MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoindentation System for Advanced Materials Research and Education

MRI：获取用于先进材料研究和教育的纳米压痕系统

• 批准号: 0923120
• 负责人: Weiqiang Ding
• 金额: $ 23.16万
• 依托单位: Clarkson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923120&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Nanoindentation; System; Advanced

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."This project will acquire a high capability nanoindentation system for research and education in advanced materials at Clarkson University. Nanoindentation is used to probe the mechanical properties of materials at the nano-size scale (approximately 10-7 to 10-9 meters). The system will include features needed to characterize a broad range of materials such as nanocrystalline alloys, polymer nanocomposite films and thin conducting films from metallic nanoparticle dispersion precursors. It will provide critical information about the behavior of materials for a variety of scientific and engineering challenges.The nanoindentation system will create new opportunities to integrate research, education, training and outreach. The ability to probe mechanical properties at nano-size scales is needed for films that are too thin to test using traditional methods and for other materials whose properties are engineered by manipulating their structure at these small length scales. This will immediately benefit projects at Clarkson and produce results that will be transferred to industrial partners through the Center for Advanced Materials Processing. This will benefit the economy in New York State and elsewhere by enhancing research that stimulates innovation in commercial products. The instrument will provide a new tool for industry researchers in northern New York; it will provide invaluable training opportunities for graduate students and be a resource for laboratory demonstrations for many undergraduate and graduate courses. Moreover, the system will enrich the research experience of a large number of undergraduate students, and strengthen outreach efforts focused on elementary, middle school and high school education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“该奖项是根据2009年的《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。”该项目将获得克拉克森大学高级材料研究和教育的高能力纳米构成系统。纳米指标用于以纳米大小尺度（约10-7至10-9米）探测材料的机械性能。该系统将包含表征各种材料（例如纳米晶合金，聚合物纳米复合膜和来自金属纳米粒子分散前体的薄导电膜）所需的特征。它将为各种科学和工程挑战提供有关材料行为的关键信息。纳米构造系统将为整合研究，教育，培训和外展创造新的机会。对于太薄而无法使用传统方法和其他材料进行测试的薄膜需要在纳米尺寸尺度上探测机械性能的能力，这些材料是通过在这些小长度尺度上操纵其结构来设计的。这将立即受益于克拉克森的项目，并产生将通过高级材料处理中心转移给工业伙伴的结果。这将通过增强刺激商业产品创新的研究来使纽约州和其他地方的经济受益。该工具将为纽约北部的行业研究人员提供新工具；它将为研究生提供宝贵的培训机会，并成为许多本科和研究生课程的实验室示范资源。此外，该系统将丰富许多本科生的研究经验，并加强着专注于科学，技术，工程和数学的小学，中学和高中教育的外展工作。