SBIR Phase I: Copper-based Antimicrobial Plastic Masterbatch Pellets

SBIR第一期：铜基抗菌塑料母粒

• 批准号: 1416064
• 负责人: Bowen Li
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Qtek LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1416064&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Copper; based; Antimicrobial

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will address a growing market demand for advanced antimicrobial plastic surfaces by employing a newly-developed ionic copper-based antimicrobial additive technology. The potential of this project lies in the ubiquity of plastics in consumer products. It is desirable that plastic products remain free of bacteria and fungi in a wide variety of environments. Tremendous savings in terms of reduced health care expenses, for both individuals and governments, are possible if related illnesses can be avoided. The market demand for antimicrobial plastics has been continuously increasing in recent years and is projected to account for about 20% of the global plastics market in the near term. The success of this project will accelerate the growth of this market by providing an efficient, long-lasting, environmentally-friendly, and cost-effective new material technology which can be seamlessly integrated into current production processes. Future expansion of this technology into the paint, textile, paper, and wood product markets is also envisioned.In this Phase I effort, new antibacterial/antifungal plastic masterbatch pellets will be developed by implanting copper-vermiculite in the pellets to form self-decontaminating surfaces on plastics. The ionic copper will be slowly released to the product surface from the host mineral particles to restrict the reproduction of microbes on the surface of the plastic. Through this project, the dosages, process, performance and the long term environmental impacts of the resulting products will be evaluated and optimized. The technical and economic feasibilities of these masterbatch pellets will also be determined. The success of this project will provide a new material and process for realizing cost-effective, environmentally-friendly, long-lasting antimicrobial plastics.

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将通过采用新开发的离子铜基抗菌添加剂技术来满足市场对先进抗菌塑料表面日益增长的需求。 该项目的潜力在于塑料在消费品中的普遍性。 期望塑料产品在各种环境中保持不含细菌和真菌。 如果能够避免相关疾病，个人和政府就有可能在减少医疗保健费用方面节省大量费用。 近年来，抗菌塑料的市场需求持续增长，预计在短期内将占全球塑料市场的20%左右。该项目的成功将通过提供一种高效、持久、环保和具有成本效益的新材料技术来加速该市场的增长，该技术可以无缝集成到当前的生产过程中。 在第一阶段的工作中，将通过在颗粒中植入铜-蛭石，在塑料表面形成自去污功能，开发新型抗菌/抗真菌塑料母料颗粒。铜离子将从主体矿物颗粒中缓慢释放到产品表面，以限制塑料表面微生物的繁殖。通过该项目，将评估和优化最终产品的剂量，工艺，性能和长期环境影响。并确定了这些色母粒粒料的技术经济性能。该项目的成功将为实现具有成本效益、环境友好、持久的抗菌塑料提供新的材料和工艺。