Advanced electro optical system

Abstract. The U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory will build the 3.63 m Advanced Electro Optical System (AEOS) telescope on Halealiala, Maui. The Listitute for Astronomy will participate in this project and will develop astronomical instruments optimized for nsing the AEOS telescope in survey projects. As part of this instrument development program 1024 X 1024 HgCdTe near-infrared detector arrays will be developed at the Rockwdl fritemational Science Center. 

The Advanced Fiber Information System (AFIS) [66] contains a mechanism for opening a hand fed ribbon of fibers so that individual fibers can be presented aerodynamically to an electro-optical system for measuring fiber length. Length measurements for 10,000 individual fibers can be obtained in 5 min. 

In recent years advances in the chemistry of leuco dyes have taken place particularly in the areas of structural identification by means of H- and 13C-NMR and selective syntheses of aminoquinones, etc. New applications of leuco quinones such as in electro-optical devices and information recording media have enhanced their importance. In these applications, the chemistry of leuco quinones is interesting mainly due to switching from a colored to a colorless system by a redox process. 

Frank A. Horrigan retired from the technical development staff for sensors and electronic systems at Raytheon Systems Company. Dr. Horrigan has a background in technologies relevant to military systems, in particular, radar and sensor technologies. A theoretical physicist, he has more than 37 years experience in advanced electronics, electro-optics, and advanced information systems. In addition, he has experience in planning and managing industry research and... 

Self-organization of macromolecules is one of the most popular way to achieve nanostructured features because it can be in principle applied to every kind of polymer, natural or synthetic [8], The recent advances in design criteria for the attainment of well-defined polymers and nanostructures allow to produce macromolecules with specific functionalities which are tailored for potentials in development of capsules, drug delivery systems and nanoscale electro-optical devices [9], Upon this premise, the methods that are able to induce the self-assembly of macromolecules are related to the chemico-physical properties of the selected polymer, of the substrate on which the nanostructure grows and on their combination. Obviously, this premise envisages the variety of different morphologies, nanostructures and related applications that can be obtained by the versatility of self-assembly. 

Almost every day, academic and industrial colloid and polymer scientists find examples of new block copolymer morphologies, and investigate possible new applications. The applications vary just as much as the systems from traditional high-impact polymer materials, to novel high-performance elastomers, to advanced drug-delivery polymer capsules and biochips, artificial skin and smart gels, contact lenses and electro-optical polymer displays. 

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