• Nanotechnology Program Elements- Nanoelectronics and Computing- Sensors- Structural Materials

Nanoelectronics and Computing Sensors

Structural Materials

•Molecular electronics & photonics•Computing architecture•Assembly

•Life detection•Crew health & safety•Vehicle health

•Composites•Multifunctional materials•Self healing

• Onboard computing systems for future autonomous intelligentvehicles

- powerful, compact, low power consumption, radiationhard

• High performance computing (Tera- and Peta-flops)- processing satellite data

- integrated space vehicle engineering - climate modeling

• Revolutionary computing technologies• Smart, compact sensors, ultrasmall probes• Advanced miniaturization of all systems• Microspacecraft• 'Thinking' spacecraft• Micro-, nano-rovers for planetary exploration• Novel materials for future spacecraft

Materials

Electronics/computing

Sensors, s/ccomponents

• Single-wallednanotube fibers

• Low-Power CNTelectroniccomponents

• In-spacenanoprobes

• Nanotubecomposites

• Molecularcomputing/datastorage

• Nano flightsystemcomponents

• Integralthermal/shapecontrol

• Fault/radiationtolerantelectronics

• Quantumnavigationsensors

• Smart “skin”materials

• Nano electronic“brain” for spaceExploration

• Integratednanosensorsystems

• Biomimeticmaterialsystems

• Biologicalcomputing

• NEMS flightsystems @ 1 µW

2002 2004 2006 2011 2016

NASA Nanotechnology Roadmap

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Increasing levels of system design and integration

C A P A B I L I T Y

High StrengthMaterials(>10 GPa)

High StrengthMaterials(>10 GPa)

ReusableLaunch Vehicle(20% less mass,20% less noise)

ReusableLaunch Vehicle(20% less mass,20% less noise)

RevolutionaryAircraft Concepts(30% less mass,20% less emission,25% increasedrange)

RevolutionaryAircraft Concepts(30% less mass,20% less emission,25% increasedrange)

AutonomousSpacecraft (40% less mass)

AutonomousSpacecraft (40% less mass)

Adaptive Self-RepairingSpace Missions

Adaptive Self-RepairingSpace Missions

Multi-Functional MaterialsMulti-Functional Materials

Bio-Inspired Materialsand ProcessesBio-Inspired Materialsand Processes

2002 2005 2010 2015

Biomimetic,radiation resistant

molecular computing

Nanoelectronics and Computing RoadmapImpact on Space Transportation, Space Science and Earth Science

CNT Devices

Biological Molecules

Ultra high densitystorage

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Compute Capacity

RLV

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Nano-electroniccomponents

Europa Sub

Robot Colony

Sensor Web

Nanosensor RoadmapImpact on Space Transportation, HEDS, Space Science and Astrobiology

2002 2005 2015

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Sensor Capacity1999

DSI RAX

2003ISPP

Missions too earlyfor nanotechnology impact

Biosensors

Spacestation

Europa Sub

Mars Robot Colony

Sensor Web2020

Nanotube VibrationSensor for Propulsion

Diagnostics

Optical Sensorsfor Synthetic

Vision

Nanopore for in situbiomark-sensor

Multi-sensorArrays (Chemical,

optical and bio)

2010

Sharp CJV

2002 2005 2010 2015

NANOTUBECOMPOSITES

MULTIFUNCTIONALMATERIALS

SO3

- SO3

SO3- -

H+ H +H +

SO3-

SO3-

Ca++

SO3-

SO3-Ca++

SO3-

SO3-Ca++

Ca++

Tacky

Non-tacky

temperature

SELF-HEALINGMATERIALS

Nano-Materials RoadmapImpact on Space Transportation, Space Science and HEDS

SELF-ASSEMBLINGMATERIALS

Generation 3 RLVHEDS Habitats

Nanotextiles

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Strong Smart Structures

RLV Cryo Tanks

Production ofsingle CNT

CNT Tethers

CNT = Carbon Nanotubes

2002 2010 2020 2030

Biomimetics and Bio-inspired SystemsImpact on Space Transportation, Space Science and Earth Science

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Biological Mimicking

Embryonics

Extremophiles

DNA Computing

Brain-like computing

Self Assembled Array

Artificial nanoporehigh resolution

Mars in situlife detector

Sensor Web

Biological nanoporelow resolution

Skin and Bone

Self healing structureand thermal protection

systems

Biologically inspired aero-space systems

Space Transportation