SBIR Phase I: Synthesis of New Ionomer Resins Based on Polycyclopentadiene Monomers

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的重点是合成一套新颖的专有离聚物聚合物材料。 通过使用成熟的技术（开环易位聚合），将开发一系列包含物理和化学交联的共聚物，为最终材料提供独特的韧性和抗冲击性。 该技术将扩展到弹道和爆炸缓解材料，更安全的体育器材，用于国防和化学加工应用的密封件以及自修复涂层等领域。这些材料取代现有市售材料的潜力将随着除了当前技术创新之外的更多和更大种类的功能的结合而增加。 通过添加各种与主链聚合物互补的官能团，一种多功能和广泛的材料将导致大量的工业应用。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on the synthesis of a novel set of proprietary ionomeric polymeric materials. Through the use of established techniques (Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization), a series of copolymers that contain a physical and a chemical crosslink will be developed lending a unique level of toughness and impact resistance to the final material. This technology will expand into the areas of ballistic and blast mitigation materials, safer sporting equipment, seals used in defense and chemical processing applications, and self-healing coatings. The potential for these materials to supplant existing commercially available materials will increase with the incorporation of more and greater varieties of functionality in addition to the current technological innovation. By adding a variety of functionalities that compliment the backbone polymer, a versatile and wide-ranging material will result in a significant number of industrial applications.