Catalyzing Business Development with Nanotechnology Alliances

1. Catalyzing Business Development with Nanotechnology Alliances 2007 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry June 13-15, 2007                  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA    

2. Battelle’s purposes, defined in the will of Gordon Battelle, focus on innovation • Non-profit, charitable trust • Distributions that provide “the greatest good to humanity” • Purposes: • “Creative and research work” • “Making of discoveries and inventions” • “Education of men and women for employment” • Governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Directors For 75 years, we have been engaged in scientific discovery and refining approaches to translating discovery into practical applications 2 BUSINESS SENSITIVE

3. Today, Battelle fulfills its founding purposes through three business lines Battelle’s Strategic Intent Battelle will be a major force in science and technology discovery and in the translation of knowledge into innovative applicationsthat have significant societal and economic impact in order to bea significant benefactor for education and charitable enterprises BattelleScience and Technology International Battelle Commercial Partnerships &Ventures BattelleLaboratoryOperations Operates major research labs with distinction Premier supplier of applied technology solutions Translates technologyinto commercial applications

4. Battelle: World’s Largest Non-Profit R&D Organization $3.9B in R&D; 20,000 employees worldwide Corporate Headquarters Columbus, Ohio Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington Brookhaven National Laboratory Long Island, New York Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls, ID National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Colorado Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee

5. PNNL in the DOE National Laboratory System Pacific Northwest Brookhaven Idaho Lawrence Berkeley Argonne Los Alamos Lawrence Livermore Oak Ridge Sandia Office of Science National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology

6. Battelle Nanotechnology R&D Columbus, Ohio Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Center for Nanophase Materials Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory Battelle Nanotechnology Innovation Alliance EMSL Interfacial and Nanoscale Science Facility Pacific Northwest National Laboratory National Renewable Energy Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory 6

7. Nanomaterials Signature Investments Bridge Emerging Nanoscience to Applied Nanotechnology Nanostructured Materials S&T Signature Nanocomposite Applied Solutions Nanomaterial Building Blocks Nanostructured Catalyst Systems • PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts • Catalysts for “self-healing” coatings, adhesives, composites • Catalysts for novel monomer and polymer synthesis • Funtionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, Fullerenes • Metal and Ceramic Nanoparticles • Carbohydrates, Oils, Proteins, Lignins • Electroactive Nanocomposites • Structural Nanocomposites • Biomedical Nanocomposites The Battelle Nanotechnology Innovation Alliance is Creating a Portfolio of Multi-Laboratory Projects Targeted at Meeting the Needs of Industry

8. Example Platform: Carbon Nanotubes for Industrial and Defense/Homeland Security Markets Carbon Nanotube Technology Platform is Enabling Strategic Product Breakthroughs Advanced Materials Energy Electronics Defense and Homeland Security Sensors Life Sciences The Battelle Nanotechnology Alliance is poised to meet the needs of industrial collaborators and clients

9. Battelle is forming Industrial Alliances to Develop Multifunctional Nanocomposites Battelle has Proprietary Technology Portfolios targeted at Composites, Coatings, Sealants/Adhesives and Integrated Material Systems Functionalization Technology Dispersion & Exfoliation Technology Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposites Compounding Technology Formulation & Process Development Material System Integration

10. Transparent Conductors: Carbon Nanotube Networks Targets • Flexible, Durable Coating Prepared by Roll to Roll Process • <10 Ω/ • Greater than 85 %T in visible and/or NIR • 10,000 S/cm in thin film Initial Challenges • Choice of Carbon Nanotube Source • Exfoliation and dispersion to give Conductive Ink • Solution process to give Patterned Conductive Film SWNT (6,0) (6,6) (8,4) (12,0) Nanotube Properties ▪ Diameter ▪ Chirality ▪ Length ▪ Walls ▪ Perfection Solution (Ink) Properties ▪ Exfoliation ▪ Dispersion ▪ Solvent/Nanotube Interactions Thin Film Properties ▪ Bundling/Packing ▪ Doping ▪ Junction Resistance

11. 0.78 nm Aqueous Dispersing Agents Technology • Novel Dispersing Agents using Cyclodextrins • Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes can be used to carry hydrophobic molecules into SWNT dispersions HIPCO as produced in SDBS b cyclodextrin HIPCO acid washed in b-cyclodextrin Battelle IP: SWNT/Cyclodextrin Dispersions US# 6878361 “Production of Stable Aqueous Dispersions of Carbon Nanotubes” US# 6896864 “Spatial Localization of Dispersed Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes into Useful Structures”

12. Coating on Polyester Film Transparent Conductive Coatings Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Networks Apply via Printing or Spraying CNT Network 0.0003 - 0.02 Ω∙cm CNT Dispersion • Advantages of CNT Networks • Solution Processable • High Flexibility • Good Adhesion to Substrates • Neutral color density • Comparable or lower cost anticipated • Patterning possible via printing

13. Commercialization Business Case Development and Opportunity Analysis Business and Technology Plan Development Opportunity Identification and Screening Implementation (Product and Business Development) Business and Technical Idea Genesis “Battelle Nanotechnology Innovation Alliances” Stage-Gate Process for Innovation Agreements and Development Agreements with Industry Technology Research and Innovation, and “Proof-of-Concept” Product Research and Prototyping Product Development and Pilot-Plant Scaleup Market Development Plant Mfg. Plant

14. Summary: Innovation Alliances Battelle is seeking collaborators to create Innovation Alliances focused on developing carbon nanotube and other nanostructured material based nanocomposites, processes and devices for industrial markets • Nanotechnology Alliance Agreements • Joint Development and License Agreements • Collaborative Product Development and Commercialization Initiatives • Government and Industrial Initiatives Contact: Rich Chapas, Director-Industrial Collaborations richard.chapas@battelle.org or Alex Kawczak, VP-Nanotechnology & BioProducts, kawczaka@battelle.org