Difference between revisions of "Team:Stanford-Brown/Projects"
| Line 110: | Line 110: | ||
<div class="col-md-7 col-md-push-5 well btn btn-default" id="be2"> | <div class="col-md-7 col-md-push-5 well btn btn-default" id="be2"> | ||
<h2 class="featurette-heading">How? <span class="small"> with heat, evaporation, and materials that could be produced in space.</span></h2> | <h2 class="featurette-heading">How? <span class="small"> with heat, evaporation, and materials that could be produced in space.</span></h2> | ||
| − | <p class="lead"> | + | <p class="lead">Bacteria can produce thermoplastics and cellulose, which can be folded with heat and evaporation. Selectively heating certain parts of a thermoplastic sheet causes the polymers in only that area to contract, causing a macro-scale fold of the sheet. This selective heating can be done by coloring parts of the sheet darker, so they absorb heat faster. As for the evaporation method, bacterial spores expand and contract when in the presence of different levels of relative humidity. Attaching many spores to a long cellulose sheet can cause it to contract, and placing many of these sheets in parallel gives them the ability to move a large amount of weight as the water from the spores evaporates and they all contract in unison.</p> |
</div> | </div> | ||
<div class="col-md-5 col-md-pull-7"> | <div class="col-md-5 col-md-pull-7"> | ||
Revision as of 06:36, 9 September 2015
Welcome to our Projects BiOrigami
See our projects below
Our Vision to create biological origami aka BiOrigami
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo.
Our BioBricks
What are BioBricks? They are Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo. Click to see more.
How? with heat, evaporation, and materials that could be produced in space.
Bacteria can produce thermoplastics and cellulose, which can be folded with heat and evaporation. Selectively heating certain parts of a thermoplastic sheet causes the polymers in only that area to contract, causing a macro-scale fold of the sheet. This selective heating can be done by coloring parts of the sheet darker, so they absorb heat faster. As for the evaporation method, bacterial spores expand and contract when in the presence of different levels of relative humidity. Attaching many spores to a long cellulose sheet can cause it to contract, and placing many of these sheets in parallel gives them the ability to move a large amount of weight as the water from the spores evaporates and they all contract in unison.
Polystyrene Engineering E. coli to produce polystyrene
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates Optimizing the production of biological PHA
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo.
C.A.S.H. Cellulose Associated Spore HYDRAS, or a biological contractile mechanism
Based on work done by Chen et al. at Columbia university, we sought to employ the contractile properties of bacterial spores to use as a contractile mechanism for biOrigami.
CRATER Crisper Assisted Transformation Efficient Reaction
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo.