SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Collaborative R&D Opportunity: Atomic Layer Electroless Deposition
- 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_417
- 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) and the University of Georgia have developed a family of methods to deposit multilayers of metals, approximately one atomic layer at a time. The methods operate at or near room temperature (in contrast to most gas-phase atomic-layer deposition methods) and are highly conformal to irregularly shaped or high aspect ratio substrates. No electrical connection to the substrate is required (in contrast to electroplating) so insulated substrates with isolated deposition regions can be used. The best demonstrations of the method involve metals as or more noble than copper. It is known that catalysts of chemical reactions involving organic molecules, hydrogen, and/or oxygen are highly sensitive to their surface and near-surface composition, and to temperature-sensitive structure of that surface. Atomic-layer electroless deposition is a flexible and powerful technique to tailor the surfaces of catalysts under mild conditions. A subset of the methods is described in the following journal article: PJ Cappillino, JD Sugar, F El Gabaly, TY Cai, Z Liu, JL Stickney, DB Robinson. Atomic-layer electroless deposition: a scalable approach to surface-modified metal powders. Langmuir, 2014, 30 (16) 4820-4829. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la500477s 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 multilayer structures for a specific application (2) Scale-up of laboratory-demonstrated deposition processes (3) Expansion of the range of substrates and metals of demonstrated applicability 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. SAND 2014-15357PR. Keywords: catalyst, catalysis, layer-by-layer, monolayer, nanoparticles, oxidation, reduction, hydrogenation, electrodeposition
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