Project Grant R43GM132493

This $274,158 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a novel high-brightness rotating envelope micro-focus transmission X-ray source by Reva X-Ray Systems Corporation. The goal is to significantly enhance the throughput, resolution, and sensitivity of X-ray metrology systems, with applications in semiconductor manufacturing, battery production, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,250,000 in funding to X-Sight Incorporated for the development of a new generation of compact, lightweight 3D X-ray or computed tomography (CT) imaging systems. The key objectives are to create a high-performance, low-cost X-ray source technology and an array-based imaging approach that can replace traditional mechanical rotation...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,995 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a broadband low aberration composite magnet sextupole lens. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under this February 2022 award concluding in November...

The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $433,986 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to advance quantum electrodynamics research for developing new nanoscale photonics technologies for X-ray science. The project aims to experimentally validate the production of X-rays through quantum interference of electrons, enabling the generation of highly directional, monochromatic X-rays and attosecond-duration X-ray pulses. This...

This $1.49 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the acquisition of an Xradia Versa 620 x-ray microscope to enable multiscale 3D/4D materials research. The microscope will be used to examine the microstructure and properties of a variety of natural and engineered materials, with a focus on lightweight aerospace materials, geological materials, and biological materials. Experiments will study early-stage cracking in aerospace...

This $1.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund the acquisition of a magnetic-field-free atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscope at the University of Illinois at Chicago from September 2022 through August 2025. The microscope's novel lens design provides a magnetic-field-free sample region allowing for atomic-resolution imaging and chemical analysis of quantum materials such as magnetic,...

X-Wave Innovations, Inc. was awarded a $206,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop an advanced fuel flowmeter for large flow rates. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the award, X-Wave Innovations will design and test a new fuel flowmeter capable...

This National Science Foundation project grant award of $272,189 supports the acquisition of an X-ray micro-computed tomography scanner at the University of New Mexico from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The scanner will be used to non-destructively image the internal structures of biological, geological, and manufactured materials with micro-scale resolution as part of research supported by NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the Zeiss Xradia Context system will...

RD Research Technology USA LLC was awarded a $199,902 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop all inorganic perovskite materials for low-cost, high performance x-ray imagers. The grant is being carried out under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, the company will conduct...

This $535,686 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the acquisition of a comprehensive X-ray scattering system for in situ studies at the University of California, Davis through August 2025. The system will transform research, education, and outreach in materials characterization across California's Central Valley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, the state-of-the-art instrument serves as a flagship tool for advanced materials...