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Founded: 2020 Northwestern Inventor: Vinayak Dravid McCormick School of Engineering Department of Materials Science Coral Innovations uses a multi-functional nanostructured coating platform to efficiently remove targeted water pollutants (oil, phosphates, heavy metals) in applications across a wide range of industries. Coral Innovations Website

Published: 6/22/2026 | Updated: 6/22/2026 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability

Northwestern Startup: NuMat Technologies, Inc

Founded: 2011 Northwestern Inventor: Omar Farha Weinberg School of Arts & Sciences Department of Chemistry Randall Q. Snurr McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Joseph T. Hupp Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry Numat Technologies is an advanced materials...

Published: 6/22/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Catalyst, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Materials, MOFs, Polymer, Startup with Northwestern IP

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Northwestern Startup: Volexion, Inc.

Founded: 2018 Northwestern Inventor: Mark Hersam McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Materials Science Volexion is developing advanced cathode materials for lithium ion batteries that overcome key limitations to conventional technology, primarily enhanced battery performance at low temperatures and rapid charging and discharging....

Published: 6/22/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Energy storage, Graphene, Lithium-ion, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Northwestern Startup: NanoGraf

Founded: 2012 Northwestern Inventor: Harold Kung McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Jiaxing Huang McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Materials Science Formerly SiNode Systems, NanoGraf pursues advances in Lithium-ion battery anodes to transform a wide...

Published: 6/22/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Fuel Cell, Graphene, Nanoparticle, Startup with Northwestern IP, Sustainability, Sustainable Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Northwestern Startup: Lilac Solutions

Founded: 2016 Northwestern Inventor: Christopher Wolverton McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Materials Science and Engineering Lilac Solutions is developing new ion exchange materials to transform lithium extraction from brine resources. Lilac Solutions Website

Published: 6/22/2026 | Updated: 5/5/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy and Infrastructure, Manufacturing/Processing, Materials, Startup with Northwestern IP, Sustainability, Sustainable Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability

Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Reactor for Selective Methane-to-Methanol Conversion

A plasma-enhanced catalytic reactor that converts methane to methanol under ambient conditions with high selectivity and energy efficiency. INVENTORS Dayne Swearer* James Ho * Principal Investigator DEVELOPMENT STAGE TRL-4 Prototype Validated in Lab: Key functions have been demonstrated in a laboratory-scale...

Published: 5/15/2026 | Updated: 5/1/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Catalyst-liquid interface, Methanol production, Nonthermal plasma, Sustainable fuels, Sustainable Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology

Northwestern Startup: Actinia

Founded: 2020 Northwestern Inventor: Mercouri Kanatzidis Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry Actinia’s mission is to increase the resolution and decrease the dose used in radiological imaging techniques such as SPECT, CT, and even plain X-rays. Actinia develops cutting-edge radiation detector materials...

Published: 5/5/2026 | Updated: 4/29/2026 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): CT, Image/Signal processing, Imaging, Radiation detection, SPECT, Startup with Northwestern IP, X-ray

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT > Radiology, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes

Catalytic Methane to Ethylene Conversion over Mixed Oxide-Sulfide Catalysts using S2

NU 2014-181 INVENTORS Tobin Marks* Matthias Peter SHORT DESCRIPTION This innovation leverages transition metal oxides that partially convert to sulfides with S2 to efficiently convert methane into ethylene. It targets industrial chemical production by reducing cost and enhancing selectivity. BACKGROUND Current industrial methods for producing...

Published: 12/9/2025 | Updated: 11/21/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Biofuels, Catalyst, Chemicals, Energy and Infrastructure, Manufacturing/Processing

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability

Chiral Redox-Active Isosceles Triangles for Enhanced Organic Lithium-Ion Batteries

NU 2016-043 INVENTORS J. Fraser Stoddart (Nobel laureate; Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts & Science, Department of Chemistry)* Siva Nalluri Zhichang Liu SHORT DESCRIPTION This technology uses chiral, redox-active isosceles triangles as active materials for organic rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. It offers improved...

Published: 12/9/2025 | Updated: 10/21/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy storage, Lithium-ion, Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability

Flexible Piezoelectric and Antiferroelectric Haloimidazole Crystals for Next-Generation Electronic Devices

NU 2015-177 INVENTORS J. Fraser Stoddart (Nobel laureate; Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts & Science, Department of Chemistry)* Vinayak Dravid (Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering,Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering)* Aleksandrs Prokofjevs Daniel Ferris Karl Alexander Hujsak Magdalena...

Published: 12/9/2025 | Updated: 10/13/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Materials

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology

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