SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Composite Reinforcements: Improved Properties of Fiber/Polymer Composites via Novel Self-Assembled Monolayer Fiber Coating
- 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-11424
- 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: Reinforcements of composites can consist of fibers, particles, or whiskers. They each have their own unique uses, but long fibers are the most common and have the greatest influence on properties of the composite. Fibers add the strength to the composite in the direction of the long axis. The interface between a fiber and a polymer matrix is the Achille's heel of a glass/polymer composite. Adhesion between the two phases is critical, as is the degree of flexibility within the interfacial region. A glass surface composes a polar hydrogen bonding chemical environment, whereas the polymer matrix tends to be more hydrophobic and non-polar. The net result is that the interfacial interactions are weak, leading to poor adhesion and facile interfacial cleavage or displacement. Presented here is a novel surface modification of the reinforcing fiber--a coupling agent consisting of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM)--that results in greater mechanical strength of the polymer and reinforcing fiber bonding, thus significantly increasing the composite?s tensile and flexural properties. The complete and uniform coverage afforded by the SAM spreads the load out evenly over a large area of the glass fiber, reducing composite failure due to fiber sheer. This application would be very good in high fatigue applications or even in severe composite environments that could increase or maintain the physical properties of the material. Please see published US Patent Application Publication No. US 2001/008697 A1. 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
- SN00026093-W 20020215/020213213100 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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