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October 2012
THREE APPLICANTS
WIN $745,000 IN
NANOTECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION
PROJECTS
Three applicants in
OCAST’s Oklahoma
Nanotechnology Applications Project (ONAP) will receive
$745,000 collectively for research that will be completed
within three years.
Frontier Electronic Systems Corp. and XploSafe LLC, both
of Stillwater; and Non-Metallic Sciences Inc. of Chouteau
were chosen from a field of 19 applicants by independent
peer reviewers.
Nanotechnology is the science and manipulation of
materials at the molecular level or from the 1-100
nanometer range. The field of study promises improved
healthcare, safer more efficient transportation, increased
sustainability, a cleaner environment and smaller, more
powerful technology.
Winning projects require an improved likelihood for
commercial success and collaboration with a for-profit
Oklahoma company. OCAST works closely with the
Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, Oklahoma Department
of Commerce, State Regents for Higher Education,
CareerTech, colleges and universities to make the ONAP
program available statewide.
Winning projects include:
Stillwater
Frontier Electronics Systems Corp. (FES) –
Lloyd Salsman, “Development of Nano Batteries
for Medical Applications.” Stillwater-based Frontier
Electronic Systems, the University of Tulsa and
VADovations will collaborate on a three-year project
to develop and commercialize a high performance
lithium battery. Using nanotechnology fabrication
processes developed at TU, the group will create a
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