SBIR Phase I: Manufacturing of Bio-Inspired Polymer Micro/Nano-Fiber Arrays as New Gripping Materials

Information

• NSF Award
• 1014183

Owner

• nanoGriptech, Inc.

• Award Id

  1014183

• Award Effective Date

  7/1/2010 - 14 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/2010 - 14 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 150,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop a high-volume and low-cost nanomanufacturing process of biologically inspired repeatable polymer fibrillar adhesives as new gripping materials for commercial applications. A manufacturing process for high-speed, continuous, and large-area manufacturing of high aspect ratio and three-dimensional polymer micro/nanofiber arrays with a compliant backing layer will be studied. <br/><br/>The broader/commercial impact of this project will be the potential to provide repeatable fibrillar adhesives with large volume and high uniformity for applications in sports, defense, space, robotics, and other industries. The processes and methods to be developed in this study would also improve the understanding in the nanomanufacturing of high aspect ratio polymer structures with three-dimensional features.

• Program Officer

  Grace Jinliu Wang

• Min Amd Letter Date

  4/30/2010 - 14 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  4/30/2010 - 14 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  nanoGriptech, Inc.

• City

  Pittsburgh

• State

  PA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  91 43rd St., Suite 200

• Postal Code

  152013109

• Phone Number

  4122242136

• First Name

  Burak

• Last Name

  Aksak

• Email Address

  burak.aksak@ttu.edu

• Start Date

  4/30/2010 12:00:00 AM