• Reconfigurable
• Good contrast and wide viewing angle
• High brightness
• Reduced weight and flexibility
• No backlight required to read the screen
• Better resolution/clarity (finer resolution than 72 pixels per inch) 
• Uses 1/10,000 as much energy as an LCD screen
• Thin and flexible
• Biodegradable
• Requires no deforestation

Features

• The "paper" state is maintained (high reflectivity)
• Color changes on a pixel level are homogeneous
• Low potentials required
• No power is required to maintain an image
• Can image black-and-white or true-color images

Market Potential/Applications

The electronic paper revolution is predicted to span other types of electronic displays to replacing paper advertisement entirely, reducing printing and production costs. According to Economist Magazine, the market for point-of-sale advertising in America is worth $13 billion a year. However, the total estimated market for electronic paper is in the realm of $30 billion.

Development Stage/IP Status

Bench prototype completed
One U.S. Patent Application Filed. 

• Can efficiently produce large amounts of cellulose
• Never-dried bacterial cellulose can be processed into any shape
• Can be used as a material in a variety of applications

Features

• Cellulose synthase genes have been stably integrated into the chromosome of cyanobacteria
• No need for carbon or nitrogen source in the production of bacterial cellulose
• High salt tolerance

Market Potential/Applications

Allows for the production of a large scale, global cellulose crop that can be used in a variety of applications. 

Development Stage/IP Status

U.S. Patent Issued: 6,541,238
15 Foreign Applications Pending

This invention provides a quick and accurate method for the determination of molecular structures using uranyl acetate. Using a transmission electron microscope electron beam, uranium atoms from uranyl acetate can crystallize over a substrate. The pattern of these crystals can be used to determine the structure of the substrate. Using this technique, the details of single molecules can accurately be imaged at a resolution nearly comparable to X-ray analysis. This method provides for the quick and easy examination of biological complexes in multiple states.

This technology encompasses a new type of microscopy that provides for extreme visualization and the manipulation of single-polymer chains in real-time while imaging them in the transmission electron microscope (TEM). The capability to synthesize a product while simultaneously observing its fabrication is a first. Additionally, this invention provides for much greater control for the purpose of manipulation and synthesis of nanomaterials from a variety of sources. The low-dose electron beam allows nanofabrication of significantly smaller structures from polymeric materials. The capability to manipulate, synthesize, and analyze a material simultaneously changes the TEM's role in research development and the production of a variety of scientific and commercial products. 

Benefits

• Provides for significantly smaller, nanometer-sized fabrication
• Nanofabrication can proceed from a variety of materials including biological and inorganic
• Low-dose electron beams do not destroy the samples

Features

• Real-time monitoring
• Differential control
• Formation of nanopatterns through the crystallization of uranyl acetate using an electron beam

Market Potential/Applications

The world microscopy market is currently over $1.5 billion and is expected to rise steadily as new applications in medical imaging and nanotechnology are explored. Microscopes (such as this) used in the manipulation of materials could account for sales upwards of $775 million over the next two years.

Development Stage/IP Status

Lab/bench prototype completed;
Two U.S. Patent Applications Filed.