1. North Carolina Federal Advanced Technologies Symposium
May 9, 2013
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Panel
Hosted by:
Office of Senator Richard Burr
NC Military Business Center
NC Military Foundation
Institute for Defense & Business
University of North Carolina System
Reception Sponsor:
Bronze Sponsor:

2. www.VaporPulse.com
Chris Oldham - VaporPulse
Josh Robertson - VaporPulse
Kris Senecal - Natick
Shaun Filacomo – Natick
Eric Wetzel - ARL
Kyle Slusarski - ARL
Sarah Atanasov – NCSU
Greg Parsons - NCSUReshaping the surface of possibility
2013 NC Federal Advanced
Technologies Symposium
5-9-2013
Ultra-thin Coatings on
Kevlar for Enhanced
Force Protection

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VaporPulse Core Technology
A 10nm coating applied
on nonwoven textile
Technology:
• Ultra-thin coatings (<100nm) via a vapor
phase deposition process
• Solvent free
• Low temperature
• Polymers, biomaterials, textiles
• <$1.00 to coat 1m2
• Batch  Roll-to-Roll (>10m/min)
Technical Advantages:
•Conformal
•Uniform
•Scalable
•Flexible
Technology works very well for modifying hard-to-coat materials

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Technology Demonstration
 Filtration for Chem/Bio Defense
 New gas mask based unique nanofiber filter.
 Nanofibers <100nm in size
 Problem: Polymer nanofibers breakdown in presence
of chemical agents.
 Solution: Depositing an ultra-thin (<3nm) coating
stabilizes nanofibers in presence of chemical agents.
As formed After exposure
After coating +
exposure

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Enhanced Soft Armor
Payoff:
Enhancement in the protection of concealed
body armor for the Armed Forces aids their ability
to move/interact more safely.
Problem: Kevlar protective equipment is cumbersome and it does
not offer a wide spectrum of protection.
Why Care: Soldiers in small units often carry up to 130lbs of gear,
this causes physical exhaustion and degrades performance
while on mission. Reducing the burden on the warfighter is a top
priority of the DoD.

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Current Status
 Current Status: TRL 2-3
 Seeking funding to transition to TRL 6
 End Product:
 A lightweight, high performance, concealable body armor with
both ballistic and stab protection and no added burden to the
Warfighter.
 Reduce weight in soft armor vests by 20%.
CutResistance
Peak Load (N)
As Received
(Kevlar 850d)
With
Coating B
With
Coating C
Mean Peak
Load (N) from
30 yarns
4.965 6.029 6.457
Std Dev 0.641 0.859 0.648
Coef Var 12.905% 14.245% 10.042%
Percent Improvement in Cut
Resistance
21% 30%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
As Received
(Kevlar850d)
With
CoatingA
With
CoatingB
PunctureResistance-MaxLoad(N)

7. www.VaporPulse.com
THANK YOU
Contact:
Chris Oldham
cjoldham@vapor-pulse.com
919-247-2697
Financial Support: Contract No. W911QY-12-C-0053.

8. NC Federal Advanced Technologies
Symposium
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
“Surface Engineering Technologies”
Barnes Precision Manufacturing
WMD Guns, LLC
May 9, 2013
8

9. 9
Advanced Surface Engineering
•Nickel Boron (NiB-XTM)
• Chrome replacement coating technology
• Autocatalytic coating systems
• Non line of sight, uniform deposition process
• Performance characteristics
high surface hardness (Rc 72)
low coefficient of friction (.07)
improved wear resistance
transformed surface texture
resistance to corrosive environments
•Salt Bath Nitride (NitrometTM)
• Industrial surface diffusion
• Rc 55
• Corrosion protection
• Wear resistance
•Zinc Nickel
• Cadmium Replacement in Automotive and Aerospace sectors
• 1000-2000 hr ASTM B117 salt spray resistance
• Wear resistance advancement available

10. 10
Surface Transformation via Nickel Boron
FUNCTIONAL SURFACE TEXTURE
COLUMNAR
DOMAIN
STRUCTURE
High magnification
NiB-X

11. Defense Applications
Ground Vehicles
20% increase in Power
efficiency
• Engines and Drive Train life
extension
• Hard Chrome Replacement
Armaments
Elimination of Wet Lubrication
• Easier Cleaning/Maintenance
• Higher Reliability
• Barrel Life Extension
Maritime
Corrosion Resistance
•Wear Resistance
•Life cycle cost savings
Aerospace
Weight Reduction
•Dry Rotorheads
•Gear Boxes
•Wear/Erosion Resistance
•Hard Chrome Replacement

12. Ubiquitous Applications
Industrial Pumps
Forestry
Foundries
Defense
Weight
Reduction
Aerospace
Molds &
Tooling
Process
Industry

13. Opportunities
• Design it in!
– Take advantage of new technologies in design phase
– Optimize performance
• Leverage Production Benefits!
– Use new materials
– Eliminate legacy processes
• Bank the profits!
– Value added technology
– Manufacturing savings
– Profit share with customer
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# 14Advanced Materials Solutions for a Safer and Greener Tomorrow28 March 2013
09 May 2013
Industry & Military Forum I:
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Advanced Device & Sensor Technologies
Keith Evans
Kyma Technologies
Raleigh, North Carolina

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# 15Advanced Materials Solutions for a Safer and Greener Tomorrow28 March 2013
• Our vision is of a safer and greener tomorrow
– The processes we carry out and the products we offer can and should
make a difference
• Our mission is to provide advanced materials solutions that
promote safety and energy efficiency
– Better materials & devices for more energy efficient lighting and
electric power
– Better sensors for monitoring and responding to our environment
• Our values are those of a
triple bottom line
organization

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# 16Advanced Materials Solutions for a Safer and Greener Tomorrow28 March 2013
Vertically Integrated Product Line
Process Equipment
•Kyma100™ HVPE
System
•PVDNC™ AlN System
•K-Slice™ Diamond Wire
Maker
•K-Orbital™ Multi-Wire
Saw
Materials
•Bulk Crystalline GaN
Substrates
•GaN, AlN & AlGaN
Templates
•Polycrystalline GaN
•Device Epiwafers
•K-Slice™ Diamond Wire
Electronic Devices
•KO-Switch™
•Schottky Diodes
•GaN HFETs
Sensors
•Electromagnetic Field
Sensors
•Chemical Sensors
Components
•Microdisplays
•Transparent
Backplanes
Equipment, Materials, Devices, Sensors, & Components
In Development

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# 17Advanced Materials Solutions for a Safer and Greener Tomorrow28 March 2013
KO-Switch™
10kV < 1nsec
(>1013 V/s)
↓
100kV < 100 ps
(>1015 V/s)
HPM, Active
denial, Vehicle
stopping, IED &
fuse neutralizer
K-EM-Dot™
Cost-Effective
High-Bandwidth
Sensor of Time-
Varying Electric
and Magnetic
Fields
High bandwidth
sensing of electric
& magnetic fields
K-MOCSER™
New Platform
Chemical Sensor
Technology
Low cost small
form factor
wireless ppb
sensor array for
NOx, CO, and many
other gases
K-Imager™
Energy-Efficient
Transparent-
Backplane Based
Micro-Imager for
Projection
Applications
Rapid command
operation post
setup, many more
Fireproof Materials

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# 18Advanced Materials Solutions for a Safer and Greener Tomorrow28 March 2013
Pyroman testing at NC State: thermal measurements taken from underlying
mannequin show no third degree burns would be sustained by a human.
Fireproof Materials
Potential for USMC FP STO-1 and MVR STO-2
Same novel weight material should function well as camouflage to thermal imagers
Thermal Camouflage
Fire Resistant Enclosures
Vehicle Fire
Barriers

19. Jan Svoboda
May 2013
RFID, NFC and the convergence of
physical and digital worlds

20. SMARTRAC – OVERVIEW
July 2012SMARTRAC Page 2
SMARTRAC – The leading RFID
transponder manufacturer
SMARTRAC is the leading developer,
manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders,
dedicated to delivering high-quality, smart and
secure products to customers worldwide.
Founding year: 2000
Headquarters: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Operating figures:  Revenue 2012: $335 million
 EBITDA 2012: $31 million
 Number of employees as of December 31, 2012: 3,635
Leadership:  Over 370 patents and patent applications
 Largest production capacity over all frequencies in the RFID industry
 Over 2 billion RFID transponders produced and supplied (31.12.2011)

21. March 2013SMARTRAC N.V. Company Presentation Page 3
SMARTRAC – Business Unit OrganizationBusinessUnits
Prelaminated inlays and eCover for
electronic Identification (eID) documents:
 ePassports
 eNational ID cards
 eDriving licenses
eID
 eVisas
 eHealth cards
 eSocial security cards
Inlays, hard tags, and transponders for
applications such as:
 Car immobilizers
 Laundry
 Waste management
Industry & Logistics
 Factory automation
 Logistics
 Animal ID components
Security Industry
PRELAM®, ticket inlays, and white cards for:
 Contactless payment
 Access control
 Entry ID
CTA
 Active card applications
 Automated Fare
Collection
Inlays, labels and transponders for electronic
Product Identification (ePI) application areas:
 Retail
 Media Management
 Automation & Product
Authentication
Electronic Product Identification (ePI)
 NFC
 Supply Chain
 Pharma & Healthcare

22. July 2012SMARTRAC Page 4
RFID Technology
What’s needed?
 Scanning antenna
 Reader
 RFID tag
How does it work?
 Reader sends out a radio-frequency signal
 RFID tag detects the antenna activation signal
 RFID tag sends pre-programmed information to the
scanning antenna
Passive tags
 No battery needed, the power is supplied by the reader
 Operational for up to twenty years
 Read range ideally 1 to 10 meters
 Cost effective, flexible and small compared to active tags
LF = Low Frequency
LF operates on 125 kHz
HF = High Frequency
HF operates on 13.56 MHz
UHF = Ultra High Frequency
UHF operates around 900 MHz
NFC = Near Field Communication
NFC operates on 13.56 MHz

23. July 2012SMARTRAC Page 5

24. THANK YOU
Jan Svoboda
VP of Sales
Jan.Svoboda@smartrac-group.com

25. NSF-ERC for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
A Foundation for Innovation Ecosystem
Interconnected Materials Labs and Resources
• Pulsed Laser Deposition Facility
• Fuel Cell Processing Laboratory
• Coatings Synthesis Laboratory
• Bio/Polymer Laboratory
• Composite Processing Laboratory
• Materials Processing and Sample Preparation Laboratory
• Microscopy and Surface Analysis Facility
• Electron Microscopy Laboratory
• Computation and Visualization Lab
• Nanoindentation Facility
• Mechanical Testing /High-Temperature Testing Facility
• Structural Health Monitoring Research Laboratory
• X-ray Diffraction Facility
• Physical Property Measurement Lab
• Catalysis Facility
• Electronic Materials Laboratory
• Magnetron Deposition Facility
• Direct Write Nano-Fludics Analysis Facility
• Micro-Raman facility
• Clean Room with Ink Jet, High Speed Camera and Nanolithography
• Bioengineering ERC General facility
• FSEM, AFM, Nano CT
$10 M State
of the Art
Research
Facility:
For R&D
Translation
without
boundaries

26. Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
Will create biodegradable metals ( Mg based) with the promise that new kinds of
implants can adapt to the human body and eventually dissolve when no longer needed,
eliminating multiple surgery and reduce health care costs
“Imagine Implants with their own intelligence that adapt to biological changes of the
patient and are automatically eliminated from the body after healing”
Dr. Braun
Facial and
Head
Injuries:
Dr. Braun
Orthopedic
Injuries:
Dr. Jimenez
Value of Degradable Metal Implant Systems -PRICELESS

27. DOD Mg based Applications
 DOD needs to “Lighten Up” their products
 Military Vehicles, Armor, UAV’s, Personnel
Equipment and Weapons Applications.
 New product development opportunities
in portable fuel cells and biomedical
implants for injured soldiers.
Other ERC Collaborative Opportunities

28. NSF-ERC for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
Innovation for Warfare to Soldier Protection
Applications
First Layer -
CrN
Second
Layer - TiN
Bilayer
Thickness Λ
Substrate
Si (100) &
SiO2
1µ
m
Gas mask
Shelter
Surface Engineering

29. Point of Care Technology for Soldiers
3. 주요 설문 내용
1. Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostic devices can rapidly provide soldiers’ status in
battlefield by taking small sample in battlefield.
2. Detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive agents by
tapping into biomarkers found in soldiers' blood, saliva, sweat or urine
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0
20
40
60
80
100
Distance (mm)
GrayLevel(%)
50 nL/min 500 nL/min 1 µL/min
Concentration
Flow rates
Inlets
Outlet
Inlets
Outlet
Syringe
Pumps
Microfluidic
Chip
Concentration
Gradient
Chamber
(A)
(E)
(D)
(B)
(C)
Dr Yun (NCAT)
& Dr. Gomez
(CSULA)

34. RoboCup'07 Nanogram - Swiss
Microrobot Playing Soccer
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnLGpl1N7Ns )