SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, Ultrasensitive Formaldehyde Monitor
Award amount
$599,955Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Novawave Technologies
- Proposal award date
- 2009-02-17
- Contract end date
- 2012-02-16
- UEI
- NBJVFVXCNJ53
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S1.08
Research abstract
The Small Business Innovative Research Phase II proposal seeks to develop a compact UV laser based sensor for Earth science and planetary atmosphere exploration. The device will be capable of measuring formaldehyde in real-time at ultra-trace levels. The sensor is based on a revolutionary, single frequency tunable UV fiber laser that was successfully demonstrated for the first time during Phase I. This laser was mated with a detection cell and high fidelity formaldehyde spectra were obtained. The Phase II sensor will be compact and capable of detecting formaldehyde at ppt levels, and may be capable of simultaneously detecting NO2, an important pollutant.
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.
- Compact, Airborne Multispecies Sensor
- Compact, Dual Channel, Mid-IR Laser Spectrometer
- Frequency Agile Mid-IR Source for Planetary Exploration
- Fieldable, Real-Time NO2 Sensor
- Low cost fieldable gamma-ray spectrometer
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Investigating an Instrument for Measurement of Hyperspectral Backscattering in Natural Waters
- A total Ammonium Reactor (NHxR) for In-Situ Mobile Measurements: A Critical Tool to Understand Aerosol Formation
- Portable Atmosphere Scanning LIDAR
- Compact CO2 Instrumentation for Small Aerial Platforms
- Luminescent Sensors for Ocean Water Monitoring
Research funding history
43 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2010). Reported award amounts total $12,743,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation