A FIBER OPTIC FLUORENCE DETECTOR FOR THE LITHIUM ION

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Agency: National Science Foundation	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 11760	Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 11760	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: COVALENT ASSOC., INC.
541 NW 11th Street Corvallis, OR 97330 6018
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Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1991

Title: A FIBER OPTIC FLUORENCE DETECTOR FOR THE LITHIUM ION

Agency: NSF

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $249,647.00

Abstract:
WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A FIBER OPTIC PROBE FOR LITHIUM ION BASED ON NEW FLUORESCENT LITHIUM ION CARRIERS IMMOBILIZED ONFIBER OPTIC BUNDLES BY LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILM TECHNIQUES. IN PHASE I THE NEW FLUORESCENT IONOPHORE WILL BE SYNTHESIZEDAND TESTED FOR LI/NA SPECIFICITY. OPTICAL PROPERTIES WILL ALSO BE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY FOR USE IN A FIBER OPTIC PROBE. IN PHASE II WE WILL SYNTHESIZE SOME ADDITIONAL ANALOGS OF THE FLUOROPHORES PREPARED IN PHASE I. THOSE HAVING THE BESTSPECIFICITIES AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES FOR LITHIUM WILL BE USED TO PREPARE FIBER OPTIC PROBES. THE PROBES WILL BE USEDTO DEVELOP A METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF LI(+) ION IN THE BLOOD SERUM OF PATIENTS BEING TREATED WITH LITHIUM FOR MANIC/DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS.

Principal Investigator:
Dr Margaret E Langmuir
Senior Scientist
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Covalent Associates Inc.
52 Dragon Court Woburn, MA 01801

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