SBIR/STTR Research Award
Polycrystalline Ceramic as a Replacement for 3He Neutron Detector
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-08-31
- Contract end date
- 2011-03-03
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 10.1-2
Research abstract
The polycrystalline ceramic proposed in this program will build upon existing MgAl2O4:Ce scintillator technology to explore alternative neutron detection materials as a near term replacement for large 3He tubes. The polycrystalline ceramic neutron detector
can achieve high efficiency in capturing thermal neutrons due to its high concentration of active element. Its compact solid state design provides high stability and reduced volume/weight compared to 3He detector. The solid state neutron detector should have (1) better efficiency; 2) larger cross-sectional area; 3) thinner thickness; 4) lighter weight; and 5) reduced fabrication costs.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- AM of Layered Structures
- Large Parts Additive Manufacturing
- High Value Carbon Products from Domestic Coal
- Ultra-lightweight Lubrication Free Hybrid Carbon Composite Ring-less Piston Engines for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
- Solid State Non-powder Process for Boron Nitride Nanotube Metal Matrix Composite
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- New Scintillator for Neutron Detection
- Next Generation Neutron Detector for 3He Replacement
- New Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials for Neutron Detection
- High Performance Portable Neutron Detector
- Semiconductor Neutron Detectors
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2018). Reported award amounts total $100,117,977. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation