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The main goal of the new grant is to take this new concept to the commercialization domain by transforming it to a functional infrared camera.<\/p>\n<p>This direct Phase II award continues the research and development effort from the previously completed DARPA-funded<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/72706-2\/\"> work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReceiving a DARPA Direct Phase-II award is very rare, so I\u2019m feeling quite happy that a challenging agency like DARPA considers my team capable and has confidence in me,\u201d Chanda says.<\/p>\n<p>Chanda has joint appointments in Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Department of NanoScience Technology Center, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/\">Department of Physics<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/\">College of Optics and Photonics<\/a>. 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