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Semi-volatile organic compounds are a significant, but poorly characterized fraction of atmosphere aerosols. Many are formed through photochemical processing of more volatile organics, and once oxidized tend to form less volatile compounds that condense into the particulate phase. Knowledge at the molecular level of their abundance and vapor-particle phase partitioning is needed to understand th ...

SPMs are a strategically vital tool for nanotechnology research constituting a $250 Mill/yr industry while enabling several multi-Billion downstream industries like Materials and Pharmaceuticals. However, their single biggest drawback is their inability to obtain any chemical information on their samples. As our letters of support reiterate, this impacts DOE researchers in the Genome to Life; Or ...

This proposal concerns an investigation of methods and materials for insulating Bi2212 conductor for manufacturing high field magnets. Bi2212 is a high field superconductor that has the highest Jc of any practical superconductor at fields above 15 T. NbTi and Nb3Sn which are the primary materials currently used for high field magnets are limited to magnetic field generation of about 10.5 T and 20 ...

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are a threat to society and national security. Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) provides a means for detecting WMD. A core element of a HSI system is a tunable wavelength filter. There is a need for faster tunable wavelength filters than those that currently exist in practice. The Phase I effort addressed this shortfall by developing and demonstrating a tunable wavel ...

A joint collaboration between NOVA Scientific, Inc (NOVA) of Sturbridge MA and the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California-Berkeley proposes to develop a novel type of compact thermal neutron collimator based on 10B and Gd-doped glass performs. The new type of neutron collimator will be optimized for imaging of cold and thermal neutron detectors based upon imaging detectors ...

There is a pressing need to develop high-conversion-efficiency thermoelectric (TE) generators for cost-effective industrial waste heat recovery. The key to the development of such high-efficiency TE systems is the development of a TE material with a high ZT value. An opportunity exists to develop a novel, low-cost, bulk nanotube-enhanced nanocomposite to achieve this goal. This project will (1) ...

Carbon dioxide is monitored worldwide at hundreds of monitoring stations. However, existing methods rely on the use of high pressure calibration gas cylinders, which are both labor intensive and expensive. Thus, there is a pressing need for an affordable, highly accurate (at least 1 part in 3000) carbon dioxide monitor for the ambient atmosphere that can operate unattended for several months or ...

The U.S. Department of Energy aims to minimize our reliance on petroleum and natural gas, and to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts resulting from fossil fuel combustion. In this project, photocatalytic reduction technology will be developed for transforming atmospheric CO2 to commodity fuels and chemical products. The approach will utilize efficient and durable photo-electrochemical (P ...

Lighting consumes a large fraction of the electrical energy used in the U.S. This energy is wasted when a facility is unoccupied or when large portions of a facility are illuminated when not being used by persons requiring the illumination. Although automatic dimming and turn-on/turn-off systems have been created, they require additional electronics, can be expensive, and perform unsatisfactoril ...

Accelerator structures that can sustain acceleration gradients in the range of 150 MeV/m are required in order to build a future multi-TeV collider with an energy reach beyond present or planned electron-positron colliders. However, limitations arise from RF breakdown and from difficulties in developing the necessary RF drive power. This project will apply high-melting-point insulated coatings t ...