SBIR/STTR Research Award
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) and Carbon Fiber Reinforced SiC Optical Components
Award amount
$124,854Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- M CUBED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-02-23
- Contract end date
- 2012-08-23
- UEI
- CQKWDU5TRQQ3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S2.04
Research abstract
M Cubed has developed and patented technology to make carbon fiber reinforced SiC composites and components. In addition, the feasibility of doubling the toughness of SiC with carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforcement has been proven. In this program, M Cubed will demonstrate further innovative modifications of the above technology to make extremely lightweight, high toughness, low CTE optical components. In particular, 0.25 m and 0.5m lightweighted spherical mirror substrates will be fabricated, coated, finished and delivered to NASA for characterization (including cryogenic testing. A path will be outlined to take the technology to 1-2m class mirror in Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- High-Strength, Lightweight Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) Material for Bridge Applications
- Lightweight Modular Vehicle Armor System Based on Perforated Ceramic Tiles
- Metallic Encapsulation of Ceramic Tile Arrays
- High toughness SiC and B4C
- Durable, High Performance Personnel Armor Plates for Current and Next Generation Threats
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low Coherence Wavefront Probe for Nanometer Level Free-Form Metrology
- Freeform Optics for Optical Payloads with Reduced Size and Weight
- Pre-Collimator Chemical Milling for X-ray Telescopes
- Pyramid Nanostructured Coatings for Stray Light Suppression
- Battery-Powered Process for Coating Telescope Mirrors in Space
Research funding history
16 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2012). Reported award amounts total $4,360,331. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration