Technology areas
Each page counts the researchers, publications and U.S. patents the Helikon Research Graph holds in one technology area, explains who does the work, and gives you a problem statement to run in Partner Search.
University manufacturing and materials science groups, national laboratories with additive programs, and company research teams in aerospace, medical devices and tooling. Many inventors here also publish, so a patent often leads you to the lab behind it.
See who’s working on itElectrochemistry and materials groups at universities, national laboratory battery programs, and company research teams in cells, materials and grid storage. The patents here are U.S. grants, so the inventors include company engineers as well as academics.
See who’s working on itPharmaceutics, bioengineering and chemical engineering groups at universities and medical schools, research hospitals, and company formulation and device teams. Inventors on delivery patents often sit in the same groups that publish the underlying chemistry.
See who’s working on itChemical and biological engineering departments, biomanufacturing institutes and pilot facilities, and company process development teams in food, materials and biologics. Many groups here hold patents on the process rather than the product.
See who’s working on itAnalytical and environmental chemistry groups, environmental engineering departments working on water treatment, and materials chemists developing fluorine-free coatings and foams, along with company research teams in water treatment, textiles and firefighting products.
See who’s working on itMicrobiology, medicinal chemistry and infectious-disease groups at universities and medical schools, public health laboratories, and company discovery teams in antibiotics and diagnostics. A testing program often pairs a chemistry group with a clinical microbiology lab.
See who’s working on itElectrochemistry, catalysis and materials groups at universities, national laboratory hydrogen programs, and company teams building electrolyzers, catalysts and membranes. Many of the same electrochemists also work on batteries and fuel cells.
See who’s working on itPolymer chemistry, catalysis and chemical engineering groups at universities, national laboratory recycling programs, and company teams in chemicals, packaging and materials. The academic field is small next to the industrial interest in it.
See who’s working on itChemical engineering, polymer and materials groups at universities, national laboratories, and company teams in water treatment, gas processing and chemicals. Many of the same groups work across water, gas and solvent separations.
See who’s working on itElectrical engineering, materials science and physics groups at universities, national laboratory microelectronics programs, and company teams in fabrication, packaging and equipment.
See who’s working on itCounts from the Helikon Research Graph between 8 October 2026 and 9 October 2026; rounded down. Each figure is counted on its own, so they are not added together. Each page explains how its figures were counted.
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