SBIR-STTR Award

This proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of our invented selective permeable elastomeric membranes of 1-4 mil thick for (1) impermeable to chemical and biological agents and (2) breathable to moisture vapor and (3) durable to field usage under flexing, abrasion and POL contamination. The proposed work involves with sound molecular level modeling as well as state-of-art polymerization technique for making our invented novel materials. The invented ionomers could also be used in low cost, high power density fuel cell membarnes. Our invented ionomers have been positioned to the fuel cell membarne market as "the lowest cost and highest power density ionomer membranes". Our invented ionomers will also be positioned into waterproof breathable protective clothing market. The success of current SBIR solicitation could certainly expand our market effort to chemical and biological agent protection market. Nevertheless, our current market effort for fuel cell application and general protective breathable outerwear market of our invented ionomers is going forward without the bonus of the SBIR solicitation

This proposal is an advanced feasibility study based on success demonstrated in Phase I for our invented selective permeable elastomeric membranes of 1-2 mil thick for (1) impermeable to chemical and biological warfare agents, (2) sufficient moisture vapor transport rate, and (3) durable to field usage subject to flexing, abrasion, and POL contamination. The proposed work involves with optimization of recipes and prototyping for field test and evaluation. The invented membranes could also be used in low cost chemical industrial protective suits and consumer waterproof breathable clothing