Seashell Technology LLC is a privately held San Diego-based nanotechnology company. Seashell Technology was formed by President and co-founder Dr. Sheldon Schultz who has had over 20 years experience working and developing nanocomposite materials and novel metamaterials. Since its inception in 1996 Seashell Technology has developed plasmon resonant particles for use as optically observable biological labels, and for other applications.

The interdisciplinary team at Seashell Technology now has the capability to manufacture a wide range of multifunctional particles with nanoscale precision for a variety of applications. Seashell Technology develops and sells nanoscale composite particles for the research and development market, and has successfully produced multi-kilogram quantities of custom nanomaterials. Custom particles are produced where each component imparts a specific functionality to the particle. For example, the particle's magnetic, fluorescent, optical scattering, density, porosity, chemical composition, geometric shape, and surface functionality can each be individually adjusted to suit a particular application. Building upon these core materials and competencies Seashell Technology has developed specialized particles as transport vehicles for high efficiency delivery of DNA and siRNA to target cells and tissues.

Seashell Technology also is engaged in the development of a number of specialized coatings with unique functionality. For example, super water repellent coatings, otherwise known as ultrahydrophobic surfaces, have been developed, and the ability of these coatings to prevent corrosion of underlying substrates was highlighted in the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) April 2006 Accomplishment Report (see Press Release).

Seashell Technology has ongoing projects with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), divisions of the Department of Defense (DOD), universities, and public institutions.

Our products and services provide industrial, academic, and government researchers access to a wide variety of tools that will have an immediate impact on the success of their scientific investigations. Seashell Technology is pleased to supply custom or stock nanocomposite materials for particular applications, work collaboratively to develop Value Added improvements to new and existing technologies and products, license technologies developed in-house, partner with outside companies for distribution, or distribute product directly to the consumer.

1. Shelby, R.A., D.R. Smith, and S. Schultz, Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction. Science, 2001. 292(77).
2. Mock, J.J., M. Barbic, D.R. Smith, D.A. Schultz, and S. Schultz, Shape effects in plasmon resonance of individual colloidal silver nanoparticles. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2002. 116(15): p. 6755-6759.
3. Mock, J.J., S.J. Oldenburg, D.R. Smith, D.A. Schultz, and S. Schultz, Composite plasmon resonant nanowires. Nano Letters, 2002. 2(5): p. 465-469.
4. Barbic, M., J.J. Mock, D.R. Smith, and S. Schultz, Single crystal silver nanowires prepared by the metal amplification method. Journal of Applied Physics, 2002. 91(11): p. 9341-9345.
5. Oldenburg, S.J., C. Genick, K. Clark, and D.A. Schultz, Base Pair Mismatch Recognition Using Plasmon Resonant Particle Labels. Analytical Biochemistry, 2002.
6. Schultz, S., D.R. Smith, J.J. Mock, and D.A. Schultz, Single Target Molecule Detection with Non-Bleaching Multicolor Optical Immunolabels. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sciences., 2000. 97: p. 996-1001.
7. Schultz, D.A., Plasmon Resonant Particles for Biological Detection. Curr. Opin. Biotech., 2003. 14: p. 13-22.
8. Glass JR, Dickerson JC, Schultz DA, Enzyme-mediated individual nanoparticle release assay. Anal Biochem., 2006 Jun 15; 353(2): p. 209-16