SBIR/STTR Research Award
High-scale Production of a Thermo-Reversible Natural Elastomer Fiber
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- GENE LINK, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2014-07-18
- Contract end date
- 2015-01-20
- UEI
- ELF5MM28VFP7
- Solicitation number
- 2014.1
- Topic code
- A14-015
Research abstract
Structural proteins hold great promise to provide a broad range of DoD national security solutions. Squid ring teeth (SRT) is a structural protein extracted from tentacles of squid suction cups, which exhibits an unusual and reversible transition from a solid to a melt (thermoplastic), and can be thermally shaped into any 3D geometry (e.g. fibers, colloids, and thin films).
Technology keywords
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