Food Quality Preservation
Food Quality Preservation
Food Quality Preservation
UVC is used in many food industries including meat, fish, poultry, dairy, produce, beverages, and frozen food. However, if over-dosed, food can be damaged such that cheese can smell burnt or lettuce might brown and wilt. Our custom designs can protect from such over-dose by providing the right amount of light in the right place.
Public Health and Safety
Food Quality Preservation
Food Quality Preservation
UVC is used to disinfect and sterilize public surfaces which need to be irradiated without being degraded. Our custom designs can help protect the public by tailoring the dose for the specific application.
Medical Safety
Food Quality Preservation
Medical Safety
Tools, re-usable masks, and surfaces need to be repeatedly disinfected and sterilized to protect from dangerous pathogens. However, various polymers and fabrics can be degraded if the dose is too high too often. Our custom designs can tailor the dose so it preserves longevity while protecting those we love.
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) sensors and actuators are found in smart phones, automobiles, game consoles, theater projectors, desktop printers, medical devices, and many other products. By expanding MEMS design to full 3D devices, our technology will enable improved performance and smaller form factors. (Image is a MEMS resonant accelerometer from Politecnico di Milano.)
Silicon Photonics
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
Silicon Photonics are optical integrated circuits used in telecom, data centers, high performance computing, and other applications. Our technology will allow waveguides to be routed anywhere in the volume of a chip rather than just on the chip surface, enabling significantly higher integration and new silicon photonic devices. (Image of a silicon photonic thermal sensor from Sandia National Laboratories.)
Microfluidics
MEMS Sensors and Actuators
3D Integration
Microfluidic devices are used in DNA analysis, clinical pathology, enzymatic analysis, proteomics, and other applications. Our technology will allow variable cross-section and size channels (not just rectangular) routed three-dimensionally through the volume of the chip with the possibility for engineered semi-permeable membranes between channels. (Image of a microfluidic chip with multiple inputs and outputs.)
3D Integration
Precision Manufacturing
3D Integration
3D integration combines dissimilar integrated circuits (e.g., a logic chip with a memory chip) into a single chip. The ability to integrate different kinds of chips into a monolithic device has enabled continued performance improvements in computing devices. Our technology will allow new advances and capabilities in 3D integration. (Image of 3D integrated circuit.)
Photonic Crystals
Precision Manufacturing
Precision Manufacturing
Photonic Crystal structures interact with light to filter and shape the spectrum of light passing through the structure, provide waveguiding capabilities, and optical resonant cavities. Our technology will enable complex three-dimensional photonic crystal structures for a variety of advanced optical applications. (Image is a simple "log pile" 3D photonic crystal structure from Sandia National Laboratories.)
Precision Manufacturing
Precision Manufacturing
Precision Manufacturing
Our technology will take precision manufacturing to a completely different level with precision features accurate to tens of nanometers and completely arbitrary 3D features. Examples include molds for advanced lenses, very small scale surgical tools and other medical devices, microscale components for luxury analog watches, and many other structures. (Image of AkriviA Tourbillon Monopusher Chronograph.)