SBIR/STTR Research Award
ORGANIC CONTAMINANT MONITOR
Award amount
$49,789Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TPL, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- ZC4PPSM47QQ3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ACOUSTIC PLACE MODE (APM) DEVICES ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO SMALL MASS CHANGES AT THEIR SURFACES (NG/CM2) WHEN IMMERSED IN LIQUIDS. COMBINED WITH A PROPERLY DERIVATIZED SURFACE, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRACE ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN WATER. AN APM DEVICE SENSOR WITH A PLASMA POLYMERIZED SURFACE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A PRECURSOR TO AN AUTOMATED MONITOR FOR ORGANIC SPECIES IN RECONSTITUTED WATER. THE SENSOR WILL BE LIGHWEIGHT, EXTREMELY ACCURATE, HIGHLY DURABLE, RELIABLE, AND WILL CONSUME LITTLE POWER. MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE COATING WILL CREATE A FAMILY OF SENSORS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CHEMICAL SPECIES. ACOUSTIC PLACE MODE (APM) DEVICES ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO SMALL MASS CHANGES AT THEIR SURFACES (NG/CM2) WHEN IMMERSED IN LIQUIDS. COMBINED WITH A PROPERLY DERIVATIZED SURFACE, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRACE ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN WATER. AN APM DEVICE SENSOR WITH A PLASMA POLYMERIZED SURFACE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A PRECURSOR TO AN AUTOMATED MONITOR FOR ORGANIC SPECIES IN RECONSTITUTED WATER. THE SENSOR WILL BE LIGHWEIGHT, EXTREMELY ACCURATE, HIGHLY DURABLE, RELIABLE, AND WILL CONSUME LITTLE POWER. MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE COATING WILL CREATE A FAMILY OF SENSORS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CHEMICAL SPECIES.
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.
- Energy-Dense Capacitors for High-Temperature Power Conversion
- High Temperature, High Energy Density Capacitors for Power Management and Distribution Systems
- Low Cost, Multilayer Capacitors Based on Novel Nanocomposite Dielectric
- Nanoparticle Capacitors for Multi-Point Initiation
- Portable Linear Accelerator (linac) for Active Interrogation Systems for Radiological Gamma Isotope Source Replacement
Research funding history
220 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1984–2022). Reported award amounts total $49,867,963. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission