SBIR/STTR Research Award
Growth of Large Diameter High-Purity Germanium Crystals for Nuclear Physics Research
Award amount
$99,972Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Phds Co.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- REQVEYN5U2L8
- Solicitation number
- DE-PS02-07ER07-36
- Topic code
- 37 a
Research abstract
Large diameter germanium crystals are needed to provide larger, more sensitive, gamma-ray detectors for nuclear physics measurements at DOE user facilities. In this project, germanium crystal growth techniques will be experimentally developed for the growth of large diameter crystals. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of a new growth technique. In Phase II, the technique will be completed to enable a new breed of commercially-available, very-large-diameter germanium gamma-ray planar detectors. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The technology should have immediate applications in research taking place at DOE user facilities involving nuclear physics, astrophysics, and rare-particle detection. Moreover, these detector systems should enable germanium detectors to enter commercially active fields, the most important of which is nuclear medicine.
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.
- Large volume Ring-Contact HPGe Detectors (RCD) for low-background counting arrays and radiopurity-assay
- Dynamic Gamma-ray Imaging for In Vivo Tracking of Microelement Transport Across Plant-Microbial Systems
- Large Volume Ring-Contact HPGe Detectors RCD) for Low-Background Counting Arrays and Radiopurity-Assay
- Dynamic Gamma-ray Imaging for In Vivo Tracking of Microelement Transport Across Plant-Microbial Systems
- High Purity 6-inch+ Diameter Single Crystal Germanium Wafers for Dark Matter CCD Photon Detectors
Awards with the same topic code
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- Virtual HPC Cluster Provisioning in the Cloud
- Fabrication of Niobium Cavities Directly from Large Grain Ingot
- Compact and Efficient Cold and Thermal Neutron Collimators
- Improved Solid-State Neutron Detector
Research funding history
39 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2021). Reported award amounts total $19,205,717. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security