MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

MRSEC：材料研究科学与工程中心

• 批准号: 0520020
• 负责人: Arjun Yodh
• 金额: $ 1800万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-10-01 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0520020&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRSEC; Materials; Research; Science; Engineering

The University of Pennsylvania Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) will build on past success and embrace new faculty to pursue a program to integrate the design, synthesis, characterization, theory & modeling of materials. These materials range from hybrid macro-molecules and de novo proteins, with architectures & functions inspired by nature, to nano- and micro-structured hard & soft materials with unique properties. Potential practical outcomes are in the areas of drug delivery, energy transduction, electronics, sensors, and cellular probes. The MRSEC research is organized around five Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs), which target new advanced materials with potential for high-technology applications in diverse areas such as energy transduction, electronics, sensors, & cellular probes. Materials interfaces are a recurrent theme, as is the interplay between biological & synthetic constructs and composites of hard & soft materials. The MRSEC sustains an array of education and human resources development programs, whose impact will range from K-12 students and their teachers to undergraduates and faculty at minority serving institutions. It is associated with the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao through a Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM). The MRSEC manages extensive shared facilities that benefit the broader research community. The MRSEC is linked with Penn's Center for Technology Transfer to license its discoveries and inventions for translational research thereby ensuring the coupling of MRSEC research to the needs of society. The MRSEC contains the following IRGs: Filamentous Networks andStructured Gels, IRG-1 explores the properties of filamentous networks with a goal to design & synthesize responsive network materials. Functional Cylindrical Assemblies, IRG-2 will synthesize semi-flexible, functional cylinders, composed of dendrimer-based polymers & self-assembling block copolymers. Synthetic Programmable Membranes, IRG-3 draws expertise from four departments to design fully integrated functional analogues of cellular membranes. De Novo Synthetic Protein Modules for Light-Capture & Catalysis, IRG-4 draws on the rich biological resource of atomic-level structures and functional mechanisms to guide design & synthesis of novel proteins as modular nano-scale materials. Oxide-based Hierarchical Interfacial Materials, IRG-5 will harness expertise in theory, synthesis, & experiment, from four departments to create and understand novel hierarchical interfacial oxide materials. Participants in the Center currently include 38 senior investigators, 12 postdoctoral associates, and 22 graduate students from seven departments. Professor Michael L. Klein directs the MRSEC.

宾夕法尼亚大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）将以过去的成功为基础，并拥抱新的教师，以纳入一项计划，以整合材料的设计，合成，表征，理论和建模。这些材料范围从混合宏观分子和从头蛋白质（具有自然启发的体系结构和功能）到具有独特特性的纳米和微型结构硬性和软材料。 潜在的实际结果在药物输送，能量转导，电子，传感器和细胞探针领域。 MRSEC研究在五个跨学科研究小组（IRGS）周围组织，该研究小组针对新的高级材料，具有在能源转导，电子，传感器和蜂窝探针等各个领域的高科技应用中的潜力。材料界面是一个经常性的主题，生物和合成结构与硬质材料的复合材料之间的相互作用也是如此。 MRSEC维持了一系列的教育和人力资源发展计划，其影响范围从K-12学生及其老师到少数服务机构的本科和教职员工。 它通过材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系（PERM）与Humacao的波多黎各大学有关。 MRSEC管理着广泛的共享设施，使更广泛的研究社区受益。 MRSEC与宾夕法尼亚州的技术转移中心有关，以许可其发现和发明以进行翻译研究，从而确保MRSEC研究与社会需求结合。 MRSEC包含以下IRG：丝状网络和结构性凝胶，IRG-1探索了丝状网络的属性，其目标是设计和合成响应式网络材料。功能性圆柱体组件IRG-2将合成由基于树枝状聚合物的聚合物和自组装块共聚物组成的半弹性，功能缸。 合成可编程膜，IRG-3从四个部门汲取了专业知识，以设计细胞膜的完全集成的功能类似物。从头捕获和催化的从头合成蛋白模块，IRG-4借鉴了原子水平结构的丰富生物学资源和功能机制，以指导新型蛋白质作为模块化纳米尺度材料的设计和合成。基于氧化物的分层界面材料，IRG-5将从四个部门利用理论，合成和实验方面的专业知识来创建和理解新型的分层界面氧化物材料。 该中心的参与者目前包括38名高级调查员，12名博士后员工和来自七个部门的22名研究生。 Michael L. Klein教授指挥MRSEC。