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Carbon Nanotube-Based Adsorbents for Volatile Air Contaminants
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (817) 379-0100
Email: jtabb@agavebio.com
Title: Business Official
Phone: (512) 671-1369
Email: nsalazar@agavebio.com
Contact: Not Available
Address:
Phone: (410) 730-2656
Type: Nonprofit College or University
In completing the Phase I SBIR, Agave BioSystems and the Universities Space Research Association, have successfully demonstrated proof of concept for the use of novel carbon nanotube (CNT)-based structures as next generation smart adsorbents for the adsorption and destruction of potentially toxic air contaminants. Since CNTs have an extremely high surface area, can be readily modified with metals or functional groups, and can function without the mass transfer limitations of traditional activated carbon, they are an ideal material for integration into spacecraft air handling systems. In the Phase II program, we will build upon the unique structural and chemical nature of carbon nanotubes to construct a prototype system utilizing these smart adsorbents.
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