The current portfolio consists of 16 granted patents (families 1–6 and 9), and two public pending applications (families 7 and 8). 

1. ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED ION TRANSPORT DEVICE

Targeted chemotherapy of glioblastoma spheroids with an iontronic pump. Advanced Materials Technologies 6, 2001302 (2021). 

A digital nervous system aiming toward personalized IoT healthcare. Scientific Reports 11, 7757 (2021). 

Regulating plant physiology with organic electronics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 4597 (2017).

Therapy using implanted organic bioelectronics. Science Advances 1, e1500039 (2015).

Controlling epileptiform activity with organic electronic ion pumps. Advanced Materials 27, 3138 (2015). 

Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function. Nature Materials 8, 742 (2009). 

Electronic control of Ca2+ signalling in neuronal cells using an organic electronic ion pump. Nature Materials 6, 673 (2007). 

 

2. ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED ION TRANSPORT DEVICE

Chemical delivery array with millisecond neurotransmitter release. Science Advances 2, e1601340 (2016). 

Therapy using implanted organic bioelectronics. Science Advances 1, e1500039 (2015). 

Translating electronic currents to precise acetylcholine-induced neuronal signaling using an organic electrophoretic delivery device. Advanced Materials 21, 4442 (2009). 

 

3. ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED ION TRANSPORT DEVICE

Targeted Chemotherapy of Glioblastoma Spheroids with an Iontronic Pump. Advanced Materials Technologies 6, 2001302 (2021). 

Regulating plant physiology with organic electronics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences114, 4597 (2017).

Therapy using implanted organic bioelectronics. Science Advances 1, e1500039 (2015). 

Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function. Nature Materials 8, 742 (2009). 

 

4. SELECTIVE ION TRANSPORT DEVICE

An ionic capacitor for integrated iontronic circuits. Advanced Materials Technologies 4, 1800494 (2019). 

Logic gates based on ion transistors. Nature Communications 3, 871 (2012). 

Toward complementary ionic circuits: the npn ion bipolar junction transistor. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 10141 (2011). 

Ion bipolar junction transistors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, 9929 (2010). 

 

5. ION CONDUCTIVE DRUG DELIVERY WITH CONTROLLED DELIVERY ELECTRODE

Miniaturized ionic polarization diodes for neurotransmitter release at synaptic speeds. Advanced Materials Technologies 5, 1900750 (2020). 

Chemical delivery array with millisecond neurotransmitter release. Science Advances 2, e1601340 (2016). 

 

6. ION PUMP WITH HYPERBRANCED POLYMERS

Soft iontronic delivery devices based on an intrinsically stretchable ion selective membrane. Flexible and Printed Electronics 6, 044004 (2021). 

Investigating the role of polymer size on ionic conductivity in free-standing hyperbranched polyelectrolyte membranes. Polymer 223, 123664 (2021).

Capillary-fiber based electrophoretic delivery device. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11, 14200 (2019). 

Formation of monolithic ion-selective transport media based on “click” cross-linked hyperbranched polyglycerol. Frontiers in Chemistry 7, 484 (2019). 

 

7. SELECTIVE DRUG DELIVERY IN AN ION PUMP THROUGH PROTON ENTRAPMENT

An electronic proton-trapping ion pump for selective drug delivery. Science Advances 7, eabd8738 (2021).

 

8. A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING A SPECIES

[Manuscript in preparation, submitted Spring 2022]

 

9. A SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES IN A SAMPLE WITH AN IONIC EXCHANGE MEMBRANE

[Manuscript in preparation, submitted Fall 2022]