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Boulder Nonlinear Systems proposes to improve the manufacturability of adaptive polymer lenses (APLs) specifically as they pertain to rifle scopes. Phase II deliverables include: Polymer Lens Cores Design, tooling specifications and process procedures for Membrane Transfer Fixture (from cure release clamp) Design, tooling specifications and process procedures for Membrane Clamping Fix ...

ALD NanoSolutions, Inc. is developing flexible gas diffusion barriers to enable FOLEDs, thin film photovoltaics and other devices to be fabricated on polymer substrates in a novel roll-to-roll ALD process. Multilayer barriers films consisting of nanometer thick inorganic and organic layers can be fabricated using atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) techniques. By i ...

Boulder Nonlinear Systems proposes to continue development of improved adaptive polymer lenses (APLs) for use in a variety of imaging systems. Phase II deliverables include: A prototype dynamic-zoom rifle scope (continuous 1x to 4x zoom), utilizing an adaptive polymer lens, that can compensate for the chromatic error of the human eye; A prototype 50-mm diameter adaptive polymer lens with less ...

The occurrence of new emerging infectious disease without efficient treatment opportunities and the increased numbers of multi-resistant primarily bacterial pathogen puts strong pressure on the identification of new drug targets and ultimately the development of new drugs and new types of treatment. There are few target groups that are of particular interest for the development of new drugs and tr ...

With the advent of Google"s open Android development environment, it is now possible to inexpensively and rapidly develop new applications (apps) for operation on Android mobile phones. All major cellular service providers now offer Android phone options to their customers and Google maintains an open marketplace where developers can post their applications for customer download. An Apps Marketp ...

In recent years there has been increased interest in the development of microelecrode arrays for implantation in the brain to stimulate paralyzed body parts, to provide blind people with artificial vision, and to allow disabled people to operate a computer-controlled prosthetic device. Current neural probes have achieved superb capability to record and transduce high quality neural signals. Unfo ...

The goal of this proposal and follow-up development is to apply the Linguistic Geometry (LG) based predictive technology to mission planning and dynamic allocation of operational assets in both Battle Command and Simulation environments. To achieve this goal in Phase II, STILMAN will implement a prototype LG-STRATEGIST enabling the following capabilities with emphasis on integration with FBCB2 and ...

Conventionally, deep desulfurization in a refinery is accomplished by a multi-stage process including hydrodesulfurization (HDS) over CoMo/Al2O3 and NiMo/Al2O3 catalysts and subsequent removal of the H2S. However, the HDS process is not well suited to produce ultra clean (essentially sulfur free) transportation fuels. At the severe reaction conditions required for deep desulfurization, the ol ...

Petroleum is finite and as world economies develop it will be increasingly expensive. Consequently, crude oils containing contaminants including mercury and sulfur will be processed. The resulting extensive pollution along with concerns over climate change make it highly desirable to find alternative sources for plastics as a means of pollution prevention. Plastic water bottles in California ar ...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) remain a significant environmental threat even though manufacturing of PCBs was discontinued 30 years ago. Due to the chemical and thermal stability of PCBs in the environment and the continued use of transformers containing these chemicals, very specific regulations are in place that require quantification of PCBs in all transformer oil. The Toxic Substance C ...