TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Glass Components Fabricated via Aerosol Jet Printing
Overview
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Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of Energy (DOE), through Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), is offering a Technology Licensing Opportunity for an innovative additive manufacturing method for micron-scale glass component fabrication. This is a special notice to identify potential licensees, not a call for external services for technology development. Interested parties should contact LANL's licensing program. Responses are due by June 30, 2026.
Technology Overview
LANL has developed an additive manufacturing process that builds glass components layer by layer using aerosol jet printing. This method deposits glass particles suspended in a carrier solution onto a substrate, which are then sintered to form monolithic glass structures. This approach enables controlled fabrication of small glass features without bulk glass melting or post-fabrication machining, offering significant advantages over conventional subtractive methods.
Key Advantages:
- Enables additive fabrication of micron-scale glass components
- Reduces reliance on precision subtractive glass machining
- Supports complex geometries and embedded glass features
- Compatible with multiple glass compositions and substrates
- Integrates with existing aerosol jet printing platforms
Market Applications: This technology is relevant for micro-optics, micron-scale lenses, optical waveguides, photonic interconnects, optical filters, glass-to-metal seals, microfluidic structures, and photonic/optical packaging platforms.
Licensing Details
LANL's licensing program aims to move inventions to commercial innovations. Patented and patent-pending inventions, like this one (TRL 3, US Patent pending), are available through exclusive and non-exclusive licensing agreements. For specific discussions, contact licensing@lanl.gov.
Opportunity Details
- Type: Special Notice (Technology Licensing Opportunity)
- Published: April 30, 2026
- Response Due: June 30, 2026
- Set-Aside: None specified
- Agency: Department of Energy / Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Place of Performance: Los Alamos, NM
Additional Notes
This notice is solely for technology licensing and is not a solicitation for external services related to the development of this technology.