Method of making biological components for devices by forced environmental adaptation
First Claim
1. A method of making biologically-derived components for hybrid devices having biological and nonbiological components comprising:
- (a) for the desired performance of the biologically-derived components deriving a measure of performance,(b) producing adaptable organisms from which the biologically-derived components are to be developed,(c) controlling a plurality of environmental factors under which the organisms are produced;
(i) subjecting the organisms being produced to several alternate values of several controlled environmental factors,(d) monitoring the measure of performance of the biologically-derived components developed from the organisms produced in step (b),(e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) until a desired measure of performance of the biologically-derived components has been achieved.
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Abstract
An improved method for the design and development of high performance biologically-derived components for use in hybrid devices. The biologically-derived component is used in hybrid constructs that may be nanostructures, given the small size of the biological parts. Force adaptation is used to bring an organism from which the biologically-derived component is developed to provide such a component meeting a desired measure of performance. In one specific embodiment, chlorosomes of Chloroflexus aurantiacus (C. aurantiacus) enhance performance of a silicon photovoltaic cell. C. aurantiacus, strain J-10-f1, has the A.T.C.C. designation number 29366, having been deposited in July, 1976. Its chlorosomes are harvested and positioned in light communicating relation to a photoactive semiconductor.
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1. A method of making biologically-derived components for hybrid devices having biological and nonbiological components comprising:
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(a) for the desired performance of the biologically-derived components deriving a measure of performance, (b) producing adaptable organisms from which the biologically-derived components are to be developed, (c) controlling a plurality of environmental factors under which the organisms are produced; (i) subjecting the organisms being produced to several alternate values of several controlled environmental factors, (d) monitoring the measure of performance of the biologically-derived components developed from the organisms produced in step (b), (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) until a desired measure of performance of the biologically-derived components has been achieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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