Materials and Structures: Technologies for License
Blast Protection Technology for Windows During recent conflicts, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the use of improvised explosive devices as methods of warfare and terrorism. As a result, more government and commercial buildings require hardened windows for added security. SRI's unique blast protection technology for glass windows is available for licensing. The patented life-saving technology is retrofit to existing windows to prevent shattered glass from flying into a building if an explosion occurs outside. With an increased need for protection, SRI’s "soft catch" system can retrofit existing windows to withstand blast loads. SRI's approach meets the performance criteria for 10 pounds per square inch blast pressure specified by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for hardening windows to higher threat levels. The SRI technology uses a film attached to the inside of a window that captures the glass fragments. The technology uniquely connects the film and window frame, allowing the film to displace significantly while softly absorbing the energy of the glass. The system can be easily installed onto existing windows. Contact: Alex Beavers, Commercial Ventures and Strategic Programs, alex.beavers@sri.com
Carilite™ Thermoset Resins for Green Wood Glues
SRI's polymer products offer lower processing costs, greater strength and elasticity, and environmental advantages compared to competitive products. SRI has licensed a variety of its engineering polymer technologies, and other polymers are being developed for energy, consumer, automotive, and industrial applications. More information: Read our press release about Shell Oil Company's donation of the Carilite™ intellectual property portfolio to SRI, or download the Carilite™ fact sheet (PDF). Also, read more about SRI's work in polymer catalysis. Contact: Robert Wilson, SRI's Director of Chemical Science and Technology, 650-859-5954 or robert.b.wilson@sri.com Carilon® Thermoplastic Polymers
More information: Read our press release about Shell Oil Company's donation of the Carilon® intellectual property portfolio to SRI, or download the Carilon® fact sheet (PDF). Also, read more about SRI's work in polymer catalysis. Contact: Robert Wilson, SRI's Director of Chemical Science and Technology, 650-859-5954 or robert.b.wilson@sri.com High-Sensitivity Proximity Assays
The sensitivity of proximity assays is limited by the enhancement factors of the reporter signal transducer, typically a traditional organic fluor, molecular beacon structure, or lanthanide chelate. Lanthanides are attractive because they are highly photostable, exhibit large Stokes shifts, and have narrow emission lines. This permits multiplexed detection, easy discrimination of excitation light from emissions, and long detection dwell times for maximum sensitivity. Assays based on lanthanides suffer, however, from poor overall sensitivity because of the low brightness and long emission lifetimes of the lanthanide dyes. Assays based on traditional fluors, on the other hand, can be photosensitive, limiting shelf life and potential applications. They also have relatively broad emission lines that hinder multiplexing. Surface-enhanced fluorescence of lanthanide chelates using (for example) colloidal silver nanoparticles deposited on a surface dramatically improves the brightness of lanthanide-based fluors, and hence the sensitivity of lanthanide-based proximity assays. SRI's platform technology allows for lanthanide-based systems to exhibit superior sensitivity together with proximity assay capability while retaining all of the other advantages of lanthanide chelate fluors, such as large Stokes shifts and narrow emission lines. These advantages permit the ready development of highly multiplexed proximity assays for either heterogeneous or homogeneous formats. Such assays can be used for bioanalytical systems in either a research or clinical setting: nucleic acid binding, protein-protein binding, protein-ligand binding, cell-ligand binding, etc. Contact: Eric Pearson at 650-859-3072 or eric.pearson@sri.com. Printing and Imaging Materials What: A family of SRI-proprietary water-soluble polymers and other chemistries that represent the most water-fast and rub-resistant inks available for today's inkjet printers. While much of our technology was researched and developed in response to the introduction of the inkjet printer, SRI's expertise applies to a diverse range of printing and coating technologies and market applications. These novel polymer and formulation concentrates are being used for rapid
Opportunity : A major supplier of address labels for the office market needed a solution that reduced (or ideally, eliminated) the risk of inkjet labels from running when they came in contact with water. On its own, the company introduced new paper products specifically for early inkjet printers -but as new printers were introduced, the company had difficulty keeping pace with the market. SRI provided a range of advanced technologies. Contact: Eric Pearson at 650-859-3072 or eric.pearson@sri.com.
SRI's platform technology for silicon-based polymers offers coatings products with a wide array of applications including protection of metal surfaces from corrosion. These coatings—available for license—dramatically enhance the durability, safety, and sustainability of metal structures. Products being commercialized based on SRI's anti-corrosion coating technology have been tested with salt-spray, hot acid, and hot/ cold temperature cycling. Applications include automotive components, industrial machinery and pipes, and a variety of metal structures such as port cranes and support elements in buidlings and bridges. For more information on SRI's anti-corrosion coatings download the PDF. Contact: Alex Beavers, Commercial Ventures and Strategic Programs, alex.beavers@sri.com
Touchscreen handhelds and a wide variety of other glass and metal surfaces tend to become easily opaque and smudged, causing early disposal of consumer electronics and appliances, or requiring frequent use of cleaning fluids. SRI's anti-smudge technology can extend the lifetime of glass or metal products by 10 to 15 percent by protecting them with SRI's coatings. These coatings diminish the deposition of smudges and allow for fast, easy cleaning. Benefits include intact glass transparency, easy fingerprint removal, production scalability with conventional equipment, and low per-unit cost. For more information on SRI's anti-smudge surface coatings download the PDF. Contact: Alex Beavers, Commercial Ventures and Strategic Programs, alex.beavers@sri.com |
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SRI offers Carili
Designed for multiple applications in the engineering thermoplastic and fiber markets, SRI offers Carilon® aliphatic polyketone polymers for licensing today. Representing the next wave in engineering thermoplastic (ETP) materials, Carilon® is based on a semicrystalline thermoplastic, exhibiting a range of valuable performance characteristics that are maintained even at high temperatures. Carilon® polymers offer superior strength, wear, and low permeability, which make them ideal for use in under-the-hood automotive parts; electrical and electronics systems; business machines and consumer appliances; film, fiber and protective coatings; lab supplies; and in industrial uses. 
SRI has developed a patent-pending technology that dramatically increases the sensitivity of traditional proximity assays through the combination of surface-enhanced fluorescence and lanthanide chelate fluorescent labels. 
Financial damage to the transportation,
marine, construction, machinery,
and consumer appliance industries caused by corrosion
is measured in the tens of billions
of dollars each year. Risks associated with
metal corrosion range from simple
aesthetics problems to serious
structural instability.
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