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Transport, Compartmentalization, and Effects of Nanoparticles in the Environment

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8651-05-C-0197
Agency Tracking Number: F051-156-1448
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF05-156
Solicitation Number: 2005.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2005-05-24
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-02-24
Small Business Information
4336 Proctor Pl.
San Diego, CA 92116
United States
DUNS: 159070825
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Steven Oldenburg
 President
 (619) 890-0704
 Steven.Oldenburg@nanocomposix.com
Business Contact
 Steven Oldenburg
Title: President
Phone: (619) 890-0704
Email: Steven.Oldenburg@nanocomposix.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The inclusion of nanoparticle-based materials into advanced weapon design has raised issues concerning the fate of the nanoparticles once they are released into the environment. In order to ensure that these materials are safe, new testing methodologies are required for quantifying (1) the transport of nanoparticles through soil, water, and the atmosphere; (2) the uptake and bioaccumulation potential of nanoparticles in plants and lower organisms; and (3) the impact of nanoparticles on animals and humans. To facilitate this analysis, multi-functional nanocomposite simulant particles will be precisely fabricated that allow for control over the size, shape, density, charge, hydrophobicity, and reactive state of the particles. This new class of environmental tracer particles have high extinction cross sections and are easily identified using optical and electron microscopes. Nanoparticle release, transport, degradation, and accumulation of simulant nanoparticles will be studied in soil, water, and atmospheric testing environments.

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