Improvement of Surface Science Research Facilities

表面科学研究设施的改善

• 批准号: 8704048
• 负责人: Zvi Weisz
• 金额: $ 28.5万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-08-01 至 1990-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8704048&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Surface; Science; Research; Facilities

The Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program was established to provide support to strengthen the research environments and capabilities of predominantly minority institutions or institutions that have substantial minority student populations. Eligible institutions must also have graduate programs in science or programs in engineering. Funding is provided for faculty research in fields of science and engineering supported by the Foundation and for the acquisition of research instrumentation. The University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras will use RIMI support to enhance its surface science research facilities. The project will focus on two major areas: (1) Optical and electrical properties of co-sputtered semiconductor and metal-insulator films. This component will include studies of hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor alloys, superlattices and localized gap states; and (2) Optical studies of solid surfaces. This component will analyze the surface enhanced Raman Scattering in granular composites and surface plasmons on rough metal surfaces. The experimental techniques for this project will include the use of Auger electron spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectroscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, light scattering and attenuated total reflection procedures, infrared and picosecond spectroscopy. The principal investigator is a well trained physicist who has published over 40 articles in refereed journals. The Foundation has supported this project because more opportunities will be available for minorities to participate in state of the art surface science research.

少数民族院校研究改进计划(RIMI)的设立是为了提供支持，以加强以少数民族为主的机构或拥有大量少数族裔学生的机构的研究环境和能力。符合条件的机构还必须有理科研究生课程或工程学课程。基金为教师在科学和工程领域的研究提供资金，并用于购置研究仪器。波多黎各-里约热内卢大学皮德拉斯分校将利用RIMI支持来加强其表面科学研究设施。该项目将集中在两个主要领域：(1)共溅射半导体和金属绝缘体薄膜的光学和电学性质。这一部分将包括氢化非晶态半导体合金、超晶格和局域带隙状态的研究；以及(2)固体表面的光学研究。该部分将分析颗粒复合材料中的表面增强拉曼散射和粗糙金属表面上的表面等离子体。该项目的实验技术将包括使用俄歇电子能谱、电子能量损失能谱、二次离子质谱学、X射线光电子能谱、光散射和衰减全反射程序、红外和皮秒光谱学。首席研究员是一位训练有素的物理学家，他在被引用的期刊上发表了40多篇文章。基金会之所以支持这一项目，是因为少数族裔将有更多机会参与最先进的表面科学研究。