Feasibility of fabricating IR window materials from aluminum nitride (AlN) will be demonstrated. Aluminum nitride windows are sought as replacements for sapphire windows on high speed seeker missiles because of their higher thermal shock resistance. Our approach is to consolidate high-purity… More

"As electronic devices continue to increase their functionality while continually decreasing their size, the need for smaller components becomes increasingly more important. Capacitors, often used for filtering and conditioning of electronic signals, are acritical aspect of many high performance… More

"This program will lead to advanced high energy density composite metallized propellants that will ignite faster, burn more completely, more rapidly, and with less agglomeration than presently used fuels and thus, greatly improve rocket motor performance.Powder will be produced through a novel… More

"This program will lead to advanced high energy density battery materials that will generate more power than presently used materials and thus, greatly improve existing battery technology. Powder will be produced through a novel combustion process thatcouples industry-standard chemistry with a… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop low-oxygen, nanometer-sized aluminum powders with a narrow particle size distribution to be employed in the anodes of lithium ion batteries. Specifically, this research addresses the need to process nanometer sized aluminum… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will scale-up a new technology for producing high-surface area tantalum powders for the electronic capacitor industry. The existing technology is over 30 years old and cannot keep pace with the needs of smaller electronics, which… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will scale-up a new technology for producing high-surface area tantalum powders for the electronic capacitor industry. The existing technology is over 30 years old and cannot keep pace with the needs of smaller electronics, which… More