Device with biological component and method of making to achieve a desired figure of merit
First Claim
1. A method of making a hybrid device comprising:
- (a) providing at least one nonbiological energy-interactive material or device;
(b) providing at least one energy interactive, biologically-derived component having a figure of merit equal or greater than a predetermined acceptable figure of merit; and
(c) locating the energy-interactive, biologically-derived component in energy exchanging relation to the nonbiological energy-interactive material or device.
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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 figure of merit 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 figure of merit are identified. The biologically-derived component is thereafter developed from organisms force adapted to cause the biologically-derived component figure of merit 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-f1, has the A.T.C.C. designation number 29366, having been deposited in July, 1976.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of making a hybrid device comprising:
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(a) providing at least one nonbiological energy-interactive material or device; (b) providing at least one energy interactive, biologically-derived component having a figure of merit equal or greater than a predetermined acceptable figure of merit; and (c) locating the energy-interactive, biologically-derived component in energy exchanging relation to the nonbiological energy-interactive material or device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A hybrid device comprising at least one bioengineered energy-interactive, biologically-derived component and at least one energy-interactive, non-biological component in energy exchanging relation to the biologically-derived component, the biologically-derived component having been derived from a force adapted organism to bring the device to substantially a prescribed biohybrid figure of merit or better.
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18. A hybrid device comprising:
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(a) at least one energy-interactive, nonbiological component; (b) at least one energy-interactive, biologically-derived component having substantially a desired figure of merit or better; and (c) the nonbiological component and the biologically-derived component being arranged in energy transferring relation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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