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INL’s new innovation incubator could link start-ups with an industry sponsor
Idaho National Laboratory is looking for a sponsor to invest $5 million–$10 million in a privately funded innovation incubator to support seed-stage start-ups working in nuclear energy, integrated energy systems, cybersecurity, or advanced materials. For their investment, the sponsor gets access to what INL calls “a turnkey source of cutting-edge American innovation.” Not only are technologies supported by the program “substantially de-risked” by going through technical review and development at a national laboratory, but the arrangement “adds credibility, goodwill, and visibility to the private sector sponsor’s investments,” according to INL.
B.W. McQuillan, A. Greenwood
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 2 | March 1999 | Pages 194-197
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963921
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We have identified three process variables which determine the sphericity of polymer shells made by dual orifice microencapsulation. 1) The density mismatch between the outer aqueous solution and the polymer oil phase must be minimized. We have minimized this density mismatch by adjusting the water bath temperature. 2) The stir rate has an effect, with a minimum non-sphericity located near 50–70 rpm stir rate. 3) The outer aqueous solution must have enough total oil solvent (fluorobenzene in the drops) to be beyond the aqueous saturation level (1.5 g/ℓ) at the beginning of the solvent extraction. Using the optimal conditions for a 1000 μm o.d. shell, we produce a minimum variation in the radius of a given shell, in the neighborhood of 0.4 μm.
