SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Collaborative R&D Opportunity: Nanoporous Noble Metals
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Sandia Corp. (DOE Contractor), Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS: 0115, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
- ZIP Code
- 87185
- Solicitation Number
- 14_418
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2014
- Point of Contact
- Sandia CRADA Team,
- E-Mail Address
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CRADA@sandia.gov
(CRADA@sandia.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Background Information: Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) has developed several methods for the synthesis of micrometer-scale noble-metal powders and planar structures with nanoscale pores, or a hierarchical arrangement of microscale and nanoscale pores. Powders have been prepared in gram-scale batches. The high surface areas of these materials facilitate chemical reactions that occur at surfaces, physical adsorption and desorption, and surface-driven optical phenomena. Applications include catalysis of organic reactions, electrical energy or charge storage, hydrogen storage, chemical separations, and medical technologies. For example, we have published reports on the hydrogen storage properties of nanoporous palladium powders [1,2], the electrical charge storage properties of hierarchically porous gold films [3], and voltage-driven delivery of charged drugs using nanoporous gold monoliths [4]. [1] Cappillino, PJ, MA Hekmaty, BW Jacobs, JD Sugar, V Stavila, PG Kotula, JM Chames, NY Yang, DB Robinson. (2012). Nanoporous Pd Alloys with Compositionally Tunable Hydrogen Storage Properties Prepared by Nanoparticle Consolidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry 22:14103. [2] Cappillino, PJ, KM Hattar, BG Clark, RJ Hartnett, V Stavila, MA Hekmaty, BW Jacobs, DB Robinson. (2012). Synthesis of mesoporous palladium with tunable porosity and demonstration of its thermal stability by in situ heating and environmental transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1:602. [3] Chae, WS, DV Gough,SK Ham, DB Robinson, PV Braun. (2012). Effect of Ordered Intermediate Porosity on Ion Transport in Hierarchically Nanoporous Electrodes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 4:3973. [4] Gittard, SD, BE Pierson, CM Ha, CAM Wu, RJ Narayan, DB Robinson. (2010). Supercapacitive transport of pharmacologic agents using nanoporous gold electrodes. Biotechnology Journal 5:192. Opportunity Description: Sandia is seeking a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) or proprietary work arrangement with an industrial partner interested in the joint development and deployment of this technology. Collaborative work may include: (1) Evaluation of Sandia-produced nanoporous noble metals for a specific application (2) Scale-up of laboratory-demonstrated synthetic methods (3) Expansion of the range of forms, compositions, and pore sizes or geometries of this category of materials In a typical agreement, Sandia devotes labor resources in the form of senior Ph.D.-level staff, postdoctoral appointees, and laboratory technologists with expertise in the subject matter, and who have access to ample synthetic laboratory facilities and characterization tools. Sandia invites interested parties to provide a description of relevant background, experience, expertise, and capabilities that could be brought into a collaborative partnership with Sandia. Responses should address the following: (1) Applications of this technology that are of interest to the respondent (2) Specific research and development capabilities needed most from Sandia (3) Research and development capabilities that would be provided by respondent (4) Specific milestones and end-of-project deliverables sought by respondent (5) Proposed funds contributed to Sandia by respondent (6) Timetable for milestones and deliverables Projects of sufficient scale will generally require funds to Sandia of at least $100K. In addition, Sandia will evaluate responses against the following criteria, pursuant to Sandia's technology transfer mission: (1) Will the respondent deploy the technology for the benefit of the U.S. public good? (2) Will the respondent's deployment of the technology benefit U.S. economic competitiveness? Interested parties that meet the criteria outlined above are invited to respond. Responses should be emailed to Sandia's CRADA team at CRADA@sandia.gov. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. (SAND2014-15356PR) Keywords: mesoporous, supercapacitor, ultracapacitor, pseudocapacitor, drug delivery, surface-enhanced Raman, SERS, metal hydride, catalysts
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