Technology transfer at the Paul Scherrer Institut From knowledge to market success
With the Accelerator Mass Spectrometer BioMICADAS developped at PSI it is possible to analyse 200 to 250 samples per day. This is very interesting for the industry.
PSI strives to make new findings from research accessible to the industry. In this way the competitiveness of Swiss industrial enterprises shall be strengthened. As a result, firms can launch innovations on the market and hence secure existing jobs and even create new ones.
PSI annually files 30 to 40 patent applications to protect its inventions and draws up several licence agreements.
In the case of technology transfer, PSI offers technologies, products and know-how. With its facilities and methods it can additionally support companies' research and development processes, as well as implement joint research projects with the industry. PSI also fosters and encourages its scientists to exploit their inventions which may result in spin-off companies.
In focus
Master for hot moulding of an interdigital structure for an electro chemical sensor
INKA – Institute for nano technical plastics applications
The market for innovative products in micro system technology grows rapidly. Particularly the expanding life sciences area shall be supplied with newly developed system solutions in micro and nano plastics technology. For instance micro fluidic systems on boards or compact discs in diagnostics and analytics are already commercially available. By integrating micro and nano structuring these systems can be equipped with additional functionalities, i.e. optimized surface characteristics, additional measurement features.INKA brochure
INKA website (german)
Injector nozzle with visible diesel, 20cm length
Neutron radiography for non-destructive testing
Neutrons can be used for non-destructive testing because they are able to penetrate thick material layers. Their specific interaction with the atomic nuclei of the material provide transmission images with additional information and/or complementary contrast to ordinary X-ray images of the same sample. Due to the high interaction probability of thermal neutrons with hydrogen containing materials, neutron radiography delivers high contrast images for thin layers of organic substances or samples partly consisting of hydrogen rich components.Brochure on Neutron Imaging
Neutra website