SBIR Phase II: Flat ceramic nanoparticles with two functionally different surfaces for self-generating coatings: Scale-UP

SBIR 第二阶段：具有两个功能不同表面的扁平陶瓷纳米粒子，用于自生成涂层：放大

• 批准号: 1456394
• 负责人: Pavlo Rudenko
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: TriboTEX
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1456394&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Flat; ceramic

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is a new product for improving the performance of existing machinery. If this project is successful, numerous industrial and commercial applications will benefit from increased component longevity and more efficient operation of machinery, coupled with labor and energy savings. From a societal perspective, this technology has the potential to save a large portion of the substantial amount of energy lost to friction in ubiquitous components such as generators and engines, while simultaneously reducing wear-related material/component failures and associated downtime costs. Previous research has predicted that a successful global application of the proposed technology in existing transportation systems will enable an absolute energy savings that exceeds the total energy generated by all currently-deployed photovoltaic, geothermal, and biomass sources combined.This project will focus on the further development and scale-up of ceramic nanosheets with structurally different sides (sticky/slick), which will be used to form a self-generating tribological thin film coating for improved lubrication. This coating is formed during normal operation, particle by particle. The creation of these low-friction tribological coatings has been previously observed but requires further optimization for robustness and additional engineering and testing for commercial applications. Understanding the influence of composition and surface dopants is required for market application of the resulting, nearly frictionless coatings. Additional material testing and successful scale-up of the production of these nanosheets are needed for commercial viability. Follow-on applications of these anisotropic nanostructures are envisioned in the areas of catalyst supports, plastic fillers, and smart materials.

这个小企业创新研究二期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是一个改善现有机械性能的新产品。如果这个项目成功，许多工业和商业应用将受益于延长的部件寿命和更有效的机械操作，再加上劳动力和能源的节省。从社会的角度来看，这项技术有可能节省发电机和发动机等普遍存在的部件因摩擦而损失的大量能量，同时减少与磨损相关的材料/组件故障和相关的停机成本。先前的研究预测，在现有的运输系统中成功地在全球范围内应用拟议的技术，将使节省的绝对能源超过目前部署的所有光伏、地热和生物质能来源产生的总能源。该项目将专注于进一步开发和扩大具有不同结构面（粘性/光滑）的陶瓷纳米片，这些纳米片将用于形成自生摩擦学薄膜涂层，以改善润滑。这种涂层是在正常操作过程中，一粒一粒地形成的。这些低摩擦摩擦学涂层的创造之前已经被观察到，但需要进一步优化坚固性，并为商业应用进行额外的工程和测试。了解成分和表面掺杂剂的影响对于所得到的几乎无摩擦涂层的市场应用是必要的。这些纳米片的商业可行性需要额外的材料测试和成功的规模化生产。这些各向异性纳米结构的后续应用被设想在催化剂载体、塑料填料和智能材料领域。