SBIR/STTR Research Award
ULTRASTRUCTURE FOR COLD CATHODE EMITTERS
Award amount
$398,692Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ULTRAMET
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8ZRMWX85NZ6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
IN THIS PHASE I PROGRAM, ULTRAMET PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEPOSITING THE BORON-BORON NITRIDE COUPLE, PRODUCED BY MICROWAVE PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD). IT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT AN ULTRASTRUCTURE COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING NANOMETER-THICK LAYERS OF BORON, A GOOD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND BORON NITRIDE, A GOOD INSULATOR AND DIELECTRIC AT ANY TEMPERATURE, CAN BE OBTAINED. THESE ULTRASTRUCTURES SHOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE DESIGN OF ADVANCED COLD CATHODES BY PROVIDING GEOMETRIC ENHANCEMENT OF THE NEAR SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELDS.
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.
- Thin, Flexible Oxidation-Resistant Coatings for 3D-Woven Carbon Fabric TPS Materials
- High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II
- Highly Insulating Structures for Thermal Preservation of Sample Return Mission Samples
- High-Density Scintillation Detector Materials
- Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems
Research funding history
380 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $105,154,309. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services