SBIR/STTR Research Award
Flame and Environment Resistant Multilayer Hazardous Materials Placard
Award amount
$300,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- NANOSONIC INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-18
- Contract end date
- 2026-09-17
- UEI
- ZK7ECNMN7MM5
- Solicitation number
- 6913G624QSBIR1
- Topic code
- 24-PH2
Research abstract
Despite their importance, commercial HAZMAT placards are not stable to mild heat < 150 °C or flame exposure, and experience significant weathering over months of outdoor exposure. The lack of durability of commercial HAZMAT placards has potentially serious consequences for first responders and the surrounding environment when dealing with a hazardous materials incident. NanoSonic has developed a prototype HAZMAT placard that is stable to extended flame exposure at temperatures over 600 °C while maintaining readability. NanoSonic’s self-extinguishing HybridShield resin was used as the base of the pigmented layer, preventing flame spread from the base of the placard to improve readability even after several minutes in the flame. In this Phase II effort, NanoSonic will continue to improve the performance to flame exposure and temperatures up to 1200 °C, test for extended weathering stability, and improve interlayer adhesion to promote durability.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- 3D Printed Bimetallic Structures for Radio Frequency Devices, Topic 34a
- Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for Satellites
- HybridSilÆ Underwater Curing Adhesive for Acoustically Transparent Applications
- Insulative Acoustic Composite Materials for Oxygen-Rich Environments
- Radiation and H2 Durable Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element Insulator
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
469 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $155,330,549. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency