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Nanohmics Inc. in collaboration with Dr. Andrea Al propose to develop and experimentally demonstrate ultra-compact nonlinear-plasmonic all-optical switches and isolators that exploit sharp asymmetric plasmonic-resonances observed in sub-wavelength metasurfaces. Devices will be comprised of plasmonic gratings that couple light into Long Range Surface Plasmons (LRSPs). The gratings are engineered to ...

Malicious modifications of hardware pose major concern in terms of reliable and trusted field operation of integrated circuits. To ensure security and trust of micro-chips, it is essential to develop efficient, low-cost techniques for detection of such tampering events. Conventional structural/functional testing, coverage metrics, and test generation approaches cannot be readily applied to identif ...

Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) have been used commercially since the 1940’s due to their high level of chemical stability, almost frictionless surface or waterproofing characteristics. Elevated levels of PFCs have been linked to cancer and other health problems including reproductive and developmental risks. PFOA and PFOS are amongst the most prevalent of the PFCs with low l ...

To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and lots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermit ...

Maximizing the effectiveness whilst simultaneously minimizing the toxicity of antimicrobial agents is the most important step in any effective infectious disease treatment regimen, however, escalating resistance, lack of novel antibiotics and complexity in patient populations has rendered many traditional dosing regimens ineffective. To compound the issue, some antimicrobials, such as aminoglycosi ...

The main objective of this Phase II.2 DARPA SBIR proposal is to develop a robust and reliable electrical connection strategy for softening implantable electrode arrays and industry standard connectors for use in chronic animal models at research facilities throughout the world. The Phase II.2 base period consists of two tasks: 1) to connect softening neural interfaces to wire-based and flexible po ...

Recent advances in deep sub-threshold analog and digital electronics have created a class of intelligent electronics capable of power consumption levels as low as 10 nanowatts while in the sensor’s asleep-yet-aware phase of Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations (N-ZERO). The sub-threshold circuits require power supply voltages typically in the 0.3 to 0.7 V range, yet the voltages of current c ...

DARPAs LUSTER program is currently advancing the state-of-the-art in Deep UV laser sources (220-240nm) developing the highest output power, smallest packaged laser system in the 220-240nm range. The goal of this LUSTER/PRIED-Portable Technology Demonstrator (LP-PTD) project is to develop the highest performing and smallest, Deep UV Raman standoff threat detection system. By highest performing we m ...

A staggering number of microbes on Earth (99%) are not culturable using standard laboratory methods. These microbes are called “unculturable”. Microbes not grown and studied in laboratories are uncharacterized and may be a source of useful biological products and molecules. Unculturables have been found in many sample types and environments. Furthermore, characterization of these organisms wil ...

In Phase II of AQUIRE, we will develop a prototype document background generation and management system that can be used by analysts and decision makers to access information gathered from a wide variety of unstructured sources about entities, relations, and complex situations. This system will be able to (1) construct topically organized entity corpora which are automatically supplemented with st ...