SBIR/STTR Research Award
REFRACTORY ULTRASTRUCTURES BY CVD
Award amount
$49,964Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award 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
CHEMICAL VAPOR DESPOSITION (CVD) IS THE ONLY DEPOSITION PROCESS WHICH HAS THE SPEED NECESSARY FOR BUILDING UP STRUCTURES. DEPOSITS TEND TO BE EPITAXIAL. BOTH THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR FABRICATING NANOMETER COMPOSITES, WHICH PROMISE TO COMBINE THE MECHANICAL ADVANTAGES OF METALS WITH THE ADVANTAGES OF CERAMICS, WITH NONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES. TO ACHIEVE SHARP POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES AND TO SATISFY A BUILDUP RATE OF 24 MICROMETER/H REQUIRES SWITCHING FROM METAL DEPOSITION CONDITIONS TO CERAMIC DEPOSITION CONDITIONS WITH NO OVERLAP WITHIN AN INTERVAL OF LESS THAN ONE SECOND. A METHOD FOR DOING THIS IS PROPOSED. A SAMPLE OF ULTRASTRUCTURE LARGE ENOUGH FOR BEND TESTS IS A DELIVERABLE UNDER PHASE I.
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