Intelligent Micro Patterning

Minerva Biotechnologies developd biochips: nanoparticles coated with functionalized affinity surfaces. Minerva has developed user-friendly nanoparticles that the end user can utilize as a "black box technology". The nanoparticle system can be fully automated and a range of nanoparticles have been developed so that the readout is compatible with existing lab equipment.

Nanorods is a company that received a SBIR Phase I grant for a project entitled: Multi-wavelength Infrared thermal Detectors and Imagers. Their project will develop a new infrared (IR) radiation sensor technology, which will allow the development of a new class of low-cost multi-wavelength thermal detectors which are also sensitive to light polarization. This technology will allow radiation detection from the near-IR to long-wave IR, a capability that is absent in competing detectors. Amorphous silicon and vanadium dioxide has been the dominant materials used for infrared light detection since the 1980s. The disadvantages of such detectors are: 1) insensitivity to the spectral content and polarization of the incident radiation, 2) difficulty in further miniaturization of the sensing pixels. This project will use a combination of nanomaterial and amorphous silicon layers as a new type of infrared sensing layer which can be integrated into silicon thermal detectors and is expected to overcome these limitations. This project will demonstrate: 1) Fabrication and integration of the new radiation sensing layers to create a series of thermal detectors; 2) Enhanced light absorption and spectral sensitivity at multiple IR wavelengths; 3) Size reduction of the sensing pixel to 10 microns; and 4) polarization sensitivity for incident light at 3 micron wavelengths. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the development of uncooled multi-color thermal detectors which are inexpensive and feature spectral and polarization sensitivity. These devices have the potential to displace expensive photon-based semiconductor IR detectors in many applications. The proposed technology will allow production of multi-color detectors on a single silicon wafer as well as sensing pixel miniaturization that will tremendously impact the fabrication cost, imaging resolution and device size. Successful commercialization of this thermal detection technology will substantially impact the field of low cost IR detection and imaging in applications such as fire detection, public health, environmental monitoring, space missions, industrial process monitoring, and security and military areas.

Nano Carrier is a biotech company using nanotechnology to improve patient Quality of Life with a focus on cancer.

Blaze Systems is a provider of total LIMS software solutions for the laboratory marketplace.

CTI is committed to developing, acquiring, and commercializing innovative treatments for cancer. In the company's pursuit of making cancer more treatable, they are developing a diversified portfolio of oncology products focused on identifying and developing new, less toxic, and more effective ways to treat cancer.

Kryosphere provides customized biorepository, logistical, and clinical sample management services to companies with a critical biospecimen component. Kryosphere delivers secure, scalable solutions to customers ranging from small, emerging entities to large corporations worldwide.