Surface Plasmon Resonance in 3D-Printed Porous Biosorbent Scaffolds for Catalytic Conversion

PROBLEM: Catalytic conversion in a printed plasmonic scaffold depends on reactants reaching the active sites through the designed pore network while the plasmonic interface stays correctly spaced from those sites. Printing, functionalization, and regeneration can each change the pore network or move the plasmonic layer. Designers need a governed place to compare printed pore designs and plasmonic placements before building them.

SOLUTION: IBM Cloud Ideas would host a governed capability registry for plasmon-enhanced 3D-printed catalytic scaffolds, linking each pore design and plasmonic placement to its DFT prediction, its isotherm validation, and its regeneration and energy-budget record. The workspace would require reuse accounting for each scaffold and keep low-temperature, water-based steps preferred and recorded.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — surface plasmon resonance is collective electron oscillation at metal–dielectric interfaces, with field enhancement for sensing; 3D-printed porous scaffolds provide architected pore networks, print-then-functionalize; DFT (Hohenberg–Kohn 1964, Kohn–Sham 1965, Nobel 1998) predicts binding at surface groups; biosorption is described by qe = (C0 − Ce)V/m. Source: Hohenberg–Kohn 1964; Kohn–Sham 1965; standard biosorption textbooks.