SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Photopatternable Sorbent and Functionalized Films for Sensors, Devices, and Structures
- Notice Date
- 2/13/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Battelle (DOE Contractor), PNNL Licensing, PO Box 999, MSIN K9-89, Richland, WA, 99352
- ZIP Code
- 99352
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-12696
- Response Due
- 4/1/2002
- Archive Date
- 4/16/2002
- Point of Contact
- Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Licensing Staff, Phone (509) 375-6401, Fax (509) 375-6731, - Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Licensing Staff, Phone (509) 375-6401, Fax (509) 375-6731,
- E-Mail Address
-
technology@pnl.gov, technology@pnl.gov
- Description
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a sponsored research agreement or CRADA program. The Technology: Sorbent and functionalized polymers play a key role in a diverse set of fields, including chemical sensors, separation membranes, solid phase extraction techniques, and chromatography. Sorbent polymers are critical to a number of sensor array or electronic nose systems. The responses of the sensors in the array give rise to patterns that can be used to distinguish one compound from another, provided that a sufficiently diverse set of sensing materials is present in the array. This new technology uses hydrosilylation as the bond-forming reaction to develop a versatile and efficient approach to developing sorbent polymers with diverse interactive properties for sensor applications. In this fashion, both the chemical and physical properties of these polymers are predictable and tunable by design. In addition, polymer formulations have been prepared that can be photopatterned into localized domains on surfaces. This hydrosilylation chemistry offers tremendous versatility in the development of sorbent and functionalized polymers and thin films. Diverse sets of polymers can be prepared with control over chemical and physical properties of the resulting materials. The chemistry can be further utilized in the crosslinking, grafting, and patterning of thin films. The materials can be adapted to a variety of sensor types. These types of materials and films are useful or potentially useful for chemical sensors, sensor arrays, membranes, solid phase extraction, chromatography, and lab-on-a-chip applications. Patent pending. Details have been published: Carbosiloxane polymers for sensors, J.W. Grate et al., Chemical Innovation, November 2000, Vol. 30, 29-37. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Any company interested in licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than 30 days from the publication date of this Notice summarizing the company's business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology. Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice.
- Record
- SN00026091-W 20020215/020213213059 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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