Stable and Medical Isotope Laser Enrichment Program (Project SMILE)
Advanced Materials for AI and Next Generation Computing
Stable isotopes are increasingly critical to advanced electronics and quantum technologies. Unlike medical isotopes, they are non-radioactive and valued for zero-spin, high-purity, and/or ultra-stable properties. This emerging field represents the leading edge of isotope innovation, where purity and isotopic precision directly enable computing performance and the advancement of quantum computing.
Medical Isotopes:
Detection and Treatment
Medical isotopes are typically radioactive. Their short half-lives often require production close to the point of use, typically through hospital cyclotrons or generators. Some medical isotopes are useful for imaging applications and detection of disease; others are more useful in treating the disease. Sometimes both a detection and a treatment isotope can be combined in theranostic systems. All these systems depend on robust supply of precursor isotopes – the enriched, longer-lived or stable parents.
Performance Enhancement of Advanced Chips
Isotopically pure silicon-28 provides much higher thermal conductivity than natural silicon, improving heat removal from dense transistors. At sub-2nm nodes, chips are thermally limited rather than transistor limited. As AI data centers grow and power densities increase Si-28 can enhance thermal management, enabling higher performance, efficiency, and reliability in advanced processors.
Imagining Futurist Applications
Research Isotopes can set the stage for new applications and future US industries. There are thousands of isotopes that exist but a few hundred that have found application. One advantage of our technology is the ability to generate bespoke isotopes in partnership with research institutions to provide the critical starter materials to develop these futuristic applications.
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