A Fiber Optic Fluoresence Detector for the Lithium Ion

Information

• NSF Award
• 9022320

Owner

• COVALENT ASSOCIATES, INC.

• Award Id

  9022320

• Award Effective Date

  8/1/1991 - 33 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  1/31/1994 - 30 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 260,897.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

The research will provide basic information for the preparation of a fiber optic probe for lithium ion based on new fluorescent lithium ion carriers immobilized on fiber optic bundles by Langmuir-Blodgett (L-B) film techniques. This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. In Phase I four new florescent ionophores were synthesized. One of these has greater sensitivity and great Li/Na selectivity than any other fluorescent ionophore reported in the literature and is suitable for preparation of L-B films. In the current Phase II additional analogs of these ionophores which will have absorption and emission in the visible spectrum will be evaluated. Those having the best optical characteristics and specificity for lithium, when prepared as L-B films, will be used to prepare fiber optic probes. These will be evaluated as sensors for determination of lithium in blood serum.

• Program Officer

  Ritchie B. Coryell

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/16/1991 - 33 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/30/1996 - 28 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Covalent Associates Incorporated

• City

  WOBURN

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  10 STATE ST

• Postal Code

  018011682

• Phone Number

  6179381140

• First Name

  Margaret

• Last Name

  Langmuir

• Email Address

  langmuir@covalent.usa1.com

• Start Date

  7/7/1993 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000

• Name

  Engineering-Chemical

• Code

  53

• Text

  SMALL BUSINESS PHASE II

• Code

  5373

• Text

  INTERFAC PROCESSES & THERMODYN

• Code

  1414

• Text

  SMALL BUSINESS PHASE II

• Code

  5373

• Text

  RES EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD-SUPPLT

• Code

  9251