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C53-28b-271112Quantum enabled approaches pose new concepts for bioimaging and sensing of biological processes in living biological systems, non-destructively in real time. Processes of interest for bioenergy include measuring enzyme function within cells, tracking metabolic pathways in vivo, monitoring the transport of materials into and out of cells or across cellular membranes and, measuring sig ...

Super-resolution imaging provides the ability to measure (i.e., resolve) objects that are smaller than the ~200 nanometer resolution limit of visible light. This can provide more detailed examinations into cellular metabolism and subcellular compartments, potentially leading to new advances in renewable energy production from microbial and plant sources. To date, however, super-resolution has been ...

C53-28a-271090Biological systems function across scales, with operations at nanoscales coming together to form complex macroscale communities. Thus, resolving interactions and tracking metabolic processes within living systems requires multi-scale imaging to visualize cells at the community, cellular, subcellular, and single-molecule scales. Although techniques like light sheet fluorescence micros ...

C53-28a-271090Biological systems function across scales, with operations at nanoscales coming together to form complex macroscale communities. Thus, resolving interactions and tracking metabolic processes within living systems requires multi-scale imaging to visualize cells at the community, cellular, subcellular, and single-molecule scales. Although techniques like light sheet fluorescence micros ...

The quantification of in situ fine root traits is an important task in the comprehensive study of natural and agricultural environments and critical to under- standing how plants respond to various changes in those environments, especially as those changes relate to energy and environmental challenges. Minirhizotron experiments enable nondestructive imaging of in situ root systems, but their analy ...

Direct air capture DAC of carbon dioxide is a promising technology that can potentially contribute to mitigation of CO2 emissions at scale and can be used as a sustainable carbon feedstock to produce synthetic fuels, chemicals, and construction materials. Current estimates for DAC suggest that it can cost between $300$1,500/tonne of CO2 captured. The proposed project is aimed at developing and opt ...

"Biomason’s proposed Soteria effort will eliminate key carbon incorporation elements within current biocement product production streams by: 1) urea substitution, 2) base aggregate mass carbon bundling, and 3) tuning of biocement speciation. In composite, these strategies will yield a carbon negative building material production strategy for cementitious materials that has the potential to suppl ...

Kyma Technologies will develop a cost-effective technique to grow high-quality gallium nitride (GaN) by developing a high growth rate process for creating crystalline GaN boules, which are used as a starting material for semiconductor device manufacturing. Currently, growing boules from GaN seeds is slow, expensive, and inconsistent, which negatively affects manufacturing yield and electronic devi ...

Kyma Technologies will develop a cost-effective technique to grow high-quality gallium nitride (GaN) by developing a high growth rate process for creating crystalline GaN boules, which are used as a starting material for semiconductor device manufacturing. Currently, growing boules from GaN seeds is slow, expensive, and inconsistent, which negatively affects manufacturing yield and electronic devi ...

The goal of the GENSETS program is to realize an affordable generator-engine system with 1 kW of electrical output, fuel energy content to electricity conversion efficiency exceeding 40%, long life, and low emissions. A system can be broken into 5 primary subsystems: (1) a chemical combiner or burner, (2) an engine, (3) an alternator, (4) a heat rejector, and (5) a controller. This work focuses on ...