Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of an AFM-Raman Confocal Microscope to Enhance Materials Research and Training at the University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

设备： MRI：轨道 1 采购 AFM-拉曼共焦显微镜，以加强波多黎各大学 - Humacao 的材料研究和培训

• 批准号: 2320039
• 负责人: Rolando Oyola-Martinez
• 金额: $ 59.99万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2320039&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; MRI; Track; Acquisition; AFM

Non-Technical Description:The University of Puerto Rico - Humacao (UPRH) is enhancing its research, education, and training capabilities with the addition of an atomic force - Raman confocal microscopy (AFM-Raman) instrument. Researchers from UPRH and other institutions in Puerto Rico are using the instrument to advance knowledge in areas at the interface of biology, chemistry, physics, and materials sciences. The research conducted by the group benefits society by developing new materials and devices for health, environmental, energy, and electronics applications. In addition, hundreds of minority undergraduates and high-school students benefit from learning and applying new analytical techniques for their research projects and from the integration of laboratory experiences into science curricula. The outreach program is also enriched by exposing students and teachers to new analytical and imaging techniques. As a result, more minority students are motivated and better trained to pursue advanced degrees and more competitive sciences careers. Finally, the AFM-Raman instrument benefits the larger Puerto Rican research community using UPRH's shared research facilities and promotes the development of new collaborations. Technical Description:AFM-Raman is an integrated solution for simultaneous AFM and confocal Raman, fluorescence, scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM), and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) measurements. The science enabled by this instrument provides relevant societal benefits by contributing to fundamental and applied research in the following projects as examples: (1) study the development of liquid marbles for colorimetric assays with the goal of minimizing pipetting steps, (2) understand the physics and growth dynamics of silver nanoparticles for the development of ultra-sensitive, highly-selective, and low-cost surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors, (3) understand the effect of cellulose functionalization with pillar[n]arenes on trapping and detecting heavy metals and/or organic molecules in water, (4) develop new gallium-derived nanomaterials for drug delivery, sensors, and applications in medicine, (5) develop new sensors and passive electronics using conductive polymers nanofibers blends, (6) understand structure/property relation of carbon-based nanomaterials to develop self-standing and flexible composites with tunable properties for new strain, photo-sensing, and wearable electronics applications, (7) understand the effect of doping agents on the crystal structure of the electrocatalyst zinc oxide use in the oxygen reduction reaction in a fuel cell.This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) project is jointly funded by the Division of Materials Research (DMR) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

非技术描述：波多黎各大学 - Humacao（UPRH）正在增强其研究，教育和培训能力，并增加了原子力量 - 拉曼共聚焦显微镜（AFM -Raman）仪器。来自UPRH和波多黎各的其他机构的研究人员正在使用该工具来促进生物学，化学，物理和材料科学界面领域的知识。集团进行的研究通过开发新的材料和设备，以促进健康，环境，能源和电子应用程序。此外，数百名少数族裔大学生和高中生从学习和应用新的分析技术中受益于其研究项目，以及将实验室经验整合到科学课程中。外展计划还通过使学生和老师了解新的分析和成像技术来丰富。结果，越来越多的少数学生有动力和更好的培训，可以从事高级学位和更具竞争力的科学职业。最后，使用UPRH共享研究设施的AFM-Raman工具使更大的波多黎各研究社区受益，并促进了新合作的发展。技术描述：AFM-Raman是同时进行AFM和共焦拉曼，荧光，近距离扫描近场光学显微镜（SNOM）和尖端增强的拉曼散射（TERS）测量的集成解决方案。该乐器支持的科学通过在以下项目中为基本和应用研究做出贡献，作为示例提供了相关的社会利益：（1）研究对比色测定的液体大理石的开发，目的是最大程度地减少移管步骤，（2）了解银纳米粒子的物理和成长动态，以开发超高，高度偏见的水平，高度良好，高度，高度，高度，高度，敏感的效果，并构成高度，高度，高度，高度，敏感的效果，效果，效果，并构成高度敏感的效果，并构成高度敏感的水平，并构成高度敏感的效果，并构成了高度敏感的效果，并了解了高度敏感的表面效果，并了解了高度敏感的效果，并了解型号的表面效果，并理解型号的水平和增长动态。 （3）了解纤维素官能化与支柱[N]的官能化对捕获和检测水中的重金属和/或有机分子的作用，（（4）开发新的甘油生化的纳米材料，用于药物输送，传感器和医学中的应用，（5）使用电导性电动机的型号（5）来理解新的传感器和无源电子构图（6）（6）纳米材料以开发具有可调特性的自动固定和柔性复合材料，可用于新的应变，照片感应和可穿戴电子设备应用，（7）了解掺杂剂对电催化剂氧化锌在氧化物中使用氧化锌在氧气中的晶体结构对氧气减少反应的影响（MRI研究竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI），该材料的竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI）的竞争力（MRI）研究（EPSCOR）。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影响的评论标准来评估值得支持的。