We anticipate that NASA applications that include space-based observation of Earth (for the purpose of weather predictions, monitoring air pollution, climate change measurements, etc...), sub-orbital sensor networks, IR interferometry, and solar system exploration. This research is of interest to any application that benefits from an IR detector that is low mass and can be operated at ambient temperature, and can simultaneously detect multiple frequencies. Those IR sensor applications that are in flight or in orbit are of particular interest.
Inexpensive, low energy consumption, room temperature multispectral IR sensing is of extreme interest for IR imagers for the commercial sector. First responders, police, and the security industry would be particularly interested in low low cost IR cameras. The health care industry is also interested in IR imagers for medical diagonstics.
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