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a materials company specializing in the development of high surface area Nanospring materials, to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a novel four-way catalytic converter for lean-burn diesel engines. Award #1047410: SBIR Phase I: Four-way Catalytic Converter for Lean Burn Diesel Engines.
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