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The objective of this SBIR Phase I proposal is to determine the feasibility of viscosity characterization of high concentration protein formulations (HCF) by QATCH’s microcapillary quartz technology. HCFs are non-Newtonian fluids with shear-thinning behavior and they are administered to patients by subcutaneous or muscular injections. The injectability of HCFs depends on the viscosity at high-sh ...

Natural rubber is an essential manufacturing material that possesses performance properties that are superior to synthetic rubber for many product applications. However, natural rubber production is limited to a single species (rubber tree) in a limited geographic area (Southeast Asia) and is predicted to be incapable of meeting future demand. Producing rubber from another commercial crop such as ...

The objective of this project is to develop a compact and efficient avalanche photodiode (APD), operating between 200-250 nm, for implementation in the next generation bio-chem-detectors. The proposed detectors will be based on the AlGaN materials system and will be solar blind, highly sensitive, smaller, less expensive, and more robust than current UV detectors. Development of such APDs will enab ...

In this effort, NuSpot Technologies, LLC proposes the development of a cost-effective, self-contained and easy to manufacture Superresolving Phase Filter capable of generating a sub-wavelength scale, or “superresolved,” spot of electromagnetic radiation that can be customized to operate at a given target wavelength in the IR, Vis, or UV. Successful completion of this SBIR project will enable: ...

Over a decade ago, security practitioners highlighted threats posed by memory corruption exploits subverting systems through manipulation of security-critical non-control-data — without ever corrupting application control-flow. Since that demonstration, however, the full power of data-oriented attacks went largely unnoticed until very recently. One reason for this recent emergence is that exploi ...

The objective of the CTP Adaptive Translator Module is to support the goals of the COE Implementation Plan. The CTP will reduce the development time and lower the development costs associated with introducing new protocols into an environment. The reduction in cost and time will be achieved by introducing a modular, embeddable framework that maintains a local common track database which can scale ...

The emerging class of epsilon-near-zero materials (ENZ) is a promising candidate for use in non-linear optical applications including optical limiting. The Army is soliciting proof-of-concept efforts to investigate whether limiting devices can be fabricated based on this novel class of materials. Third Floor Materials, Inc. proposes a feasibility study of such a limiting device, based on its exper ...

Idaho Scientific presents a Risc-V based secure processor architecture that provides unique security properties complimentary to the seL4 microkernel. The work conducted under this Phase I SBIR effort will further the discipline of computer security by mitigating memory corruption vulnerabilities, enforcing strong processes separation, covering seL4's formal verification assumptions, and provide a ...

Automated Flight Safety Systems (AFSS) are capable of monitoring vehicle flight path and terminating powered flight when pre-programmed mission rules are violated. Current state of the art AFSS continuously predict the impact point of the forward edge of the debris field based on vacuum propagation. This allows for simplified mission rules that exclude the public from the test area. To allow testi ...

Vadum will design a millimeter-wave transmitter architecture that employs an innovative Time Domain Sub-Band (TDSB) technique to improve linearity while maintaining or improving efficiency. Linearity and efficiency enhancements in high power systems directly reduce SWaP. Vadum will demonstrate TDSB feasibility to improve the linearity by at least 20 dB for QPSK and QAM modulations, setting a new b ...