Nanotechnology at NC State: Thinking Small to Look into the Future.

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1 Nanotechnology at NC State: Thinking Small to Look into the Future. Gregory N. Parsons Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Director, NC State Nanotechnology Initiative North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC North Carolina Nanotech Commercialization Conference March 26, 2009 Industry State of NC NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER NCSU

2 Droplet microreactor and microbioassay chips E-field assemblies from gold nanoparticles and live cells Microrobot electronic particles Nanocoatings 2

3 NC State Nano-Initiative NC State Nanotech Initiative Industry Interaction Problem- Driven Research Education and Outreach Mission: To address fundamental understanding of nanomaterials and nanoscale processing to solve problems and produce products of value to the people of North Carolina. 3

4 NC STATE UNIVERSITY NC State Nano-Initiative Cross Discipline Problem Solving Information and Nano--electronics Nano Nano--Energy Nano Clean Environment Engineering Physical and Math Sciences Ag and Life Sciences T il Textiles Veterinary Medicine Social and Educational Sciences Health and BioBioNanotechnology Safety and Security 4

5 Nano for Environment Nanofiber Filtration: Clean Water and Air Nanofibers for air, water filtration devices Reduce energy consumption Smart Filters Integrated sensor devices Electrospinning: 100 nm Multicomponent Spunbond: 200 nm Elmarco 500nm 20 nm 2 um Industry State of NC NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER NCSU 1 um Behnam Pourdeyhimi 5

6 Filtration Technology Human Immunoglobulin G (higg) Nano-engineered filter device to capture antibodies or infectious proteins (such as prions) Ideas for treating the human form of mad cow disease begin to emerge Pathogen Removal and Detection ti Technologies, Inc. (PRDT) R. Carbonell (NCSU) MacoPharma P-Capt TM R. Carbonell, B. Pourdeyhimi, NC State 6

7 Nano for Environment 7

8 Nano for Safety Fibers and Textiles Protection First Responders Fire, Chemical, Particulates, etc. Purification Hazardous vapor remediation Nanoparticle capture Signal/Response Chem/Bio sensors Responsive systems Agent delivery/release Biomedical Systems Pathogen capture, destruction Separations in pharmaceutical manufacturing Industry State of NC NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER NCSU 8

9 Health and BioNanoTechnology 17 nm Steve Lommel, CALS Stefan Franzen, PAMS Red clover necrotic mosaic virus has an ordered inner core comprised of an RNA/protein complex 9

10 BioNanoTechnology Bio Nano Red clover necrotic mosaic virus (RCNMV), icosahedral plant virus Operation and assembly of viral particles targeting vectors e.g. RCNMV drug delivery RNA and DNA based: therapeutics ti and diagnostics nanoscale electronics Yaroslava Yingling Materials Science and Engineering BioNano Systems Modeling

11 Carbon Nanotube-based Body Implants Poly-lactic acid polymer hybridized with multi-wall 100 carbon nanotubes enhances strength and performance for tissue engineering scaffolds 100 nm NanoBioTechnology Nano Bio Mats Hybrid Fibers Cell growth Russ Gorga, Textiles Laura Clarke, Physics Elizabeth Loboa, Biomedical Engineering 11

12 Atomic Layer Deposition Surface NC STATE Trimethyl Aluminum (TMA) OH Surface Sequential self-limiting reactions produce highly conformal coatings on 3D fiber networks 12

13 Native Meltblown Polypropylene Nano-Textiles: Nanofiber Surface NC STATE Al 2 O 3 Nano-Coated Polypropylene State of NC Industry NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER NCSU 13

14 Electronic Nanomaterials Atomic Stacking Yields Potential NCSU researchers have achieved epitaxiallly integrated ferroelectric oxides on GaN, for applications including tunable polarity doping JP Maria Zlatko Sitar Mat Sci and Eng 14

15 Initiated September 2008 Mission: Education and Research in Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy Research Focus: nanomaterials for photovoltaics new generation of inexpensive, i flexible and environmentally friendly devices Supports: 5 seed projects Chem Eng, Chem, Elect. Eng. Research infrastructure for PV device fabrication and characterization Nanotechnology laboratory coursework NCSU Nano-Energy Laboratory ZnO crystals NSF REU 2008 summer student Berc Kalanyan fabricating a photovoltaic solar cell in EB1 at NC State 15

16 Gel Photovoltaics Potential for low cost, flexible, simple fabrication, robust and with low environmental footprint ITO coated PET DAS 5uL CNT or Plastic Graphite slide Cu Ru 5uL Orlin Velev Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Vision 16

17 Social Nano-Science and Education Brent Faber Gail Jones 17

18 Kiril Efimenko, Mike Flickinger Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 18

19 Support NC STATE UNIVERSITY Industry State of NC NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER NCSU international lead zinc research organization inc. 19