The Chemical Physics program seeks to deepen the understanding of the interactions between Naval systems and the chemicals that surround them. From the seabed to space, the composition and dynamics of the chemical background are not well understood. The Navy has a need to measure, model, and predict both the perturbations to the chemical background from operations and the impacts to Naval systems from operating in a complex chemical environment. This program focuses on basic and early applied research in a multi-disciplinary domain to examine the reactions, dynamics, movement, and interactions of chemicals with Navy systems.
Research Concentration Areas
- Dissolved gases, heavy metals and polymers
- Air-sea interactions, aerosol generation/transport, gas exchange
- Remote and/or in-situ detection
- Low SNR, rapid (real time) detection, high resolution, miniaturization
- Single molecule point detection (localized) and/or wide-area scanning
- Chemical transport, dynamics, reaction at interfaces
- Impact of operational conditions on materials (tribology/kinematics/degradation)
- Improved materials for resiliency
- Chemical physical coupled effects
- Interactions of multi-environment physics (seabed to space)
Research Challenges and Opportunities
- Detect, reduce, mitigate chemical perturbations
- Improve lateral models of chemical mixing from sub-sea through the marine boundary layer
- Optimization of chemical sensing methods (in-situ or remote)
- Model/predict impacts of operational conditions to transport and mixing of chemicals
- Sensor materials/modalities to improve selectivity and/or sensitivity
- Cross-discipline modeling to include oceanographic, atmospheric, hydrodynamic, aerodynamic, electromagnetic
- Improved understanding of operational requirements for new technologies
- Predicting impacts of climate change on chemical dynamics
Type of Funding Available
✅ Basic Research
✅ Applied Research
✅ Advanced Technology Development
How to Submit
For detailed application and submission information for this research topic, please refer to our broad agency announcement (BAA) No. N0001425SB001.
Contracts: All white papers and full proposals for contracts must be submitted through FedConnect; instructions are included in the BAA.
Grants: All white papers for grants must be submitted through FedConnect, and full proposals for grants must be submitted through grants.gov; instructions are included in the BAA.