Stony Brook University researchers develop non-chemical bed
bug solution
Bed bugs now need to watch their step. Researchers at Stony
Brook University have developed a safe, non-chemical resource that literally
stops bed bugs in their tracks. This innovative new technology acts as a
man-made web consisting of microfibers 50 times thinner than a human hair which
entangle and trap bed bugs and other insects. This patent-pending technology is
being commercialized by Fibertrap, a private company that employs non-toxic
pest control methods.
The nanotech solution was developed at Stony Brook University’s
Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Materials (Sensor CAT), a program
funded by NYSTAR, as part of a statewide effort to encourage greater
technological and economic collaboration between industry and research
universities.