SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nanocomposite for Radiation Shielding
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS MODIFICATIONS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2005-01-21
- Contract end date
- 2005-07-25
- UEI
- PXFHME8QVPT6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- B3.09
Research abstract
NASA's Advanced Extravehicular Activity (EVA) program requires the need for materials that can protect astronauts and spacecrafts from ionizing radiations such as low and high energy X-rays. Currently, lead and lead-based material are used to fabricate shields not only for X-rays but for other types of radiation as well. Lead is heavy and toxic. In this Phase I project, MMI proposes to develop a polymer composite that utilizes a nanocrystalline heavy metal salt for radiation shielding.
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.
- Co-polymer composites for high voltage insulation wraps for superconducting magnet coils- C57-22
- Ceramic Composite Nanofiber Aerogel Insulation for EVA Suits
- PFAS-free chemical barrier elastomers for breathable, protective garments
- Superrepellent powder coating of dry storage canisters for spent nuclear fuel- Topic 40 b
- Critical Minerals And Materials Recovery From Oil And Gas Produced Water Topic 8a
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Modeling, Testing and Deploying a Multifunctional Radiation Shielding / Hydrogen Storage Unit
- Radiation Shielding and Hydrogen Storage with Multifunctional Carbon
- Database of Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering Cross Sections by Stochastic Simulation
- Multifunctional, Boron-Foam Based Radiation Shielding
Research funding history
166 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2024). Reported award amounts total $34,897,489. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce