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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program and dated 14 December 2009, is a white paper on programmable matter and smart materials. It covers quantum dots, metamaterials, liquid crystals, dynamic windows and spacecraft thermal management, and describes a future space station scenario. It concludes that even partial realization could bring significant gains in spacecraft energy efficiency, safety and mission flexibility.
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UNCLASSIFIED//509 QFFIQJI k WEIS tH•tl/ Contents Introduction ...........................................................................................................iv Four Kinds of Atoms ............................................................................................... 1 Natural Atoms .................................................................................................... 1 Quantum Dots .................................................................................................... 1 Photonics and Meta materials ............................................................................. 3 Liquid Crystals ................................................................................................... 4 "Impossible" Materials ........................................................................................... 5 Advantages of Dynamic Materials .......................................................................... 5 Early Commercialization of Smart Materials ........................................................... 8 Thermal Management of Spacecraft ....................................................................... g Energy-Scavenging Spacecraft Skins .................................................................... 11 Advanced Concepts in Programmable Materials ................................................... 12 Scenario for Possible Applications ........................................................................ 13 Directions for Future Research ............................................................................. 14 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 16 Figures 1. Energy Levels of a Metal and a Semiconductor ................................................... 2 2. Quantum Dot ...................................................................................................... 3 3. Programmable Materials .................................................................................... 3 4. Wellstone Fiber .................................................................................................. 6 5. Assorted views of RavenWindow and Ravenlight Filters in the Cold (Transparent) and Hot (Reflective) State ........................................................... 8 6. RavenWindow Smart Window Film Performance vs. Leading Incumbent Window Filters ................................................................................................................. 9 7. Peltier Junction Heat Pump .............................................................................. 10 Tables 1. Daily Household Energy Consumption (USA, 1993-1997) ................................. 11 iii UNCLASSIFIED/ ,<EiOAt OEiEil&l11J.k WliEii &••tY
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