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Compact, Field-Portable Biological Warfare Agent Detector Using Enhanced Fluorescence Detection

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 26030
Amount: $59,879.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20600 Gramercy Place, Suite 103
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mark W. Foster
 (310) 320-3088
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

Physical Optics Corporation's R&D Division (POC R&D) proposes this optional Phase I follow-on task as requested in the Air Force section of DoD SBIR Solicitation 94.1. In the Phase I proposal, POC proposed an innovative, rapid screening biosensor based on the enhancement of fluorescent immunoassay signals by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The combined use of these two optical sensing techniques enables the development of a versatile biosensor that will outperform either fluorescence assay or surface plasmon resonance, individually. The waveguide based biosensor will utlimately allow handheld operation for screening a wide variety of analytes of interest to both the military and civilian sectors. This option task will involve the development of preliminary design concepts for a field-testable biosensor prototype to be developed during Phase II.

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