SBIR Phase II: One-Step Environmentally-Friendly Synthesis of Novel Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Pigments

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将支持使用低成本、固态、环保的一步制造工艺的新型高性能Mayacrom颜料的商业化。与许多商用颜料相比，Mayacrom颜料显示出优异的性能，可以取代钴和镉等有损环境的颜料。拟议工作的学术价值包括材料科学和工程领域中固态反应知识的进步。在环境方面，该提案的各个方面包括创建一种无溶剂的生产过程，只消耗少量能源，在制造过程中只释放水，从而不会对生态造成负面影响。更广泛的影响包括对影响颜料物理和化学性质的固态热力学和反应动力学的基本了解。混合强度对反应动力学影响的研究结果也将扩展对其他工业过程的认识。其他更广泛的影响包括少数族裔德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)继续开展合作研究活动，以扩大对这些混合颜料的科学理解，并发表重要发现。如果成功商业化，一步制造过程将在美国和未得到充分利用的德克萨斯州埃尔帕索边境地区创造就业机会。

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will support the commercialization of a novel line of high-performance Mayacrom pigments using a lower cost, solid-state, environmentally friendly one-step manufacturing process. The Mayacrom pigments exhibit superior properties compared with many commercially available pigments and may replace environmentally detrimental pigments such as cobalt and cadmium based colorants. The intellectual merit of the proposed work includes the advancement of knowledge of solid-state reactions in the fields of materials science and engineering. Environmentally, aspects of the proposal include creating a production process that is solvent free, consumes only a modest amount of energy, and releases only water during manufacturing, resulting in no negative ecological impacts. Broader effects include the fundamental understanding of the solid-state thermodynamics and reaction kinetics that affect the physical and chemical properties of the pigments. Results of the influence of mixing intensity on reaction kinetics will also expand the knowledge for other industrial processes. Other broader impacts include continued collaborative research activities at the minority-based University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to expand the scientific understanding of these hybrid pigments and publish significant findings. If successfully commercialized, the one-step manufacturing process will create jobs in the United States and in the under-utilized El Paso, Texas border region.