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For applications in DoD satellite systems, devices based on novel nanomaterials offer significant advantages over traditional technologies in terms of light-weight and efficiency. Examples of such novel devices include quantum dot (QD) based solar cells, photodetectors, radars and sensors. However, the response of these devices to radiation effects is not well understood, and radiation effects mod ...

Future high-performance integrated circuits in DoD satellite systems will require non-planar nano-technology devices, such as MultiGate Field Effect Transistors (MuGFET) or FinFET, which can decrease pattern area of logic circuits below 50% of the conventional planar technologies. The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors predicts that such devices will be the cornerstone of sub-32nm ...

The use of WMDs and IEDs by covert insurgents and terrorists poses a significant risk to U.S. military forces and civilians. The capability to execute rapid forensic DNA analysis to identify individuals who manufactured and transported these threatening devices is of paramount importance to military mission, homeland security and civilian safety. Current DNA forensic analyses are time-consuming, b ...

Sample preparation has been recognized as the single most important challenge to be faced in the development of detect-to-warn (DTW) systems. Available commercial sample preparation technologies are expensive, slow, and require trained laboratory technicians and sophisticated laboratory equipment for operation. Addressing this need, we propose to design, fabricate, and demonstrate a general purpos ...

State of the art Radiation Hardened by Design (RHBD) techniques must scale down in feature size for radiation effects in 45 nm processes, and also scale up in complexity to support radiation fault analysis of VLSI circuits. Recent access to commercial 45 nm CMOS Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technologies has increased the interest in this technology for rad-hard electronic applications due to the in ...

Current offensive solutions to neutralize chem/bio agent facilities rely on blast and/or short-burst high-temperature neutralization but have the potential to produce severe collateral damage via agent release. Our team proposes the Dispersed Energetics Coupled for Optimized Neutralization (DECON) Concept, an alternative concept to perform bulk neutralization of agents. The DECON concept can be s ...

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THE PROGRAM PROPOSED BY DESE RESEARCH AND ITS PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTOR, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABS., IS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF REMOTE TECHNICAL MONITORING OF CHEMICAL AGENTS. TECHNICAL OBJEECTIVES DURING PHASE I OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO: DEMONSTRATE THE CONCEPTUAL FEASIBILITY OF REMOTE SENSING OF CHEMICAL AGENTS THROUGH APROGRAM THAT: DEFENSES TREATY DRIVEN SYSTEM REQUIREMEN ...

ON A HORIZONTAL LINE-OF-SIGHT UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST (UGT), THE MAXIMUM AREA FOR EXPERIMENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO DIRECT SHINE FROM THE WORKING POINT IS THE STUB PLATE AREA. USUALLY, THE REQUESTS FOR EXPOSURE AREA ARE GREATER THAN THE AVAILABLE AREA. EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING SOFT X-RAYS HAVE TO BE PLACED IN A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT BECAUSE SOFT X-RAYS SCATTER POORLY AND SOMETIMES HIGHER FLUENCES ARE REQU ...