46 -- Specific Anion Nanoengineered Sorbents (SANS)

Sandia is soliciting expressions of interest from potential partners to further develop and/or commercialize the technologies shown below. Partnerships are anticipated to take the form of Cooperative Research & Development Agreements (CRADA) and/or commercial licenses. CRADAs are expected to include funds-in to the Labs and licensed rights may be up to exclusive in a field-of-use, depending on the business case. Sandia is seeking partners that have proven experience in translating immature technologies into market-driven products, have technical capabilities in the technical area(s) shown below, are fiscally sound and well managed, and can commit to manufacturing the products in the U.S. Specific Anion Nanoengineered Sorbents (SANS) SANS is a simple and cost effective set of nanoengineered materials for the removal of arsenic contamination in drinking water. This new class of materials provides inexpensive and effective removal of anionic contaminants from drinking water and wastewater, without requiring costly pH adjustment. SANS media can be used in both granular filter bed and coagulation/micro filtration water treatment systems, and can be disposed as nonhazardous waste. The SANS materials will allow both rural and municipal water systems of varying water usage to meet the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) arsenic drinking water standard of 10 parts per billion. SANS materials have been tested in laboratory batch and column tests, where they have surpassed the capacity and effectiveness of commercially available arsenic sorbent or coagulation materials. SANS has been evaluated as both solid granules and as surface coatings on inexpensive substrates. The latter application is a means to produce very inexpensive, but effective, arsenic sorbents. Both sorbent media and coagulation/micro filtration technologies can be adapted for use in many water utility systems, thereby significantly reducing water utility compliance costs for the new EPA standard. Additional laboratory tests demonstrate that SANS media can be used for treatment of other regulated anionic contaminants, such as chromate, perchlorate or pertechnetate. Further technical information about SANS materials may be found at the following website: http://www.sandia.gov/eesector/gs/gc/SANS/index.htm. Patents have been awarded and additional patents are pending for this technology. Interested parties may contact Teresa Montoya, Administration, Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-mail: contact@example.gov. Be sure to indicate the technology in which you are interested.