TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Scaled Synthesis of Mxenes Tender, USA - 107461871

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Country : USA

Summary : TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Scaled Synthesis of Mxenes

Deadline : 19 Oct 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 107461871

Document Ref. No. : IL-13958

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Opportunity:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its scaled up chemical synthesis method for Mxenes.



Background:

Discovered in 2011, the Mxene family is comprised of 2D transition metal carbides, carbonitrides, and nitrides with a general formula of Mn+1xn, where M represents transition metals (e.g., Sc, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo) and x is carbon and/or nitrogen. Mxenes are receiving significant attention as the next-generation electromagnetic (EM) shielding materials, which can mitigate malfunction and leakage of confidential information from electronic devices. Using Mxenes can address some of the drawbacks of conventional EM shielding materials, which are made of metal such as aluminum, copper, and nickel. However, these metal shrouds are heavy, bulky, easily corrodible, and not mechanically flexible - all of which limits the use for modern microelectronic devices.

Currently, Mxenes are synthesized by wet-chemical etching in highly concentrated hydrofluoric acid (HF) or HF-containing or HF-forming etchants. The process adds surface functionalities such as -O, -F, or -OH, represented by Tx in this formula as Mn+1xnTx. Etching is required because of strong chemical bonding between the T and M atoms, which make mechanical exfoliation challenging and hardly possible. To date, more than 20 members of the Mxene family have been synthesized, and dozens more are predicted, making it one of the fastest growing 2D material families. Reported efforts of scaling up the synthesis of Mxenes, however, are few. Still in the early stage of research, current processes suffer from both low yield (e.g. 10-20%) and quantities as well as inhomogeneity in size and morphology that lead...
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Notice ID : IL-13958
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Department/Ind. Agency : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Office: LLNS – DOE CONTRACTOR
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Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Sep 19, 2024 03:53 pm PDT
Original Response Date: Oct 19, 2024 05:00 pm PDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Nov 03, 2024
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NAICS Code: 334517 - Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Livermore, CA USA

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