Lc Tech
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- Palo Alto, CA 94306
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- Estimated Number of Employees: 2
- Estimated Annual Receipts: $10
- Business Start Date: 2007
- Contact Person: Bin Chen
- Contact Phone: 650-856-9122
- Contact Email: bchen.nasa@gmail.com
- Business Structure:
- Sole Proprietorship
- Business Type:
- Minority Owned Business
- For Profit Organization
- Woman Owned Business
- Asian-Pacific American Owned
- Industries Served: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Product Areas: PEST, DISEASE, AND FROST CONTROL EQUIPMENT, PEST DISEASE & FROST CONT EQ, CHEMICALS, PEST CONTROL AGENTS AND DISINFECTANTS, PEST CONT AGENTS & DISINFECTANTS, MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES, R&D- AGRICULTURE: INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D-INSECT & DIS CONT-A RES/EXPL DE, R&D- AGRICULTURE: INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL (ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT), R&D-INSECT & DIS CONT-ADV DEV, R&D- AGRICULTURE: INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT), R&D-INSECT & DIS CONT-OPSY DEV, PESTICIDES SUPPORT SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- PESTICIDES SUPPORT
Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides
In order by amount of set aside monies.
- $50,000 - Thursday the 17th of December 2015
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
NEAR TERM MISSIONS TO MARS AND EUROPA WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE ABILITY TO CHARACTERIZE ORGANIC MOLECULES IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL AS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE PLAUSIBLY OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN. ORGANICS THAT DERIVE FROM BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ARE DISTINCT FROM ORGANICS DERIVED FROM NON-BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN SEVERAL ASPECTS. FIRST, BIOLOGY IS SELECTIVE AND SPECIFIC IN ITS USE OF MOLECULES. FOR EXAMPLE, EARTH LIFE USES 20 LEFT-HANDED AMINO ACIDS. SECOND, BIOLOGY OFTEN PRODUCES LARGE COMPLEX MOLECULES IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, SUCH AS LIPIDS. THESE TYPES OF MOLECULES REPRESENT "SIGNS OF LIFE" (NRC 2003). RAMAN SPECFROSCOPY IS A POWERFUL METHOD THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE REMOTE CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANICS WITH APPLICATIONS IN ASTEP FIELD PROGRAMS, MARS MISSIONS AND EUROPA SURFACE MISSIONS. WE PROPOSE TO OBTAIN AN OFF-THE-SHELF FIELD RAMAN UNIT FROM OCEAN OPTICS AND TO MODIFY AND OPTIMIZE IT FOR ORGANIC DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION. THE SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENTS WE PROPOSE FOR THE RAMAN INSTRUMENT ARE TO: 1. INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE LASERS TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM EXCITATION WAVELENGTHS FOR ORGANIC ANALYSIS. 2. IMPROVE THE INSTRUMENT SENSITIVITY AND RESOLUTION TOWARDS BIOGENIC ORGANICS BY SELECTING THE OPTIMAL LASER WAVELENGTH AND BY CHANGING THE FIBER OPTICAL PROBE CONFIGURATION. 3. OPTIMIZE THE OPTICAL PATH DISPERSION. 4. DEVELOP IMPROVED SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANICS AND FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BIOLOGICALLY AND NON-BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED PATTEMS. - $10,000 - Thursday the 17th of December 2015
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
NEAR TERM MISSIONS TO MARS AND EUROPA WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE ABILITY TO CHARACTERIZE ORGANIC MOLECULES IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL AS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE PLAUSIBLY OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN. ORGANICS THAT DERIVE FROM BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ARE DISTINCT FROM ORGANICS DERIVED FROM NON-BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN SEVERAL ASPECTS. FIRST, BIOLOGY IS SELECTIVE AND SPECIFIC IN ITS USE OF MOLECULES. FOR EXAMPLE, EARTH LIFE USES 20 LEFT-HANDED AMINO ACIDS. SECOND, BIOLOGY OFTEN PRODUCES LARGE COMPLEX MOLECULES IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, SUCH AS LIPIDS. THESE TYPES OF MOLECULES REPRESENT "SIGNS OF LIFE" (NRC 2003). RAMAN SPECFROSCOPY IS A POWERFUL METHOD THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE REMOTE CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANICS WITH APPLICATIONS IN ASTEP FIELD PROGRAMS, MARS MISSIONS AND EUROPA SURFACE MISSIONS. WE PROPOSE TO OBTAIN AN OFF-THE-SHELF FIELD RAMAN UNIT FROM OCEAN OPTICS AND TO MODIFY AND OPTIMIZE IT FOR ORGANIC DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION. THE SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENTS WE PROPOSE FOR THE RAMAN INSTRUMENT ARE TO: 1. INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE LASERS TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM EXCITATION WAVELENGTHS FOR ORGANIC ANALYSIS. 2. IMPROVE THE INSTRUMENT SENSITIVITY AND RESOLUTION TOWARDS BIOGENIC ORGANICS BY SELECTING THE OPTIMAL LASER WAVELENGTH AND BY CHANGING THE FIBER OPTICAL PROBE CONFIGURATION. 3. OPTIMIZE THE OPTICAL PATH DISPERSION. 4. DEVELOP IMPROVED SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANICS AND FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BIOLOGICALLY AND NON-BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED PATTEMS.
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