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The goal of this SBIR project is to develop next generation inorganic semiconductor based emissive microdisplays with the following merits: •Much higher brightness and power efficiency (5 x) than the current filter based LCD and OLED microdisplays. •Resolution and pixel density higher than 15 micron per pixel with VGA, SVGA and higher format. •RGB narrow bandwidth (~ 25 nm) with high color f ...

The Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I project will develop metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth technology for the in-situ Er incorporation into III-nitride epilayers and device structures grown on Si substrates. Through optical characterization of Er3+ emissions, optimal growth conditions for obtaining device structures with enhanced emission at the des ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purposes of these Phase I and II projects are to test the feasibility and efficacy of using an interactive multimedia (IM) format for providing comprehensive vocabulary instruction to students with high incidence disabilities (HID). To evaluate the feasibility of this type of instruction software programs will be designed to teach common prefixes, suffixes, ...

This proposal is for the design and development of advanced high-efficiency semiconductor thermal neutron detectors in both silicon and silicon carbide. These detectors will provide detectors with neutron conversion efficiency exceeding 40%, depending on detector configuration. The use of annular ring design features eliminates neutron streaming and other undesirable effects of previous perforated ...

Military equipment requires rapid and thorough means of decontamination from chemical warfare agents (CWAs) so that it can return to safe and usable condition. Current decontaminants include powdered sorbents that leave residues that impair the performance of sensitive equipment such as optics and electronics. A decontamination wipe that leaves no residue is required. NanoScale® Corporation prop ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC, which uses a gasifier to convert coal to fuel gas, and then uses combined cycle power block to generate electricity, is one of the most promising technologies to meet the challenge of generating electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way. IGCC has many advantages over traditional technologies including higher efficiency, lower poll ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of this project is to develop, validate and commercialize wireless, head mounted, turnkey, EEG/EMG systems with integrated biosensor for rats and mice. A further objective is to develop a 76 fM glucose biosensor for direct measurement of brain glucose levels in rats and mice. The specific aims of this Phase II project are to validate and ...

The U.S. Navy is pursuing innovative concepts to substantially improve life of grease-packed hanger bearings on the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircraft. In our successful Phase I program, we developed and demonstrated greases with performance far superior to current MIL-PRF-81322 grease over a wide temperature range. The new greases reduced friction by half and increased wear life by an order of magni ...

To address the U.S. Department of Energy¿s (DOE) long-term cleanup and management responsibility for Cold-War-era production facilities, and to support DOE¿s efforts for monitoring the behavior of contaminants around existing and future waste disposal and storage areas, a leadership-class subsurface flow and transport computer simulator is needed. The simulator should exhibit: (1) the vers ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Project concerns Ultrapure Water (UPW), the life blood of the semiconductor industry. The proposed instrument seeks to satisfy the ITRS requirements on two counts: 1. full flow inspection, and 2. detection of sub-100nm liquid-borne particles. 1. A typical semiconductor fab uses about 3 million gallons of UPW every day, and the ITRS, in its at ...