Michaelmas 2011
i-Team alumni win the CUE business creation competition
This year's CUE "Technology Start-up of the Year" prize was won by AQDOT, a micro-encapsulation start-up founded by Dr. Roger Coulston and Jing Zhang, two i-Teams alumni who also went on to submit their research as an i-Teams project (MicroEnCAPs in Michaelmas 2011). This research has now been spun-out into AQDOT. Jing was also President…
Finding real-world applications for a synthetic reversible molecular lego system
Contacts: Dr. Bazbek Davletov, Dr. Enrico Ferrari & Dr. Chunjing Gu, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Mentors: Alex Hellawell, Innovia Technology & Wouter Meuleman (i-Teams alumni) Dr. Davletov's team of researchers has developed a unique patented system of four distinct molecular helices which quickly assemble into a tight, rigid and stable nanostructure scaffold. The ends…
Enhancing Reality – finding commercial applications for Spectral Edge, a
Contacts: Professor Graham Finlayson, Dr. David Connah, School of Computing Sciences, UEA Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners For some visual examples of the technology's capabilities, see here Professor Finlayson, founder of university spin-out Imsense which was successfully acquired in mid-2010, and his colleague David Connah, have developed a new approach to the problem of…
MicroEnCAPs – investigating the market demand for self-assembling “smart” materials
Contacts: Dr. Roger Coulston & Jing Zhang, Chemistry (both i-Teams alumni) Mentors: Dr. Julian White, Skalene The next generation of "smart" materials will require molecular self-assembly to achieve the high degrees of functionality and complexity that are required for a wide range of applications. Such materials are already used as heat absorbers, self-healing paints, optical sensors and…
