Project Grant DESC0021930

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dmag USA LLC to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating with superior performance for aerospace applications. The key products or services to be delivered include: A novel coating formulation that incorporates boron, nickel, tungsten, carbon fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nano diamond to withstand...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000.00 to Starfire Industries LLC to develop multilayer thin-film coatings for titanium electrolyzer bipolar plates using next-generation quasi-conformal physical vapor deposition (PVD) with precision ion energy control. The project aims to advance electrolyzer technology for hydrogen production by creating durable, high-performance coatings that can...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $305,000 to Stellar Engiine, a small business located in Los Altos, CA, to advance plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) technology for semiconductor manufacturing. The key objectives are to: 1) Characterize an array of micro-plasma dielectric barrier discharge applicators powered by nanosecond-scale high voltage pulses to...

AA Plasma LLC received a $199,872.80 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program to integrate its existing gliding arc plasma deposition systems into a dual-plasmatron system for restoring road marking surfaces rapidly and cost-effectively. During the six-month project period ending March 2023, AA Plasma will demonstrate decontamination and pre-treatment of road surfaces, partial melting...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded $200,000.00 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop a low-cost, high-volume, and durable coating method for bipolar plates. The project aims to be completed by April 9, 2024. Additionally, ACT has subcontracted the University of South Carolina to provide characterization of the bipolar plate coating through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,847 Project Grant to Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Bohemia, New York, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports the development of "Multifunctional Thermal-Environmental Barrier Coatings for High Temperature Composites". Reliacoat Technologies, a company with expertise in thermal spray coatings and advanced...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Starfire Industries LLC to conduct research on "IN-LINE METROLOGY FOR REAL-TIME MANUFACTURING OF THIN-FILM PVD ATF COATINGS USING IMPULSE HIPIMS + POSITIVE KICK". The project aims to develop advanced in-line metrology techniques for the real-time manufacturing of thin-film physical vapor deposition (PVD) advanced technology fuel (ATF) coatings using impulse high-power impulse magnetron...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $100,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant funds the development of an emerging surface coating technology to apply ceramic and composite coatings to metal parts. The goal is to improve mechanical properties like hardness and adhesion strength as well as tribological behaviors related to friction and wear resistance. The proposed coating method...

Polykala Technologies, LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of "NANOCATALYSTS AND SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING ASSISTED BY INEXPENSIVE CUSTOM DESIGNED LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA." The work will be performed in San Antonio, TX through June 26, 2023. The award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to...