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Princeton,
NJ (January 8, 2004) -- TRI/Princeton's
Center for Modeling and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials
recently received a two-year exploratory project from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) entitled "Nanofibrous
Supports for Biomedical Sensors" under the program Development
of Advanced Biomaterials. The project will be performed under
the direction of TRI/Princeton Research Director Dr. Alexander
V. Neimark.
Nanofibrous
supports (NFS) are high-area permeable supports fabricated
from conductive polymers and carbon nanotubes. The main focus
of this research will be to develop novel nanofibrous supports
(NFS) for biosensor encasing and to design NFS-based biosensor
nanofluidic systems. Nanofibrous supports with designed hierarchical
pore structure architecture can provide a unique environment
to monitor the vital statistics and biological functions of
humans, due to controlled fluid delivery and retention, and
ability to facilitate direct electron transfer.
The NIH
grant was submitted in conjunction with Professor Plamen Atanassov
from the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at
the University of New Mexico. Other collaborators include
Dr. Heidi Schreuder-Gibson of the US Army Soldier Biological
& Chemical Command at the Natick Soldier Center and Dr.
Phillipe Poulin at the National Center for Scientific Research
in Bordeaux, France.
For more
information the NIH Grant and the research performed at TRI/Princeton's
Center for Modeling and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials,
please visit http://www.triprinceton.org/aneimark/.
TRI/Princeton
was founded in 1930 as the Textile Research Institute to help
the American textile industry stay competitive. Over the decades,
TRI has evolved into a full-service research and testing facility,
specializing in hair, fibers, porous materials, polymers,
and films. TRI provides research solutions to a wide variety
of domestic and international industrial companies, governmental
organizations, and academic institutions.
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