Significant Customers and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Customer	Sep. 30, 2011	Jul. 20, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	$ 869,660		$ 869,660			$ 878,600
Maximum earnings from recently published quarterly financial statements	(658,339)	(1,009,915)	(1,810,895)	(2,093,222)
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of customers			3
Right share offering price per share					$ 0.33
Proceeds from a stockholder rights			2,200,000
Rights [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Subscribed stockholder rights offering, Shares purchased			7,250,000
Customers One [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	602,000	286,000	602,000	286,000
Percentage of sales	62.00%	53.00%	68.00%	55.00%
Customers Two [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	0	249,000	0	249,000
Percentage of sales	9.00%	22.00%	9.00%	22.00%
Customers Three [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	88,000	98,000	88,000	98,000
Percentage of sales	7.00%	8.00%	4.00%	6.00%
BASF [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Net book value equipment			115.00%
Supply agreements with BASF Corporation			The financial condition covenants in one of our supply agreements with BASF would “trigger” a technology transfer right (license and, optionally, an equipment sale) in the event (a) that earnings of our twelve month period ending with its most recently published quarterly financial statements are less than zero and our cash, cash equivalents and certain investments are less than $2,000,000, or (b) of an acceleration of any debt maturity having a principal amount of more than $10,000,000
BASF [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Maximum earnings from recently published quarterly financial statements			0
Cash, cash equivalents and investments, maximum	2,000,000		2,000,000
BASF [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Significant Customers and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Original book value of equipment, Minimum			30.00%
Principal amount of debt on maturity, minimum	$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000
Replacement of equipment period, minimum			12 months