Knowhow offering | |
Title | Quartz Crystal Micro balance (QCM) |
Knowhow is available for | An in situ quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), based on a compact embedded system, that can be used to study molecular recognition and for other scientific/ research purposes |
Summary | An in-situ QCM that can be used for molecular recognition in advanced scientific -The system has a wide and continuous range of frequencies, up to 30 MHz. -Can be used to make continuous real time measurements up to microsecond levels. -The system also has an "embedded, system-on-chip software", with hard-to-copy software and could be made portable. |
Advantages | -Compact system - could be made portable -A range of frequencies is possible- thus enabling a variety of measurements with a single instrument -Avoids complicated design requirements by using a -System-on-a-chip (SOC) system -Continuous monitoring of experiments possible- thus increasing the utility and flexibility -Low cost alternative to imported instruments |
Knowhow is listed under following categories | |
Knowhow from | CSIR-NCL, Pune |
Scientific/ engineering subject areas | Mathematical/ computational sciences & engineering |
Investor interest categories | Others |
Industries | Computing & Electronic Devices, Instrumentation ; Industrial Biotechnology |
Customer categories and nature of business | Businesses and other industries (B2B) ; Consumers (B2C) |
Technology readiness levels | TRL B: Proof-of-concept demonstrated in lab scale |
Year of development | 2009 |
Whether patents are part of this offering ? | No |
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Database reference | |
Database record number | 20130314113501 |
Date of upload | 15 / Mar / 2013 |
Date of update | 25 / Jul / 2013 |
URL to site when communicating about this knowhow | http://nclinnovations.org/khdb/viewrecord.php?recordno=20130314113501 |
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