Critical Replacement of Thermogravimetric Analyzer to Leverage Materials Discovery and Innovation

热重分析仪的关键更换，以利用材料发现和创新

• 批准号: RTI-2022-00345
• 负责人: Laventure, Audrey
• 金额: $ 6.78万
• 依托单位: Université de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=742455
• 关键词: Critical; Replacement; Thermogravimetric; Analyzer; Leverage

Our team requests funds for the purchase of a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) for advanced materials thermal analyses. This request stands as a critical replacement of the 22 year old, obsolete and out-of-use TGA 2950, the only dedicated TGA of the Université de Montréal Campus MIL. Thermogravimetric analysis is an essential aspect of materials analysis. Thus, the lack of access to this instrument impedes the timely progress of at least 7 research programs, including those of 2 early career researchers, while preventing the acquisition of industry-sought expertise for 250 HQP on a 5-year period (50 core users yearly) on a cutting-edge thermal analysis instrumentation. TGA measurements must be routinely conducted in our research activities ranging from materials design & synthesis (Kornienko, Skene, Wuest) to formulation & processing (Dollé, Laventure, Martel, Pellerin), as well as for several applied project involving our industrial partners. Thus, the acquisition of a new TGA equipment is a sine qua non condition to sustain our NSERC-funded research programs, nurture our industrial partnerships, and strengthen some of our advanced undergraduate teaching activities by developing a new case study for students. The TGA will be hosted in the LCMP, an open and shared instrumentation platform managed by a skilled research associate. The equipment will be accessible to the Canadian R&D companies of the area, who will benefit from advanced TGA features and expertise, thus increase their competitivity. The applicants all lead vigorous research programs in materials chemistry standing at the forefront of fundamental and applied research. They address fundamental questions in polymer science and physical chemistry, and major challenges in energy and sustainable manufacturing. Yet, the progress of these programs depends on the availability of a TGA for compositional analysis, volatile content determination, and decomposition kinetics analyses. Accessing this information is needed to establish structure-property relationships and to rationally guide the design of the next generation of materials. Our team's research focusses on organic small molecules, polymers, metal/covalent-organic frameworks, composites and 1D or 2D nanomaterials processed by a variety of techniques, such as electrospinning and additive manufacturing. The materials under investigation present technological relevance for a variety of applications, including catalysis, energy conversion/storage, optoelectronic devices, and sustainable manufacturing. The TGA will also contribute to enrich our teaching activities and broaden the scope of our industrial collaborations. Our team stands as a striking force with a proven capability of contributing to the training of the next generation of materials scientists skilled in thermal analysis, and to the advancement of knowledge relevant to multiple components of the Canadian advanced materials value chain.

我们的团队请求资金购买用于先进材料热分析的热重分析仪 (TGA)，该请求是对已使用 22 年、已过时且不再使用的 TGA 2950 的重要替代品，TGA 2950 是唯一专用的 TGA。蒙特利尔大学 MIL 校区的热重分析是材料分析的一个重要方面，因此，无法使用该仪器阻碍了至少 7 个研究项目的及时进展，其中包括2 名早期职业研究人员，同时阻止在 5 年期间（每年 50 名核心用户）获得行业寻求的关于尖端热分析仪器的专业知识，必须在我们的研究活动中定期进行，包括：材料设计和合成（Kornienko、Skene、Wuest）到配方和加工（Dollé、Laventure、Martel、Pellerin），以及我们的工业合作伙伴的多个应用项目。新的 TGA 设备是维持我们 NSERC 资助的研究项目、培养我们的工业合作伙伴关系以及通过为学生开发新的案例研究来加强我们的一些高级本科教学活动的必要条件。由熟练的研究人员管理的开放和共享仪器平台将可供该地区的加拿大研发公司使用，他们将受益于先进的 TGA 功能和专业知识，从而提高他们的竞争力。材料化学它们站在基础和应用研究的前沿，解决聚合物科学和物理化学的基本问题，以及能源和可持续制造的重大挑战，但这些项目的进展取决于用于成分分析、挥发物含量的 TGA 的可用性。需要获取这些信息来建立结构-性能关系并合理指导下一代材料的设计。我们团队的研究重点是有机小分子、聚合物、金属/共价有机框架、通过静电纺丝和增材制造等多种技术加工的复合材料和一维或二维纳米材料具有多种应用的技术相关性，包括催化、能量转换/存储、光电器件和可持续制造。还将有助于丰富我们的教学活动并扩大我们的工业合作范围，我们的团队是一支强大的力量，有能力为下一代热分析技术的材料科学家的培训和进步做出贡献。与加拿大先进材料价值链多个组成部分相关的知识。