SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE SENSITIVITY OF NUCLEAR TRACK-RECORDING PLASTICS MAY BE MODIFIED BY MOLECULAR DESIGN.
Award amount
$47,038Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Frontier Research Corp
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE SENSITIVITY OF NUCLEAR TRACK-RECORDING PLASTICS MAY BE MODIFIED BY MOLECULAR DESIGN. SUBSTITUTION OF GROUPS ADJACENT TO RADIATION-SENSITIVE BONDS AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW CENTRES OF INSTABILITY SHOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY TO IONIZING RADIATION. MODIFICATION TO THE CR-39 MONOMER WILL BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE THE POLYMER PRODUCED FROM IT IS BY FAR THE BEST PLASTIC TRACK DETECTOR YET DISCOVERED. EASE OF SYNTHESIS, READY AVAILABILITY OF STARTING MATERIALS, AND EASE OF PURIFICATION ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN CHOOSING THE BEST SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Technology keywords
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