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All fruits and vegetables generate ethylene.Even low concentrations of ethylene accelerate fruitripening.A process that removes ethylene as it is generated can play a central role in maintainingthe freshness of fruits and vegetables.Hence much effort and significant cost normally go into thecontrol of the atmosphere and temperature to which these fruits and vegetables are exposed largelyto reduce ...

While CAR-T therapies have advanced in the clinic, there are still two specific issues using these breakthrough therapies for blood cancers: Durable responses in patients are only at 30-50% and Cytokine Release Syndrome occurs in 60-90% of treated patients. These limitations, for a drug that costs as much as $500,000, may cost an additional $250,000+ for treating adverse events leading to caution ...

In this Phase I Air Force SBIR program, Phase Sensitive Innovations seeks deployment of a hyperspectral microwave photonic radiometer operating full band at V-Band (50-75 GHz) and/or G-Band (110-300 GHz) with 1 GHz spectral resolution on a 6U CubeSat bus in polar orbit for remote sensing applications. Our payload consumes about 2U, while 4U are available for avionics (e.g. attitude control, power, ...

Software defined radios (SDRs) have redefined many areas of modern electronics, from enabling reconfigurable communications to rapid prototyping of new electronic support concepts. However, current implementations of SDRs are limited by the underlying electronic approaches used to realize them. Herein, we describe a novel photonically-enabled SDR (PESDR) that utilized the inherently broadband natu ...

Climate change and reduction in the cost of renewable energy systems have set the stage for wide-scale decarbonization of the energy economy. Adoption of hydrogen as an energy vector inevitably necessitates the infrastructure of technologies to enable distribution and storage of hydrogen. Xergy’s technological contribution addresses the need to efficiently compress hydrogen gas using electrochem ...

In this SBIR effort we will develop an ultra-compact, high-speed, low RIN and high-power transmitter for high-performance RF photonic link applications based on our cutting-edge lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) modulator. In phase I, we will design, fabricate and characterize a low Vp, push-and-pull LNOI modulator. We will study the optical couplings at the laser/modulator/fiber interfaces to a ...

Per- and polyflouralkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS, are a large group of chemicals including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). These chemicals have a large variety of uses globally. Remediation of PFAS has gained importance due to their environmental persistence and toxicity. Water treatment methods must combine multiple strategies to be effective, as PF ...

Carver Scientific Inc. (CSi) is developing a mobile self-contained integrated MicroClimate Heating and Cooling (MCHC) device for dismounted operator use that will be integrated with CSi’s lightweight Entropic Energy Storage Device (EESD). The EESD is intended to power the MCHC for a 72-hour mission. During the initial Phase II work, CSi proved feasibility of the MCHC product by developing s ...

In this Phase I SBIR effort we will develop advanced electro-optic (EO) sensing module that are capable of efficiently up-converting mmW signal into optical sidebands for passive millimeter wave imaging applications. Conversion efficiency of the modulators can be significantly enhanced by virtual of thin-film Lithium niobate on insulator (TFLNOI), RF resonator, and optical resonator, in which the ...

Block chain technology or a distributed ledger system (DLS) has many applications that revolve around banking and cryptocurrency transactions. Our goal is to turn that virtual wallet which is capable of securely carrying user account and transaction information into a virtual backpack, fully capable of storing whatever media or information the user needs to store securely. Utilizing SHA2 methodolo ...