Role of Research Centers in Innovation
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Role of Research Centers in Innovation
NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) Innovation and Industrial Collaboration in NSECs and Nanomanufacturing Ahmed Busnaina, W.L. Smith Professor and Director Director: Ahmed Busnaina, NEU Deputy Director: Joey Mead, UML, Associate Directors: Carol Barry, UML; Nick McGruer, NEU; Glen Miller, UNH; Jacqueline Isaacs, NEU, Group Leader: David Tomanek, MSU www.nano.neu.edu Outline What is High-rate Nanomanufacturing? CHN Team and Research Thrusts Research Focus at the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing NSEC Interaction and Collaboration with Industry Innovation and Ideation Workshops Applications The CHN Team Strength and Capability Semiconductor & MEMs fab 7,000 ft2 class 10 and 100 cleanrooms 6 inch completer wafer fab, nanolithography capabilities NEU: Directed assembly, MEMS, fabrication, nanoscale contamination control UML: High volume polymer processing and assembly UNH: Synthesis, self-assembly A unique partnership Plastics processing labs 20,000 ft2 + Fully-equipped synthetic labs 10,000 ft2 + Compounding and forming equipment Institution Faculty Post-docs Graduate Undergrad. Total NEU 14 3 19 14 50 UML 18 6 35 16 75 UNH 6 5 12 13 36 MSU 1 1 1 0 3 TOTAL 39 15 67 43 164 What is High-rate Nanomanufacturing? Nanomanufacturing: Directed Assembly and Transfer Process Flow for the CHN Testbeds: System-level Focus Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Spin-off companies Commercialize Technology Electronics, Energy, Biotechnology, Nanomaterials Applications Thrust 3 Reliability, Defects Multi-scale Modeling Transfer Nanoelements to Substrate Exposure Monitoring and Control Environmental & Economic Uncertainties Regulatory & Ethical Issues Thrust 2 Synthesize and Functionalize Nanoelements Process & Quality Control High-rate Tox Screening Assemble Nanoelements at high-rate Thrust 1 Thrust 4 Licensing and partnerships Fabricate Templates CHN Breakthrough; First Example of A Persistent Nonacene S S S S 1 S S S S S S Kaur, I.; Jazdzyk, M.; Stein, N. N.; Prusevich, P.; Miller, G. P., “Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Persistent Nonacene Derivative,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 1261-1263. Novel Nanoelements; Nano-cups and Nano-rings with Adjustable L/D Ratios L/D ~ 1 10 Variable L/D Ratio H. Chun, M. G. Hahm, Y. Homma, R. Meritz, K. Kuramochi, L. Menon, L. Ci , P. M. Ajayan, and Y. J. Jung, ACS Nano , 2009. Template Directed Assembly High-rate (< 1 min.) Nanoparticles down to 10 nm Pat. Pend. Polymer blends Pat. Pend. Carbon nanotubes Pat Pend. down to 80 nm lines Xiong, X, Busnaina, A, et. Al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007. Wei, M. Liang F., Lee, J. Somu, S., Xiong, X, , Barry, C., Busnaina, A., Mead, J, Advanced Materials, 2009. Xiong, X, Jaberabsari, L, Hahm, M G, Busnaina, A, and Jung, Y, J, Small, 2007. Makaram, P, Somu, S, Xiong, X, Busnaina, A, Jung,Y J, and McGruer, N, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007. Template Directed Assembly of SWNTs • Assembly of CNTs over large areas on templates with different surface energies – Hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions assist fluidic assembly Crossbar structure Xiong, X, Jaberabsari, L, Hahm, M G, Busnaina, A, and Jung, Y, J, Small, 3(12) 2006 (2007) Jaber-Ansari, L, Hahm, M G, Somu, S, Echegoyen Sanz, Y, Busnaina, A, and Jung, Y J, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (2), pp 804 (2009) Jaberasani, L., Somu, S. Hahm, M G, Busnaina, A, and Jung, Y J, Appl. Phys. A., 5194 (2009) Template Directed Fluidic Assembly • Large scale assembly on polymer substrates – Enables assembly of lines over large areas (i.e., centimeters) SWNT Parylene 100 µm Patterned, aligned CNTs on a parylene, polycarbonate or polystyrene wafers Nanotechnology 2009 High-rate Multi-scale Directed Assembly of Polymer Blends • Chemically functionalized templates assemble PS/PMMA polymer blends into non-uniform geometries. • Polymer domains were patterned from 300 nm down to 100 nm on the same template. PS/PMMA (50/50 ratio) Chiota et al., Small, 2009 Dec;5(24):2788-91 Wei, M. L. Fang, J. Lee, S. Somu, X. Xiong, C. Barry, A. Busnaina, and J. Mead, Advanced Materials, 21(7), 735 (2009). PMMA (Light) PS (Dark) High-rate Transfer (< 1 min) Transfer of conductive polymer wires Transfer of assembled nanoparticles Assembled polymer Langmuir, 2009 Transfer to polyurethane Template is Reused 40 µm Template after transfer Transfer of assembled SWNT Wires Peeling Off SWNT/Polymer Film Polymer Spin Coating J. of Macromolecular Rapid Comm, 2006 PMM A SWNT s CHN Industrial Partnerships Interaction with Industry Partnership with Industry is Key Interaction with Industry IAB membership is open to companies without a fee, why? Membership grew from 20 in year 2 to 37 in year 5. Considerable industrial partnerships started in year 3 and funding significantly increased after Ideation workshop run by the Center for Innovation Management Systems (CIMS) at NC State. Engagement Mechanisms Joint exploratory ideation workshops for individual or groups of companies Industry day events International Nanomanufacturing Workshops COOP students at IAB companies IAB performs SWOT analysis for CHN CHN Entrepreneurial Activities Entrepreneurship pilot program with business schools and school of Technological Entrepreneurship to facilitate Spin-offs at CHN Interaction with Industry Annual Industry Day First suggested by the Industrial Advisory Board Over 100 attendees from 45 companies Short presentations by CHN Director Ahmed Busnaina Industrial Advisory Board Chair, Dr. Brent Segal Poster session with more than 50 posters displaying CHN research Annual N.E. Nanomanufacturing Workshop Over 100 attendees from industry and academia every year Over 30 speakers and panelists Industry, academia, government, and others Many international speakers Seven workshops held from 2003 – 2009 CHN Industrial Partnerships Did it work? Strong Industrial Partnerships Over 30 Companies Support for Application Drives Funding Increases Companies Contributing Financially: Amberwave, Draper Labs, EMC, Intel, Konarka Technologies, Kuraray, Lockheed Martin, Nantero, Nypro, Raytheon, Textron Systems, Ticona, Triton Systems, Velcro Group CHN Commercialization Strategy State Investment in CHN • CHN has received a $2 million grant from the John Adams Innovation Institute (MTC) to support technology development over 5 years – Supports expansion of CHN’s commercialization activities – Leverages and compliments NSF funding in fundamental research Leverage – Over the past 6 years, CHN has attracted $36.44 million in funding (other federal, NSF, state, industry, etc.) Spin-offs – Innovacene, based on CHN technology, officially launched June, 2010 Business Development • Business schools are evaluating markets and developing business plans for CHN products Innovation Path at CHN How do we create applications? CHN Commercialization Strategy Ideation Workshop initially developed and supported and promoted by NSF to support Commercialization Earlier CIMS “Ideation” Workshop conducted at NEU (2007) proved successful Mass Tech Collaborative/John Adams Innovation Institute Commercialization grant (2010 $2 million) awarded to fund Ideation Workshops and subsequent Seed funding CHN Ideation Workshop The CHN Ideation workshop joins CHN researchers (faculty, post-docs and students) with industry to discuss CHN capabilities and explore its applications, led by Professor Angus I. Kingon of Brown University Prospective companies are pre-qualified, and invited to attend Seed program enables emerging companies to collabortively work with CHN on new applications on cost-share basis Helps to build the Application based research to support Center growth, and long-term Center sustainability 22 Ideation Workshops in 2010 1. Three pre-workshops ; university technological capabilities – Faculty Researchers, Post-Docs and selected grad students 2. Technology capabilities summary and “packaging” review 3. Two Ideation industry collaboration workshops Bringing Industry and Researchers together 50 researchers (50% from NSEC and 50% from industry) 4. Industry workshop follow-up – directed, specific activities 5. Identify specific projects for collaboration based on the ideation workshop CHN Industrial Partnerships How did it work? CHN Applications Roadmap Acenes for OLEDs and Photovoltaics Assembly of CNTs and NPs for Batteries Flexible SWNT NEMS Electronics Switch for Memory Devices Nano multibiomarker Biosensors 2-D Assembly for Structural App. EMIshielding SWNT & NP Interconnects Energy Electronics Materials Bio/Med Directed Assembly and Transfer Nanoscale Science NP based Delivery Chips 1 0 m m CHN Toolbox Connects Research to Applications Nanoelements Assembly Processes Transfer Processes Microwires template Nanoparticles Electrophoretic 2-D and 3-D Nanowires templates Carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) Templates Substrates Applications Direct transfer (no functionalization) Silicon SWNT switch for memory devices Chemical Functionalization Direct transfer with chemical functionalization Polymer Polymer-based Biosensors Conductive polymers (PANi) Electrophoretic and chemical functionalization No transfer needed Metal Nanoparticlebased Biosensors Template-free Polymer blends Dielectrophoretic 2-D and 3-D Damascene Template Fullerenes Convective Acenes Convective interfacial SWNT Chem Sensors Graphene Self assembly EMI Shielding Nanotrench template Reel-to-reel transfer Switchable functionalization SWNT Batteries Photovoltaics Process Flow for SWNT Chemical Sensors Templates Nanoelements Assembly Processes Transfer Processes Substrates Applications Silicon SWNT switch for memory devices Polymer Polymer-based Biosensors Metal Nanoparticlebased Biosensors Microwires template Nanoparticles Electrophoretic Direct transfer (no functionalization) Nanowires templates Carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) Chemical Functionalization Direct transfer with chemical functionalization Nanotrench template Conductive polymers (PANi) Electrophoretic and chemical functionalization No transfer needed Template-free Polymer blends Dielectrophoretic Reel-to-reel transfer SWNT Batteries Damascene Templates Fullerenes Convective Switchable functionalization Photovoltaics Acenes Convective interfacial SWNT Chem Sensors Graphene Self assembly EMI Shielding Applications SWNT Switch for Memory Devices SWNT Battery Energy Harvesting SWNT Interconnects Biosensor for Multiple Biomarkers SWNT Chemical Sensor In vivo Nano Biosensor Image of the in-vivo biosensor (0.1 mm x 0.1 mm) after animal testing 10 mm Incubated with human plasma spiked with CEA Detection limit: 15 pg/ml Current technology detection limit is 3000 pg/ml Chemical Sensors Optical images of the sensor Fabrication procedure for the sensor has been established. Sensors have been fabricated and tested in different environments 20 µm Source of noise has been minimized to obtain better Signal to Noise ratio. Top viewed SEM micrographs of the sensor 12/7/2010 12/7/2010 30 30 Applications Expansion CHN emerging applications led to increased industrial sponsorship SWNT sensors CNT- battery Photovoltaics Nonvolatile memory EMI shielding Metamaterials Biosensor SWNT composites CHN Spin-off Company: Innovacene Winner of State of NH’s “Green Launching Pad” Competition Innovacene officially launched June, 2010 Innovacene manufactures organic semiconductors for thin-film electronic applications including OPVs and OLEDs Flexible Nanomanufacturing spinout is in discussion with angel investors SWNT Battery and Sensor spin out are under discussion CHN Responsible Manufacturing Exposure Assessment & Control High-rate Toxicity Screening EHS Assessment, Screening & EOL Impacts End-of-Life Impacts Enviro & Economic Uncertainties Environmental & Economic Uncertainties Regulatory Issues Regulatory Issues CHN researchers are helping Companies meet EPA new Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program TSCA requirements 33 Formation of CHN-NHC to Aid Industry CHN Nanomaterials and Health Consortium (CHN-NHC) • • • • • • Comprehensive exposure monitoring and assessment in facilities Risk assessment Advice/assistance in development, implementation, evaluation of controls Best practices documentation and/or training in handling of nanomaterials Targeted research projects governed by industry partners Dedicated CHN-NHC web page N H www.uml.edu/nano/nanoehs C Nanomaterials and Health Consortium Acknowledgement National Science Foundation (NSEC NSF Grant No. 0425826) W. M. Keck Foundation Advanced Energy Consortium Lockheed Martin Department of Defense