TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Fine-Grained Targets (LAR-TOPS-67)
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    Special Notice NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION is seeking inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and market fine-grained targets for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes. These targets, made of powder forge metals, facilitate a significant cost reduction in the supply of high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes. The targets have an approximate grain size of 2 microns and are combined with a metal catalyst made of powder forge nickel and powder forge cobalt. Interested parties can submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS). For more information, visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal. No follow-on procurement is expected from this notice.

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