SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Self Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS): Surface Functionalized Mesoporous Materials
- Notice Date
- 2/15/2002
- 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-11429
- 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: Nano-engineered sorbents, partly organic and partly inorganic, developed by Battelle and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have proven to be exceptionally selective and efficient in removing heavy metals and other contaminants from waste streams. These sorbents are self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports--SAMMS--and form effective sorbents for a wide variety of species including mercury, heavy metals, radionuclides and anions. Silica ceramics containing ordered arrays of cylindrical pores are first prepared. The pore diameter can be adjusted from 2 to 20 nm, with 5 to 6 nm being the typical diameter used in the sorbents. The inside surfaces of the channel-like pores are then coated with an organic monolayer whose molecules are covalently bonded to the silica. The free ends of the tethered molecules can be chemically tailored to sequester particular species from solution. The exceptionally high surface area of the mesoporous silica support--typically between 900 and 1,000 square meters per gram--gives the SAMMS a very high binding capacity, with the open-pore structure allowing solution species easy access to the pore surfaces, leading to their rapid sorption. The SAMMS material is readily tailored to absorb the species of interest. Please visit the SAMMS website at: www.pnl.gov/etd/product/samms/index.htm. Please see US Patent No. 6,326,326. Full details have been published: Silica Sorbents with a Taste for Metals, Chemical and Engineering News, 15 October 2001, page 31. Deposition of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Mesoporous Silica from Supercritical Fluids, T.S. Zemanian, et al., Langmuir, 2001, 17, 8172-8177. Design and Synthesis of Selective Mesoporous Anion Traps, G. E. Fryxell, et al.; Chemistry of Materials, 1999, 11, 2148-2154. Hybrid Mesoporous Materials with Functionalized Monolayers, Jun Liu, et al., 1998, 10, 161-165. Functionalized Monolayers on Ordered Mesoporous Supports, Feng, X.; et al., Science, 1997, 276, 923-926. 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
- SN00027185-W 20020217/020215213044 (fbodaily.com)
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