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Approximately 5-6% of military injuries involve some form of major peripheral nerve injury that has little chance of spontaneous healing. Currently these injuries lead to major impairment of voluntary muscle function in the limbs and extremities, making tasks of walking, reaching, grasping, etc. very difficult or impossible for many patients. Focusing therapeutic treatments to segmental nerve in ...

Antimicrobial treatment of military textile systems is intended to provide enhanced protection to the Warfighter in the field by preventing colonization of harmful bacteria that cause problems such as odor, dermatitis, impetigo, cellulitis, and other skin irritations. Current treatments can impart antimicrobial functionality to textiles; however, they all possess broad-spectrum antimicrobial activ ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) and Drexel University propose to develop printed, flexible, high-performance ultracapacitors to meet the Armys need for lightweight energy storage. SI2 will leverage its demonstrated expertise in ink jet printing and Drexels expertise with carbon nanoparticle synthesis. SI2 has considerable experience in the roll-to-roll deposition of conductive ink patterns. These ...