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Detection of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) such as V, H, and G agents is currently performed using the easy-to-use, simple, and rapid M8 test papers to detect and differentiate among these agents. However, frequent replacement is usually required for these test papers in outdoor applications because of the degradation by exposure to sun, dust, and rain. Moreover, visual inspection is needed to as ...

A critical aspect in Particle Accelerator Instrumentation is the precise, real-time control of the high- energy particle beams used to create the conditions required for sub-atomic physics experiments. The accelerator instrumentation systems require digital control and feedback with extremely high linearity and dynamic range to achieve system performance targets. In addition, with the added requir ...

Particle detectors for nuclear physics and high energy physics experiments require high performance, high sensitivity digitizers for read-out electronics. Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are used in such applications but limit experimental results because of a restrictive combination of speed, resolution, power, and radiation-hardness. Many instruments need very high channel counts, a costly r ...

Production of highly charged ions, in particular isotope ion beams, is a major effort worldwide, and in particular, in the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics Department. Rare isotope ion beams, with extreme proton-to-neutron ratios, provides insight into the synthesis of new elements and the discovery of rare nuclei. Charge-breeders based on Electron-Beam-Ion-Sources (EBIS) are a prom ...

Fast cycling synchrotrons and fixed-field alternate gradient accelerators offer an attractive solution for systems that require rapid acceleration of charged particles over a wide range of energies. The ability to rapidly tune the frequency of the accelerating cavity in devices represents a fundamental barrier to their implementation in a wide variety of applications for proton, ion and muon accel ...

Major upgrades or new constructions at the nations nuclear research facilities require continuing development of the state-of-the-art instrumentation, detectors and readout electronics. As nuclear physicists increasingly design large scale radiation detectors, there are growing needs for high density low cost readout electronics. However, existing off-the-shelf readout electronics are prohibitivel ...

The Department of Energy has identified an overall need to improve home and other building energy efficiency. One possible approach is to develop aerogel-based additive for existing insulation products and rendering them capable of offering 30% or better thermal barrier performance enhancement. The increased cost of the newer breed of insulation can be easily offset by energy savings and related ...

This Small Business Innovation Research project will develop a non-animal based in vitro assay for determining the efficacy of Botulinum (BoNT) neutralizing therapeutics. New technologies are currently needed in order to facilitate the development and approval of BoNT vaccines and therapies and reduce the number of vertebrate animals used in medical testing. In Phase 1 of this project, the feasibi ...

Power management is inefficient today for High Performance Computing (HPC) equipment and for datacenter environmental conditioning systems supporting this equipment. Existing sensors and instrumentation monitoring the equipment are not integrated and do not adhere to an industry standard, and thus fall short in providing useful information that helps increase energy efficiency. Installing new sen ...

Raman spectroscopy is a highly effective non-contact laser remote sensing method for detecting and identifying chemicals in every-day field environments. Raman spectroscopy is particularly suited for detecting trace surface contaminants that may indicate the presence of explosives, harmful chemical or biological agents. Contemporary systems, such as the vehicle mounted Joint Contaminated Surface D ...