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Nanosonic INC.

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Showing contracts 201212 of 212 total. Sorted by action date, most recent first. Excludes $0 modifications.

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Jun 8, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CC87P541712IGF::OT::IGF NANOSONIC WILL CREATE AND EMPIRICALLY VALIDATE FLEXIBLE, HIGH CHAR YIELD HYBRIDSIL ADHESIVE NANOCOMPOSITES FOR USE WITHIN CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATION POLYMER BASED ABLATIVE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS DURING THE PROPOSED NASA SBIR PROGRAM. BUILDING FROM ITS ESTABLISHED HIGH TEMPERATURE HYBRIDSIL MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY, NANOSONIC WILL DEVELOP A ROOM TEMPERATURE CURED HYBRID ORGANIC - INORGANIC ADHESIVE MATERIAL FOR BONDING POLYMER INFUSED TILES WITHIN ADVANCED THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED HYBRIDSIL NANOCOMPOSITE WILL BE MOLECULARLY ENGINEERED FOR EXCEPTIONAL ADHESION TO BOTH EDL SUBSTRATES AND CURRENTLY EMPLOYED HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMOSETS (PHENOLIC, EPOXY, AND CYANATE ESTER) WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH STRAINS TO FAILURE AND A RAPID CONVERSION ROBUST SILICATES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES FOR ADDITIONAL SUBSTRATE PROTECTION. LEVERAGING A BASE HYBRIDSIL THERMOSET THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED PROMISING HYMETS PERFORMANCE AS A CARBON FELT INFUSING RESIN (FIGURE 1 AND RIGHT INSET), NANOSONIC WILL SYNTHESIZE HYBRID ORGANIC - INORGANIC BLOCK AND SEGMENTED COPOLYMERS MOLECULARLY ENGINEERED FOR EXCEPTIONAL ADHESION TO CARBON FELT TILES INFUSED WITH AROMATIC THERMOSETS WHILE MAINTAINING GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES<- 100 OC AND HIGH STRAINS TO FAILURE (>100%) FOR RETAINED FLEXIBILITY IN SPACE. PROMISING STRUCTURE PROPERTY INTERDEPENDENCIES AFFORDING ADHESIVE MATERIALS WITH EXTREME ABLATIVE ADHESION, HIGH CHAR YIELDS, AND THERMAL RESILIENCE WILL BE EMPIRICALLY DOWN-SELECTED THROUGH RIGOROUS HIGH TEMPERATURE (2,000 OC) FLOW TESTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.$125K
Jun 8, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CL60P541712IGF::OT::IGF FUTURE LONG-DURATION, CREWED SPACE HABITAT SYSTEMS WILL BE INFLATABLE STRUCTURES. THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IS ADVANTAGEOUS IN THAT IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE DIAMETER OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND CAN THEREFORE PROVIDE A GREATER VOLUME OF LIVING AND WORK SPACE. UNLIKE CONVENTIONAL METAL STRUCTURES, HOWEVER, SOFTBODY INFLATABLES REQUIRE SUPPORT MEMBERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR DESIRED SHAPES. DESPITE THEIR ROBUSTNESS, THE WEBBINGS STRAIN DUE TO THE INTERNAL HABITAT INFLATION PRESSURE AND RESULTING STRESS. TO MEASURE THE RELATIVELY LARGE STRAINS THAT OCCUR IN THE WEBBINGS DURING THE INFLATION OF MODEL HABITATS USED DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, PIN OR CLIP-ON EXTENSOMETERS ARE USED, BUT THE PINS DAMAGE THE MATERIAL AND ARE UNACCEPTABLE. STRAIN SENSORS DIRECTLY INTEGRATED INTO OR ONTO LOW-STRAIN WEBBING FABRICS LIKE DYNEEMA, VECTRAN WOULD ALLOW THE DETERMINATION OF WEBBING LOADS DURING THE INFLATION PROCESS AS WELL AS DURING THE USE LIFETIME OF THE HABITAT. SUCH WEBBING-INTEGRATED ELONGATION SENSORS WOULD HAVE TWO PRIMARY USES. FIRST, THEY WOULD BE USED TO DETERMINE AND MAP MECHANICAL LOADS DURING THE INFLATION PROCESS TO INSURE THAT THE HABITAT ATTAINS PROPER DESIGN FORM. SECOND, IN THE LONG-TERM, THEY WOULD BE USED TO MONITOR THE GRADUAL CREEP OF THE WEBBINGS THAT MUST BE BALANCED BY INFLATION FORCES TO MAINTAIN PROPER FIGURE. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC NASA NEED - TO DEVELOP FABRIC EXTENSOMETERS THAT CAN BE BUILT INTO HABITAT WEBBINGS DURING THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USED TO MEASURE LOADS DURING INFLATION AND LONG-TERM USE. TO THAT END, NANOSONIC WILL BUILD ON ITS METAL RUBBER? (MR?) TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE FABRIC SENSOR MATERIALS THAT ARE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE, TAILORED TO THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE METRICS OF THE STRUCTURAL WEBBING MATERIALS.$125K
Jun 8, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CS07P541712IGF::OT::IGF THIS NASA PHASE I SBIR PROGRAM WOULD FABRICATE WIRELESS NETWORKED NANOMEMBRANE (NM) BASED SURFACE PRESSURE SENSORS FOR REMOTE MONITORING IN PROPULSION SYSTEMS, USING SOI (SILICON ON INSULATOR) NM TECHNIQUES IN COMBINATION WITH OUR PIONEERING HYBRIDSIL CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS. SUCH LOW-MODULUS, CONFORMAL NANOMEMBRANE SENSOR SKINS WITH INTEGRATED INTERCONNECT ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES CAN BE APPLIED TO NEW OR EXISTING PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTIC SURFACE PRESSURE ANALYSIS. DURING THIS NASA SBIR, WE WILL TRANSITION THE WIRELESS SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMEMBRANE SENSORS FROM THEIR CURRENT CONCEPT AND PROTOTYPE STAGE TO INSTRUMENTATION PRODUCTS OF USE TO NASA'S PROPULSION FACILITIES, OTHER NASA AEROSTRUCTURE INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGISTS. WE WILL PERFORM SYNTHESIS OF SENSOR SKIN MATERIALS WITH OPTIMIZED TRANSDUCTION, HYSTERESIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTIES, SPECIFICALLY FOR HIGH REYNOLD'S NUMBER FLOW AND ALSO VARYING TEMPERATURE USE. SUPPORT WIRELESS ELECTRONICS WILL BE OPTIMIZED TO ACQUIRE, MULTIPLEX, STORE AND PROCESS RAW SENSOR ARRAY DATA.$125K
Jun 8, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CC78P541712IGF::OT::IGF THIS NASA SBIR PROGRAM WOULD DEVELOP AIR-DROPPED WIRELESS NETWORKED SENSORS USING MINIATURIZED CHEMICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (CHEMFET) FOR THE DETECTION AND MAPPING OF HEAVY METALS IN WATER FOR ECOSYSTEM MONITORING. WE WOULD COMBINE OUR ADVANCED NANOTECHNOLOGY THIN FILM DEPOSITION PROCESS - ELECTROSTATIC SELF-ASSEMBLY (ESA) - AND STRAINED NANOMEMBRANE CHEMFET TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR IN SITU ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. THE NANOMEMBRANE STRUCTURE COMBINED WITH NANOSONIC'S PATENTED SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESSING APPROACH ALLOW A UNIQUE WAY TO TUNE SENSITIVITY AND SELECTIVITY. THE WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SENSING MULTIPLE HEAVY METAL MATERIALS, IMPROVE UPON CONVENTIONAL SAMPLING METHODS IN TERMS OF COST, SENSITIVITY, AND SELECTIVITY, AND BENEFIT FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS PROGRAMS. NANOSONIC HAS DEMONSTRATED A PROTOTYPE WIRELESS CHEMFET SENSOR NODE FOR HEAVY METAL DETECTION.$125K
Jun 6, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CK08P541712IGF::OT::IGF THROUGH THE PROPOSED STTR PROGRAM, NANOSONIC AND VIRGINIA TECH WILL CREATE AN INNOVATIVE LOW VISCOSITY, HIGH TG COPOLYMER INJECTION REPAIR MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY THAT ENABLES FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE REPAIR WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME IN AREAS WITH LIMITED USER ACCESS. THE PROPOSED INJECTION REPAIR MATERIAL WILL CONSIST OF FLUIDIC HYBRIDSIL POLY(SILOXANE IMIDE) RESINS THAT ARE MOLECULARLY ENGINEERED TO 1) RAPIDLY INFILTRATE MICROCRACKS WITHIN DAMAGED COMPOSITES AREAS, 2) COVALENTLY BOND TO FUNCTIONALIZED COMPOSITE FIBERS FOR EXCEPTIONAL ADHESION AND MECHANICAL RESTORATION, AND 3) CURE ON THE ORDER OF MINUTES THROUGH MOISTURE SENSITIVE MOIETIES. NANOSONIC'S COMPOSITE REPAIR MATERIAL WILL CONTAIN NOVEL, PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGIES THAT PROVIDE HIGHLY EFFICIENT LOAD TRANSFER PATHWAYS WITHIN DAMAGED COMPOSITE AREAS, HIGH TEMPERATURE DURABILITY (>450 OC), AND SELF-LEVELING PROPERTIES DURING CURING TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY. THE MAJOR PHASE OF THE REPAIRING MATERIAL WILL CONSIST OF A HIGH TG (>250 C) POLYIMIDE MATRIX WHILE THE MINOR PHASE WILL CONSIST OF LOW TG (<-100 OC), MICROPHASE SEPARATED POLYSILOXANES. A FACILE THREE STEP REPAIR PROCESS WILL BE ESTABLISHED THAT INVOLVES 1) THE PRIMING OF COMPOSITE SURFACE WITH REACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS THROUGH A SURFACE WIPE DOWN, 2) DEFECT INFUSION WITH REACTIVE NANOCOMPOSITE RESIN, AND 3) A MOISTURE INDUCED CROSSLINKING REACTION. IN SUPPORT OF A RAPID PHASE III TRANSITION, NANOSONIC?S HYBRIDSIL POLYMERIC RESINS HAVE A CURRENT PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF 8,000 LBS. / DAY, A MRL OF 4, AND HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED ONTO COMBAT ACTIVE DOD PLATFORMS FOR TRIAL DEMONSTRATIONS.$125K
Jun 3, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CA18P541712IGF::OT::IGF THIS NASA PHASE I SBIR PROGRAM WOULD DEVELOP HIGH SENSITIVITY, HIGH FREQUENCY NANOMEMBRANE (NM) BASED SURFACE SENSORS FOR HYPERVELOCITY TESTING AND ANALYSIS ON WIND TUNNEL MODELS AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL AEROSPACE VEHICLES, USING SOI NM TECHNIQUES IN COMBINATION WITH OUR PIONEERING HYBRIDSIL CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS. SUCH LOW-MODULUS, CONFORMAL NANOMEMBRANE SENSOR SKINS WITH INTEGRATED INTERCONNECT ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES CAN BE APPLIED TO NEW OR EXISTING PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY SURFACE PRESSURE ANALYSIS. DURING THIS PROGRAM, LARGE CONTINUOUS NMS OF SINGLE CRYSTAL SI, SIGE AND GE WILL BE READILY RELEASED FROM THE ENGINEERED WAFERS USING WET CHEMICAL ETCHING AND TRANSFERRED TO FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES TO FORM MULTI-AXIS SURFACE PRESSURE SENSORS AND ARRAYS. SENSORS MAY BE CONNECTED TO EXTERNAL SUPPORT INSTRUMENTATION EITHER THROUGH THIN FILM AND RIBBON CABLE INTERCONNECTS, OR POTENTIALLY WIRELESSLY USING RF COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY FROM ELECTRONIC NETWORKS INCORPORATED INTO THE SENSOR SKIN MATERIAL.$125K
May 5, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002415C4056541712BASE IGF::OT::IGF$500K
May 3, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002415C4056541712BASE IGF::OT::IGF$250K
Apr 22, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CD05C541712IGF::OT::IGF THIS NASA PHASE II SBIR PROGRAM WOULD FABRICATE HIGH SENSITIVITY SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMEMBRANE 'SENSOR SKINS' CAPABLE OF MULTI-AXIS SURFACE PRESSURE CHARACTERIZATION ON FLIGHT TEST VEHICLES, WIND TUNNEL MODELS AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL AEROSPACE VEHICLES, USING SOI (SILICON ON INSULATOR) NM TECHNIQUES IN COMBINATION WITH OUR PIONEERING HYBRIDSIL NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS. SUCH LOW-MODULUS, CONFORMAL NANOMEMBRANE SENSOR SKINS WITH INTEGRATED INTERCONNECT ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES CAN BE APPLIED TO NEW OR EXISTING WIND TUNNEL MODELS FOR MULTI-AXIS SURFACE PRESSURE ANALYSIS, OR TO LIGHTWEIGHT UAVS AS PART OF ACTIVE FLUTTER CONTROL SYSTEMS. NANOSONIC HAS DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF NM TRANSDUCER MATERIALS IN SUCH SENSOR SKINS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF DYNAMIC SHEAR STRESS AND NORMAL PRESSURE. SEMICONDUCTOR NM SENSOR SKINS ARE THIN, MECHANICALLY AND CHEMICALLY ROBUST MATERIALS THAT MAY BE PATTERNED IN TWO DIMENSIONS TO CREATE MULTI-SENSOR ELEMENT ARRAYS THAT CAN BE EMBEDDED INTO SMALL PROBE TIPS OR CONFORMALLY ATTACHED ONTO VEHICLE AND MODEL SURFACES. SENSORS MAY BE CONNECTED TO EXTERNAL SUPPORT INSTRUMENTATION EITHER THROUGH THIN FILM AND RIBBON CABLE INTERCONNECTS, OR POTENTIALLY WIRELESSLY USING RF COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY FROM ELECTRONIC NETWORKS INCORPORATED INTO THE SENSOR SKIN MATERIAL.$750K
Apr 11, 2016Department of DefenseFA9550 AFRL AFOSRFA955015C0042541712IGF::OT::IGF "(STTR PHASE II) PRECISION HIGH-FREQUENCY PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN GROUND AND FLIGHT TEST"$375K
Jan 5, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-PICAW15QKN16C0002541712IGF::OT::IGF PHASE I SBIR PROPOSAL TITLE: LOW COST, LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSED POLYORGANOSILOXANE ARMAMENT COMPOSITES WITH HIGH TEMPERAURE DURABILITY$100K
Jan 5, 2016Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOMW56HZV16C0022541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE II HIGHLY FLAME RESISTANT HYBRIDSIL$500K

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