SBIR Phase I: Bright and Tunable UV Light Emitter from ZnMgO Nanocrystalline System

SBIR 第一阶段：来自 ZnMgO 纳米晶系统的明亮且可调谐的紫外光发射器

• 批准号: 0712408
• 负责人: Ratnakar Vispute
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: BLUE WAVE SEMICONDUCTORS, INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0712408&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Bright; Tunable; UV

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project proposes to develop innovative, compact, and bright UV light emitting devices based on nanostructural optical materials that have tunable optical UV light emission. This innovation is based on optical processes emerged in nanomaterials by absorption and emission through band gap engineered meta-stable but high quantum efficiency nanocrystalline, highly directed wires and nanocrystalline epitaxial films. The research team will demonstrate the optimization of nanostructural optical materials with high UV light emission efficiencies and proto-type device integrated with optical fiber for further applications including medical devices, biological analysis tools, ultraviolet-based secure communications, space sensors, mineral identification, UV curing, UV fluorescent inspection, UV security, UV disinfection/sterilization of water, and UV measurement, which have market potentials of $ 500 million to $ 1 billion by 2010. Further studies will expand the potential of the candidate material for the fabrication of cost effective devices, and then focus on manufacturing and scale-up requirements. If successful the outcome of this research will have broad new applications towards enhancement of safety, security, and defense in bio-chemical attacks.

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目提出了开发创新，紧凑，明亮的紫外光发射设备的基础上，具有可调光学紫外光发射的纳米结构光学材料。这项创新是基于纳米材料中出现的光学过程，通过带隙设计的亚稳态但高量子效率的纳米晶体、高度定向的线和纳米晶体外延膜进行吸收和发射。该研究小组将展示具有高紫外光发射效率的纳米结构光学材料的优化以及与光纤集成的原型设备，用于进一步的应用，包括医疗设备，生物分析工具，基于紫外线的安全通信，空间传感器，矿物识别，紫外线固化，紫外线荧光检测，紫外线安全，水的紫外线消毒/灭菌，以及紫外线测量。到2010年，其市场潜力为5亿至10亿美元。进一步的研究将扩大候选材料的潜力，用于制造具有成本效益的设备，然后专注于制造和放大的要求。如果成功的话，这项研究的成果将有广泛的新的应用，以提高安全性，安全性和防御生化攻击。