MRI: Acquisition of Small/Wide-Angle and Non-Ambient X-Ray Diffraction Packages for Research and Education in Energy and Environmental Sustainability

MRI：获取小/广角和非环境 X 射线衍射包，用于能源和环境可持续发展的研究和教育

• 批准号: 2216240
• 负责人: Man Hoi Wong
• 金额: $ 12.77万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Lowell
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Small; Wide; Angle

X-ray diffraction techniques are essential for nondestructive, high-throughput microstructural analysis of functional materials such as thin films and nanomaterials to enable material innovations for clean energy production, pollution abatement, and public health protection. This project aims at enhancing the capabilities of UMass Lowell’s X-ray diffraction system to serve the research and development needs of a broad portfolio of on- and off-campus users in the relevant areas of chemical, physical, engineering, and health sciences. The system upgrades will leverage historical strengths of UMass Lowell in plastics, polymer science, nanotechnology, and biomedicine while bringing unique capabilities to the region. The upgraded X-ray diffractometer will be made available as a shared instrument within UMass Lowell’s Core Research Facilities, providing opportunities for internal and external research collaborations as well as community outreach activities. Direct access to the equipment by graduate and undergraduate students will facilitate advanced education and research training. X-ray diffraction techniques and applications will be incorporated into several graduate and undergraduate courses in the Colleges of Engineering and Sciences. Furthermore, the instrument will be integrated into well-established K–12 outreach programs organized by UMass Lowell’s Core Research Facilities and will be used by students participating in UMass Lowell’s undergraduate research opportunities, collaborations programs, and professional co-op programs. UMass Lowell seeks to upgrade a state-of-the-art multifunctional X-ray diffraction system to support interdisciplinary collaborative research in green electronics, environmentally sustainable polymers, catalytic metallic nanostructures, and reactive minerals in the aquatic environment, among others, all of which are relevant and timely topics in energy and environmental sustainability. Discoveries enabled through this project will facilitate cutting-edge research in the synthesis and processing of environmentally sustainable materials, generation of clean energy, and pollution abatement in water and soil.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.

X射线衍射技术对于对功能材料（例如薄膜和纳米材料）的无损，高通量微结构分析至关重要，以实现材料创新，以进行清洁能源生产，消除污染和公共卫生保护。该项目旨在增强UMass Lowell的X射线衍射系统的能力，以满足在化学，物理，工程和健康科学相关领域的广泛投资组合的研究和开发需求。该系统升级将利用UMass Lowell在塑料，聚合物科学，纳米技术和生物医学中的历史优势，同时为该地区带来独特的能力。升级后的X射线衍射仪将作为UMass Lowell的核心研究设施中的共享工具提供，为内部和外部研究合作以及社区外展活动提供了机会。通过研究生和本科生直接进入设备将促进高级教育和研究培训。 X射线衍射技术和应用将被纳入工程和科学学院的几个研究生和本科课程中。此外，该工具将被整合到由UMass Lowell的核心研究设施组织的良好的K-12外展计划中，并将由参加UMASS Lowell的本科研究机会，合作计划和专业合作计划的学生使用。 UMass Lowell试图升级最先进的多功能X射线衍射系统，以支持绿色电子，环境可持续的聚合物，催化金属纳米结构和水生环境中的反应性矿物质的跨学科协作研究，以及所有这些都相关的能源和环境可持续性。通过该项目实现的发现将促进在环境可持续材料的综合和处理，清洁能源的产生和消耗污染中的尖端研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。