R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| High Output Neutron Generator DD-100 Series (Beam Instruments) | Adelphi Technology Inc. | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 2 Micron High Power Mode-Locked Fiber Laser (Lasers and Photonics) | AdValue Photonics | |
| Agilent 4100 Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES) (Analytical Instruments) | Agilent Technologies Australia (M) Pty Ltd | |
| Globus Online (Software) | Argonne National Laboratory | The University of Chicago |
| High-Energy Concentration-Gradient Cathode Material for Plug-in Hybrids and All-Electric Vehicles(Energy Technologies) | Argonne National Laboratory | Hanyang University; ECOPRO Co. Ltd. |
| Large Area Microchannel Plates(Imaging Technologies) | Argonne National Laboratory | Incom, Inc.; Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Ultra-fast and Large-scale Boriding(Process Science) | Argonne National Laboratory | Istanbul Technical University (I.T.U.); odycote Thermal Processing |
| Plexiglas Rnew Biopolymer Alloys(Materials Sciences) | Arkema Inc. | Arkema France – G. R. L. |
| Sequenced Inverter (Electrical Devices) | ArrayPower | |
| FPS3010 – Real Time Interferometric Sensor (Electronic Instrumentation) | attocube systems AG | |
| LS10 Liquid Scanner (Safety and Security) | Battelle Memorial Institute | |
| QX100 Droplet Digital PCR System(Life Sciences) | Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. | |
| BCM4360, BCM4352, BCM43526, BCM43516 and BCM43460(Communications) | Broadcom | |
| Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes (Energy Technologies) | Brookhaven National Laboratory | N.E. Chemcat Corporation |
| Photon 100 (Analytical Instruments) | Bruker AXS Inc. | |
| Landmark Solaris Solar Reflective Shingles (Energy Technologies) | CertainTeed | |
| Dow Polymeric Flame Retardant(Chemicals) | Dow Chemical | |
| LifeSense Hydraulic Hose Condition Monitoring System (Mechanical Systems) | Eaton Corporation | Purdue University |
| Samplicity Filtration System(Laboratory Equipment) | EMD Millipore | |
| AcousTech Machining (Mechanical Systems) | EWI | |
| Asymmetric Rolling Mill: A Novel Route for Processing Sheet and Plate (Mechanical Systems) | FATA Hunter Inc. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Magnesium Elektron North America |
| Vion Plasma Focused Ion Beam(Imaging Technologies) | FEI | |
| Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) (Materials Sciences) | Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | |
| Hyperspec Recon (Imaging Technologies) | Headwall Photonics Inc. | |
| Verde Hyperspectral Imaging Camera (Imaging Technologies) | Horiba Scientific | Snapshot Spectra Inc. |
| Wireless Spectrum Communications(Communications) | Idaho National Laboratory | |
| GammaPix Libraries (Safety and Security) | Image Insight Inc. | Advanced Fuel Research Inc. |
| ae Plasma - Atmospheric environment plasma coating technology (Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| AVA Clamp - Clamp-on voltage and current meter technology(Electronic Instrumentation) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| Light&Light - A19 LED Light Bulb Technology (Electrical Devices) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| Lignoxy - LBP, lignin-based polymer technology (Materials Science) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| Sidelighter -Optical microstructure-based concentrator photovoltaic technology (Energy Technologies) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| TEMM - Thermoelectric material and module technology (Materials Sciences) | Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | |
| RFID-mf: Metal-friendly RFID technology for metallic objects(Communications) | Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan | 2D-Alliance Inc. |
| 2nd Generation Intel Core processor, codenamed “Sandy Bridge” (Information Technologies) | Intel | |
| Compact Variable Collimator (CVC)(Beam Instruments) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Takeda California; GNF - Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation |
| Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry (LAMIS) (Analytical Instruments) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Applied Spectra Inc. |
| Multinozzle Emitter Array (MEA)(Analytical Instruments) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Newomics Inc. |
| High Velocity Laser Accelerated Deposition (HVLAD) - Corrosion and Wear Resistant Coatings with Extreme Interfacial Bond Strength(Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Metal Improvement Company – Division of Curtis-Wright Corporation |
| Laser Energy Optimization by Precision Adjustments to the Radiant Distribution (LEOPARD)(Lasers and Photonics) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Meadowlark Optics |
| Plastic scintillators for neutron and gamma discrimination (Beam Instruments) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Eljen Technologies |
| Snowflake Power Divertor (Energy Technologies) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ; EPFL Center for Research in Plasma Physics ; Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Leica SR GSD (Imaging Technologies) | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry |
| Sequedex - Software to classify what organism a DNA sequence came from and what it does (Life Sciences) | Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| U-TURN - Turning Uranium Around(Process Science) | Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| Valveless Laser Processing (Lasers and Photonics) | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Y-12 National security Complex |
| NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) Analyzer(Analytical Instruments) | Los Gatos Research Inc. | Harvard University |
| The Lytro Light Field Camera(Consumer Products) | Lytro Inc. | |
| Engine Start Module (Electrical Devices) | Maxwell Technologies Inc. | |
| PComP (Materials Sciences) | MesoCoat Inc. | Powdermet Inc. |
| Microsaic 3500 MiD (Analytical Instruments) | Microsaic Systems | |
| Concrete Cloth (Materials Sciences) | Milliken & Company | Concrete Canvas Ltd. |
| ResQ FR Fabrics (Materials Science) | Milliken & Company | |
| Lincoln Open Cryptographic Key Management Architecture (LOCKMA) (Software) | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) (Safety and Security) | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| Wavelength Beam-Combining Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser (Lasers and Photonics) | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | TeraDiode |
| Wide Field-of-View Curved Focal Plane Array (WFC) (Imaging Technologies) | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | GL Scientific Inc. |
| NPM 3100 (Materials Sciences) | NanoSteel Company Inc. | |
| Polyimide Aerogels (Materials Sciences) | NASA Glenn Research Center | Ohio Aerospace Institute |
| The SolarVolt module (Energy Technologies) | NASA Glenn Research Center | Entech Solar Inc. |
| Multiplexed Photonic Doppler Velocimeter (MPDV) (Analytical Instruments) | National Security Technologies LLC | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent (BIAS) Process for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture (Environmental Technologies) | National Energy Technology Laboratory | ADA Environmental Solutions Inc. |
| Gen2.0 PremiumPlus+ Electronically Commutated Permanent Magnet (ECPM) motors (Mechanical Systems) | NovaTorque | |
| DEVAP: Desiccant-Enhanced Evaporative Air-Conditioning(Energy Technologies) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | AIL Research; Synapse Product Development LLC |
| SJ3 Solar Cell (Energy Technologies) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Solar Junction |
| Solver Spectrum (Imaging Technologies) | NT-MDT | |
| Broadband Micromechanical Antenna (Communications) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| HiCap Adsorbents (Environmental Technologies) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Hills Inc. |
| Highest Pinning Force, High-Temperature Superconducting Wires with Double-Perovskite, Tantalate, Nano-Pinning Centers(Electrical Devices) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | SuperPower Inc.; University of Houston |
| Low-Cost, Lightweight Robotic Hand Based On Additive Manufacturing(Mechanical Systems) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| NanoSHIELD Coatings [Nano – Super Hard – InExpensive - Laser Deposited Coatings] (Materials Science) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Carpenter Technology Corporation; Colorado School of Mines; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Radio Channel Simulator (RCSim)(Communications) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Networcism LLC |
| Wavelength-shifting scintillator neutron detector (Beam Instruments) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | PartTec Ltd. |
| 4 mm and 8 mm Scaleview Objectives (Imaging Technologies) | Olympus America Inc. | |
| BeamTrack Laser Power/Position/Size Sensors(Lasers and Photonics) | Ophir Photonics Group | |
| Catalys Precision Laser System (Life Sciences) | OptiMedica | LUNAR; 219 Design LLC; National Instruments |
| iMSO-104 (Electronic Instrumentation) | Oscium | |
| PPO HyperChannel Spectrometer(Analytical Instruments) | P&P Optica Inc. | |
| Advanced Carbon-dioxide Removal Unit (Envrionmental Technologies) | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Steward Advanced Materials |
| Graphene Nanostructures for Lithium Batteries (Materials Sciences) | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Vorbeck Materials |
| SecurityGuard ULTRA UHPLC Column Protection System(Laboratory Equipment) | Phenomenex Inc. | |
| picoSpin-45 NMR Spectrometer(Analytical Instruments) | picoSpin LLC | |
| emPower! eyewear (Consumer Products) | PixelOptics Inc. | |
| Polartec NeoShell (Materials Sciences) | Polartec LLC | Finetex Technology |
| LAESI DP-1000 Direct Ionization System (Analytical Instruments) | Protea Bioscience Group Inc. | |
| iPorator-96 Transfection System(Life Sciences) | Rational Biotechnology Inc. (DBA: Primax Biosciences Inc.) | |
| Arrow (Imaging Technologies) | Rebellion Photonics | |
| Rigol DG4000 Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generators (Electronic Instrumentation) | Rigol Technologies Inc. | |
| RTI MicroPEM Sensor (Safety and Security) | RTI International | |
| Microsystem Enabled Photovoltaics(MEPV) (Energy Technologies) | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| Neutristor (Beam Instruments) | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| Sandia Cooler (Electrical Devices) | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| Sandia Digital Microfluidic Hub(Laboratory Equipment) | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| Hybrid Ceramic-Sand Core Casting Technology (Process Sciences) | Southwest Research Institute | Grainger and Worrall Ltd. |
| Low Frequency RF Plasma Source(Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | Structured Materials Industries Inc. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) |
| Asia Flow Chemistry System(Laboratory Equipment) | Syrris Ltd | |
| SMART Sensor Systems(Communications) | University of Dayton Research Institute | American Thermal Instruments Inc.; Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Assurance Team |
| Thermal Direct (Electrical Devices) | Utility Risk Management Corporation | |
| VersaXRM-500 3D x-Ray Microscope (Imaging Technologies) | Xradia Inc. | |
| DynaFiz Laser Interferometer(Lasers and Photonics) | Zygo Corp. |