PFI-BIC: A Small-Company-Centric Knowledge Enhancement Partnership to Accelerate Nanomaterials Innovation

PFI-BIC：以小公司为中心的知识增强合作伙伴关系，加速纳米材料创新

• 批准号: 1237890
• 负责人: James Hutchison
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237890&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; BIC; Small; Company; Centric

This Partnership for Innovation project from the University of Oregon (Eugene) proposes to develop the capacity to accelerate the commercialization of inorganic nano-particle technologies. Inorganic nano-particles consist of an inorganic (metal or metal oxide) core 1 to 100 nm in diameter surrounded by a shell of molecular or polymeric coatings. The wide variety of the physical properties of the core materials and the selective binding capabilities of the ligands and coatings comprise a versatile tool kit with commercial applications across nearly every industrial sector. However, commercialization of these nanomaterials has been limited by difficulties in translating the synthesis methods used during discovery research to reliable commercial scale production. This project aims to address research problems at the frontiers of nano-science by developing improved materials measurement and characterization techniques that will enable nanoparticles to be produced and their properties optimized, advancing the state of the art in nanoscience, and thus accelerating the commercialization process itself.The broader impacts of this project are related to economics, education, and diversity. The small companies that participate in the knowledge enhancement partners (KEP) group will develop production techniques that are reproducible, reliable, scalable, fast, efficient, robust, precise, and inexpensive. These improvements will enable large-scale economic opportunities in photovoltaics, solid-state lighting and display technologies. The project will enable the acceleration of the commercialization of nanoparticles in other sectors, including: energy storage, catalysis, information technology, cancer treatment, and environmental remediation. Students and faculty members who participate in this project will learn to conduct basic research in an explicitly technological and industrial context. The KEP will encourage the participation of under-represented groups by offering summer research experiences to community college students.Partners at the inception of this project include lead academic institution,University of Oregon,(Department of Chemistry, Materials Science Institute, Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon (CAMCOR), and Lundquist College of Business); Small businesses: QD Vision, Lexington, Massachusetts; Voxtel, Beaverton, Oregon; Dune Sciences, Eugene, Oregon; and Hummingbird Scientific, Lacey, Washington; and a Federal agency: The National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Other partner organizations include: Academic (UO Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship and Office of Technology Transfer); Private (Life Technologies); Public (NanoBusiness Commercialization Association, National Nanomanufacturing Network, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnology Institute; Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative; and the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership).

俄勒冈大学（尤金）的创新伙伴关系项目提议发展加速无机纳米粒子技术商业化的能力。无机纳米粒子由直径1到100纳米的无机（金属或金属氧化物）核组成，核外包裹着一层分子或聚合物涂层。核心材料的各种物理特性以及配体和涂层的选择性结合能力构成了一个多功能工具包，几乎在每个工业部门都有商业应用。然而，这些纳米材料的商业化一直受到将发现研究期间使用的合成方法转化为可靠的商业规模生产的困难的限制。该项目旨在通过开发改进的材料测量和表征技术来解决纳米科学前沿的研究问题，这些技术将使纳米粒子能够生产并优化其性能，推进纳米科学的最新发展，从而加速其商业化进程。该项目的更广泛影响与经济、教育和多样性有关。参与知识增强合作伙伴（KEP）小组的小公司将开发可重复、可靠、可扩展、快速、高效、健壮、精确和廉价的生产技术。这些改进将为光伏、固态照明和显示技术带来大规模的经济机会。该项目将加速纳米粒子在其他领域的商业化，包括：能源储存、催化、信息技术、癌症治疗和环境修复。参与该项目的学生和教师将学习在明确的技术和工业背景下进行基础研究。KEP计划通过向社区大学学生提供暑期研究经验，鼓励弱势群体的参与。该项目的合作伙伴包括俄勒冈大学的主要学术机构（化学系、材料科学研究所、俄勒冈高级材料表征中心（CAMCOR）和伦德奎斯特商学院）；小型企业：马萨诸塞州列克星敦的QD Vision；俄勒冈州比弗顿的Voxtel；沙丘科学，尤金，俄勒冈；华盛顿州莱西的蜂鸟科学公司；以及一个联邦机构：马里兰州盖瑟斯堡的国家标准与技术研究所。其他合作组织包括：学术（UO隆德奎斯特创业中心和技术转让办公室）；私人（生命科技）；公共（纳米商业商业化协会，国家纳米制造网络，俄勒冈纳米科学和微技术研究所，更安全的纳米材料和纳米制造倡议，以及大学-工业示范伙伴关系）。