Advanced materials: open SBIR/STTR topics
12 open or upcoming topics mention advanced materials, across 2 agencies. Matched by keywords in the topic title and description.
Architected Energy Dissipation Structures with Tunable Rigid-flexible Behaviors
The DoW requires lightweight protection materials for a variety of applications, including personal protection, vehicle safety, and shielding sensitive electronics.
Engineered Microstructures for Enhanced IR Aperture Performance
The Navy has demonstrated within its laboratories that a composite ceramic exhibiting IR transparency can be produced with distinct phases, microstructural feature sizes below 100 nm in all phases, and porosity content below 0.1% on component parts as large as 0.4 inch in lateral dimension.
Scalable Processing of Large Area, Oriented 2-Dimensional Polymer Films
2-dimensional polymers (2DPs) such as covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of materials which have displayed significant potential in applications ranging from catalysis, energy storage, dielectrics, nanofiltration, gas storage, and mechanically robust engineering materials.
Fire Resistant Joiner Bulkhead
Fire represents a grave hazard to Navy vessels.
Optimally Packaged Assembly for Laser Systems (OPALS)
The Air Force requires light weight, compactly packaged optical systems to perform critical beam control functions for airborne high energy laser systems.
US Production of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic-Yielding Preceramic Polymers
The scaled production of C/C-UHTCs composites (UHTCMCs) for defense applications requires the manufacturing of UHTC precursors in quantities sufficient to support acquisition programs.
Advanced Materials
The Advanced Materials topic addresses the development of new and improved materials for a wide variety of commercial and industrial applications.
Metals and Ceramics
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Nanotechnology
The Nanotechnology topic addresses the creation and manipulation of functional materials, devices and systems with novel properties that are achieved through the control of matter at a submicroscopic scale (from a fraction of nanometer to about 100 nanometers).
Novel Advanced Materials-based Sensors
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Other Advanced Materials Technologies
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Photonic Metamaterials and Plasmonics
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Past SBIR/STTR awards in advanced materials
Since 2021, SBIR.gov records 721 SBIR/STTR awards worth $347.0M here. Top agencies: Defense (430), Energy (135), NASA (74), National Science Foundation (35), Health and Human Services (31), Commerce (6). Most frequent awardees: TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC. (17), NANOSONIC INC. (16), TDA RESEARCH, INC. (16), PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (15), CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC (9), DYNOVAS INC (9).
- ARRAY: A novel polymeric mesh for prophylactic antibiotic protection of cardiac implantable electronic devices by 21MedTech LLC (Phase II, Health and Human Services, 2023, $999,978)
- Innovative, Automated Inline Inspection for High Quality, High-Rate Production of Braided Composite Components for Hypersonics and Military Aircraft by A & P TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $1,245,479)
- Lightweight Silicon Carbide Mirrors via Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing by ADDITIVE INNOVATIONS LLC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $139,943)
- Aberration-corrected High Frequency RF Flipper for High-Resolution Neutron Spectroscopy by ADELPHI TECHNOLOGY INC (Phase I, Energy, 2023, $200,000)
- UHT Ceramic Yarn Manufactured from Discontinuous Fibers by ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS, L.L.C. (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $139,984)
- High Temperature Ceramic Insulation Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonic Weapons by ADVANCED CERAMICS MANUFACTURING, LLC (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $999,999)
- Multi-layer Structural Ceramic Foam Insulation by ADVANCED CERAMICS MANUFACTURING, LLC (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $800,000)
- Additive Manufacturing of Structural Insulators by ADVANCED CERAMICS MANUFACTURING, LLC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $149,999)
- Polymer-Based Conformal Space Radiation Shield with Thermal Management Manufactured by Five-Axis 3D Printing Platform by ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phase II, Energy, 2023, $1,149,975)
- Additively Manufactured Ceramic Heat Pipes for Space Nuclear Reactors by ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phase I, NASA, 2023, $149,998)
Source: SBIR.gov public award dataset, matched by keywords. Not an official classification.
Related areas: Advanced manufacturing · Maritime & undersea · Sensors & sensing · Electronics & semiconductors
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