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SEREN IPS INC.
VINELAND, NJ, 08360
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| Role | Agency | Description | Vehicle | Obligated | Action date | Period |
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| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | PROJECT SUMMARY OVERVIEW: ECO-CBET PROPOSAL: ELECTRODELESS ELECTROCHEMICAL VALORIZATION OF LIGNIN. PI (LEAD INSTITUTION): ELIJAH THIMSEN (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS). CO-PIS AND SENIOR PERSONNEL: MARCUS B. FOSTON & KIMBERLY M. PARKER (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS), COREY R. J. STEPHENSON & STEPHEN MALDONADO (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN), MARK MBA-WRIGHT (IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY). INTELLECTUAL MERIT: THIS PROJECT IS TRANSFORMATIVE, AND WOULD PROVIDE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE IT WOULD CONCEPTUALIZE THE PLASMA-LIQUID INTERFACE AS A CONTROLLED AND SELECTIVE MEANS BY WHICH TO PROMOTE REDUCTION-OXIDATION REACTIONS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES WITHOUT SOLID ELECTRODES AND WITHOUT INTENTIONALLYADDED ELECTROLYTE. LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA CHEMISTRY IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A PHASE, AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS, THAT OPERATE VERY FAR FROM LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM. PREVIOUS THINKING HAS VIEWED THE PLASMA-LIQUID INTERFACE AS A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT DRIVEN BY MYRIAD REACTIVE SPECIES. THE THINKING PROPOSED HERE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY OUR RECENTLY PUBLISHED PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE, IS THAT THE PLASMALIQUID INTERFACE CAN BE CONCEPTUALIZED IN A SIMILAR WAY TO SOLID ELECTRODES IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, BUT THERE ARE A FEW NOTABLE DIFFERENCES. ONE BENEFICIAL FEATURE IS THAT THE ELECTRODES IN THE PLASMA-LIQUID CELL ARE GASEOUS, AND THUS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RESISTANT TO FOULING. A TRANSFORMATIVE ASPECT OF THE PLASMA-LIQUID INTERFACE IS THAT ACCESS IS GRANTED TO SPECIES THAT ARE HIGHLY REDUCING (E.G., SOLVATED ELECTRONS) UNDER RELATIVELY MILD LABORATORY CONDITIONS. PROCESSES BASED ON THE PLASMA-LIQUID INTERFACE COULD PROVIDE A SAFER ALTERNATIVE FOR REACTIONS THAT REQUIRE SOLVATED ELECTRONS, FOR EXAMPLE THE BIRCH REACTION OR REDUCTION OF FLUORINATED ORGANICS. ANOTHER INTRIGUING ASPECT IS THAT IN A PLASMA-LIQUID CELL, THERE APPARENTLY IS NO NEED FOR AN INTENTIONALLY ADDED ELECTROLYTE, WHICH OPENS NUMEROUS POSSIBILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN NON-POLAR LIQUIDS THAT HAVE LOW SOLUBILITY FOR IONS. THE RESEARCH TEAM IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS. THE TEAM IS HIGHLY INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND IS COMPRISED OF EXPERTS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, RADICAL CHEMISTRY, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, PLASMA-ENHANCED PROCESS ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, REACTION ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOECONOMIC/LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS. KREUTER M- SFY25-COMMUNITY ENGAG Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Army Parent award NAICS: 541715 Parent award performance state: MO Parent award description: SERDP WP25-0269 NEW START "DEFLUORINATION OF METAL-FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES." GOAL - TO DEVELOP A METHOD TO REMOVE THE FLUORINE FROM METAL/FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES WITHOUT INADVERTENTLY IGNITING THE MATERIAL. View parent award on USAspending | — | $51,050 | Sep 1, 2025 | — – — |
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