SBIR Phase II: ERC-Small Business: Micromachined Thermal Probes for Localized Nano-Manufacturing

SBIR 第二阶段：ERC-小型企业：用于本地化纳米制造的微机械热探针

• 批准号: 1128475
• 负责人: Angelo Gaitas
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Kytaro Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-12-01 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1128475&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; ERC; Small

NSF invites funding requests from current Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase II grantees to perform collaborative research with an Engineering Research Center (ERC). The goals of this collaborative effort are to provide a mutually beneficial research and commercialization platform where SBIR/STTR Phase II grantees can perform collaborative research with ERC faculty, researchers, and graduate students, to strengthen the capacity of their firms, and/or speed the transition of ERC advances to the marketplace. In accordance with the NSF solicitation NSF 10-617, PICOCAL, Inc has submitted a request for additional funding. The sub-awardee identified in the request is the University of Michigan. This proposal/request meets the requirements of the solicitation NSF 10-023. The proposed collaboration leverages and extends the work from PICOCALs Phase II (SBIR Phase II Award Id: 0822810) and the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Wireless Integrated Microsystems grants. PICOCAL would be leveraging technology developed during its NSF SBIR Phase II in order to grow individual nanostructures while controlling their dimensions and orientation. During its Phase II effort, a vacuum scanning system was developed to provide nanometer positioning accuracy and accommodate specialized scanning thermal probes and probe arrays. From the ERC's side, the on-going research in the AMPP (advanced materials, processes, and packaging) thrust is relevant to the manufacturing of probes that can operate at elevated temperatures and in chemically reactive environments. This proposal provides an opportunity for the small business (PICOCAL) and the ERC (WIMS) to work synergistically together to develop a manufacturing technology for carbon nanotubes (CNT) that would have control over location, size, shape, and orientation not currently possible by other commercial methods. The SBIR Phase II to PICOCAL developed a specialized vacuum scanning system to allow nanometer accuracy when using scanning thermal probes and probe arrays. The ERC provides advanced materials expertise and additional expertise in scanning probes that will be important to the extension of the Phase II technology. The proposed collaboration will extend the Phase II technologies and translate this technology into the marketplace more rapidly. The proposed work, if successful, can have broad applications across a number of fields, including health care, energy systems, and environmental monitoring. The use of nanoprobes to control the growth and orientation of nanostructures can have a tremendous effect on nanotechnology and is something that will be synergistic with research now being pursued in the WIMS Engineering Research Center. The expected deliverables from this work include an improved probe tip, and improved probe wear. The proposed activity also helps broaden the participation underrepresented groups.

NSF 邀请当前小企业创新研究和小企业技术转让 (SBIR/STTR) 第二阶段受资助者提出资助请求，与工程研究中心 (ERC) 进行合作研究。这项合作的目标是提供一个互惠互利的研究和商业化平台，SBIR/STTR 第二阶段受资助者可以与 ERC 教师、研究人员和研究生进行合作研究，以增强其公司的能力，和/或加速 ERC 进展向市场的过渡。根据 NSF 征集 NSF 10-617，PICOCAL, Inc 已提交额外资金请求。请求中确定的子获奖者是密歇根大学。该提案/请求符合 NSF 10-023 征集的要求。拟议的合作利用并扩展了 PICOCAL 第二阶段（SBIR 第二阶段奖项 ID：0822810）和无线集成微系统工程研究中心 (ERC) 拨款的工作。 PICOCAL 将利用其 NSF SBIR 第二阶段开发的技术来生长单个纳米结构，同时控制其尺寸和方向。在第二阶段的工作中，开发了真空扫描系统，以提供纳米级定位精度并容纳专门的扫描热探针和探针阵列。从 ERC 的角度来看，正在进行的 AMPP（先进材料、工艺和封装）研究与可在高温和化学反应环境下运行的探针的制造相关。该提案为小型企业 (PICOCAL) 和 ERC (WIMS) 提供了协同合作的机会，开发碳纳米管 (CNT) 制造技术，该技术可以控制目前其他商业方法无法实现的位置、尺寸、形状和方向。 PICOCAL 的 SBIR 第二阶段开发了一种专门的真空扫描系统，在使用扫描热探针和探针阵列时可实现纳米精度。 ERC 提供先进的材料专业知识和扫描探针方面的额外专业知识，这对于第二阶段技术的扩展非常重要。拟议的合作将扩展第二阶段的技术，并将该技术更快地转化为市场。拟议的工作如果成功，可以在许多领域具有广泛的应用，包括医疗保健、能源系统和环境监测。使用纳米探针控制纳米结构的生长和方向可以对纳米技术产生巨大影响，并且将与 WIMS 工程研究中心目前正在进行的研究产生协同作用。这项工作的预期成果包括改进的探头尖端和改进的探头磨损。拟议的活动还有助于扩大代表性不足群体的参与。