IRES: Track II: Advanced Study Institute: Using Nanotechnology for Fabricating New Biomaterials and Next-Generation Electrodes

IRES：轨道 II：高级研究所：利用纳米技术制造新型生物材料和下一代电极

• 批准号: 1854528
• 负责人: Katerina Aifantis
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1854528&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; II; Advanced; Study

Energy storage and biomedical engineering are two areas in the forefront of scientific research that require the use of nanofabrication. The three advanced study institutes, ASIs, (one each year) that will take place during this project are to introduce graduate students to new fabrication processes for nanomaterials, and also to exemplify how important it is to collaborate efficiently with researchers from other fields. Each year, ten advanced US graduate students will spend sixteen days at the University of Cambridge (UC) and the Alexander-Friedrich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), attending lectures/labs on electrode fabrication in the former and biomedical implants in the latter. In addition to being exposed to academia, the students will also visit battery companies and medical schools. Interacting with leading scientists in two distinctly different areas, the students will identify how the fields of materials science and bioengineering can be bridged, and how a strong background in fabrication results into interdisciplinary research. This will be a unique experience for graduate students, allowing them to expand their horizons. The most promising next-generation electrodes for Li-ion batteries are comprised of nanostructured composites, while the most promising scaffolds for tissue engineering also have a nanostructure. However, the energy storage and biomaterials communities are not in close contact despite the ability to use the similar materials for both applications. The novelty of the present Advanced Study Institute is that instead of exposing the students to a particular engineering field, it will show them how they can obtain insight from one field in order to advance another. Although numerous fabrication techniques will be described focus will be given on fabricating new nanocomposite materials. After fabricating such materials, the students will examine their ability to induce bone-regeneration (at FAU), as well as their use as anodes in Li-ion batteries (at UC). The students will therefore obtain new results in energy storage and tissue engineering by collaborating with world-known institutions. The impact of this project will be significant in the miniaturization of Li-ion batteries, and increase in biocompatibility of medical devices, but also in the graduate education system of the US. Numerous outreach activities will be performed in elementary and high schools throughout FloridaThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

储能和生物医学工程是科学研究的最前沿的两个领域，需要使用纳米化。该项目期间将进行的三个高级研究机构（每年一年）（每年一年）将研究生介绍给纳米材料的新制造过程，并体现与其他领域的研究人员有效合作的重要性。每年，十名美国高级研究生将在剑桥大学（UC）和亚历山大·弗里德里希大学（UC）和埃尔兰根·纳伦堡（FAU）的亚历山大·弗里德里希大学（UC）度过16天，参加了前者的讲座/实验室，并在前者的生物医学植入物上进行了电极制造。除了接触学术界，学生还将访问电池公司和医学院。学生与两个截然不同的领域的领先科学家进行互动，学生将确定材料科学和生物工程领域如何被桥接，以及如何在跨学科研究中产生强大的制造背景。对于研究生来说，这将是一次独特的体验，使他们能够扩大视野。锂离子电池最有希望的下一代电极由纳米结构化合物组成，而组织工程的最有希望的脚手架也具有纳米结构。但是，尽管能够为这两种应用使用类似的材料，但能源存储和生物材料社区仍未密切接触。当前高级研究所的新颖性是，而不是让学生进入特定的工程领域，而是向他们展示如何从一个领域获得洞察力以促进另一个领域。尽管将描述许多制造技术，将重点放在制造新的纳米复合材料上。制造此类材料后，学生将检查他们诱导骨骼再生的能力（在FAU上），并在锂离子电池（在UC）中用作阳极。因此，学生将通过与世界知名机构合作来获得储能和组织工程的新结果。该项目的影响将在锂离子电池的小型化以及医疗设备的生物相容性增加以及美国研究生教育系统中的增加。佛罗里达人奖的小学和高中将进行许多外展活动，这反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估。