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The goal of this effort is to grow ZnO-GaN hybrid spin LED structures. Two different spin LED structures will be fabricated. Cermet, Inc and Georgia Institute of Technology will grow oxide on nitride and nitride on oxide LED structures through MOCVD. Thequality of the grown structures will be characterized by X-ray, PL, CL and DLTS. Electrical and magnetic properties will be investigated. Based on ...

The goal of this effort is to grow transition metal doped ZnO on native substrates, characterize the films, and design a prototype spin FET based on ZnO. The main objective of phase I will be to demonstrate the growth of high quality homoepitaxial thisfilms of transition metal doped ZnO on ZNO using Cermet's MOCVD technology and in-house fabricated substrates. The quality of the films will be ana ...

Air Force has identified fuel cells as ¿¿emerging technology of choice for power generation¿¿ because of ¿¿their superior fuel efficiency¿¿ and reduced environmental impact. Electrolyte is a critical core component of a fuel cell. No solid electrolytehas been identified that permits fuel cell operation in the intermediate temperature range 200-400¿¿C, although this range is of outstand ...

The increasing importance of hypersonic systems future USAF requirements is increasing the need for lightweight, load-bearing structural designs. The optimum approach to this need is a hot primary structure that can carry the required loads at hightemperatures, which minimizes the need to heavily insulate the primary load-bearing structure. This desire, combined with the goal of lightweight and ...

NOVASOL is pleased to propose development of pattern recognition technology in the analysis of data related to remedial investigations at Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) contaminated sites. We have named our concept Pattern Recognition OptimizationTechnology for Investigation of Contaminated Sites (PROTICS). The proposed PROTICS system will consist of geostatistical modeling, spatial visu ...

This innovation is a software interpretation of the ancient technique of authentication by breaking a coin or shell into two jagged halves. Later, aligning the halves exactly verifies the identity of the bearers. A similar approach can be applied toprotecting binary versions of software: The binary sequence of instructions is

The proposed research program seeks to continue development a totally new methodology for the fabrication of polymer-based Electrooptic (EO) waveguide devices and subsystems-on-a-chip. Other manufacturers use conventional spin-coating or dip-coatingtechnology for these products. However, these techniques constrain the selection of polymers for the EO waveguide layer and for the upper and lower c ...

MicroCoating Technologies, Inc. (MCT), in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Clemson University, proposes the development of a novel fuel atomization method and advanced numerical simulation tools for supercritical gas turbinecombustion systems. The project is designed to accelerate the understanding and commercialization of transcritical and supercritical fuel atomizatio ...

MicroCoating Technologies, Inc. (MCT), with Aerojet, proposes to develop high field strength dielectric thin films for high power Hall thrusters that will directly and significantly enhance the thrust-to-thruster mass to power ratios. By utilizing itsproprietary Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition (CCVD) process, unique flexibility will be achieved in economically depositing on large areas of ro ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will investigate the feasibility of extending a popular and successful commercial GIS (Geographic Information System) architecture to provide 2D/3D visualization and analysis of weather information.Currently, weather data is routinely analyzed and displayed using a variety of specialized software technologies. GIS systems provide richer suppo ...