A -- CHEMICAL SENSING: HYDROGEN BONDING HYBRID ORGANIC/INORGANIC COPOLYMERS FOR ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS AND ARRAYS

Notice Date

December 20, 2001

Contracting Office

Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), P.O. Box 999, (MSIN K3-04), Richland, WA 99352

ZIP Code

99352

Solicitation Number

11616

Point of Contact

Licensing, Technology Commercialization, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN: K9-89, Richland, Washington 99352 [Phone: 509-375-6401] [e-mail: technology@pnl.gov]

E-Mail Address

Click here to send an e-mail to a Licensing Associate (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 (hereinafter referred to as "technology"). License rights may be issued on a nonexclusive basis only 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. This technology is a novel hydrogen bonding organic/inorganic copolymers have been synthesized and used in surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors (image shows polymer interacting -- hydrogen bonding -- with a nerve agent). The response to nerve agent simulants and basic vapors (including many common solvents) reaches 90% of full response within 6 seconds of the first indication of response. In tests with actual nerve agents, response sensitivity was increased at least four times over other typically used sensing polymers. This polymer is presently being used in commercially available chemical sensors. This polymer has also shown potential usefulness as an optical fiber coating. This technology is fully developed and in use in commercially available chemical sensors for detection of nerve agents. Details have been published:"Hydrogen Bond Acidic Polymers for Surface Acoustic Wave Vapor Sensors and Arrays", J.W. Grate et al., Anal. Chem. 1999, 71, 1033-1040. "Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Copolymers with Strongly Hydrogen-Bond Acidic properties for Acoustic Wave and Optical Sensors", J.W. Grate et al., Chem. Mater. 1997, 9, 1201-1207. "Carbosiloxane Polymers for Sensors" J.W. Grate et al., Chemical Innovation, November 2000, Vol. 30, No. 11, 29-37. "Strongly Hydrogen-Bond Acidic Polymer and Methods of Making and Using", US Patent No. 6,015,869. "Acoustic Wave Microsensor Arrays for Vapor Sensing", J.W. Grate, Chem. Rev., 2000, 100, 2627. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Any company interested in non-exclusively licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) 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 selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011224/ASOL007.HTM (W-354 SN5157I7)