SBIR/STTR Research Award
Self-Decontaminating Textiles
Award amount
$149,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Recipient company
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2016-07-27
- Contract end date
- 2017-01-27
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
- Solicitation number
- 2016.1
- Topic code
- CBD161-001
Research abstract
Luna Innovations is addressing the need to develop novel fluid repellent textile treatments for military uniforms that will actively decontaminate chemical and biological warfare agents (CBWA).There have been recent significant advances in textile treatments that have demonstrated water, oil and chemical agent resistance that are superior to Quarpel repellent treatments currently used on protective uniforms.Likewise, CBWA detoxification has been widely studied.Despite effectiveness at breaking down harmful agents, the practical effectiveness of these decontaminants on fabrics is often limited due to low efficacy, poor laundering resistance and, in particular, the deleterious effects that highly oxidizing decontaminants have the fabric properties.Luna proposes a wash-durable treatment that self-decontaminates CBWA on contact, yet maintains the key properties of the garment such as fluid repellency, flame resistance, high tear strength and comfort (e.g. lightweight, breathability, flexibility).
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.
- Rugged Miniature SWDM Mux and Demux for Military Aircraft
- Advanced Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Naval Safety
- Distributed Linear and Angular Acceleration Measurement
- Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings
- Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
994 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2026). Reported award amounts total $336,438,763. 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, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency