (Bank Note)
This technology from the Aizenberg lab describes a surface that is capable of protecting physical biometric information, such as fingerprints, by stochastically reconfiguring deformable microscale and/or nanoscale surface structures through dynamic…
Investigators
- Joanna Aizenberg
Invention
Thread-based potentiometric ion sensing
Researchers at Harvard have developed sensors for detection of ions, detection of sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium are demonstrated, but the same design of device could be used to develop sensors for a wide range of ions. They use thread as…
Investigators
- George M. Whitesides
Invention
Band-gap tunable elastic optical multilayer fibers
Soft photonic fibers that reflect light in the visible spectrum via microscopic multilayer arrangements. The technology is inspired by photonic structures encountered in nature that reflect light to produce vivid and brilliant colors. Key aspects of…
Investigators
- Joanna Aizenberg
Invention
Compact, tunable lens using compliant transparent electrodes
Conventional lenses have specific focal lengths and aberration characteristics due to their shape and comprising material. For adaptable systems, such as a camera that can focus at objects at different distances, often mechanical systems area used…
Investigators
- David R. Clarke
- Samuel Shian
- Roger M. Diebold
Invention
Functionalized and coated carbon nanotubes via atomic layer deposition
Carbon nanotubes have remarkable electrical and optical properties that have not been extensively commercialized in part due to difficulties making robust and high quality devices containing them. One current difficulty is the lack of an effective…
Investigators
- Roy G. Gordon
- Damon Brooks Farmer
- Charles M. Marcus
- James R. Williams
Invention
Stretchable ionics: Layered electrolytes and dielectrics as high-speed, transparent artificial muscles
A new class of soft, stretchable materials can be utilized as a sensor or high-speed actuator. This invention incorporates a simple and low-cost design that can be made fully transparent, highly stretchable, biocompatible and biodegradable. Thus it…
Investigators
- Zhigang Suo
- Jeong-Yun Sun
- Christoph Matthias Keplinger
- George M. Whitesides
Invention
Strong and flexible hydrogels below water freezing temperature
Hydrogels are highly absorbent gels in which the swelling agent is water. They’re used in a wide range of biomedical and commercial applications, such as tissue engineering, wound healing, cell culture, contact lenses, and disposable diapers. This…
Investigators
- Joost J Vlassak
- Widusha Illeperuma
- Zhigang Suo
Investigators
- Roy G. Gordon
- Hoon Kim