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Piezoelectric ceramics in sensors have achieved substantial market penetration. These parts are used widely for heat and climate control, hydrophones, flow sensors, medical and industrial sensing and accelerometers but they have been unsuccessful in gaining significant use in actuators. It generally is felt that material restrictions, precluding development of actuator-sized displacement strokes ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE PHASE I DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER WHICH HAS PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS ENHANCED FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS. FUTURE MILITARY APPLICATIONS WILL BE RESEARCHED TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF FIBER WHICH WILL BE IN GREATEST DEMAND. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS DESIRED FOR THESE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DOCUMENTED AND TRADE OFF STUDIES PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMIZATION ...

Bio Array Solutions (BAS) proposes to apply its novel platform technology of light-controlled Electrokinetic Assembly of Particles near Surfaces (LEAPS) to develop an analytical system in a planar, "on-chip" format. Combining AC (and/or DC) electric fields with interactive light control, LEAPS provides a tool set of fundamental operations to control the transport and positioning of particles and ...

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BY COUPLING AN ELECTRON TRANSPARENT THIN FILM WINDOW TO AN ELECTRON GUN IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO MAKE FREE STANDING ELECTRON SOURCES (BULBS) THAT OPERATE AT MODEST VOLTAGES (

COMPACT SOFTWARE PROPOSES TO DEVELOP PHYSICS-BASED MESFET, HEMT AND HBT MODELS AND THEN INTEGRATE THEM INTO OUR COMMERCIAL MICROWAVE NONLINEAR CIRCUIT SIMULATOR, "MICROWAVE HARMONICA." EXISTING EXTRACTION BASED MODELS SUCH AS THE MODIFIED MATERKA AND CURTICE MODELS ARE BASED ON MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT INFORMATION. THE USE OF PHYSICS OR PROCESS-BASED MODELS COMPLETES THE ANALYSIS CHAIN BY LINKINGPROC ...

THE EPITAXIAL GROWTH OF HIGH QUALITY WIDE BANDGAP II-VI HETEROSTRUCTURES WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE RECENT DEMONSTRATION OF BLUE LASERS IN ZNSE BASED MATERIALS HAS REINVIGORATED INTEREST IN THE II-VI WIDE BANDGAP MATERIALS AS LIGHT EMITTERS. IT IS ENVISIONED THAT THESE MATERIALS WILL RAPIDLY REPLACE THE MUCH LESS EFFICIENT SIC BASED BLUE LEDS. WE PRESENTLY HAVE A FUNDED MATERIALS EFFORT IN ZNSE BAS ...

The objective of this Phase I program is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of functional materials that can be applied by a simple print-and-heat process at temperatures below 400 C to create electronic components on a variety of substrates. The technology to be demonstrated is an extension of the existing PARMOD process from metallic conductors to resistors, capacitors and inductors based ...

A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) micro sensor of extremely low weight and power, and small size is proposed. The sensor offers a low-cost, all-weather/all-visibility-conditions high-resolution imaging capability from a small UAV to individuals and small units for surveillance and targeting purposes. In addition to being able to see through smoke, fog, etc. and its around-the-clock mission capabi ...