Composite nanomaterials: small-scale control and mapping, large impact on science and society

复合纳米材料：小尺度控制和测绘，对科学和社会影响大

• 批准号: RGPIN-2022-05235
• 负责人: Merschrod, Erika
• 金额: $ 2.11万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=748013
• 关键词: Composite; nanomaterials; small; scale; control

These funds support the students in my research group, in our continued development of new nanomaterials and new methodologies to analyze complex materials. Our approach to scientific research brings together both fundamental investigation, creating innovative new materials, and the applied work of incorporating these materials into functional devices, which increases the value of our output and leads to technology transfer to end users (i.e. the general public). Building on our prior success with optoelectronic devices for environmental sensors, in this next grant cycle we will design and create two new classes of optoelectronic materials: magnetically enhanced plasmonics and tunable ultrathin organic film. These multifunctional materials will become the core of next--generation solid--state sensors and form integral components of molecular electronics. The impact will be felt in both the high--tech sector and in the everyday lives of Canadians who need more accessible testing for drinking water quality in remote areas. Expanding on our significant achievements in probing the nanomechanics of biological tissue, we will extend our work to link multiscale mechanical response to biological impact, in both eye tissue and in artificial tissue scaffolds. We anticipate two major impacts from this work over the next five years. First, mechano-chemical indicators of retinopathies will inform new approaches to treatment and prevention of blindness from diseases which impact so many Canadians. Second, a multiscale understanding of artificial tissue scaffolds will provide better in vitro models for cancer research. In addition to this direct benefit to the health of Canadians and the associated business opportunities, the new techniques and analyses which we develop will also advance Canadian and international efforts in soft materials and biomedical research.

这些资金支持我的研究小组的学生，在我们持续开发新的纳米材料和新方法来分析复杂材料的过程中。我们的科学研究方法融合了基本研究，创造了创新的新材料，以及将这些材料纳入功能设备的应用工作，这增加了我们的产出价值，并导致技术转移到最终用户（即公众）。在我们先前使用光电设备的环境传感器设备上取得成功的基础上，在下一个赠款周期中，我们将设计并创建两种新类的光电材料：磁性增强的等离子体和可调超薄有机膜。这些多功能材料将成为下一代固体传感器的核心，并形成分子电子的积分成分。在高科技领域和加拿大人的日常生活中，他们都需要在偏远地区进行饮用水质量的测试。扩大我们在探测生物组织纳米力学方面取得的重大成就，我们将扩展工作，以将多尺度的机械响应与眼组织和人造组织支架中的生物学影响联系起来。我们预计未来五年的这项工作会产生两个重大影响。首先，视网膜病的机械化学指标将为您的疾病的治疗和预防疾病的治疗方法提供新的方法，这些方法影响了许多加拿大人。其次，对人造组织支架的多尺度了解将为癌症研究提供更好的体外模型。 除了对加拿大人的健康和相关商机的直接利益外，我们开发的新技术和分析还将推进加拿大和国际的软材料和生物医学研究的努力。