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Carbon Nanotube-Based Adsorbents for Volatile Air Contaminants

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNJ07JE25C
Agency Tracking Number: 050193
Amount: $600,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T5.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-05-23
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-05-22
Small Business Information
PO Box 80010
Austin, TX 78708-0010
United States
DUNS: 022552900
HUBZone Owned: Yes
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 Joel Tabb
 Principal Investigator
 (817) 379-0100
 jtabb@agavebio.com
Business Contact
 Noe Salazar
Title: Business Official
Phone: (512) 671-1369
Email: nsalazar@agavebio.com
Research Institution
 Universities Space Research Association
 Not Available
 
10211 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500
Columbia, MD 21044
United States

 (410) 730-2656
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

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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