MRI: Acquisition of a Nano-characterization System for Engineering and Physics Research and Education

MRI：获取用于工程和物理研究与教育的纳米表征系统

基本信息

批准号：
2018375
负责人：
Sirish Namilae
金额：
$ 45.23万
依托单位：
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-08-15 至 2023-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2018375&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
MRI Acquisition Nano characterization System

项目摘要

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art nanoscale characterization system to empower basic research in smart materials, thin films, and biomaterials at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). The project’s research findings may enable advanced bio-materials for enhanced medical treatments, novel electronic and smart materials with new functional capabilities and enhanced energy efficiency. The system will enrich research collaborations—both within the university and with R&D small businesses-- and establish a pipeline of skilled nano-characterization researchers from a large and ethnically-diverse pool of graduate and undergraduate students. Nanotechnology will be introduced to K-12 students through STEM programs including Girls in Engineering Math and Science (GEMS). Public understanding of nanotechnology will be heightened through an exhibit at the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences.The research is grounded in a physics- based approach and many of the projects are focused on materials and structures behaviors in harsh environments. The instrumentation will enable researchers to map the properties of heterogeneous biomaterials, 3D printed smart materials, and nanocomposite materials to their microstructure. The instrument will also enable unprecedented simultaneous characterization and imaging of phase-changing materials at the onset of their transition temperatures. The researchers will integrate the high temperature measurements with simulation to advance fundamental knowledge of thin films structural stability -- in collaboration with researchers at the national labs and at other universities. The instrumentation will lay the foundation for needed microstructure-properties- additive manufacturing processing correlations to establish the durability of 3D printed thick-film dielectrics and electric conductors for antennas and electronics under harsh environments. The system will also help establish the elastic and viscoelastic properties of novel synthetic arterial grafts and shunts to ensure structural compatibility, achieve optimal compliance, and prevent cardiovascular malfunction. The system will also provide crucial tribological insights of 3D printed dielectric metal-elastomers composites and establish their deformation-electric current constitutive behavior.This 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.

该重大研究仪器 (MRI) 奖项支持购买最先进的纳米级表征系统，以支持安柏里德航空大学 (ERAU) 的智能材料、薄膜和生物材料基础研究项目的研究成果。可以实现用于增强医疗的先进生物材料、具有新功能和提高能源效率的新型电子和智能材料，该系统将丰富大学内部以及与小型研发企业的研究合作，并建立熟练的人才管道。来自众多不同种族的研究生和本科生的纳米表征研究人员将通过包括工程数学和科学女生 (GEMS) 在内的 STEM 项目向 K-12 学生介绍纳米技术。展览在代托纳比奇艺术与科学博物馆进行。该研究以基于物理的方法为基础，许多项目都专注于恶劣环境中的材料和结构行为。该仪器将使研究人员能够绘制异质生物材料的特性， 3D该仪器还将在相变材料开始时实现前所未有的同步表征和成像，研究人员将高温测量与模拟相结合，以推进薄层的基础知识。结构稳定性——与国家实验室和其他大学的研究人员合作，该仪器将为所需的微观结构-特性-增材制造加工相关性奠定基础，以确定 3D 打印厚膜电介质和电导体的耐久性。该系统还将帮助建立新型合成动脉移植物和分流器的弹性和粘弹性特性，以确保结构兼容性、实现最佳顺应性并防止心血管功能障碍。该系统还将提供 3D 打印介电金属的重要摩擦学见解。 - 弹性体复合材料并建立其变形电流本构行为。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持标准。