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Nano-enabled Manufacturing :Transitioning from Science to ProductsMano ManoharanGeneral ManagerGE Global ResearchBangalore
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Global trends …
… create big challenges
Population Consumption Energy Security
Environment
It’s a material world
Stone age
Iron age
Bronze age
Silicon age
Courtesy : US Geological Survey
Challenges• Resource constraint
• Sustainable development
Opportunities• Recycle, reuse, optimize
• New generation of materials
• Tailor-made
• Multi-functional
• Synthesized bottoms up
This is GE Operations in over 100+ countries
300,000+ employees worldwide
$157+ billion in revenue in ’09
Manufacturing facilities
in 30+ countries
Broad Portfolio
Media
GE Capital
Energy Infrastructur
e
NBC Universal
Technology Infrastructur
e
Consumer & Industrial
History of innovation1909 Ductile tungsten1913 Medical X-ray1927 First television broadcast
reception1932 Langmuir Nobel Prize in
chemistry1938 Invisible/glareless glass1942 First US jet engine1953 LEXANTM polycarbonate1955 Man-made diamonds1962 Semi-conductor laser1973 Giaever Nobel Prize in physics1984 Magnetic resonance imaging1994 GE90® composite fan blade1999 Digital X-ray2004 Lightspeed VCT
GE Global Research
First US industrial lab
Began 1900 in Schenectady, NY
Founding principle … improve businesses through technology
One of the world’s most diverse industrial labs
Market focused R&D
3,000 technologists strong
Global Research CenterNiskayuna, NY
John F. Welch Technology CenterBangalore, IndiaChina Technology Center Shanghai, China
Global Research – EuropeMunich, Germany
John F Welch Technology center
People Infrastructure• 4300+ Technologists
• Over 60% with advanced degrees
• 10% Global Experience• Over 950 Patents filed
• US$175 Million Investment • 50 acres: 1.153M sq ft of Labs &
offices• 24 x 7 captive power• Zero emission
From concept to product
Stage
Eff
ort
Concept Product
In the end its all about business impact
Academic Research
Industrial R & D
Industrial
production
Lots of Nano Some Nano Limited Nano
Establish scientific principles or technical concept
Demonstrate technical concept
Identify market opportunity
Demonstrate value proposition
Initial application toll gates identified
Major technical risks retired
Validate market opportunity
Started: 2002
Vision:
• High risk, big impact programs
• Cross-business
• Multi-disciplinary team of scientists (>70 in 2008)
• Leverage GE/GRC technology depth and breadth
• Fill the pipeline
• “Incubator” mindset
• Nano focal point for
GE businesses
Nanotechnology AT
2008
2002
NanoTubes and NanoRods
Thermoelectrics, PV
NanoParticles
NanoEngineered
Surfaces
NanoCeramics
Membranes & SensorsNext Generation Coatings
Nanostructured Metals
Engineering Nickel AlloysWear and abrasion
coatings
The Nanotechnology Platforms at GE
Current Material Limits
Today
Evolutionary Progress Evolutionary Progress of Technologyof Technology
Nano Is the Enabling Technology for Materials Science As Integrated
Circuits Were for Digital Electronics.
Potential of Nano
Materials NanoTechnology will Create a Step Change
New Products,New Markets, Major
Improvements
NanoNano
HealthcareHealthcare
AviationAviation
Higher Thrust to Weight Ratio Engines
Faster, more accurate diagnosis
Nanotechnology for GE… The Ultimate Material
Science
Cleaner, more efficient turbine technology
EnergyEnergy
The Lotus effect
Hydrophobic material+
Appropriate Texture
Superydrophilic
Hydrophilic material+
Appropriate Texture
Contact Angle
< 20 0 < 70 0 > 90 0 > 150 0
Hydrophilic Hydrophobic
Superydrophobic
Superhydrophobicity for GE• Today: teflon, silicones,
polymers… GE need: Metal systems for
harsh environments
Technical Focus
• Superhydrophobic metals & ceramics
• Structure-property relationships
Quick screen entitlement priorities
Technical Risks
• Robustness
• Manufacturability @ Cost
Model Textures
Realistic Textures
NanoEngineered Surfaces Platform
Droplet Impact Applications
1mm-radius droplet impacting at 3m/s
All three textures are superhydrophobic, but exhibit vastly different but predictable response to droplet
impact
Superhydrophobic Textures:
Nanomanufacturing
A paradigm shift needed to realize the benefits of nano
It has happened beforeMaterials Intermediates Products
Silicon Transistor Radios
Source: Lux Research
It can now happen in nanotechnology
Silicon MicroprocessorComputersInternetThe digital age
1950s
1980s
Nanomanufacturing scorecard•Does a value chain exist for the product ?
•How much of the value chain needs to be modified to incorporate nanomaterials?
•Can existing processes be modified or do entirely new processes need to be created?
• Is there a compelling value proposition?
•Can the infrastructure needed be shared across multiple product lines? Companies? Nations?
Transitioning from technology push to market pull
Nanomanufacturing and sustainability•Nature has done distributed and sustainable
nanomanufacturing for a while !
•Complex, often multi-functional materials are synthesized with minimal waste, high yield, are all recycled and often use the minimum needed energy for their production.
•Need to design nanomanufacturing process with sustainability in mind
Nanomanufactuirng a potential path to sustainability
Nanotechnology @ GE
• The Ultimate Materials Science
• Sweet spot for GE
• Balance between research and applications
• Lab to manufacturing … huge challenge