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Contract Research Overview

Industrial Contract Research- We have engaged in a number of projects in support of instrument industry research and development efforts. We endeavor to isolate projects and limit access to laboratory facilities by non-project personnel. Our primary focus has been in mass spectrometry and related products.

Technology Evaluations- We have engaged in a number of contractual evaluations of our proprietary technologies as they apply to potential commercial applications.

SBIR- We have engaged in five SBIR contracts in technical areas of low pressure electrospray, atmospheric pressure focusing, atmospheric pressure quadrupoles, seeded electrospray ionization, and ion selective aperture arrays. A number of these technologies are available at this time through our component products. Several technologies have been licensed.

Subcontracting- We have a continuous background of contracts in support of government, and industry primary contracts. These generally focus on optics, source development, and novel detection applications.