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The performance of existing resistors is unsatisfactory for high frequency, small foot print, low noise electronic and communication applications. These technology limitations can be addressed with resistors prepared from proprietary band-gap engineered, near-molecular scale materials. This project, during Phase I, will establish the proof-of-concept that commercially useful resistor arrays can be ...

Large area electronics are under rapid development given the opportunity they offer to high definition displays and thin film microelectronic devices. Much of the present-day thin film device manufacturing technology is derived from IC fabrication technology. Unfortunately, conventional IC fabrication technology is extremely expensive for large-area electronics. A revolutionary cost reduction in s ...

Quantum dots and arrays represent the threshold of a new era in electronic, optical, magnetic, and sensor applications. Consequently, there has been tremendous amount of global interest in this technology and several manufacturing methods are now available that can synthesize randomly distributed, polydisperse quantum dots and arrays. These efforts and results thereof confinn the potential. A key ...

Thermal batteries are primary batteries ideally suited for military ordnance, projectiles, mines, decoys, torpedoes, and space exploration systems where they are used as highly reliable energy source with high power density and extremely long shelf life. Thermal batteries are manufactured using techniques that place inherent limits on the minimum thickness obtainable while ensuring adequate mechan ...

Thermal sensors are an enabling technology for a wide range of consumer goods, industrial operations, and military equipment. State-of-the-art thermal sensor technology has several inherent technology barriers which preclude the availability of cost-effective thermal sensors for applications that require linear circuit output, thermal stability, ppm level performance reproducibility, low device we ...

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Demand for micrometer size metal powders is increasing rapidly as new technologies emerge which can make use of their unique characteristics. One rapidly growing application requiring such powders is metal injection molding, a powder metallurgy process for forming near-net-shape components with higher dimensional accuracy than earlier processes. A significant need also exists for micrometer size s ...

We propose a systematic investigation of crystalline Si structures as their dimensions are reduced to quantum sizes (5-10 nm). For convenience, we have chosen Si on insulator (SOI) material for optical and electrical characterization. Our nanofabrication approach relies on simple laser interferometric lithography techniques that are uniquely adaptable to large area manufacturing. Suitable applic ...