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Major problems:
Autonomous 'Thinking' Spacecraft
Safe, Affordable Aviation
Human Exploration and Colonization of Space
Evolution of Universe and Life
Potential solutions:
Nanoelectronics and Computing
- Petaflop computing
- Ultrahigh density storage 1015 bytes/cm2
Sensors
- Sensor Web
- Robot Colony
Integration of computing, memory, sensing and communication
Structural Materials
- Microspacecraft
- Self-healing, multifuntional materials
NASA Ames has initiated basic R & D in the areas of carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, inorganic nanowires, nanostructured materials, protein nanotubes, and bioinspired systems to meet the grand challenges. The experimental development is complemented in most cases by modeling and simulation.
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Controlled, patterned growth of carbon nanotubes (CNT) for device, display, and sensor applications
Large scale production of CNTs for structural, high heat flux material applications
Characterization of nano materials
Nanotube based devices
Development of biosensors for astrobiology, biomedical, security needs
Development of a biosensor for cancer diagnostics (in collaboration with National Cancer Institute)
Chemical sensors for cosmochemistry, security applications
CNT based microscopy, high resolution imaging
Inorganic nanowires: Growth, characterization
Inorganic nanowire based nanoelectronics
Inorganic nanowire technology for sensors and detectors
Integration of computing, memory and sensors
Molecular electronics for memory and logic
Protein nanotubes
Nanopores for gene sequencing
Nano-biotechnology
Nanofluidics
Gas absorption, storage, catalysis, and waste remediation using nanomaterials for advanced life support
Diagnostics of nanomaterial growth processes
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