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Anion Exchange Resins for Chirality-based Separation of Single-wall Carbon…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Commerce 		Branch:
National Institute of Standards and Technology 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
111-63-2011 		Solicitation Year:
2011 		Solicitation Topic Code:
9.06.06.63-R 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Sepax Technologies, Inc.
DE
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Anion Exchange Resins for Chirality-based Separation of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes
Agency / Branch: DOC / NIST
Contract: SB1341-11-SE-0874
Award Amount: $89,999.00
 

Abstract:

Single chirality of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is critical for their superb mechanical, thermal, optical and electronic properties. All known methods for producing nanotubes give mixtures of tubes with different chiralities. Physical separation of SWCNT by chirality is thus an enabling step for many potential applications and fundamental studies. The existing anion exchange resins are only partially effective for SWCNT chirality separations, with low recovery (30%) and short column life time (20 injections). Sepax Technologies, Inc. proposes to develop a new anion-exchange resin to drastically improve chirality resolution of SWCNTs. Sepax will apply its proven surface technology to in-house made uniform non-porous polystyrene/divinyl benzene beads to obtain resins with well-controlled density and distribution of charged functional groups and hydrophobic/hydrophilic characteristics, then pack into columns to achieve two technical objectives: 1) separation recovery of SWCNT samples higher than 85%; 2) resolving in a single pass (9,1) and (6,5) chirality tubes from commercial SWCNT starting materials with narrow diameter distribution.

Principal Investigator:

Ke Yang
(302) 366-1101
xhuang@sepax-tech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Sepax Technologies, Inc.
5-100 Innovation Way Newark, DE 19711-5459

EIN/Tax ID: 550787999
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No