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Elemental and Chemical State Analysis, XPS, for In-Situ Materials Analysis on Mars

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNC07QA52P
Agency Tracking Number: 067169
Amount: $97,010.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: S2.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-01-19
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2007-07-23
Small Business Information
221 Carpenter DR
Hollister, CA 95023-9320
United States
DUNS: 123736576
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Charles Bryson
 Principal Investigator
 (408) 623-1556
 cbryson@att.net
Business Contact
 Charles Bryson
Title: Business Official
Phone: (408) 623-1556
Email: cbryson@att.net
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This innovation is the design of a monochromatic x-ray source to be used in a mission compatible XPS spectrometer. Existing x-ray sources for XPS are large, require high power and a will have difficulty meeting the vibration specifications for a mission type instrument. The small x-ray sources developed for medical applications are exciting but are designed for high energy x-rays and require refractory anodes. This program will develop a new design suitable for mission applications. It will focus on small sources similar to the medical devices that will use low power. The monochromator will be designed for low mass and use a feedback based stabilization to keep it aligned independent of temperature and vibrations associated with missions launch. The feedback system will use x-ray detectors in a plane near the sample to since the x-ray beam direction and an interment angular vibration to make sure the monochromator is on the optimum angle for diffraction. After a suitable design is implemented with thermal electron sources, a nanotube excitation sources will be considered.

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