Combinatorial research techniques have greatly accelerated the output of materials research laboratories especially in the area of polymers. This has greatly increased the potential for discovery of new and useful material properties, but unfortunately it can often swamp the capabilities of analysis… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2011 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:DOE
Principal Investigator:Niansheng Qi, Dr. – 510-333-1626
Award Amount:$150,000.00
Abstract:
The current bottleneck for materials characterization using grazing incidence x-ray/neutron scattering (GISAS) lies in the difficulty of modeling and analysis due to the coupling of complicated dynamical and kinematic effects. Modern x-ray and neutron sources will offer the capability of high-speed,… More
Synchrotrons, operated by DOE and others, are large and expensive scientific facilities that nonetheless provide invaluable and highly demanded analytical tools for the investigation of basic material structure and properties. Many experiments require specific sample environments for in-situ… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2011 / STTR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Research Institution:Lawrence Berkeley National Laborato
Principal Investigator:Yuegang Zhang, Staff Scientist, LBNL – (510) 486-5282
Award Amount:$80,000.00
RI Contact:Sally Nasman
Abstract:
Jema Science Inc teams up with Dr. Yuegang Zhang"s group at Molecular Foundray of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to propose an electrochemical capacitor (supercapacitor) energy storage concept based on low-cost electrospun carbon nanofibers. We take advantage of extremely low-cost… More