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ERIS Shopping Notice: New Growth Controls for Achieving Single-Crystal Complex Inorganic Materials

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Special Notice · DARPA-SN-26-83

posted 21 May 2026 · closed 1 August 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC12 · 2 postings

Summary

DARPA’s Materials and Technology Office is shopping the ERIS Marketplace for innovative solutions that provide new growth controls to produce large‑scale complex inorganic materials at single‑crystal quality. The effort seeks awardable, post‑competitive technologies that can enable advanced material synthesis capabilities critical for high‑performance applications.

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