SBIR/STTR Research Award
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Award amount
$99,850Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2001Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- International Mezzo Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- PTLAWMJEKZF9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to develop commercially viable methods for the fabrication of high aspect ratio micro- and nano-structures for microfluidic applications using contact nano-printing. X-ray lithography will be used to produce molding tools to emboss structures in polymers. Microfluidic channels will be fabricated with ordered arrays of micro- and nano-posts filling these channels. Molding tools will be constructed from metal electroform to allow hot embossing or injection molding of various polymers. Mechanical properties of both the electroform and the polymers will be evaluated for the ability to minimize structure deformation during demolding. Various gluing and heat annealing assembly methods to enclose the microfluidic channels will be investigated. A number of post geometries will be examined for feature integrity during molding, demolding and assembly. Fluid transport through the ordered arrays will be studied in detail using confocal fluorescence microscopy.
The commercial applications of this project will be in the area of micro-column separations such as for reversed phase chromatography and for micro-reactors
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.
- LIGHTWEIGHT MICROTUBE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL HEAT EXCHANGERS
- A 2-5 MW Supercritical CO2 micro tube recuperator: manufacturing, testing, and laser weld qualification
- A 2-5 MW Supercritical CO2 micro tube recuperator: manufacturing, testing, and laser weld qualification
- Cooling/Thermal Management System Development for Active Denial Technology (ADT) and High-Power Radio-Frequency vehicle Stopper (RF) Systems
- Cooling/Thermal Management System Development for Active Denial Technology (ADT) and High-Power Radio-Frequency vehicle Stopper (RF) Systems
Research funding history
35 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2022). Reported award amounts total $13,998,558. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation