SBIR Phase II:Disruptive Performance From Engineered Piezoelectric Organic Polymer Nanocomposites: Inventive Approach To New Electrical and Mechanical Energy Conversion Materials

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目旨在商业化和扩大压电聚合物纳米复合材料技术的应用。压电材料是一种机械能和电能相互转换的替代能源。应用包括换能器、执行器、传感器、能量收集、减振和智能聚合物。强烈的市场需求是与压电陶瓷的温度和性能水平竞争的压电聚合物材料。除了薄膜和纤维，该技术还可以形成非织造织物，这是智能材料和伤口愈合的绝佳几何形状。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是新能源工艺的转型，随着化石燃料成本的上升，新能源工艺在美国的商业和社会基础中对公众发挥着越来越重要的作用。太阳能、风能、生物量、波浪能和燃料电池等替代能源转换目前正在更积极地进行商业开发，无疑将继续在技术和经济上显示增长。压电能量转换比上面提到的那些更通用。其优势体现在传感器、执行器、传感器、能量收集、减振和智能聚合物等方面。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to commercialize and expand the application of piezopolymer nanocomposite technology. Piezoelectric materials are an alternative energy source, which interconvert mechanical and electrical energy. Applications include transducers, actuators, sensors, energy harvesting, vibration dampening, and smart polymers. A strong market need has been for piezopolymeric materials that compete with the temperature and performance level of piezoceramics. In addition to films and fibers, this technology can form nonwoven fabrics, which are excellent geometries for smart materials and wound healing. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be the transformation of new energy processes that play an increasingly important role to the public in the business and social foundation of the US as costs of fossil fuels rise. Alternative energy transformations such as solar, wind, biomass, wave and fuel cells are now more actively under commercial development and will no doubt continue to demonstrate growth technically and economically. Piezoelectric energy conversions are more versatile than those mentioned above. Benefits come in forms such as transducers, actuators, sensors, energy harvesting, vibration dampening, and smart polymers.