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邀请当前小型企业创新研究和小型企业技术转移（SBIR/STTR）II期授予者的资金请求与工程研究中心（ERC）进行合作研究。这项协作努力的目标是提供一个互惠互利的研究和商业化平台，SBIR/STTR II期授予者可以与ERC教职员工，研究人员和研究生进行协作研究，以增强公司的能力，并加快ERC进步向市场的过渡。根据NSF招标NSF 10-617，Picocal，Inc已提交了额外资金的请求。请求中确定的副宣告是密歇根大学。该提案/请求符合NSF招标10-023的要求。提议的合作利用并将工作从Picocals II期（SBIR II期奖励ID：0822810）和工程研究中心（ERC）扩展到无线集成微系统赠款。 Picocal将利用其在NSF SBIR II期间开发的技术，以在控制其尺寸和方向的同时增加单个纳米结构。在其II期工作期间，开发了真空扫描系统，以提供纳米定位精度并容纳专门的扫描热探针和探针阵列。从ERC的一侧，正在进行的AMPP（高级材料，过程和包装）推力进行的研究与可以在升高温度和化学反应性环境中运行的探针的制造有关。该提案为小型企业（Picocal）和ERC（WIMS）提供了一个机会，可以协同工作，以开发用于碳纳米管（CNT）的制造技术，该技术可以通过其他商业方法控制目前无法控制位置，大小，形状和方向。 SBIR II期至Picocal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允许纳米精度。 ERC在扫描探针方面提供了先进的材料专业知识和其他专业知识，这对于扩展II期技术至关重要。拟议的合作将扩展II期技术，并将该技术更快地转化为市场。拟议的工作，如果成功的话，可以在许多领域（包括医疗保健，能源系统和环境监测）上拥有广泛的应用。使用纳米探针来控制纳米结构的生长和方向可能会对纳米技术产生巨大影响，并且与现在在WIMS工程研究中心进行的研究相关联。这项工作的预期可交付成果包括改进的探针尖端和改进的探针磨损。提出的活动还有助于扩大参与不足的群体。