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THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CLASS OF CHEMICALLY STABLE CONDUCTIVE ORGANIC POLYMERS. THESE WILL BE SINGLE PHASE SYSTEMS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE THE DISSOLUTION OF EXTERNALLY ADDED "DOPANTS" IN THE POLYMER MATRIX TO IMPART CONDUCTIVITY. INSTEAD, A MOIETY WHICH CAN CREATE FREE CARRIERS IN THE POLYMER CHAIN VIA AN INTERNAL ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTION WILL BE INCORPORATED C ...

THERE IS MUCH INTEREST IN RECHARGEABLE SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES. POLYMER ELECTROLYTES HAVE BEEN EVALUATED FOR THIS APPLICATION, HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT REACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN THE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES AND LITHIUM. THIS REACTIVITY COULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE LITHIUM BATTERY IF RESISTIVE FILMS FORM OR IF GOOD INTERFACIAL CONTACT IS LOST BETWEEN THE LITHIUM AND ...

The polymer film located between the fingers of a metal grid is a critical element in developing an operational electrochromic switch on a poly(tetrafluoroethylene) substrate. The polymer must be thin and highly conductive in one state to give the switch both a rapid response and a high contrast ratio. In addition, overlap of the polymer onto the top of the grids increases the charge require ...

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HIGH PERFORMANCE POROUS MATERIALS ARE NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAMINAR FLOW TECHNOLOGY. LAMINAR FLOW CONTROL IN AIRCRAFT COULD PROVIDE FUEL SAVINGS UP TO 20%. IN SUBMERSIBLES, THIS TECHNIQUE WILL REDUCE BOTH DRAG AND RADIATED NOISE. COMPOSITE MATERIALS HAVE ADVANTAGES FOR UNDERSEA SUBMERSIBLES: THEY PROVIDE HIGH STRENGTH, ARE NON-CORRODING, NON-MAGNETIC AND ARE READILY MOLDED. COMPOSITES CAN ...

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. (EII) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT ADVANCED ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MODEL 200M SOLID STATE (NO MOVING PARTS) WIND VELOCITY AND WIND DIRECTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ADAPTING THE SYSTEM FOR OPERATION IN A NAVAL ENVIRONMENT.THIS ADVANCED ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE MODIFICATION NECESSARY TO PASS ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE TESTS, INTERROGATI ...

Etalon has recently demonstrated a fundamentally new display technology based on Microelectromechanical (MEM) Structures which affords high performance in harsh environments utilizing low cost, mature process technology. Relying on interference, these interferometric modulators (IMods) are simple membrane structures whose colors change when deformed electrostatically. IMods have already d ...

CAN-TYPE SODA VENDING MACHINES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY USED ON BOARD SHIP REQUIRE VALUABLE STORAGE SPACE FOR THE CANS. SYRUP/CUP-TYPE MACHINES DO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY DO RESULT IN SPILLAGE WHEN THE SHIP PITCHES OR ROLLS. SPACE IS A VALUABLE COMMODITY ON BOARD SHIPS AND ANY INNOVATION WHICH ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM AND PRODUCES SODA WITHOUT SPILLAGE WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT. FMI'S PROPOSED SOL ...