Research On Novel Oxide Materials, Award in Indian Currency

本项目支持班加罗尔印度科学研究所固态和结构化学单元教授C.N.R. Rao博士与普渡大学材料研究中心John Honig博士进行合作研究。该研究将涵盖新型氧化物材料的开发，特别关注高温超导体。Rao博士将进行的研究涉及有趣的氧化物体系的合成和结构-性质关系的研究。它还涉及发现具有不同寻常的电子和磁性质的新型氧化物，包括在相对高温下超导性的非常重要的性质。该项目是Rao博士在早期NSF资助INT-8309897下进行的研究的延续。研究范围：Rao教授在班加罗尔的团队和Honig教授在普渡大学的团队的合作取得了成功，并发表了大量的论文。拉奥是印度最杰出的科学家之一。他在材料和结构化学的许多领域做了开创性的研究。这个项目很可能会在新材料和更好的材料表征领域取得重大进展。Honig博士是新成立的印第安纳州创新超导技术中心的参与者，该中心为印第安纳州第一年的运营提供了50万美元。他与Rao博士的合作将非常符合该中心的目标，并有助于加强美国的材料科学研究

Description: This project supports Dr. C.N.R. Rao, Professor, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, for collaborative research with Dr. John Honig, Materials Research Center, Purdue University. The research will cover development of novel oxide materials with special focus on high-temperature superconductors. The research to be carried out by Dr. Rao deals with the synthesis of interesting oxide systems and examination of structure-property relations. It also deals with the discovery of new classes of oxide with unusual electronic and magnetic properties, including the very important property of superconductivity at relatively high temperatures. This project is a continuation of research that Dr. Rao has carried out under an earlier NSF grant INT-8309897. Scope: The collaboration of Professor Rao's team at Bangalore and Professor Honig's team at Purdue has been successful and resulted in a significant number of publications. Rao is one of India's most distinguished scientists. He has done pioneering research in numerous areas of materials and structural chemistry. It is likely that this project will result in significant advances in the field of new materials and better material characterization. Dr. Honig is a participant in a newly established Indiana Center for Innovative Superconductivity Technology, which has provided $500,000 for the first year of operation by the State of Indiana. His work with Dr. Rao would fit well with the objectives of that center, and with enhancing materials science research in the U.S.