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Founded: 2012Northwestern Inventor: Harold KungMcCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceDepartment of Chemical and Biological EngineeringJiaxing Huang McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceDepartment of Materials ScienceFormerly SiNode Systems, NanoGraf pursues advances in Lithium-ion battery anodes to transform a wide range of...

Published: 5/5/2026 | 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: 2016Northwestern Inventor: Christopher WolvertonMcCormick 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: 5/5/2026 | 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

Downregulation of Promoter Strength for Increased Production of Recombinant Biopolymers

RPI ID: 2021-070-401 Innovation Summary: Recombinant E. coli strains and synthetic protein sequence designs are used to produce disordered polypeptides such as spidroins and elastin-like peptides (ELPs). The system leverages genome engineering to suppress basal expression and redirect cellular resources toward target biopolymer synthesis. This approach...

Published: 3/10/2026 | Updated: 3/10/2026 | Inventor(s): Mattheos Koffas, Derek Nelson, Runye Zha, Alexander Connor

Keywords(s): Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials, Recombinant Protein Engineering, Sustainable Materials

Category(s): Biotechnology and the Life Sciences

Dissolvable Coating for Blended Fibers Textile Recycling

NU 2025-066 INVENTORS Cecile Chazot* Eleanor Grosvenor Malachi Cohen Gabrielle Wood SHORT DESCRIPTION This technology describes a method for mixed textile manufacturing, particularly elastane-based materials, with a biopolymer component that can be selectively dissolved for textile recycling. Figure 1: Core-spun sheath...

Published: 4/10/2026 | Updated: 5/22/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Adhesive, Cleantech, Manufacturing/Processing, Polymer, Polymer Recycling and Reprocessing, Sustainable Materials

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

Methods for incorporating dynamic bonds into existing polymers

Methods for incorporating dynamic bonds into existing polymers NU 2023-117 INVENTORS Julia Kalow* Daniel Hart Joseph Accardo SHORT DESCRIPTION This invention presents a method for incorporating dynamic bonds into unsaturated polymers commonly found in synthetic rubbers. The approach enables the chemical modification of waste rubber creating...

Published: 11/6/2025 | Updated: 4/28/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Cleantech, Environment, Polymer, Sustainable Materials

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