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This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project aims at developing new material growth technology for manufacturing semiconductor substrates of cubic 3C-SiC polytype for high-power, high-frequency, high-temperature, and high-radiation hardness military, space, and commercial applications. The new process for SiC epitaxial growth utilizes novel mechanisms of gas phase and surface rea ...

THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRYOF ORIGIN OF A GIVEN CANNABIS SAMPLE ON THE BASIS OF ITS CHEMICAL PROFILE. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC/MS) WILL BE THE MAIN TECHNIQUE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PROCEDURES. BOTH UNDERIVATIZED AND DERIVATIZED CANNABIS EXTRACTS FROM MULTIPLE SAMPLES FROM EACH COUN ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term objectives of this proposal are aimed at the development of new composition(s) to be used for the prophylactic treatment/prevention of poison ivy contact dermatitis in sensitive individuals. Poison ivy/poison oak and another related species poison sumac are the main cause of occupational hazards for outdoor workers in the United States. Most of th ...

THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED IS THE NEED TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A STANDARDIZED WET-GLOBE TEMPERATURE (WGBT) INDEX DATA ACQUISITION AND RETRIEVAL NETWORK TO SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTERIZED MILITARY OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORLDWIDE DATA COLLECTION NETWORK, MOST PROBABLY AS A PART OF THE EXISTING WORLD METEROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION WEATHER OBSERVING NETWORK, POSES A M ...

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Hybrid Plastics proposes to develop a low cost, and versatile method for shielding commercial and military single crystal solar cells from damage against proton and electron radiation. Hybrid Plastics also proposes to develop a related coating variant for the protection of thin film photovoltaics against atomic oxygen, vacuum ultraviolet radiation and improved voltage stand-off. The technical appr ...

This Phase I STTR proposal is to designed to utilize the fundamental properties of POSS® nanotechnology to provide a new higher Tg and fracture toughness ambient cure epoxy matrix for use in Vacuum Assist Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) manufacturing. Nanostructured ambient cure epoxy matrices based upon Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS®) will be reinforced with carbon-fiber and glass ...

This project will develop blast mitigating coatings based on polyurea chemistry with self-stratifying flame retardant additive packages. Blast mitigating coatings (BMCs) have been shown to be an effective means of minimizing injuries sustained from flying debris, however, BMCs currently do not meet the flammability requirements for ship-board applications. There is a real need and desire to fill ...

The PI has developed a miniature time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS), which can be op-timized for space and extraterrestrial applications, by using a revolutionary ion-focusing scheme. The instrument is optimized for a matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization ion source. The design is compact and the device that will be built under a Phase II grant will have a mass of less than 1 kg, a vo ...

IT IS THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT TO DEVELOP SENSITIVE IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAYS FOR USE IN CLINICAL VIRAL DIAGNOSIS. PHASE I ACTIVITIES WILL BE DEVOTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROWELL ASSAY SYSTEM BASED ON AN ASSAY PRINCIPLE KNOWN AS LIGAND REPLACEMENT (A TYPE OF HETEROGENEOUS, COMPETITIVE ASSAY) AND UTILIZING ENZYME-CYCLING DETECTION SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE THE SENSITIVITY REQUIRED. AS A MODEL SYSTEM, ...