SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cold Neutron Microprobe for Material Analysis Using Tapered Capillary Optics
Award amount
$197,275Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- X-RAY OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RZ1NGJXKHM23
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The project will research a new generation of optic for focusing cold neutrons using tapered capillary optics. The success of the program will result in neutron beam probes with unprecedented spatial resolution and detection limits for small sample volumes. The individuals involved are the world leaders in neutron focusing capillary optics, having achieved better than an order-of-magnitude improvement in lateral spatial resolution and neutron current density using an earlier type of capillary optic. With the proposed improved tapered capillary optic technology, we expect to obtain an additional 10x improvement in spatial resolution and improve upon previous neutron intensity gains.
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.
- Rapid, Quantitative, Trace Element Measurement of Toxins in Consumer Products
- Development of an online XRD pharmaceutical process analyzer
- Ultra-High Energy X-Ray Optics for Improved Assay of Nuclear Materials
- SBIR Phase II:Quantitative Analysis for Trace Levels of Toxic Elements in Consumer Products Using High Definition X-ray Fluorescence
- New Optics for Trace Level Detection of Toxins in Environmental and Biological Sa
Research funding history
74 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2011). Reported award amounts total $18,347,505. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce