MRSEC: Multifunctional Nanoscale Material Structures

MRSEC：多功能纳米材料结构

• 批准号: 0520513
• 负责人: Monica Olvera
• 金额: $ 1070万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 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 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0520513&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRSEC; Multifunctional; Nanoscale; Material; Structures

The Northwestern University MRSEC supports innovative research and education emphasizing fundamental materials science and engineering issues that have potential benefits to society. This research effort shares the theme of "Multifunctional Nanoscale Material Structures," that involve materials synthesis, processing, characterization, theory and modeling. In addition to educating a diverse group of graduate students, the Northwestern MRSEC offers programs that prepare coming generations to better understand the world around them. High school students are introduced to inquiry-based materials science through the Center-developed Materials World Modules program. This MRSEC educates several dozen undergraduates and high school teachers annually in summer research programs. The Northwestern MRSEC has collaborative international research programs and has established the first program between a MRSEC and an internationally renowned art museum; via the Art Institute of Chicago-Northwestern University Program in Conservation Science, the MRSEC contributes to an understanding of the materials science aspects of our cultural heritageThe MRSEC consists of the following Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs): IRG #1 Synergistic Linear and Nonlinear Phenomena in Multifunctional Oxide Ceramic Systems - that studies and exploits the unique attributes of oxide materials that result simultaneously in two or more functionalities (electronic, photonic, and magnetic). IRG #2 Novel Processing Routes to Nanostructured Polymer Blends and Nanocomposites - that studies and exploits the roles of non-equilibrium mechanical forces and equilibrium thermodynamics on the nanoscale structure and macroscale properties of polymer blends and composites resulting from gradient copolymerization, thermoreversible gelcasting, and solid-state shear pulverization. IRG #3 Plasmonics and Molecular Based Electronics: Fundamentals and New Tools - that studies nanoparticles that act as plasmonic switches and develops nanoscale optical characterization tools for investigating conductor-molecule-conductor junctions that lie at the heart of molecule based electronics Participants in the Center currently include 32 senior investigators, 4 postdoctoral associates, and 20 graduate students from six departments. Professor John Torkelson directs the MRSEC.

西北大学MRSEC支持创新的研究和教育，强调了对社会潜在利益的基本材料科学和工程问题。 这项研究工作以“多功能纳米级材料结构”为主题，涉及材料综合，加工，表征，理论和建模。 西北MRSEC除了教育多样的研究生外，还提供了准备几代人，以更好地了解周围的世界。 通过中心开发的材料世界模块计划将高中生介绍给基于查询的材料科学。 这位MRSEC每年在夏季研究计划中教育数十名本科生和高中教师。 西北MRSEC拥有合作的国际研究计划，并建立了MRSEC与国际知名美术馆之间的第一个计划；通过芝加哥北方大学保护科学艺术研究所，MRSEC有助于理解我们文化的Heritagethe MRSEC的材料科学方面，由以下跨学科研究小组（IRGS）组成：IRG＃1协同作用线性和非线性现象多功能氧化物陶瓷系统 - 研究和利用氧化物材料的独特属性，这些氧化物材料同时产生了两个或多个功能（电子，光子和磁性）。 IRG＃2的纳米结构聚合物混合物和纳米复合材料的新型处理途径 - 研究和利用非平衡机械力和平衡热力学在纳米级结构上的作用以及平衡热力学在聚合物混合物的宏观结构和宏观的性能中，从 - 状态剪切粉碎。 IRG＃3基于等离子体和分子电子学：基本原理和新工具 - 研究纳米颗粒的纳米颗粒，这些纳米颗粒充当等离子转换并开发纳米级的光学表征工具，用于研究指挥 - - 分子 - 指导器连接器，这些连接器位于当前基于分子的电子参与者中心的指挥 - - 分子连接器包括32名高级调查员，4位博士后员工和来自六个部门的20名研究生。 约翰·托克森教授指导MRSEC。