Primary Investigators: Daniel Herr, Hemali Rathnayake, Kristen Dellinger
Application Number: 62/811,292
UNCG Innovation: 19-0008
Category: Nanoscience
Description:
This invention relates to bioinpsired amphiphylic hybrid nanomaterials that exhibit the potential for self-assembling sub-5 nm nanostructures, such as lines and spaces. Specifically, this disclosure includes the following set of inventions/innovations:
- Hybrid nanomaterial compositions that incorporate a metal coordinated and/or complexed to an amphiphilic molecule, such as a phospholipid, a multicarbocylated fatty acid and/or their analogs, etc.
- The self-assembled sub-5 nm nanostructures that exhibit some functionality, e.g., Electrical conductivity, selective etch selectivity for pattern transfer to a substrate, etc.
- A process, e.g., one that includes sonication, for driving the assembly towards a desired morphology, e.g., nanowires.
- A hybrid nanomaterial system that is capable of exhibiting a dynamic, such that the intermolecular phase segregation forces tend to increase during processing, thus enabling ultra-high-resolution self-assembled nanostructures. In principles, a system designed with such a dynamic K may achieve highly resolved nanostructures with low defectivity.
Immediate & Future Applications:
- Show ITRS roadmap for DSA applications in nanoelectronics fabrication
- Describe AMAT’s interest
Inventor Info: Daniel Herr
- https://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/people/faculty/faculty-nanoscience/daniel-herr/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-herr-bb18667
- https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/clist.aspx?id=4832
Inventor Info: Hemali Rathnayake
- https://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/people/faculty/faculty-nanoscience/hemali-rathnayake-ph-d/
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hemali_Rathnayake
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B3oRU-kAAAAJ&hl=en
Inventor Info: Kristen Dellinger
- https://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/dr-kristen-dellinger/
- https://www.nnci.net/experts/kristen-dellinger
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristendellinger
- https://nanoscalescience.uncc.edu/events/2019-02-07/prof-kristen-dellinger-ncatuncg
- https://kepleybiosystems.com/about_us/
- https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/563743/overview
Media:
- https://uc.uncg.edu/prod/cweekly/2019/06/24/dr-dan-herr/
- https://research.uncg.edu/spotlight/the-big-deal-about-nano-jsnns-dan-herr-takes-on-topic-at-tedx-talk/
- https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/scientists-at-the-joint-school-of-nanoscience-and-nanoengineering-look/article_3b30f82e-cf21-51ed-b7e6-fe936431b434.html
- https://www.elon.edu/u/news/2014/09/17/nanotechnology-pioneer-talks-of-advances-in-lifesaving-treatments/