Planning Grant: Science and Technology Research Center for Soft X-Ray Science

俄勒冈大学的这项提案要求提供资金，以加强软X射线科学科学和技术研究中心的规划。这个多机构和多学科的中心将包括具有物理、化学、材料和生物科学专业知识的参与者。该中心的科学重点将放在不同系统的微观特征上。该中心建议在软X射线范围内使用明亮的新同步辐射光源，以开辟新的研究领域，或扩大现有领域，以便能够研究非均质系统中不同类型的现象。暂定包括的领域包括：光谱学和显微镜、软X射线荧光和时间分辨光谱学。这些资金将使该机构能够完成对一批合格人员的吸收，确定最重要的科学问题，规划中心的行政和科学结构，并确定哪些工具最能满足中心的需求。拟建的中心将处于大型和不断扩大的跨学科研究领域的前沿，还将为来自大学、工业和国际实验室的用户提供服务。该中心的目标是在软X射线科学领域做出重大贡献。

This proposal from the University of Oregon requests funds to enhance the planning of a Science and Technology Research Center in Soft X-Ray Science. This multiinstitutional and multidisciplinary center will include participants with expertise in physical, chemical, material, and biological sciences. The Center's scientific focus will be on the microscopic characterization of heterogeneous systems. The Center proposes to use bright new sources of synchrotron radiation in the soft x-ray range to open new fields of research or to expand existing ones to allow qualitatively different types of phenomena in heterogeneous systems to be studied. Fields tentatively included are: spectroscopy and microscopy, soft x-ray fluorescence, and time-resolved spectroscopy. These funds will enable the institution to complete assimilation of a group of qualified personnel, identify the most important scientific issues, plan the administrative and scientific structure of the Center, and determine which instrumentation will best serve the needs of the Center. The proposed center, which will be at the frontier of a large and expanding interdisciplinary field of research, will also serve users from universities, industry, and international laboratories. The goal of the Center is to make a major contribution in the area of soft x-ray science.