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The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of using self-assembled mono-layers to dramatically improve the cost performance of OLED displays. The OLED industry is interested in p-i-n structured OLEDs because they can be fully printed in open-air conditions on flexible barrier substrates through the use of air-stable printable electrodes; however ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project concerns the development of field-based analytical instrumentation for the determination of carbon content in soil. The instrumentation will employ laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy utilizing detection of atomic carbon ultraviolet emission. The work plan will focus on a proof-of-principle demonstration using standard soil samples as ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project proposes the development of a unique family of biocidal polymers that have been shown to be non-leaching, and do not require regeneration or refreshment of activity. The Phase I study demonstrated the synthesis of these polymers containing potent broad-spectrum biocides. The polymers were spun into nanofiber webs using electrospinnin ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) PhaseI project will design, fabricate, and validate a novel low cost (under $40/kW), robust and high-power-density 3 kW fuel cell (FC) power-conditioning system (PCS) suitable for lower voltage FC stacks, comprising a high-frequency inverter (HFI) followed by a forced cyclo-converter, which yields the following features: (1) 300 kHz switching frequen ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project leverages the substantial improvements in e-beam process control capability developed in Phase I into an integrated control system that can significantly increase yield and throughput for the $1.8 billion precision optical coating industry. Manufacturing partners indicate that the target performance levels would cut manufacturing cost ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will develop prototypes of two novel, fast deposition rate sensors that will enable implementation of real-time deposition rate control for plasma spray. Plasma spray is currently run open loop with respect to the actual particle states and is characterized by large variations which affect yield and quality. Preliminary research reveal ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will explore the feasibility of using mRNA display to isolate non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)-like peptides that interact with the anti-cancer target, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). These peptides are important pharmaceutical therapeutics that exhibit antibiotic and immunosuppressive activities. This STTR research ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will produce a novel parallel dynamic rule-based software tool for simulating high Mach number flows of interest for the ground transportation, aerospace and power generation markets. This work couples a multi-disciplinary interplay between algorithm design, modern cluster/grid computer architecture, parallel processing, and software ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project will explore the feasibility of developing a mathematical expression recognition engine that will adapt to the way a particular user writes mathematical symbols and expressions in real-time. A database of handwritten symbols and mathematical expressions will be created that will be used to prime an initial, writer-independent ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project aims to develop commercially viable bacterial strains (Geobacter sulfurreducens) for use as biocatalysts in microbial fuel cells. The research genetically manipulates these bacteria to enable the utilization of alternative substrates and increase current generation through the expression of an energy consuming futile cycle. The rate ...