MRI: Acquisition of a versatile pico-second laser and electroplating system for advanced device manufacturing and materials processing

MRI：采购多功能皮秒激光和电镀系统，用于先进设备制造和材料加工

• 批准号: 2216312
• 负责人: Amay Bandodkar
• 金额: $ 28.9万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 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 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216312&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; versatile; pico; second

This Major Research Instrumentation award supports the acquisition of a class 1, pico-second laser and a complementary reverse-pulse electroplating system for North Carolina State University (NC State). These tools will greatly enhance the fabrication capabilities of the university which also serves researchers from nearby universities, colleges, high schools, and industry. The equipment will find immediate use in a wide range of research activities led by the PI, 3 co-PIs, and 16 senior personnel in the areas of electronics, materials engineering, and biology. Moreover, the instruments will be located in the Nanofabrication Facility (NNF), a shared facility and part of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), which will ensure easy access to a rich variety of users from NC State, local universities and industry. This will create technological impact by enabling new strategies for processing materials, synthesizing unconventional nano/micro materials, and fabricating devices while stimulating new inter and intra-university research and strengthen NC State’s relationships with industry. The proposed instruments are uniquely suited for training next generation researchers with a low learning curve since the tool accepts standard computer aided design files and includes an intuitive user interface. This creates the opportunity to involve and educate undergraduates, graduates, and high school students, as well as teachers from nearby high schools and community colleges through existing outreach programs. The tools will therefore be useful for various advanced research and training purposes. The pico-second laser will allow cutting/patterning of features as small as 20 microns and can process a wide range of materials (soft, hard, organic, inorganic, metallic) for applications ranging from energy to inorganics, electronics, biomedical systems, and soft materials. The tool is especially useful in processing materials that are either incompatible and/or result in poor resolution when patterned using conventional tools such as standard lithography, printing, or carbon dioxide lasers. The laser is particularly useful in heterogenous fabrication crucial for realizing next-generation devices that are not easily achievable through conventional techniques. The PI/co-PIs and senior personnel intend to process numerous materials such as polymers, carbon nanomaterials, metals, inorganics, glass, silicon, paper, and textiles for 1) tissue-integrated sensors; 2) organic, semiconducting, and self-folding electronics; 3) robotics and actuators; 4) opto-electronic materials; and 5) microfluidics.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.

该重大研究仪器奖支持为北卡罗来纳州立大学（NC State）购买 1 级皮秒激光器和互补的反向脉冲电镀系统。这些工具将极大地提高该大学的制造能力，该大学也为研究人员提供服务。来自附近大学、学院、高中和工业界的设备将立即用于由 PI、3 名联合 PI 和 16 名电子、材料工程和生物学领域的高级人员领导的广泛研究活动。此外，仪器将位于纳米制造设施（NNF）中，这是一个共享设施，也是研究三角纳米技术网络（RTNN）的一部分，这将确保来自北卡罗来纳州、当地大学和工业界的各种用户能够轻松访问。通过实现材料加工、合成非常规纳米/微米材料和制造设备的新策略，同时刺激新的大学间和大学内研究并加强北卡罗来纳州立大学与工业界的关系，这些仪器特别适合培训下一代研究人员。由于该工具接受标准计算机辅助设计文件并包含直观的用户界面，因此学习曲线较低，这为本科生、研究生和高中生以及附近高中和社区学院的教师提供了参与和教育的机会。因此，这些工具将可用于各种先进的研究和培训目的，皮秒激光将允许切割/图案化小至 20 微米的特征，并且可以加工各种材料（软质、硬质、有机、无机、金属）用于该工具适用于从能源到无机、电子、生物医学系统和软材料等多种材料的加工，这些材料在使用标准光刻、印刷或二氧化碳等传统工具进行图案化时会导致不相容和/或导致分辨率较差的材料。激光在异质制造中特别有用，这对于实现通过传统技术不易实现的下一代设备至关重要。 PI/co-PI 和高级人员打算加工多种材料，例如聚合物、碳纳米材料、 1) 组织集成传感器；2) 有机、半导体和自折叠电子器件；3) 机器人和执行器；4) 光电材料；5) 微流体。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标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。