SBIR/STTR Research Award
A NEW METALLIC LIGHT ABSORBING DURABLE OPTICAL BAFFLE MATERIAL
Award amount
$64,362Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Spire Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RG46KJGARZF4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SPIRE CORPORATION PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN OPTICAL BAFFLE MATERIAL THAT IS METALLIC, LIGHT ABSORBING, RADIATION-HARDENED AND DURABLE. USING A SPIRE DEVELOPED PROCESS, INITIAL EXPERIMENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT A STRUCTURED BE SPUTTERED LAYER CAN BE DEPOSITED ON PROPERLY PREPARED BE SUBSTATES. THE STRUCTURE IS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT ABSORBING SPIRES WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIOS. OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS WILL BE PERFORMED ON 1-INCH DIAMETER COUPONS WITH COMPLETE CHARACTERIZATION OF EACH PROCESS STEP. THE SPIRE BAFFLE MATERIAL WILL BE CHARACTERIZED AND COMPARED TO AVAILABLE BAFFLE MATERIALS USING BRDF MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF RAM OXYGEN AND MICROMETEORITE SHOWERS. SCALING UP THE DEVELOPED PROCESS TO SYSTEM-SIZED BAFFLE COMPONENTS WILL BE PROPOSED IN PHASE II USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT.
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.
- Portable Laser Hazard Identification and Monitoring System
- Nano-Crystalline Ceramic Coatings for the Reduction of Sliding Resistance of Orth
- A Synthetic Biology Toolbox for Natural Product Discovery from Actinomycetes
- Next-Generation, LED-based, Adjustable Spectrum, Pulsed Solar Simulator
- Nano-Crystalline Ceramic Coatings for the Reduction of Sliding Resistance of Orth
Research funding history
429 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $73,907,551. 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, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce