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The US Government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing decontamination capabilities to protect our military personnel and equipment from chemical warfare agents. With much of the traditional research and development efforts within focused on decontamination of chemical warfare (CW) agents, there has been a recent shift in the research base to include biological warfare (BW) agents ...

Several new generation chemical and biological (CB) decontaminants are based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) chemistry. These new decontaminants have many desirable characteristics, including reactivity toward a broad spectrum of CB agents and toxins, as well as being less corrosive and more environmentally friendly than conventional decontaminating materials. However, these systems are still liquid b ...

Under the current SBIR solicitation, the DoD is interested in the development of novel decontaminating materials and methods to support rapid decontamination of interior spaces contaminated with chemical and biological agents. The proposed system should be portable, lightweight, self-powered and easy to use so it can be readily transported. The intended use of the portable system is to support ( ...

Under the current SBIR solicitation, the DoD is interested in the development of novel decontaminant solutions based on existing aircraft approved fluids (e.g., cleaning or deicing fluids), and application methods that will be compatible with the Transportable Decontamination System (TDS). The aircraft decontaminating solution should be capable of detoxifying chemical warfare (CW) agents, Non-Tra ...

Redondo Optics Inc. (ROI), a world leader in engineering and manufacturing of leading-edge nano-materials, optical sensors, fiber and integrated optics, and advanced photonics instrumentation proposes to develop and demonstrate for the first time the concept of an etch-less, deep-UV, fully continuously variable attenuated-phase-shifted mask (ConvaPSMT) technology to enable ultra-high resolution, o ...

IST is proposing the development of a miniature chemical agent detection device that is based on using infrared energy absorption to detect the presence of toxic materials. The detection of toxic chemicals is possible if the vapors pass between a source ofinfrared energy and a sensor capable of measuring the thermal change associated with the absorption of infrared energy at specific frequencies. ...

There is a critical need for rapid, accurate measurement of serum cholinesterase activity in the field to provide a timely determination of nerve agent exposure. The overall objective of the project is to develop an easy-to-use analytical system consistingof small, inexpensive (and therefore disposable) silicon microchips used with a portable instrument, thus permitting field cholinesterase measur ...

The proposed work will develop a silicon microchip containing an array of synthetic globular DNA affinity recognition elements selected for binding pathogens, toxins, or other protein-based biothreats to enable their detection in the field. For readout, a

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project ? is primarily to investigate the chemical and biological protective properties of nano-additives in bulk and in polymers. Conventional chemical and biological protective materials are based onactivated carbon, polymers and their combinations. Their mechanism of protection is based on adsorption and impermeability, respectively, and does not ...

NOVELX, Inc. proposes to develop and market a compact scanning electron microscope (SEM) with X-ray analysis capabilities for mobile, homeland defense, commercial, and military applications. The Phase I technical objective is to investigate the feasibilityof integrating a miniature modular scanning electron microscope (mmSEM) with a thermoelectrically cooled silicon X-ray detector, in order to pro ...