MRI: Acquisition of a Powder/Thin Film X-ray Diffractometer

MRI：粉末/薄膜 X 射线衍射仪的采集

• 批准号: 1126845
• 负责人: Scott Oliver
• 金额: $ 25.05万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1126845&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Powder; Thin; Film

Technical AbstractThis proposal seeks to establish the first modern powder/thin film X-ray diffractometer on the UC Santa Cruz campus. At present, thin film, in-situ variable temperature/atmosphere, reflectance, scattering and powder refinement data are not possible on campus. Current research needs across multiple departments in both the science and engineering divisions guarantee that the proposed instrumentation will operate and remain at full capacity immediately upon installation. Space for the instrument has already been assigned in the X-ray facility (PI Oliver is the director). The very user-friendly Rigaku SmartLab system and its automated changing of sample stages would facilitate the multiuser environment and thus training of graduate, undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers across many disciplines. Samples from nearby state university campuses will also be analyzed. The equipment will impact several NSF and NIH funded campus minority programs as well as a series of undergraduate and graduate courses. The multidisciplinary aspects of the project tie in perfectly with the goals of the MRI program and the campus initiative in materials. Within the last two months, plans have initiated to establish a Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, led by Co-PI Ramirez who is also Dean of the School of Engineering.Non-Technical AbstractThe UC Santa Cruz campus is in desperate need of state-of-the-art equipment that will allow researchers to study materials in a variety of areas important to society including electronics, alternative energy, sensors and biomaterials. The instrument uses X-rays to gain understanding of the internal structure of bulk powders and thin films, which will allow them to evaluate and further their externally funded research projects. Users across campus in both science and engineering rely on these data and would continually make use of the instrument. It would also impact several nearby state campuses that are studying materials. A series of courses in chemistry, physics and earth sciences would study the theory and use of the instrument, some with hands-on training. Transfer students from nearby community that are involved in UC Santa Cruz bridge programs would also make use of the instrumentation in their research and courses. This proposal matches well with the expansion by UC Santa Cruz into the area of materials, with a possible new Department of Materials Science and Engineering with ties to industry in nearby Silicon Valley.

技术摘要此提案旨在在UC Santa Cruz校园内建立首个现代粉末/薄膜X射线衍射仪。 目前，在校园内无法进行薄膜，原位可变温度/气氛，反射率，散射和粉末细化数据。 科学和工程部门的多个部门的当前研究需求确保了拟议的仪器在安装后立即运作并保持全部负荷。 该乐器的空间已经在X射线设施中分配（Pi Oliver是导演）。 非常用户友好的Rigaku SmartLab系统及其自动化样本阶段的自动化将有助于多源环境，从而培训许多学科的研究生，本科和博士后研究人员。 还将分析附近州立大学校园的样品。 该设备将影响几个NSF和NIH资助的校园少数民族计划以及一系列本科和研究生课程。 该项目的多学科方面与MRI计划和材料校园计划的目标完美融合。 在过去的两个月内，计划启动了由Co-Pi Ramirez领导的UC Santa Cruz建立材料科学与工程部的计划，他也是工程学院的院长。Non-Technical摘要，UC Santa Cruz校园拼命需要最先进的设备，这些设备将使研究人员能够在对社会重要的各个领域中研究材料，包括电子，替代能源，传感器和生物材料。 该仪器使用X射线来了解散装粉末和薄膜的内部结构，这将使他们能够评估并进一步进一步提供其外部资助的研究项目。 科学和工程校园各地的用户都依赖这些数据，并将不断使用该乐器。 这也会影响附近正在研究材料的州校园。 化学，物理和地球科学的一系列课程将研究乐器的理论和使用，其中一些是通过动手培训的。 来自附近社区的学生转移参与UC Santa Cruz桥梁计划的学生也将利用其研究和课程中的仪器。 该提案与加州大学圣克鲁斯分校扩展到材料领域的扩展非常吻合，可能的新材料科学和工程系与附近硅谷的工业关系有联系。