UbiQD Inc., lub tuam txhab tsim kho nanotechnology tshiab hauv Mexico, tshaj tawm Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2 tias nws tau txais daim ntawv cog lus Theem II Kev Lag Luam Me Me (STTR) los ntawm National Aeronautics thiab Space Administration (NASA). Daim ntawv cog lus 24 lub hlis muab $750,000 nyiaj pab rau UbiQD txoj kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho nrog University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) txhawm rau tshawb nrhiav ntxiv siv quantum dots los kho qhov spectrum ntawm lub hnub ci rau kev cog qoob loo zoo rau hauv qhov chaw thiab ntiaj teb kev tshawb nrhiav missions.
Lub Yim Hli 2018, UbiQD yog thawj zaug Phase I STTR daim ntawv cog lus raws li ib feem ntawm NASA lub tswv yim lub hom phiaj txhawm rau ua kom muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo hauv thaj chaw siv tshuab, khoom noj khoom haus, thiab ntau dua. Txoj haujlwm ua tiav tau ua kom pom cov qoob loo zoo dua rau cov paj liab romaine lettuce. Ib qho ntawm cov zaub mov txawv uas siv hauv txoj kev tshawb no yog UbiQD's luminescent tsev cog khoom khoom, UbiGro, uas ua rau 13% nce hauv qhov hnyav qhuav ntawm cov zaub, nrog rau 8% nce hauv nplooj nplooj.
Gene Giacomelli, tus xibfwb ntawm biosystems engineering ntawm University of Arizona tau hais tias "Nyob rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm ntev mus ntev, qhov twg cov kws tshawb fawb yuav tsum tau siv ntau tshaj plaws ntawm cov peev txheej, txhawb kev tsim khoom noj nrog cov thev naus laus zis no tuaj yeem yog 'kev hloov pauv kev ua si," said Gene Giacomelli, tus xibfwb ntawm biosystems engineering ntawm University of Arizona. ua haujlwm ntawm UA-CEAC. "Muaj ib yam dab tsi zoo hauv cov khoom no nrog rau cov thev naus laus zis uas UbiQD tau siv. Kuv nyob ntawm lawv nees hauv qhov kev sib tw no. "
UbiQD tau tsim nws cov quantum dot ua liaj ua teb zaj duab xis tom qab tau txais nyiaj txiag los ntawm Breakout Labs hauv 2017 los tshawb txog lub tswvyim. Los ntawm kev muab lub teeb pom kev zoo tshaj plaws, UbiQD's UbiGro zaj duab xis tshiab yog tsim los txhawb kev tsim zaub thiab ua kom cov nroj tsuag loj hlob sai. UbiQD tau koom tes nrog cov tsev cog khoom lag luam txhawm rau txhim kho UbiGro cov khoom lag luam hauv 15 qhov chaw thoob plaws rau lub tebchaws thiab tsib lub xeev Asmeskas, suav nrog hauv nws lub xeev New Mexico. Txoj Kev Loj Hlob, raws li nyob rau hauv Alcalde, NM, yog siv UbiGro zaj duab xis los txhawb lub zog tshiab ntawm cov txiv lws suav, thiab lub tuam txhab ua ntej tso tawm cov ntaub ntawv coj mus muag los ntawm no ua liaj ua teb thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2019.
"Peb zoo siab los txuas ntxiv peb txoj haujlwm nrog University of Arizona thiab NASA txhawm rau txhim kho lub teeb pom kev zoo rau cov nroj tsuag cog hauv qhov chaw," Matt Bergren, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Khoom Muag ntawm UbiQD. "Peb cov thev naus laus zis tuaj yeem pab tsis tau tsuas yog muab cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub tshiab rau yav tom ntej astronauts ua haujlwm rau lub hli lossis Mars, tab sis kuj tseem muaj txiaj ntsig rau cov neeg cog qoob loo ntawm lub ntiaj teb."
UbiQD yog lub tuam txhab nanotechnology raws li nyob rau hauv Los Alamos, New Mexico uas tsim kev nyab xeeb, ua haujlwm siab, quantum dots thiab cov khoom siv tsev cog khoom. Yog xav paub ntxiv thov mus saib UbiQD.com thiab UbiGro.com.
Lub hom phiaj ntawm University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) yog los txhim kho kev lag luam, ib puag ncig thiab kev noj qab haus huv kev ua liaj ua teb uas yuav muab zaub mov zoo rau kev pab pub rau lub ntiaj teb. Cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshawb fawb tsom mus rau CEA kev ua liaj ua teb ua liaj ua teb hauv tsev cog khoom, chav loj hlob, thiab cov liaj teb ntsug. Kawm ntxiv: https://ceac.arizona.edu/
NASA STTR qhov kev pab cuam yog txhawb nqa los ntawm nws qhov Chaw Technology Lub Hom Phiaj Lub Hom Phiaj (STMD) thiab tswj hwm ntawm NASA's Ames Research Center hauv California's Silicon Valley. STMD yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev tsim cov kev txiav ntoo hlais, pioneering, cov thev naus laus zis tshiab thiab lub peev xwm xav tau los ntawm lub koom haum kom ua tiav nws txoj haujlwm tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej. Xav paub ntau ntxiv txog cov khoom plig: https://sbir.nasa.gov/prg_selection/node/62898.
UbiQD's quantum dot-enabled retrofit greenhouse film, UbiGro, deployed above rows of txiv lws suav nyob rau hauv lub tsev xog paj tshawb fawb hauv Netherlands. Yees duab: UbiQD Inc.