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Our service members deployed worldwide are at risk of exposures to local environmental and industrial toxicants which can potentially result in long-term adverse health effects. Understanding the impact of these exposures is critical for improved force protection and safeguarding individual soldier health. Capturing and classifying exposure data is essential for developing and implementing risk mi ...

Nanohmics Inc. in collaboration with Dr. Andrea Al propose to develop and experimentally demonstrate ultra-compact nonlinear-plasmonic all-optical switches and isolators that exploit sharp asymmetric plasmonic-resonances observed in sub-wavelength metasurfaces. Devices will be comprised of plasmonic gratings that couple light into Long Range Surface Plasmons (LRSPs). The gratings are engineered to ...

This proposed SBIR effort specifically aims to develop a highly innovative new approach termed 3IN1 for the stabilization, preservation and concentration of disease markers within serum or urine samples for later serological diagnosis. 3IN1 could potentially enable bridging the existing challenges in the need for a cold chain for transportation of clinical specimens from the point-of-collection to ...

Recent research has shown evidence for formation of carbon suboxide polymer and polymeric-carbon monoxide at near-ambient pressures in small-scale nonthermal plasma discharge reactors. Carbon suboxide polymer and polymeric-carbon monoxide are examples of novel solids obtained from simple gas molecules such as CO. The solid formation rates achieved in these studies are too low (< 1 g/h) and the exi ...

Reserve battery technology for munition fuzes has hardly changed in the past 20 years.Existing reserve batteries such as thermal batteries and lithium oxyhalide chemistries have met the requirements of long shelf life, and ability to operate under harsh conditions and large acceleration and spin forces.However, new fuze battery technologies are needed to meet the extended range, precision guided, ...

Batteries are used to power dismounted soldier worn electronics and play a critical role for readiness and agility factors, two top challenges identified by the US Army to stay as the premium force globally. In layman’s terms, no electrical power, no success in missions. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries use graphite anode and have specific energy values of

Analysis of high-dimensional, cross-domain, heterogeneous battlespace data generates significant cognitive burden on users. Collaboration over a shared dataset can also cause cognitive burden as multiple users do not always have the same experience level for making sense of the displayed information. Next generation hardware and software can reduce the cognitive burden present in data-analysis via ...

The goal of this proposal is to enable improved tactical networks based on single-frequency full duplex communication systems. GenXComm has developed a unique physical layer that enables wideband, tunable interference cancellation. This physical layer forms the foundation for the MAC and routing designs in this proposal. We propose to use single-frequency full duplex to enable tactical systems thr ...

K Sciences proposes to develop a prototype, inductive voltage divider (IVD) producing a continuously variable ratio transformer capable of high resolution voltage division tuning and calibration, wide input voltage and frequency ranges, and state-of-the-art 0.01 ppm resolution for all ratios. The prototype IVD will integrate an innovative core design providing enhanced performance through the 10 H ...

Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) films have enhanced defense capabilities in an increasingly congested RF environment.Single-crystal YIG films exhibit the best performance, showing the lowest losses and sharpest linewidths, but their growth requires specialized lattice-matched substrates.Nanohmics, working in collaboration with the University of Texas and Ohio State University, proposes to develop a dome ...