UPM Engineering Technology for Commercialisation

PROSPERING THROUGH
INNOVATION
Engineering and Advance
Technology

Single Layer Graphene Oxide
(Gra-O)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Azowa Ibrahim
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Graphene Oxide (GO) played a prominent role in the development of
graphene and its derivatives
• Possess a high surface area monolayer and can be chemically modified
(both covalently and non-covalently) in ways that allow for new
functionalities or conjugates to be introduced.
• Simple protocol as no additional extraneous chemical agents are
required
• Single layer / high surface area / powder form
• Touch screen device
• Flexible solar cell
• Electrode
• Catalyst for organic reactions
• Polymer additive

Drug Encapsulation in Biodegradable Polymer using
Supercritical Anti Solvent (SAS) Process
Prof. Dr. Robiah Yunus
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• (SAS) process can be used to tailor drug’s properties as application in
controlled drug delivery
• The process is nano-size particle and in total powder form
• This process operates under a relatively low supercritical pressure and
temperature thus making it economically attractive and safe
• Green process, environmental friendly
• Elimination of usage of toxic solvent and solvent-free final product
• Low operation temperature thus avoiding drug’s thermal degradation
• Encapsulated drug immediately obtained at end of procedure without
additional downstream process
• Pharmaceutical Industry

Photoluminescent Graphene Quantum Dots
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suraya
Abdul Rashid
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Methods to produce GQD using the top-down approach;
(i) a conventional chemical oxidation process and
(ii) an acid-free process
• Can be apply according to their electrical and optical properties
• For energy storage devices (e.g: supercapacitors) and biosensors (e.g:
GQD conjugated enzymes)
• Carbon based QD which are non-toxic (unlike thier metal counterparts)
• Lower cost will ensure economic vialbility of these applications
• Energy storage developers
• Optical sensor developers

Bio-based
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) Cotton
Dr. Ismayadi Ismail
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Bio-based CNT cotton offers easy processing, manipulation and design
of desired structures to perform the physical and functional properties of
CNTs in structural and functional components.
• Can be apply in electrical and optical properties such as conducting
polymer/GQD electrodes for supercapacitor and biosensor using GQD
conjugated enzymes
• For energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and sensors
• Use of Renewable Feedstock
• Less Hazardous Chemical Synthesis
• Bio-based CNT cotton offers easy processing, manipulation and design
of desired structures
• Patch antenna
• Wearable electronics
• Flexible screen and solar panel

Nanocapsules Phase Change Material for Versatile
Thermal Energy Storage Medium
Prof Dr. Mohd Zobir Hussein
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Encapsulated phase change material (PCM) into nano-sized copolymer
shells by one-step miniemulsion in-situ polymerization method
• Can produce nanocapsules in the powder and paste form
• To overcome the liquid leakage and low thermal conductivity problems,
thus increase it ability to be used as thermal energy storage material
• Able to reduce energy consumption Maintain internal building comfort
which finally reduce the energy usage
• Simple production method and easy to up-scale
• The technology is the first in Malaysia
• Non-hazardous nanocapsules - thus provide safety to consumers
• Proven compatible with building material (especially gypsum).
• Smart building, food packaging industry, textile industries, medical,
electronic, solar panel, painting industry

Fault Tolerant Architecture for Artificial Olfactory System
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd
Nizar Hamidon
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• A novel architecture was offered to cover and mask the faults that
occur in the sensing unit of an artificial olfactory system
• Can be applied to building and airport security
• Chemical industry (detecting odors from plastic, QC testing for perfume
production processes
• Health (Disease detection)
• Food Control (food-processing , Chemical composition of beverages)
• Reliable and fault tolerant
• Reducing maintenance costs
• Operating ability in harsh and unconditioned environments
• Proper for using in critical and accurate applications
• Portable medical electronic products
• Portable analysis instrumentation
• Food safety testing

Bio-Based Catalyst
Dr. Umer Rashid
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Single step esterification reaction depicts the potential to reduce the
corrosive wastewater generation as compared to conventional reaction
system
• Bio-based catalyst posses excellent conversion of low quality feedstocks
• Bio-based catalyst can be used to convert the very cheap and
discarded oils via single step reaction to value added product i.e.
biodiesel
• Energy efficiency, green process and single pot reaction system for
biodiesel synthesis
• highly stable, shorter reaction time and no contribution to saponification
• Recyclable and reusable without any treatment
• Economic reliability with cheap synthesis process
• Biodiesel industries
• Biofuel Industries

Stability and Thermal Conductivity Study of Carbon
Nanotube (CNT) Nanofluid
Prof. Dr. Luqman Chuah
Abdullah
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Nanofluids are the suspension of solid nanoparticles in a base fluid
• Coolant candidate for thermal management system of next generation
high heat dissipation electronic systems
• Industrial cooling - As the thermal conductivity and the heat transfer
• Cooling of Microchips - A principal limitation on developing smaller
microchips
• Sensing and Imaging
• Automotive Applications
• High specific surface area
• High dispersion stability with predominant Brownian montion of particles
• Reduced particle clogging
• Adjustable properties, including thermal conductivity
• Biodiesel and biofuel Industries

Portable DNA biosensor for in situ Vibrio
Parahaemolyticus Detection
Prof Dr Nor Azah Yusof
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Rapid detection tool that can be identified at an early stage and able
to protect consumers in time from potential hazard provide information
about food contaminations immediately
• Detection facility to monitor potential hazardous pathogens due to high
frequency of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• This species have been a significant concern in the trade and
production of seafood since they are enormous in this product
• Early detection
• Time saving
• Cost-effective
• Researcher Institute
• Food Industry
• Health Industry

Dielectric Pyrochlores in Bismuth Magnesium Tantalate
Ternary System
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Kar Ban
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• The invention relates to the synthesis and characterisation of bismuth
magnesium tantalate dielectrics (BMT pyrochlores)
• The compositions of invention have outstanding bulk dielectric
properties
• Invention can be used as dielectric material
• Suitable particularly for ceramic based capacitor application
• The compositions of invention have outstanding bulk
dielectric properties
• Electrical industry
• Electronic industry

How Practical is Supercapacitor with Flexibility?
You Decide
Dr. Janet Lim Hong Ngee
Invention
• Invented flexible supercapacitor exhibits excellent stability even when
being subjected to bending at various angles
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• Versatile and portable electronic devices
• Wide opportunities in electronic applications such as computers, electric
vehicles, cellular telephones
• Facile, single-step and straightforward electrochemical deposition under
ambient condition with no hazardous chemicals in process
• Flexible properties significantly minimize the compartment size
(applicable to various curvatures, minimal physical space allocation)
• Alternatives to the world energy storage devices
• Electronic & energy storage industries
• Automotive industries
• Consumer products

Method of Manufacturing High Efficiency
Nanophosphor Litium Tetraborate
Prof. Dr. Elias Saion
Invention
Usefulness &
Applications
Benefits
Market
Potential
• A simple thermal decomposition method, an environmentally friendly
procedure, and tissue-equivalent material
• The product has better thermal luminance (TL) response-dose range
suitable for many applications from dose monitoring in radiation
protection to radiation dosimetry practices in industries
• Reducing the synthesis time to less than 3 hours and not polluting the
environment as no toxic chemicals discharging into the drainage
system.
• Radiation protection departments
• Radiation dosimetry related businesses, hospitals, radiation and nuclear
researches
• Non-distrustive testing
• Food irradiation and sterilization

Terima Kasih
Thank You
Interested for collaboration and commercialization
Dr. Muhammad Fakri Zaky Ja`afar
Deputy Director
Innovation Marketing Division,
Putra Science Park
Tel : 03-89471254 | zakyjaafar@upm.edu.my
For other potential products:
www.sciencepark.upm.edu.my/innotech

Interested for collaboration and commercialization
Mr. Ahmad Zakir Dato’ Wira Jaafar
CEO of Commercialisation
Tel: 016-6632481
Email: zakir.jaafar@upm.edu.my
For other potential products:
Innovation Promotion and Marketing Division
Tel: 03-8947 1254
Email: promotionpsp@gmail.com