Development of HgCdTe FPAs on Mg2Si/Si will reduce thermal expansion mismatch of the sensor substrate and the signal collector substrate, which will result in lower device noise levels and also lower the processing costs. Significantly lowering the cost of FPA\'s will allow broader application of… More

The recent observation of light emission from porous silicon and from germanium nanocrystals in a silicon dioxide matrix has given a great boost to the field of quantum confined structures. It has been suggested that the formation of quantum wires in porous silicon is responsible for the observed… More

IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT EFFICIENT PHOTOLUMINESCENCE CAN BE OBSERVED FROM POROUS SILICON, WHEN THE POROSITY IS SUFFICIENTLY HIGH. THIS RESULT HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS, DUE TO THE FORMATION OF SILICON "WIRES". IN RECENT WORK AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES, WE HAVE… More

LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED (IR) DETECTORS WILL BE PRODUCED FOR APPLICATION IN TRACE GAS ANALYSIS. THE DETECTOR IS FORMED BY AN InAs/InxGa1xSb STRAINED LAYER SUPERLATTICE (SLS). IT WILL BE DEMONSTRATED IN THIS PROJECT THAT InAs/InxGa1xSb SLSs WITH EFFECTIVE BAND GAPS OVER A WIDE RANGE OF THE IR… More

RECENT OBSERVATION OF LIGHT EMISSION FROM MATERIALS CONTAINING SILICON NANOPARTICLES (INCLUDING POROUS SILICON) HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SILICON CAN BE DRASTICALLY ALTERED BY QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS. IN RECENT WORK AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES IN SUCH… More

Advanced valved Group III elemental effusion cells for precise flux control in Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) systems will be developed and commercialized in the proposed project. The sources are designed to be retrofittable to commercial MBE systems and compatible with flux (feedback) controlling… More

RECENT THEORETICAL WORKS HAVE PREDICTED A CARBON NITROGEN COMPOUND (C3N4 IN A Si3N4 CONFIGURATION) WHICH WOULD POSSES A STRENGTH ON THE ORDER OF AND POSIIBLY EVEN GREATER THAN THAT OF DIAMOND. IN ADDITION TO HARDNESS ITS THERMAL, ELECTRICAL, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES PROMISE TO BE VERY INTERESTING. THE… More

Damond is the best known material for wear resistance coatings. Even though several U.S. companies ahve successfully entered into various diamond thin film markets with CVD grown films, we have not yet seen widely used commercial wear resistance diamond coatings. The major problem for such… More

We propose to develop and commercialize a Laser Molecular Beam Epitaxy (LAMBE) source, which will produce a rapidly variable and precisely controlled flux of any elemental source (and many molecular compound sources) in an ultrapure gas flow, for Gas Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy (GSMBE), Metal… More

Routine Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) production of highly conductive and transparent ZnO films and application of these films in displays will be demonstrated in Phase I. We propose to grow highly conductive transparent ZnO films using MOCVD in a high speed rotating disk reactor… More

Satellites, submarines and remote field units all need efficient and economical sources of electrical power. Our proposed solution is to convert thermal energy directly into electricity through the use of thermophotovoltaics. In Phase I we will demonstrate the growth and fabrication techniques for a… More

Recently, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that they had succeeded in forming a p-type CuO- X based transparent and conductive material. Heretofore, transparent (wide bandgap) conductive oxides have been predominantly n-type. We, ourselves, have been highly successful in… More

Organic based light emitting diodes have made significant advances in the past few years. An important factor in device performance is the transparent conducting contact layer. Presently, indium tin oxide (ITO) is used because it is an accepted standard and has a great deal of invested development.… More

Non-cryogenically cooled pyroelectric IR detectors and imaging arrays, using bullk materials, are employed in a great many military and commercial systems. the technological opportunity now exists to increase responsivity and sensitivity (- 10 fold) whilelowering the production costs of such… More

65398 A Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) process for producing yttrium-barium-copper-oxide (YBCO) cuprate thick films, used in high temperature superconductivity applications, was developed in previous work. However, real time in situ feedback monitors, to address the quality of… More

Non-cryogenically cooled pyroelectric IR detectors and imaging arrays, using bullk materials, are employed in a great many military and commercial systems. the technological opportunity now exists to increase responsivity and sensitivity (- 10 fold) whilelowering the production costs of such… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will address development of an advanced precursor evaporation module with a specific focus application to copper metalization. Rapid large area CVD is required for the copper seed layer or, preferably, for deposition of the full contact… More

Structured Materials Industries (SMI) proposes the development of antimonide-based, high-speed, low-power, heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). These HBTs will have advantages over other compound semiconductor HBTs including lower power consumptionand zero turn on voltage. They are also… More

70224 Ferroelectric properties of the thin film Pb(Zr x Ti 1-x) 03 (PZT) can be employed in radiation hard nonvolatile memory (NVRAM) and micro-electrical mechanical sensors (MEMS) to enhance component endurance and lifetime. The ability of PZT to resist radiation effects is dependent on… More

"Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), will work with a major corporation (who has seed-funded this project, and will continue to provide significant matching effort), through Phase I and Phase II, to develop and implement a system for theproduction of multi-kilometer lengths of… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project will prove that laser annealing can crystallize thin films of SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) to a device ready quality, while keeping the substrate temperature at a level compatible with CMOS components. SBT films are strong candidates for use in… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will synthesize will demonstrate that a hybrid system combining the attributes of Jet Vapor Deposition and Rotating Disk Reactors solves existing Silicon Carbide film deposition problems and can be developed to create a superior film… More

"A new non-linear dielectric (CMd) was recently discovered and deposited via MOCVD by Structured Materials, Inc. (www.structuredmaterials.com). The CM thin film properties potentially make it an excellent choice for commercial and radiation hardenedelectronics. Specifically, in radiation… More

"Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) are used for power and mixed signal applications in radiation environments. Current BJT devices perform with volatile operation requiring constant power supply for uninterrupted access. We propose to create a nonvolatileBJT memory device using proprietary SMI… More

Electro-optical modulators and switches are needed for increased speed, capacity and flexibility of modern optical communications systems. The designs for these devices exist, as do materials with suitable electro optical properties, such as LiNbO3.However, their potential has not been realized,… More

The Antimonides Group at Structured Materials Industries (SMI) has recently demonstrated high-efficiency InGaAsSb TPV cells with a cut-off wavelengths of 2.4 microns and is developing 1.8/2.4 micron tandem TPV and 2.7 InAsSbP TPV cells. The overallefficiency of TPV modules could be greatly improved… More

We propose to develop a new nonvolatile Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FeRAM) device with a novel 1T gate cell structure for very high-density memories. This gate design will allow a ferroelectric memory to rival stacked-gate FLASH cell in density butwithout the drawbacks of floating gate… More

"This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I project will develop a novel thin film deposition technology to produce oxide thin films with very low optical absorption. In this Phase I effort, we will demonstrate proof of concept for the depositiontechnology, and that the resulting films have… More

The University of Wisconsin has developed an MOCVD process by which micron-scale and nanoscale high contrast (air/LiNbO3) epitaxial film photonic structures can be fabricated. As a consequence of the large index difference, as well as the large secondorder optical nonlinearity of LiNbO3, very… More

70665 The availability of p-type transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) with good properties would impact solar cell technology as well as a number of other fields. Although some new p-type TCOs have recently been demonstrated based on Cu and Ag oxides, a p-type ZnO thin film would be… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project will develop a high volume/high pressure RDR-MOCVD nitride production tool. Two fundamental problems will be addressed. The first is the need for large area substrate quality and the second is the need for large area/high volume MOCVD… More

SMI has discovered a new ferroelectric material, CexMnyO3 (CMO), that, for the first time, will allow nonvolatile ferroelectric memories to be formed directly on silicon - greatly simplifying the cell geometry and thus increasing density and performance -all while eliminating manufacturing steps and… More

In the phase I SBIR program Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) successfully demonstrated that an antimonide-based HBT, with speeds in excess of 100 GHz and near zero turn-on voltage should be achievable. This was done by growing an AlInAsSb layerlattice matched to GaSb with an Al content… More

The objective of this SBIR program is to develop a production system for producing kilometer or more lengths of superconducting tapes. The tapes are based on superconducting YBa2Cu3Ox thin films, deposited by MOCVD, onto buffer coated metal tapes.Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) is… More

70665S02-II A range of microelectronic devices, including electroluminescent (EL) devices, OLEDs, LEDs, photovoltaics, chemical sensors, and lasers among others, would benefit immediately from a viable p-type transparent conductive oxide. None are routinely available, although there exists… More

70665S02-II A range of microelectronic devices, including electroluminescent (EL) devices, OLEDs, LEDs, photovoltaics, chemical sensors, and lasers among others, would benefit immediately from a viable p-type transparent conductive oxide. None are routinely available, although there exists… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate proof of concepts of a next generation plasma-enhanced low temperature in-line linear PE-MOCVD (Web coating) system for thin film batteries. The requisite thin film battery technology exists and prototyping of the same on a… More

The United States faces a broad range of nuclear threats and technologies are needed to prevent or mitigate nuclear incidents. SMI has invented (patent pending) a near 100 volume percent efficient, real-time, microelectronic self calibrating and directional radiation detector. We can increase… More

Radiation tolerant Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) have gained wide and rapid acceptance by military and aerospace equipment suppliers; however, there are presently a limited number of chip-sets available for production. The lack of FPGAalternatives severely limits the range of available… More

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) are used for power and mixed signal applications in radiation environments. Current BJT devices perform with volatile operation requiring constant power supply for uninterrupted access. We propose to create a nonvolatileBJT memoy device using proprietary SMI cerium… More

Radiation tolerant Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) have gained wide and rapid acceptance by military and aerospace equipment suppliers; however, there are presently a limited number of chip-sets available for production. The lack of FPGAalternatives severely limits the range of available… More

We propose to develop a 500W thermophotovoltaic based power supply by combining and optimizing our highest efficiency 2.4 micron cutoff thermophotovoltaic cells with our partners developed burner that uses conventional fuels. In Phase I, we will completeengineering design based upon existing and… More

This SBIR project is aimed at the development of very low absorption optical coatings, for components used in the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system. We are developing a novel thin film deposition technology, based on remote plasma enhanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition… More

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project will develop compact, high-speed, low-voltage waveguide modulator devices, with capabilities well beyond those presently available. The enabling technology for these devices is a patented process for deposition and patterning… More

In this Phase I STTR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), in collaboration with our academic partners at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UWM), will develop technology to build chip-scale integrated photonic crystal device networks. The photonic crystal devices will be… More

In this STTR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), in collaboration with our academic and industrial partners will design, develop, and demonstrate a more efficient and compact, silicon-based electro-optic modulator based on nanoscale photonic structures that is completely compatible… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) proposes to develop a wireless power transmission system for the high altitude airship. The system will use a ground-based high power laser and photovoltaic receivers on the airship. Wireless power transmission has the potential for highly reliable,… More

This Phase I STTR program will demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating inherently radiation hard, high efficiency solar cells based on In(1-x)Ga(x)N photovoltaic devices using MOCVD. Recent results show that InN has a much narrower bandgap than previously believed: 0.7 eV, compared to earlier… More

There is currently significant effort in designing and developing microelectronic test structures, sub-circuits, models, and design techniques leading to a space radiation hardened re-programmable non-volatile Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). In this MDA Phase I effort, Structured Materials… More

In this SBIR Phase I effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc., (SMI) will develop process and hardware technology for continuous production of YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) coated conductors with a nano-engineered array of non-superconducting particles. These non-superconducting precipitates will act as… More

Radiation tolerant Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) have gained wide and rapid acceptance by military and aerospace equipment suppliers; however, there are presently a limited number of chip-sets available for production and they are limited to one time programming; hence if program changes… More

In this STTR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), in collaboration with our academic and industrial partners will design, develop, and demonstrate a more efficient and compact, silicon optical modulator based on nanoscale photonic structures that is completely compatible with… More

In this STTR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), in collaboration with our academic and industrial partners will design, develop, and demonstrate an electro-optically activated, silicon-based laser based on specially designed nanoscale photonic structures. The technology to be… More

This Phase I SBIR program will demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating high efficiency solar cells based on InGaN photovoltaic devices using MBE for material parameter optimization and MOCVD for manufacturability. Recent results demonstrating that InN has a much narrower bandgap than previously… More

In this SBIR Phase I effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc., www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) will develop long-lifetime, low-wattage High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps, for remote source lighting applications. Remote source lighting systems have the potential for improved operating and… More

Mercury Cadmium Telluride, HgCdTe (MCT), is the most important material for modern infrared detectors and imaging arrays for wavelengths of strategic and tactical interest. Current substrates for HgCdTe detector deposition remain limited by high cost and severely limited available areas (CdZnTe bulk… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. recently demonstrated excellent nonvolatile memory properties of a nonlinear dielectric. Within this Phase I SBIR we will transition our preliminary results to model the device and thin-film for a backside gate control EEPROM architecture to be integrated… More

In this STTR Phase I effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc., www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany - State University of New York (SUNY), will develop process and hardware technology for continuous production… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), in collaboration with BAE SYSTEMS, will develop and demonstrate an improved production technology for chalcogenide-based nonvolatile memories using MOCVD. The goal of this project is to fabricate and test alloyed and doped, chalcogenide Ge2Sb2Te5 test… More

In this SBIR Phase I/II effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) will develop and demonstrate a thin film coating technology that can serve as both lethality enhancers and as functional coatings for munitions. The goal of this project is twofold: 1) we will fabricate and characterize… More

In this Phase I SBIR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI)will design, fabricate, and test more efficient photovoltaics for 1.06 micron wavelength wireless power transmission (WPT) systems. The need for such photovoltaics is well understood by SMI and builds upon our exiting WPT… More

The SBIR program's goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating inherently radiation hard, high efficiency solar cells based on InGaN photovoltaic devices using both MBE for material parameter optimization and MOCVD for manufacturability. Recent results by our SBIR partner at Cornell show… More

Aerodynamics has important applications in high-performance military airplanes and helicopters, missiles and balloons. Despite the powerful computer simulations today, aerodynamic experiments and measurements are still needed for the input parameters to the simulation, for the final verification of… More

In this SBIR Phase I effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc., www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI), in collaboration with a primary radar system supplier, will develop a broad based research and development plan, for thin film microwave filter technology, applicable to X-band active… More

In this SBIR Phase I effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc., www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI), in collaboration with two primary radar system suppliers, will develop affordable, low-power density phased array radars. Our proposed technical approach will combine two emerging (yet well… More

Structured Materials Industries proposes to develop a self-powered Anti-Tamper device thermalization technology that is activated by either physical tampering or in response to an electrical signal generated by controller self-destruct circuitry or tampering detection circuitry. We will carry out… More

High temperature superconductors offer the potential for significantly reduced costs in electrical power generation, transmission, storage, and conversion. However, in order to realize these benefits, improvements are needed to increase current carrying capacity and reduce the cost of YBa2Cu3Ox… More

A ferroelectric non-linear dielectric was recently discovered that, in their film form, possess a number of properties that make it an excellent choice for radiation-hardened electronics, particularly a radiation hardened (total dose hardened and SEE immune) non-volatile (NV) static random access… More

As more and more information is stored digitally and transmitted over the Internet, data and communication security becomes an ever more severe problem facing the military, the government and the financial industry, both for the United States and for all other developed countries. The need for data… More

High power, SiC, metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transmitters (MOSFETs) are needed for a variety of applications, including nuclear physics research. However, SiC MOSFET device technology has been hampered by several device limitations, such as a low electron mobility, an unstable threshold… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result in a high throughput, large area, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) tool for the production of device grade SiC epitaxial films and substrates. This proposal will develop, test and implement the technology. Silicon carbide… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. proposes to develop SiGe photovoltaic technology that matches the Nd:YAG wavelength of 1.06 micron for insertion in future Wireless Power Transmission systems. Full development of the proposed technology will provide NASA with a low-cost, SiGe-based alternative… More

Of high importance for various computing applications for aerospace and military components are memory devices that retain their memory state when no power is applied, and retain their memory state in a radiation environment. Under these conditions, nonvolatile memory devices based on standard… More

SMI proposes Gigabit/second Random Number Generator using the white phase noise generated by delayed optical homodyne. In Phase 1, we have successfully demonstrated and delivered to NIST a bench-top proof of concept of the proposed random noise generator operating at >10 Mega-bit/second. This… More

As part of the DOE Proliferation Detection Program, miniature spherical lenses are sought for remote chemical detection using LIDAR. These miniature lenses can serve as retroreflectors for the atmospheric detection of chemical threat agents. Currently, there is no reliable method for producing… More

LIDAR is an innovative technology for the next round of manned exploration of space. The LIDAR instrument transmits light out to a target. The transmitted light interacts with and is changed by the target. Some of this light is scattered back to the instrument where it is analyzed. The change in the… More

Atmospheric pressure sensing in particular is of critical importance to any attemp of Mars landing. Pressure sensing has traditionally always drawn high interest from the military due to its applications to high-performance military airplanes and helicopters, missiles and ballons. Aerodynamics also… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) will develop compact, efficient, radio frequency filters, that are widely tunable within the Ka-band (26 to 40 GHz). The tunable Ka-band filters will have properties not possible using present technology,… More

SMI proposes developing a portable continuous monitoring system including a radiation sensor, positioning hardware, and wireless communication with a base station for reporting in order to strengthen the nation s ability to monitor and safely utilize radiation sources in legal manners. The local… More

Future battlefield systems will require new levels of performance from optical components. In particular, there is a strong need for efficient, high-power terahertz (THz) sources and detectors. The lack of sufficiently powerful, compact sources and detectors in the 0.3 to 30 THz range has so far… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will result in a high throughput, large area, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) tool for the production of device grade chalcogenide films for chalcogenide random access memory (C-RAM) non-volatile memory. Current non-volatile memory technology… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result in a computer bus system with nanosecond latency time in addition to enhanced bus bandwidth. The rapid growth in computer speed is fueled by the increasing device density and computing speeds. However, a major roadblock to… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project will develop dose sensors for use in ion beam and proton beam cancer therapy. The proposed technical approach will result in compact, low-cost dose sensors with high sensitivity, high accuracy and good long term stability. The… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project will result in a low cost-of-ownership production system for commercial grade bulk SiC substrates up to 6"" in diameter. It proposes to develop, test and implement a production system for high purity, bulk SiC crystal growth… More

This Small Business Research Program project will develop novel spherical microlenses with controlled, radially graded refractive index for advanced optical applications, including laser tracking, remote sensing, and communications, among others. Much theoretical and practical interest has focused… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and the Cornell Nanophotonics Group propose to develop and commercialize a new form of optical isolator which can be incorporated into integrated photonics platforms. The Recuperative Optical Isolator is of a completely new design based upon waveguide… More

Field Programmable Gate Arrays are a widely used technology; however, they are generally limited in reprogrammability. Radiation hard, low power and high density ReProgramable FPGAs (RP-FPGAs) would be a tremendous asset in long duration missions. The ability to adapt to changeing mission profiles… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) and our University partners are developing compact, efficient, voltage-tunable, radio frequency (RF) filters. Although the Phase I and Phase II efforts are directed toward RF filters for use in the Ka band… More

Manned planetary exploration has become re-invigorated, thanks to President Bush's recent call for a lunar base to be established within two decades and manned landing on Mars sometime after 2030. Such exciting explorations will demand innovative technologies for the next round of manned exploration… More

Miniature spherical retroreflectors are an enabling technology for remote laser sensing of chemical, biological and radiological agents in the atmosphere. Prior to this SBIR project, no suitable fabrication technique existed to produce spherical retroreflectors with the required graded index of… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and our STTR partners will develop commercially viable fabrication technology for oxide heterostructure based nano electronic devices. Oxide heterostructure devices, consisting of a polar oxide such as LaAlO3 and a non-polar oxide… More

Future progress in experimental particle physics will be centered on research at high luminosity colliders. In order to fully realize the potential of these systems, high energy particle detectors must be able to withstand the intense radiation environment. High energy particle detectors based on… More

Field Programmable Gate Arrays are a widely used technology; however, they are generally limited in reprogrammability. Radiation hard, low power and high density ReProgrammable FPGAs (RP-FPGAs) would be a tremendous asset in long duration missions. The ability to adapt to changing mission profiles… More

SMI has teamed with a leading thermoelectric (TE) research group in order to optimize and convert high-performance TE materials developed in laboratory-scale into economically producible products for NASA missions and commercial applications. Recent results with nanocomposite films have shown that… More

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project will develop a low-cost, high sensitivity detector for nitrogen oxides (NOx) based on graphene. Gas detectors, such as the presently proposed NOx… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) and our STTR partners will develop a graphene film deposition system, for both research and production applications. The proposed graphene tool will accommodate wafer sizes up to 6 inch, and will be… More

Structured Materials Industries and Drexel University propose to develop an electrically contacted aligned zinc oxide nanowire array for highly efficient, broad spectrum focal plane arrays. The properties of ZnO make it a very promising material for optoelectronic devices. In particular, the wide… More

Although thermoelectrics (TE) is a mature technology for the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy, the introduction of nanotechnology has inspired a revolution in capability and applicability. Recent results with nanocomposite films have shown that Figures of Merit (ZT) much greater… More

Superconducting magnets are required for the development of fusion energy. In order to achieve safe, reliable, economic, and environmentally-benign operation of fusion energy systems, significant advancements in superconductor materials will be required, particularly with respect to the cost of… More

In this SBIR effort, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) will develop a low-cost production technology, and the commercial tool set, for low cost InGaN devices production. InGaN and the related group III-Nitride semiconductors are important for a range of… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Proton beam cancer therapy is fast becoming a mainstream technology in the US, offering the potential for successful cancer treatment with minimum damage to adjacent healthy tissue. The main advantage of proton beam the rapy is its ability to target small tissue… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), working with others have demonstrated functioning fundamental memristor material technology. In this program, working with our University partner and end use collaborators, we propose to provide an infrastructure for making memristor materials at… More

In this SBIR program, SMI will work with an established producer of radiation hardened CRAM and the originators of CRAM technology to utilize the manufacturing benefits of i) MOCVD processing, ii) advanced active material compositions for CRAMs, and thus, (iii) further optimize CRAMs. In Phase I we… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. and Cornell University propose to develop high speed integrated photonic switches and WDM for LIDAR applications. The team has recently shown that single mode silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides to have very low propagation losses. This material is an ideal… More

InGaN and the related group III-Nitride semiconductors are important for a range of electronic device applications, spanning lasers, LED's, photovoltaics, detectors, and high speed / high power devices. Present production technologies such as MOCVD and MBE are too slow and too expensive for… More

State-of-the-Art Organic solar cells such as Polymer-fullerene using P3HT-PCBM have a 1 sun AM 1.5 power conversion efficiency of ~ 4.4%. We herein propose to develop substrate agnostic hybrid photovoltaic structures combining a ZnO contact layer, lattice strain accommodating ZnO nanorod cores with… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and our partners are developing commercially viable fabrication technology for oxide heterostructure based nanoelectronic devices. Oxide heterostructures, consisting of a polar oxide such as LaAlO3 and a non-polar oxide such as… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and Cornell University are developing a flexible graphene film deposition system, for both research and production applications. In Phase I, our team demonstrated technical feasibility of scaling existing graphene process technology… More

Thermoelectrics, a technology for the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy, is a mature technology that is; however, undergoing a revolution in capability and applicability with the introduction of nanotechnology. Recent results with nanocomposite films have shown that Figures of Merit… More

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project will develop a low-cost, high sensitivity detector for nitrogen oxides (NOx). The detector will be based on the recently discovered material - graphene. In its most elemental form, graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms… More

This SBIR Phase I proposal responds to topic S3.03 of the 2010 NASA SBIR solicitation, for Power Generation and Conversion. Thermoelectric devices offer a simple and reliable means to convert radioisotope thermal energy into useable electrical power. Previously, thermoelectric devices based on… More

Graphene's tightly bonded impermeable single atomic layer of carbon offers unrivalled potential for lightweight flexible gas barrier applications. Graphene has been shown to be conductive, durable, flexible, and impermeable, ideal for wall material of inflatable space structures. SMI proposes… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and partners will develop high efficiency, switchable RF filters. The technical approach is based on thin films of paraelectric BaxSr1-xTiO3 and SrTiO3, which can show piezoelectric behavior under an applied DC bias. When integrated… More

ABSTRACT: Structured Materials Industries, Inc. and the Cornell Nanophotonics Group propose to develop a compact, low-power WDM module for fiber optic networks which combines integrated photonics and CMOS electronics on one substrate. The WDM module will use demonstrated, innovative, very compact,… More

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) with its partner, Drexel University, propose to build upon our Phase I success and continue the development of electrically contacted zinc oxide nanowire (NW) arrays for highly efficient solar blind UV sensors, and implement them in a packaged prototype… More

In this SBIR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. www.structuredmaterials.com (SMI) and partners will develop high-speed, low-loss, tunable RF bandpass filters. The filters will meet all requirements for tunability, tuning speed, insertion loss, bandwidth and linearity, as specified in… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and partners will develop low-cost, planar gas sensors, with high sensitivity and high selectivity. Gas sensors are critical to many existing and emerging applications in defense and homeland security. Present technology gas sensors… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) along with the Electro Optics Center - Pennsylvania State University will apply its hybrid Hydride Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HOVPE) based growth methods to produce optimum quality AlxGa1-xN on AlN substrates. The Phase I goal… More

In this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) will develop process technology to deposit uniform films of piezoelectric PbZrxTi1-xO3, on substrates with complex 3-dimensional topography. Piezoelectric PbZrxTi1-xO3 films are a critical technology for advanced Micro Electro… More