Intellectual Property

Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides the nation with world-class research based on fundamental science and applied R&D. These scientific advancements also impact and drive the global marketplace, strengthening U.S. competitiveness and supporting economic development in our communities. Listed here are manufacturing and materials technologies available for licensing.

Manufacturing

• Robust Digital Valve for Prosthetic Finger, Microsurgery, Robotics
• Superhydrophobic Coatings
• Multi-winding Homopolar Electric Machine
• Integrated Reactor & Centrifugal Separator & Uses Thereof
• Slow Wave Structures for Charged Particle Applications

Materials

• Skin-Like Prosthetic Polymer Surfaces
• Superhydrophobic Coatings
• Thermally Conductive Graphite Foam
• Epoxy Based Nanodielectric with Homogeneously Distributed Nanoparticles
• Carbon or Graphite Foam as a Heating Element and System Thereof
• Pulse Thermal Processing of Functional Materials
• Well Defined Structures for Capacitor Applications
• Apparatuses for Pre-stressing Rod-type Specimens in Tension for In-situ Passive Fracture Testing in an Extremely High-pressure Environment of Hydrogen
• Oxygen Diffusion to Dramatically Improve the Wear Resistance of Titanium Aluminides (TiAl, Ti3Al, TiAl3)
• Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Various Fibers
• Toughened Graphite Electrodes for Electric Arc Furnaces
• Methods of Use of Calcium Hexa Aluminate Refractory Linings and/or Chemical Barriers in High Alkali or AlkalineEnvironments
• A Novel Method for Improving Flux-pinning and Possibly Achieving High Temperature Superconductivity (HTS) Filamentization
• High-Mn Austenitic Stainless Steel