NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley, Jefferson Lab, and the National Institute of Aerospace have jointlydeveloped a new method for manufacturing boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). BNNTs are adirect analog of carbon nanotubes, with superior properties for many applications. Theyare as strong as carbon nanotubes (within a few percentage points) and are good thermalconductors. However, they have a much higher service temperature, are highlyelectroactive, shield neutron radiation, have a more active surface chemistry, arenon-cytotoxic (in tests on human cells), and are naturally white (can be dyed). BNNTsproduced by this method have far superior morphology than those previously available. Thenew tubes have a nearly perfect crystalline structure with one wall to just a few, andare extremely long. Because of the length of the tubes and the white color, the rawmaterial produced by the new method has the physical appearance of cotton.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail:
[email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.