SBIR Phase I: Bulk Production of Passivated Metallo-Carbohederenes Utilizing Laser Assisted Molecular Beam Synthesis

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一种生产大量金属-碳烯（met-cars）的工艺。该项目将使用一种被称为激光辅助分子束沉积的粒子和沉积技术，这种技术非常适合生产纳米颗粒大小的汽车。met-car的独特结构使其适用于各种需要活性金属的应用。然而，迄今为止，尽管进行了几次尝试，没有人能够生产出大量用于研究和商业化的这种材料。这项技术的商业和更广泛的影响将是Met-cars纳米粉末的生产能力，它将在活性金属和催化领域拥有市场，并在纳米制造领域有前景的应用。

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a process to generate bulk quantities of Metallo-Carbohederenes (met-cars). The project will use a particle and deposition technology, called Laser Assisted Molecular Beam Deposition, which is ideal for producing met-cars on the nanoparticle size scale. The unique structure of the met-cars makes them applicable for a variety of applications requiring activated metals. However, to date, in spite of several attempts, no one has been able to produce bulk quantities of this material for study and commercialization. The commercial and broader impacts of this technology will be the production capability for Met-cars nanopowders, which will have a market in the areas of activated metal and catalysis and promising applications in the field of nanofabrication.