I-Corps: Demonstration of Microreactor-Assisted Nanomaterials Deposition for Customer Discovery and Value Creation

I-Corps团队旨在通过客户发现过程和价值创造活动，探索低成本节能涂层工艺的商业潜力。该团队开发的技术可以在整个行业中找到应用，包括太阳能电池，平板玻璃，眼镜，微电子和专用/光纤行业。该团队开发了微反应器辅助纳米材料沉积（MAND）工艺，该工艺结合了微反应技术与液相纳米材料合成、纯化、功能化和沉积的优点。MAND结构是一个灵活和通用的纳米材料合成和部署的纳米制造平台。它可以以不同的方式实现功能纳米结构的制造。MAND技术已被证明在生产复杂的、功能梯度的纳米结构方面是有效的，具有更好的材料利用率和更低的能量需求，具有更少的工人接触和更低的操作和资本成本的潜力。

This I-Corps team aims to explore the commercial potential of low-cost energy efficient coating processes via the customer discovery process and value creation activities. The techniques developed by the team can find applications across a whole host of industries including solar cells, flat glass, eyeglasses, microelectronics, and specialized/fiber optics industries. The team has developed the Microreactor-Assisted Nanomaterials Deposition (MAND) processes that combine the merits of microreaction technology with solution-phase nanomaterial synthesis, purification, functionalization, and deposition. The MAND architecture is a flexible and versatile nanomanufacturing platform for nanomaterials synthesis and deployment. It can be implemented in various ways for the manufacturing of functional nanostructures. MAND techniques have been shown to be effective at producing sophisticated, functionally gradient nanostructures with better material utilization and lower energy requirements with the potential for less worker exposure and lower operating and capital costs.