Device with biological component and method of making to achieve a desired transfer function
First Claim
1. A method of analysis of a component for a device that is at least partly biologically-derived, comprising the steps of:
- (a) developing biologically-derived components of the device using organisms produced under controlled environmental conditions,(b) varying the environmental conditions under which the organisms are produced,(c) producing outputs from inputs to the biologically-derived components, and formulating transfer functions for the components,(d) observing variances among transfer functions corresponding to the varied environmental conditions under which the organisms were grown, and(e) choosing environmental factors for the growth of the biological components to arrive at desired transfer functions for the biologically-derived components.
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Abstract
An improved method for the design and development of high performance hybrid devices having biologically-derived and nonbiological components and the hybrid devices so-designed and developed. A desired transfer function is determined for the biologically-derived component or components. The organism from which the biologically-derived component is derived is subjected to various environmental variables as it is grown. Organisms providing biologically-derived components having the desired transfer function are identified. The biologically-derived component is thereafter developed from organisms force adapted to cause the biologically-derived component transfer function to reach a goal or an acceptable measure. The biological component is used in hybrid constructs that may be nanostructures, given the small size of the biological parts. In one specific embodiment, force-adapted chlorosomes of Chloroflexus aurantiacus (C. aurantiacus) enhance performance of a silicon photovoltaic cell. The bacteria, C. aurantiacus, strain J-10-fl, has the A.T.C.C. designation number 29366, having been deposited in July, 1976.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of analysis of a component for a device that is at least partly biologically-derived, comprising the steps of:
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(a) developing biologically-derived components of the device using organisms produced under controlled environmental conditions, (b) varying the environmental conditions under which the organisms are produced, (c) producing outputs from inputs to the biologically-derived components, and formulating transfer functions for the components, (d) observing variances among transfer functions corresponding to the varied environmental conditions under which the organisms were grown, and (e) choosing environmental factors for the growth of the biological components to arrive at desired transfer functions for the biologically-derived components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A hybrid device comprising at least one bioengineered adaptable biologically-derived component, and at least one non-biological component, the biologically-derived component having characteristics arrived at by force adaptation of an adaptable organism from which the biologically-derived components are derived to bring the device to a prescribed biohybrid transfer function.
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17. A method of making a hybrid photoactive device including:
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(a) providing photosynthetic chlorosome-containing bacteria, chlorosomes of which have a light response enhanced in one range of light wavelengths, including; (i) force adapting the bacteria to have chlorosomes responsive to light in the one range of light wavelength that is a blue region of the visible spectrum and to emit light in another range of light wavelengths that are outside said blue region. (b) extracting the chlorosomes from the bacteria, (c) providing a photoactive semiconductor having a light response that is diminished at said blue region of the visible spectrum, and (d) locating the chlorosomes proximate a light receiving surface of the photoactive semiconductor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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