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Complex wounds including traumatic, chemical, chronic or surgical wounds present a significant challenge to care givers. Wound healing, being a complex and multifaceted process, differs significantly based on the type of wound and the underlining health of the patient. It is well established that factors like impaired perfusion, infection, existence of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, bad nut ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) and Drexel University propose to develop printed, flexible, high-performance ultracapacitors to meet the Armys need for lightweight energy storage. SI2 will leverage its demonstrated expertise in ink jet printing and Drexels expertise with carbon nanoparticle synthesis. SI2 has considerable experience in the roll-to-roll deposition of conductive ink patterns. These ...

"HgCdTe is the material of choice for high performance infrared red focal plane arrays (IRFPA) used in militarys night vision systems. One of the major problems IRFPA manufacturers face is the ineffective passivation of the highly reticulated HgCdTe detector surfaces, which results in poor performance. Furthermore, newly evolved FPA technology requires the creation of much challenging high-aspect ...

"US Armys combat uniform systems currently use NyCo fabrics which are made using a 50% nylon/50% cotton blend. Army Combat Utility (ACU) uniforms have excellent comfort and durability but lack flame resistance (FR). The US Army relies on expensive FR fabrics for protecting warfighters against fire hazards. These FR fabrics are typically made using specialty fibers such as Lenzing FR rayon fibers a ...

Antimicrobial treatment of military textile systems is intended to provide enhanced protection to the Warfighter in the field by preventing colonization of harmful bacteria that cause problems such as odor, dermatitis, impetigo, cellulitis, and other skin irritations. Current treatments can impart antimicrobial functionality to textiles; however, they all possess broad-spectrum antimicrobial activ ...

The low density of magnesium makes it of interest for the development of advanced materials having high specific strength and stiffness. Current Mg applications, however, are limited by the performance and cost/quality relationships of existing Mg-alloy systems. One approach to obtain improved Mg alloys is through the development of new alloys and/or Mg-based composite materials that are enabled t ...

A critical step in the extraction of elements from ore, especially rare earth elements that are found in complex minerals, is separation. Froth flotation is a highly versatile method for physically separating particles based on differences in the ability of air bubbles to selectively adhere to specific mineral surfaces in a mineral/water slurry. The particles with attached air bubbles are then ca ...

There is an unmet demand for nano-scaled ultra-low-power low-cost radios to address field-deployable and massively producible sensing and communication networks in future military and commercial applications. To overcome the limitations in existing bulky and power hungry radios, we propose a disruptive solution by exploiting the holistic integration of THz radio transceiver system, on-chip antenna ...

Physical Sciences Inc. in cooperation with Colorado State University proposes to develop a compact infrared flash 3D imaging sensor employing compressive sensing (CS) concepts. The CS 3D sensor offers a combination of high range resolution (cm), high point cloud density (100100 format), and fast 3D image frame rates (30 Hz) in a low cost, compact form factor employing commercial off the shelf comp ...

Swabs are routinely used by crime scene investigators and forensic scientists for the collection of a wide range of evidence types for later analysis. The swab device most commonly used is the sterile cotton swab due to its ease of use, low cost, and ability to collect a wide variety of biological materials on multiple substrates. However, standard cotton swabs are known for their low efficiency o ...