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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a ceramic hydrogen fuel appliance (CHFA) using ceramic microreactor modules (CMMs) using a low-cost, net-shape manufacturing process, and a new material, that was developed in the Phase I project. The new material developed was demonstrated to have excellent capability for cost-effective microfabri ...

The primary objective of CU AerospaceOs Phase II engineering work will be to develop all-gas-phase closed-cycle electrically assisted chemical laser COIL (ElectriCOIL) technology. CU Aerospace (CUA) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC) believe that this challenge can be surmounted with changes to gain generator research including 1) radically new, electrically driven O2(1D) ge ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to develop a testing application for intermediate and full scale boron nitride (BN) composites for a wide variety of wear applications with a focus on aircraft brakes. Viability of this material was demonstrated in Phase I where 3-dimensional needled carbon fiber/C-BN hybrid matrix composites displayed an order of magnitud ...

The fabrication of large format, highly sensitive focal plane arrays (FPAs) sensing at very long wavelengths in the infrared region (VLWIR), i.e. beyond 15um, is highly desirable for the Air Force's space-based applications. Currently, only limited typesof arrays such as 256 X 256 Si:As are available in this spectral region. However, these extrinsic detectors suffer from several fundamental limita ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project will develop a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) that operates at 1.3 micron wavelength based on incorporating a quantum dot active region of GaAs-based InAs and GaAsSb. It is based on recent research developments within the university laboratory in developing novel 1.3 micron laser and VCSEL sources, and the commercial e ...

The objective of this Phase II program is to achieve a prototype back-side illuminated solar blind AlGaN based p-i-n ultraviolet photodetector exhibiting a high solar blindness, quantum efficiency and a low dark current. The technical challenges in thisproject find their roots in the improvement of the AlxGa1-xN material overall quality for the very high Al concentrations needed in this program ( ...

Photon detectors presently available in the very long wave infrared range (lambda > 15 micron) are based on HgCdTe and extrinsic silicon technologies. The former technology suffers from non-uniformity, which is unacceptable for focal plane arrays, whilethe later suffers from an excessive dark current, which requires lowering the operating temperature of these detectors below 20K. At present, the ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a new generation of fluorescence amplifying reagents based on poly (phenylene ethynylene (PPE)) nanoparticles. Because of the role of the amplifying polymer in the enhanced sensitivity of these compounds, these compounds are called Amplimer reagents. The project will develop and launch two types of Amplimer reagents: mic ...

We propose developing a compact, optical fiber-based Raman scattering instrument for rapid, in-situ health monitoring and analysis of solid rocket motors and propellants relied on for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. The instrument willincorporate diode laser-based, full-spectrum Raman scattering for continuous in-situ remote monitoring of the composite and propellant chemistry. ...