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GAS SEPARATIONS VIA NOVEL TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5376
Amount: $40,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
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Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
267 S. Fair Oaks
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
 Dr. Neil Hendricks
Title: Research Scientist
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Research Institution
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Abstract

MAXDEM INC. PROPOSES TO SYNTHESIZE A NEW CLASS OF TRANSITIONMETAL COMPLEXES WITH A ZEOLYTIC STRUCTURE, DESIGNED FOR THE RAPID AND REVERSIBLE ABSORPTION OF GASES. THESE NEW MATERIALS ARE INTENDED TO FUNCTION AS THE SORBANT IN HIGHLY EFFICIENT SELF-CONTAINED OXYGEN GENERATING SYSTEMS. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDE OXYGEN FOR MEDICAL USE AND FOR USE IN WELDING AND METAL CUTTING. THE POROUS STRUCTURE NECESSARY RESULTS FROM NOVEL POLYDENTATE LIGANDS WHICH RESTRICT POSSIBLE GEOMETRIES TO THOSE WITH MOLECULAR VOIDS AND CHANNELS. THESE NEW MATERIALS OFFER A UNIQUE SOLUTION TO THE OBJECTIVE OF COMBINING THE PROPERTIES OF MOLECULAR SIEVE ZEOLITES AND CHEMICALLY VERSATILE TRANSITIONMETALS.

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