MRI: Acquisition of a Shared Scanning Probe Microscope Facility to Improve Research and Education

MRI：收购共享扫描探针显微镜设施以改善研究和教育

• 批准号: 0216109
• 负责人: Guangzhao Mao
• 金额: $ 22万
• 依托单位: Wayne State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0216109&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Shared; Scanning; Probe

A Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) facility for the improvement of research and student learning at Wayne State University (WSU) will be established through this grant. The major instrument to be purchased, Dimension 3100 SPM with Nanoscope IV control station, will be shared among researchers from five departments spanning two colleges. This investment addresses a critical need for surface characterization in many projects funded by the National Science Foundation at WSU and provides an advanced tool for materials study in our undergraduate and graduate curricula. Nanoscale science and engineering has emerged as a principal research thrust at WSU as evidenced by well-funded efforts in 1) nanoparticles, nanostructures, and devices for optical and magnetic applications, 2) protein, tissue, and biomaterial coating and engineering, and 3) encapsulation using biological or biologically inspired materials. In each of these domains, the SPM technique is an indispensable tool for elucidating and comprehending structure at the nanometer scale. The establishment of a centralized SPM laboratory with an additional SPM instrument with new, state-of-the-art features should allow us to build on our current strengths in interfacial and nanostructured materials research, increase individual research productivities, and foster collaborative research.A laboratory dedicated to SPM research will be established in the WSU College of Engineering to house the Dimension 3100 SPM and the current Nanoscope IIIa SPM. This laboratory will be made accessible to all principal investigators and other users. The computers will be networked so that the SPM image files can be easily accessed. This updated SPM facility will complement other existing material characterization instrumentation such as NMR, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, optical microscopy and spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. A microscopist at the postdoctoral level will be hired in order to oversee the installation, maintenance, and training of researchersThe estimated number of researchers and students impacted by this proposal annually consists of 11 senior users, 5 postdoctoral associates, 20 graduate students, and over 100 undergraduate students. The impacted external research funding amounts to approximately $1,000,000 annually.

将通过这笔赠款建立扫描探针显微镜（SPM），以改善韦恩州立大学（WSU）的研究和学生学习。要购买的主要工具，即带有纳米镜IV控制站的Dimension 3100 SPM，将在跨越两所大学的五个部门的研究人员中共享。 这项投资解决了由WSU国家科学基金会资助的许多项目中对表面表征的关键需求，并为我们的本科和研究生课程提供了一种先进的工具。纳米级科学和工程已经成为WSU的主要研究，这是由1）纳米颗粒，纳米结构和光学应用程序的纳米颗粒和设备所证明的，2）蛋白质，组织以及生物材料，生物材料涂层和工程以及3）使用生物学或生物学启发的材料进行包含。 在这些域中的每个域中，SPM技术是在纳米尺度上阐明和理解结构的必不可少的工具。 建立具有新的，最先进的特征的其他SPM仪器的集中式SPM实验室，应该使我们能够建立在当前的界面和纳米结构材料研究中的优势，提高个人研究生产力并培养协作研究。一项专门用于SPM研究的实验室将在WSU College Inergunering在WSU College of WSU College in Engineering of Engineering of Engineering of Engineering of Engineering the Diseensial 3100 Spm和当前的SPM SPM和当前的NNAN NAN NAN。 所有主要研究人员和其他用户都可以使该实验室访问。计算机将被联网，以便可以轻松访问SPM图像文件。 该更新的SPM设施将补充其他现有的材料表征仪器，例如NMR，质谱，X射线晶体学，光学显微镜和光谱以及扫描电子显微镜。 为了监督研究人员的安装，维护和培训，估计受该提案影响的研究人员和学生的数量由11名高级用户，5名博士后员工，20名研究生，20名研究生和100多名学生组成，因此，将聘请博士后一级的显微镜学家的估计数量的研究人员和学生。 受影响的外部研究资金每年约为1,000,000美元。