Award for microchannel-plate technology goes to NanoScience
NanoScience Corp. (Oxford, CT) has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD).
NanoScience Corp. (Oxford, CT) has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD). The company will work to develop high-gain, low-noise, silicon microchannel-plate technology by applying a high secondary yield coating to the front end of a microchannel plate. The technology could improve the performance of particle detectors, astronomical observation instruments, and night-vision systems. It could replace glass microchannel plates that cannot be used with some material systems because of temperature processing requirements.
John Wallace was with Laser Focus World for nearly 25 years, retiring in late June 2022. He obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and physics at Rutgers University and a master's in optical engineering at the University of Rochester. Before becoming an editor, John worked as an engineer at RCA, Exxon, Eastman Kodak, and GCA Corporation.
