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Research Area Index
This is an alphabetical list of many
of the Physical Sciences Division's key research areas.
- 3D, Quantitative, Objective Fractography
- ADN (SRI-12) Stable Powerful Oxidizer for Propellants
- Airbag Technology
- Analysis
- Analysis Service for Plasma/CVD Spectra
- Analytical Chemistry
- Analytical Methods for Detection of Very Low Levels of Analytes in Human Blood Plasma
- Analytical Methods for the Low Level Determination of Analytes in Plasma, Water, and Soil
- Advanced Mathematics to Analyze Fracture Surfaces
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy
- Biocidal Coatings
- Biomedical Diagnostics
- Biomorphic Drugs of the Future: Triphosphate Analogs
- Biosensor Development and Technology
- Catalyst Structure/Activity Relationship Development
- Catalysts
- Catalysts and Sorbents for Pollution Abatement
- Catalysts for Fuels Applications (HDN, hydrotreating, gas-to-liquids)
- Catalysts for Partial Oxidation of Petrochemical Feedstocks
- Catalytic Reactions with Silicon-Based Compounds
- Catalytic Systems for Conversion of Alkanes to Commodity Oxygenates
- Catalysts Screening Using Automated High Throughput Methods
- Ceramics
- Chemical Mechanisms for Plasma/CVD Models
- Chemical Kinetics
- Chemical Physics
- Chemical Sensors
- Chemical/Biological Sensors
- Chromophores and Dyes
- Coal Gasification
- Coal Pyrolysis
- Coatings
- Corrosion Mitigation
- Color Inkjet Printer Paper and Inks (Water-fast)
- Combinatorial Catalysts Development
- Combustion
- Computational Design Models for Armor
- Corrosion Degradation Software and Hardware
- Containment for Safely Storing Explosives
- Corrosion Resistant Paints
- Deposition of Functional Thin Films
- Dielectrics
- Diffusion Side-Arm Reactor - apparatus used to study chemical reactions on the surface of materials used as spacecraft heat shields and reaction catalysts from room temperature to 1000 K
- Electron Collisions and Plasmas
- Energetic Materials
- Environmental
- Explosive Effects
- Explosive Storage
- Failure Analysis (FRASTA)
- Failure Mechanics of Polymer Yarns and Fabrics
- Failure Reconstruction (FRASTAscope)
- Fiber Synthesis
- FIMS
- Fine Particle Technology
- Fossil Fuels
- Free Form Manufacturing
- Fuel Cell and Semi-Fuel Cell Systems
- Fullerenes
- Gas Separations Technology
- GC FIMS
- Green Synthesis/Chemistry
- Hardened Luggage Container for Mitigating Terrorist Explosions
- High Definition Displays
- High Nitrogen Compounds
- High Performance Polymers from Inexpensive Monomers using Single-Site Catalysts
- High-Temperature Coatings for Metals, Ceramics, and Composites
- Hydrogen Production and Storage
- Hydrogen Safety
- Hydrolytic Polymers
- Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic, and Inert Surfaces
- Hydrothermal Technology for Synthesis and Waste Disposal
- Innovative Synthesis
- Inorganic-Organic Hybrids
- In-situ Remediation Processes
- Interface Development
- Jet-REMPI for Dioxin Detection
- Kinetics of High Temperature Reactions
- Laser and Optically Based Medical Diagnostics
- Laser Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry for Metal Impurity Detection on Silicon Wafers
- Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization
- Launch Site for Testing Full-Scale Missiles
- Launcher for 100 lb Mass at 300 mph
- Life Extension of Aging Systems
- Light Gas Conversions and Separations
- Light Scattering Measurements on Jet Fuels
- Lightfast Dyes for Ink Jet Printing
- Lightweight Engine
Fragment Barriers for Commercial Aircraft
- Low-Cost Ceramic Composite
- Low Pressure Dilute Explosives
- Low Sulfur Gasoline
- Low-Temperature Coatings for Metals, Ceramics, and Composites
- Luminescent Taggants
- Mass Spectroscopy
- Matrices for Low Cost Ceramic Composites
- Mechanism of Electrochemical Processes
- Mesoscopic Devices
- Metallic and Ceramic Printing Inks
- Microdeformation and microstructural failure visualization
- MicroTags -- small radio-frequency powered detectors to monitor temperature and other physical characteristics of materials with applications in the space program and aircraft
- Miniaturization of Ground Shock Sensors
- Missile Launch Testing
- Modeling Complex Chemical Systems
- Molecular Imprinting
- Molecular Upconverters for Chem/Bio Detection
- Multi-Flow Chromatography
- Nanocomposite Synthesis
- Nanoparticles
- New Fuels, Polymers, & Oxidizers
- Nonflammable Battery Electrolytes
- Novel Chemical Reactor (PERMIX)
- Optical Memories and Image Processing
- Optical Physics
- Optical Sensor for Flame Health
- Optoelectronic Systems
- Organic Electronics
- Organic Modifications of Inorganic Materials and Surfaces
- Organometallic Materials Synthesis
- PEM Fuel Cells
- Phosphors Development
- Pigments and Powders
- Polymer Electrolytes
- Polymeric Materials: Silicon and Silicon-organic Copolymers
- Polymerization Catalysts
- Preceramic Polymer Synthesis and Evaluation
- Predictive codes for corrosion damage in nuclear structures
- Printing and Imaging
- Process Engineering
- Process Modeling and Kinetics
- Propellants
- Propellants for Simulating Earthquake Ground Motion
- Pyrolysis Studies
- Rapid crack propagation toughness test
- Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
- Response of Materials to Electromagnetic Radiation
- SALI - Surface Analysis by Laser Ionization
- Scale Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Structures
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor Manufacturing, Recycling Fluorine During
- Separation Science
- Separation Technology/Selective Separation of Paraffins from Olefins
- Short Flow Path, Pressure Swing Absorption (SHERPA)
- Single Particle Composition Measurement
- Single-Site Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization
- Solar Cells
- Speciated Hg Detection using Laser Methods
- Stabilized AlH3
- Strategic Materials
- Stress Corrosion Cracking, Pitting, and Crevice Corrosion Models
- Structural Polymers
- Structural Testing
- Superconductors
- Supercritical Water Oxidation and Chemical Kinetics
- Sustainable Development
- Synthesis of Ceramic Powders
- Theory and Application of Scale Modeling
- Thermal-Shock Test Facility - rapid and repeatable temperature cycling used to study the behavior of materials to thermal stress
- Thermochemical Parameters and Modeling
- Thermochemistry
- Trace Species Detection Using Jet-REMPI
- Ultracapacitors
- Upconverting Phosphor Taggants
- VAMPIRE Technique for Neutralizing Mines
- Water Based Inks for Conventional Printing
- Wavelet/Fourier analysis of fracture surface topography
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