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Chem/Bio Materials Science - Detection and Protection
This SRA is concerned with research to provide new scientific and engineering understanding to enable the detection of hazardous substances in the environment as well as means to protect the Soldier from hazardous substances. The research will provide foundational information for transitioning of promising outcomes by the Army and industry partners. One theme focuses on different means to obtain nano-scale polymeric coatings that provide specific protective functionalities. Another thrust concentrates on different approaches to the sensing and characterization of various materials, including toxic substances that exhibit identifiable chemical signatures. A third activity seeks to develop the understanding needed to manufacture multi-layered 3D nano-structures from foldable 2D nano-patterned surfaces. Potential applications include ability to scaffold and integrate multiple threat detection capabilities in lightweight and low-energy consumption platforms. As shown in the following list the research in this SRA is divided up among three Themes and seven Research Projects.
Theme 4.1: Functional, Switchable, and Microbicidal Nanocoatings
Theme 4.2: Ultrasensitive Nanoengineered Chemical Detectors
Theme 4.3: Nanostructured Origami
SRA 04 Researchers
Prof. George Barbastathis,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Vladimir Bulovic,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Prof. Gerbrand Ceder, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Jianzhu Chen, Department of Biology
Prof. Karen K. Gleason, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Paula T. Hammond, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Alireza Khademhosseini, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Prof. Alexander M. Klibanov, Department of Chemistry
Prof. Robert S. Langer, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Prof.
Henry I. Smith, Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
Dr. Mark Schattenburg, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Prof.
Francesco Stellacci, Department of Materials
Science and Engineering
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