SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Reinforcement for Multifunctional Composites for Non-Parasitic Radiation Shielding
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2004-01-16
- Contract end date
- 2004-07-19
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- B3.06
Research abstract
Innovative lightweight radiation shielding materials are enabling to shield humans in aerospace transportation vehicles and other human habited spaces. Multifunctional materials which provide non-parasitic shielding as well as structural performance is needed. Boron can provide neutron and cosmic radiation shielding, but the only available boron fiber is a large diameter monofianant on a tungsten substrate whose high Z number preclude it use in radiation applications. This program will develop boron fibers on carbon (low Z no.) fiber tow substrate utilizing an existing system for spreading carbon fiber tow and chemically vapor depositing (CVD) coatings. Processing will be optimized to produce high strength boron fiber tow which will be utilized in select polymer matrix composites to demonstrate the multifunctionality of structural and 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.
- 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.
- Control of Solid Waste Using Low Temperature Oxidation
- Catalytic Decomposition of Gaseous Byproducts from Heat Melt Waste Compaction
- A Reinforcement for Multifunctional Composites for Non-Parasitic Radiation Shielding
- Thermally Regenerable Ion Exchange Resins
- A Novel Radiation Shielding Material
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