Catalyzing Business Development with Nanotechnology Alliances

2007 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry

June 13-15, 2007

                  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA    

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Non-profit, charitable trust

– Distributions that provide “the greatest good to humanity”

Purposes:

– “Creative and research work”

– “Making of discoveries and inventions”

– “Education of men and women for employment”

Governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Directors

For 75 years, we have been engaged in scientific discovery and refining approaches to translating

discovery into practical applications

Battelle’s purposes, defined in the will of Gordon Battelle, focus on innovation

BUSINESS SENSITIVE2

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Today, Battelle fulfills its founding purposes through three business lines

Operates major research labs with distinction

Premier supplier of applied technology

solutions

Translates technology

into commercial applications

BattelleLaboratoryOperations

BattelleLaboratoryOperations

BattelleScience and Technology International

BattelleScience and Technology International

Battelle Commercial

Partnerships &Ventures

Battelle Commercial

Partnerships &Ventures

Battelle’s Strategic IntentBattelle will be a major force in science and technology discovery

and in the translation of knowledge into innovative applicationsthat have significant societal and economic impact in order to bea significant benefactor for education and charitable enterprises

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Battelle: World’s Largest Non-Profit R&D Organization

Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland, Washington

Corporate HeadquartersColumbus, Ohio

Brookhaven NationalLaboratoryLong Island, New York

Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge, Tennessee

National Renewable EnergyLaboratoryGolden, Colorado

Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho Falls, ID

$3.9B in R&D; 20,000 employees worldwide

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PNNL in the DOE National Laboratory System

Lawrence Livermore

Pacific Northwest

IdahoLawrence Berkeley

Argonne

Sandia

Los Alamos

Oak Ridge

Brookhaven

Office of ScienceNational Nuclear Security AdministrationOffice of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology

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Center for Nanophase Materials Science

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory

Battelle Nanotechnology R&D

Columbus, Ohio

Battelle Nanotechnology

Innovation Alliance

EMSL Interfacial and Nanoscale Science Facility

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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• Funtionalized Carbon Funtionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, FullerenesNanofibers, Fullerenes

• Metal and Ceramic Nanoparticles

• Carbohydrates, Oils, Proteins, Lignins

• PEM Fuel Cell CatalystsPEM Fuel Cell Catalysts

• Catalysts for “self-healing” coatings, adhesives, composites

• Catalysts for novel monomer and polymer synthesis

• Electroactive Electroactive NanocompositesNanocomposites

• Structural Nanocomposites

• Biomedical Nanocomposites

Nanomaterials Signature Investments Bridge Emerging Nanoscience to Applied Nanotechnology

NanocompositeApplied Solutions

Nanostructured Catalyst Systems

Nanomaterial Building Blocks

Nanostructured Materials S&T Signature

The Battelle Nanotechnology Innovation Alliance is Creating a Portfolio of Multi-Laboratory Projects Targeted at Meeting the Needs of Industry

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Example Platform: Carbon Nanotubes for Industrial and Defense/Homeland Security Markets

Carbon Nanotube Technology Platform is Enabling Strategic Product Breakthroughs

Advanced Materials

The Battelle Nanotechnology Alliance is poised to meet the needs of industrial collaborators and

clients

Sensors

Energy

Life Sciences

Electronics

Defense and Homeland Security

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Battelle is forming Industrial Alliances to Develop Multifunctional Nanocomposites

Battelle has Proprietary Technology Portfolios targeted at Composites, Coatings, Sealants/Adhesives and Integrated Material Systems

Functionalization Technology

Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposites

Dispersion & Exfoliation Technology

Compounding Technology

Formulation & Process Development

Material System Integration

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Transparent Conductors: Carbon Nanotube Networks

Flexible, Durable Coating Prepared by Roll to Roll Process• <10 Ω/• Greater than 85 %T in visible and/or NIR• 10,000 S/cm in thin film

Nanotube Properties▪ Diameter ▪ Chirality ▪ Length

▪ Walls ▪ Perfection

(6,0)

(8,4)

(6,6)

(12,0)

SWNT

Solution (Ink) Properties▪ Exfoliation ▪ Dispersion

▪ Solvent/Nanotube Interactions

Thin Film Properties▪ Bundling/Packing ▪ Doping

▪ Junction Resistance

(1) Choice of Carbon Nanotube Source (2) Exfoliation and dispersion to give Conductive Ink(3) Solution process to give Patterned Conductive Film

Targets

Initial Challenges

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Aqueous Dispersing Agents Technology

• Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes can be used to carry hydrophobic molecules into SWNT dispersions

Battelle IP: SWNT/Cyclodextrin Dispersions

US# 6878361 “Production of Stable Aqueous Dispersions of Carbon Nanotubes”

US# 6896864 “Spatial Localization of Dispersed Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes into Useful Structures”

HIPCO as producedin SDBS 0.78 nm

cyclodextrin

HIPCO acid washed in-cyclodextrin

• Novel Dispersing Agents using Cyclodextrins

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CNT Network

CNT Dispersion

Apply via Printing or Spraying

0.0003 - 0.02 Ω∙cm

Coating on Polyester Film

Advantages of CNT Networks

• Solution Processable• High Flexibility • Good Adhesion to Substrates • Neutral color density• Comparable or lower cost anticipated• Patterning possible via printing

Transparent Conductive Coatings Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Networks

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Stage 1 2 3 4 5 6

“Battelle Nanotechnology Innovation Alliances” Stage-Gate Process for Innovation Agreements and Development Agreements with Industry

Technology Research and Innovation, and “Proof-of-Concept”

Product Research and Prototyping

Product Development and Pilot-Plant Scaleup

Market Development Plant

Mfg. Plant

Innovation Agreements

Development Agreements and License

Business and Technical Idea

Genesis

Opportunity Identification

and Screening

Business Case Development

andOpportunity

Analysis

Business and Technology

Plan Development

Implementation(Product and

Business Development)

Commercialization

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Summary: Innovation Alliances

Battelle is seeking collaborators to create Innovation Alliances focused on developing carbon nanotube and other nanostructured material based nanocomposites,

processes and devices for industrial markets

• Nanotechnology Alliance Agreements– Joint Development and License Agreements

– Collaborative Product Development and Commercialization Initiatives

– Government and Industrial Initiatives

Contact: Rich Chapas, Director-Industrial Collaborations richard.chapas@battelle.org or Alex Kawczak, VP-

Nanotechnology & BioProducts, kawczaka@battelle.org