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Tight Polyethersulfone (PES) Ultrafiltration Membrane
2018-213 – Market Opportunity The global market for ultrafiltration (UF) membranes has grown to nearly $3.3 billion in 2016 from $3.1 billion in 2015. The market is expected to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9% from 2016 to 2021, increasing to nearly $4.6 billion in 2021. The major applications of the technology: food and beverage processing, biopharmaceuticals... Read More
Hydrogen Storage at Ambient Temperature and Moderate Pressure
2018-137 – Market Opportunity Global demand for hydrogen storage materials and technologies likely reached $3.4 billion in 2015 and could pass the $5.4 billion mark in 2021. Strong growth is expected in this market, with annual growth rates projected to be 8.1% between 2016 and 2021, according to a report by BCC Research. Technology This technology relates to a flexible free-standing nano-film... Read More
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Biological Remediation of Chlorinated Organic Pollutants
2017-113 – Market Opportunity Chlorinated hydrocarbons are a class of toxic chemicals found frequently in the industrial wastewater, soils and groundwater. Non-invasive bioremediation approaches are rapidly becoming the method of choice over conventional physical and/or chemical remediation processes. In sites contaminated by chlorinated organic pollutants, such as chlorinated ethenes, reductive... Read More
Bioproduction of Fine Chemicals of Natural Origin
2017-052 – Market Opportunity Consumers in the cosmetic, perfume and food industries often prefer the fine chemicals (e.g. flavours and fragrances) used in the product to be obtained from natural sources. However, the extraction of these specialty chemicals from botanical sources is unable to meet consumer demands, leading to a high price for these chemicals. For example, 2-Phenylethanol (2-PE)... Read More
Controlled Mammalian Cell Culture with an Inorganic Thin-Film Coated Substrate
15151n – Market Opportunity The ability to tailor enhancement and inhibition of cellular interactions on inorganic surfaces has not only important for scientific understanding, but for in-vitro (cell culture and flow cytometry/ microfluidic) and in-vivo (implants or device utilization) applications as well. Weak cell-surface adhesion to substrates is a common problem and presents... Read More
TMDs Quantum dots
2018-215 – The global quantum dots market was $610 million in 2016 and it is estimated to grow to $3.4 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate of 41.3% from 2016 to 2021. Semiconducting transition metals dichalogenides (TMDs) nanomaterials form the key nanoelectronic components in nanoelectronics. As the dimensions are important characteristics when designs are in the nanoscale, obtaining... Read More
Black Phosphorus Carbide Infrared Phototransistor for high speed and low light applications
2017-037 – Black Phosphorus Carbide Infrared Phototransistor for high speed and low light applications Market Need Photodetectors are a key component of many devices we use in our daily life. From metrology and imaging to optical communications, we rely on photodetectors to convert the information stored in light into electrical signals that can be processed by standard electronics. Due to its... Read More
Energy Saving & Flexible Electrochromic Films for Flexible Display, Smart Window, Privacy Screen and Other Applications
13255n – Applications Patents Patent pending Opportunity Contact NUS Ref: 13255N, Dr.Tan Yan Ny (tel.: 65-660 12812), Email: ilotanyn@nus.edu.sg or iloquery@nus.edu.sg Inventors: Prof. Barbaros Özyilmaz, Eeshan Sandeep Kulkarni, Iñigo Martin Fernandez, Toh Chee Tat and Prof. Antonio Castro Neto Advantages Technology Overview Electrochromic films are... Read More
Cost Effective Kaolinite-Based Porous Ceramic Supports with High Permeability and Mechanical Strength
13322n – Cost Effective Kaolinite-Based Porous Ceramic Supports with High Permeability and Mechanical Strength HONG Liang; CHEN Xinwei; ZHOU Yi’en Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Industry Problem Ceramic membranes are made of inorganic materials such as alumina, titania, zirconia oxides, silicon carbide. Advantages of ceramic membranes are (1) high chemical,... Read More
Novel Draw solutes for Forward Osmosis (FO)
12195n – Applications • Forward Osmosis Patents Patent Pending Opportunity • Licensing • Partnership for further development Contact • NUS Ref: 12195N • Yong Yoke Ping (tel.: 65-660 11680) • Email: iloyyp@nus.edu.sg , iloquery@nus.edu.sg • Primary Inventor: Prof. Chung Tai Shung, Neal Advantages · Very low reverse salt flux (~0.1 g mh) ... Read More
Catalytic Hollow Fiber Membrane for Pure Hydrogen Production
11358a – Catalytic Hollow Fiber Membrane for Pure Hydrogen Production Applications • Hydrogen production by reforming reactions of hydrocarbons • Catalytic decomposition of methane Patents Patent Pending Opportunity • Licensing • Collaboration for further development of technology Contact • NUS Ref: 11358A • Yong Yoke Ping (tel.: 65-66011680) • Email:... Read More
A Highly Hydrophilic and Oleophobic Membrane for Oil/Water Separation
11142n – A Highly Hydrophilic and Oleophobic Membrane for Oil/Water Separation Applications Oily Wastewater treatment Patents Patent pending Opportunity Contact NUS Ref: 11142N Yong Yoke Ping (tel.: 65-660 11680) Email: iloyyp@nus.edu.sg or iloquery@nus.edu.sg Primary Inventor: Prof Bai Renbi Advantages Technology Overview Effective and... Read More
Membranes for Membrane Distillation
2016-315 – Membranes for Membrane Distillation CHUNG Tai Shung; ZUO Jian; LU Kangjia Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Industry Problem Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging physical separation technology which is being explored for production of clean water due to the high energy consumption of thermal processes and the fluctuation of energy prices. Among many... Read More
Ultrastable Catalysts for Water Splitting
16036n – Ultrastable Catalysts for Water Splitting Prof. Loh Kian Ping, Dr. Chen Zhongxin, Dr. Leng Kai Department of Chemistry NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering Industry Problem Hydrogen energy is an ideal, clean and highly efficient secondary energy resource to replace petroleum fuels in the future energy production. As an alternative to the traditional... Read More
Anti-Static yet Non-Conductive Polymeric Materials
15113n – Anti-Static yet Non-Conductive Polymeric Materials Market Need When two solid surfaces come into contact and are then separated, charge separates at the interface. With repeated contacts, the surfaces can accumulate more and more charge, leading to a wide variety of problems and potentially hazardous situations in many different industries. For example, in the oil industry, electrical... Read More
Flexible light-weight Lithium ion conducting inorganic-organic composite electrolyte membrane for Lithium-air Battery
15183n – Flexible light-weight Lithium ion conducting inorganic-organic composite electrolyte membrane for Lithium-air Battery Prof Stefan Adams, Safanama Dorsasadat Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Industry Problem Rechargeable Lithium-air battery (LAB) is a promising power source with high specific energy. A fast ion-conducting membrane is a key... Read More
Anode-Free Sodium Battery
2017-004 – Anode-free Sodium Battery Palani Balaya, Ashish Rudola Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Industry Problem The world is poised for complete electrification in the coming decades. Electric vehicles, renewable energy power plants and consumer electronics need inexpensive and high gravimetric and volumetric energy and power density batteries. The current... Read More
Mesoporous Metal Oxide with High Packing Density for Superior Lithium Storage
09238n – Mesoporous Metal Oxide with High Packing Density for Superior Lithium Storage Industry Problem Li-ion battery is a promising rechargeable battery technology, but still requires the development of efficient cathode and anode materials in order to increase Lithium storage capacity. Electrode materials with nanometer-sized grains (nanostructured) enables efficient diffusion of both... Read More
Advanced Redox Flow Batteries
15141n-11179n – Introduction Vanadium redox-flow battery (VRB), as one of the most promising technologies for stationary energy storage (i.e. for smart grid, PV/wind farm, household application, etc.), stores energy in vanadium redox species-containing electrolyte fluids, while suffers from low energy density, high cost, and narrow operation temperature range. Our flow battery technologies, based... Read More
Method for Providing a Magnetic Sensor with a Biasing Spin-Orbit Effective Field
2016-233 – Industry Problem Driven by the hard disk industry, various types of thin film magnetic sensors have been developed in the last 2 decades. These include anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) sensor, giant magnetoresistance (GMR) sensor, magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) sensor and planar Hall effect (PHE) sensor. The biasing schemes needed for these sensors significantly increases the... Read More
High-performance Magnetoresistance Sensor based on Graphene and Black Phosphorous Hybrid
2016-196 – High-performance Magnetoresistance Sensor based on Graphene and Black Phosphorous Hybrid Inventors : Kian Ping LOH, Yanpeng LIU, Jiong LU Industry Problem Magnetoresistance sensors are used widely in computers, airplanes, automobiles etc and its applications are increasing in numbers. Conventional magnetoresistance sensors, which works by measuring the electrical resistance of one... Read More