Basic Research in Chemical Sciences
Abstract
Focuses on the ultimate goals of achieving advanced energy control, improved threat detection, and novel responsive materials for Soldier protection. Research efforts in advanced energy control involve the study of electrochemistry and electrocatalysis, and physical and theoretical chemistry, which will lead to light-weight, reliable, compact power sources for the Soldier and more effective, lower vulnerability propellants and explosives for tailored precision strikes with minimum collateral damage. Research in protective materials involves discoveries in polymer, inorganic, and organic chemistry, which will provide new approaches for shielding the Soldier and Army platforms from ballistic, chemical, and biological threats, and reducing signatures for identification by the enemy. Threat detection research involves studies in the fields of physical, theoretical, and inorganic chemistry, which will lead to advances that provide advance warning of explosive, chemical, and biological weapons and dangerous industrial chemicals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 83b5bae3f01a3e598798bb39dd0e23ee