Electrical and Electronics

The invention is a dimensionally stable Pt/diamond composite electrode for use in electrosynthesis, electrochemical-based toxic waste remediation, and energy conversion devices, like fuel cells.

The technology creates graphite nanoplatelets of less than 200 microns in size from expanded graphite composites by using selected chemicals and microwave or radio wave treatment.

Impedance Source (Z-Source) Power Converter providing robust buck-boost conversion to the Power Management and Power Supply Industries.

The invention is a method for producing a plurality of thin film actuators. The method includes depositing a film of a shape memory alloy material onto a polyimide film to form a shape memory alloy construction.

Ongoing research at MSU promises the catalytic synthesis of a polymer with intrinsically high conductivity, with a variety of potential commercial applications.

Method for making conductive, nanocrystalline diamond potentially used as a non-toxic electrode for electroanalysis applications.

The technology includes composites and methods for making the compositions to provide a metal matrix with dispersed inorganic oxide particles and a surface of a bound organofunctional group. The result is sub-micron reinforcement for solder which allows a superior service life especially in microelectronics.

A highly sensitive nano-scale piezoelectric force sensor can be used to measure contact force and its rate of change on nano-objects, promising an advancement in micromanipulation and microassembly technology.

This technology is a patent-pending process for fabricating a reproducible lawn of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on a semiconductor substrate using a microwave plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) reactor chamber.

This invention provides a single-strand DNA-polypyrrole based biosensor for the detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli), using synthetic oligonucleotides as a model of rapid detection of bacterial select bioterrorism agents.