IRES Track I: RUI: Involving US undergraduates in interdisciplinary research at specialized EU nanotechnology and glass science sites on development of novel amorphous materials

IRES 轨道 I：RUI：让美国本科生在专门的欧盟纳米技术和玻璃科学站点参与新型非晶材料开发的跨学科研究

• 批准号: 2106457
• 负责人: Andriy Kovalskiy
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Austin Peay State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; RUI; Involving; US

Every year, six U.S. undergraduate IRES trainees will participate in research and training programs at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, related to the development, properties and application of amorphous materials. Trainees will be chosen from the full-time students in the Physics, Engineering Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology programs at APSU. This student opportunity will culminate in a seven week summer research experience at recognized European universities in France, Czech Republic and Poland. Amorphous materials are key to future advancements in fields from lasers and fiber optics to the aerospace and automobile industries. Devices based on these materials can be found in the hardware that forms the backbone of our modern telecommunication infrastructure, including the internet. They are used in numerous advanced STEM areas including linear and non-linear infrared optics and photonics, chemical and bio-sensing, phase-change memory devices, nanolithography, and nano- and bio-engineering. US undergraduate students interested in careers in the science and technology of materials will acquire comprehensive theoretical and experimental training under faculty and staff with world-class expertise. Advanced professional preparation such as this is critical for students at public primarily undergraduate universities like APSU. These international collaborations will result in joint publications and conference presentations. Additionally, trainees will have new cultural and social experiences because of the interaction with the international student population at the host institutions. Students from minority and underrepresented groups, first generation and low-income students, as well as military-affiliated students (near 25% of the APSU student body) will be strongly encouraged to participate. The project is also of vital importance to the outreach and promotion of STEM education in Middle Tennessee. It will support the diverse intellectual and research environment at APSU and will help to train globally oriented and innovative future scientists, engineers, and educators. The Project funds an international interdisciplinary undergraduate summer research program focused on development of novel amorphous materials by a diverse group of APSU students in partnership with collaborators at three European institutions (University of Rennes I, France; University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; University of Rzeszow, Poland); each research group specializing in a distinct aspect of glass science and technology. These groups, when taken together, cover the complete material research and development cycle, starting with synthesis, followed by characterization, and ending with application. The project will expand upon the current long-term international scientific collaboration between APSU and these European institutions. The students' research will include advanced topics such as new functionality of amorphous materials doped with nanoparticles, nanostructuring of amorphous thin films, optimization of bioglasses, and developing a nanoscale insight into the molecular structure of amorphous solids. Nano-engineering of chalcogenide glasses is especially intriguing and may allow for the design of hybrid materials combining two or more useful properties in one functional medium. Undergraduate students will develop innovative research skills in modeling, synthesis, macro- and nanoscale characterization, and structural and functional modification of novel amorphous materials for cutting-edge applications. Results from this work will impact the development of novel amorphous materials as well as new hybrid nano-modified media for applications in photonics, electronics, even quantum computing. These efforts will contribute to deeper understanding of nanoscale phenomena in amorphous solids.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.

每年，六名美国本科生IRES受训人员将参加田纳西州克拉克斯维尔的奥斯汀·皮伊州立大学的研究和培训计划，与无定形材料的开发，财产和应用有关。将从APSU的物理，工程物理，化学，生物学和地质计划的全日制学生中选择学员。这个学生机会将在法国，捷克共和国和波兰认可的欧洲大学认可的夏季研究经验中达到高潮。无定形材料是从激光和光纤到航空航天和汽车行业的田野进展的关键。基于这些材料的设备可以在构成我们现代电信基础设施（包括互联网）的骨干的硬件中找到。它们用于许多晚期茎区域，包括线性和非线性红外光学和光子学，化学和生物传感，相位变化记忆设备，纳米光刻以及纳米和生物工程。我们对材料科学和技术职业感兴趣的我们的本科生将获得具有世界一流专业知识的教职员工和员工的全面理论和实验培训。这样的高级专业准备工作对于主要是APSU等大学本科大学的学生至关重要。这些国际合作将导致共同出版物和会议演讲。此外，由于与东道机构的国际学生群体的互动，学员将拥有新的文化和社会经验。强烈鼓励来自少数群体和代表性不足的群体，第一代和低收入学生以及军事相关学生（接近APSU学生的25％）的学生参加。该项目对于田纳西州中部STEM教育的推广和促进也至关重要。它将支持APSU的多样化的智力和研究环境，并将有助于培训面向全球的未来科学家，工程师和教育者。该项目为一项国际跨学科的本科夏季研究计划提供了一项重点，该计划着重于开发一群多样化的APSU学生，与三个欧洲机构（法国Rennes I，法国雷恩大学； Pardubice University of Pardubice，Czech Republic；捷克共和国； Poland，Poland，Poland）合作。每个研究小组专门研究玻璃科学和技术的不同方面。这些小组一起完成时，涵盖了完整的材料研发周期，从合成开始，然后进行表征，并以应用结束。该项目将扩大APSU与这些欧洲机构之间当前的长期国际科学合作。学生的研究将包括高级主题，例如掺杂纳米颗粒的非晶材料的新功能，无定形薄膜的纳米结构，优化野生型以及对无定形固体分子结构的纳米级洞察力。葡萄干剂玻璃的纳米工程特别有趣，并且可以设计在一种功能培养基中的两个或更多有用特性的混合材料。本科生将发展创新的研究技巧，以建模，合成，宏观和纳米级表征以及用于尖端应用的新型无定形材料的结构和功能修饰。这项工作的结果将影响新型无定形材料的开发以及用于光子学，电子设备，甚至量子计算的新型混合纳米修饰介质。这些努力将有助于更深入地理解非定形固体中的纳米级现象。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来支持的。

项目成果

Broadband Photosensitive Medium Based on Amorphous Equichalcogenides

• DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c01075
• 发表时间: 2022-11-01
• 期刊: ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
• 影响因子: 4.7
• 作者: Golovchak, Roman;Plummer, Jarres;Bureau, Bruno
• 通讯作者: Bureau, Bruno

Optical properties and tunable luminescence of Ce3+/Dy3+ doped lithium borate glasses for photonic applications

用于光子应用的 Ce3 /Dy3 掺杂硼酸锂玻璃的光学特性和可调发光

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2023.120120
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Luminescence
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Mahlovanyi, Bohdan;Truax, Michael;Luchechko, Andriy;Shpotyuk, Yaroslav;Yang, Guang;Golovchak, Roman;Kovalskiy, Andriy;Cebulski, Jozef
• 通讯作者: Cebulski, Jozef