Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Polymer Interfaces

这项建议是为了在利哈伊大学建立一个产学合作的聚合物界面研究中心。该中心的重点是在分子水平上了解聚合物和基材之间界面区域的结构、动力学、动力学和能量特征。这将通过使用激光光散射、反相气相色谱、阻抗光谱、XPS、拉曼、核磁共振、FTIR等对工业相关的模型/聚合物衬底系统进行详细表征来实现。航空航天、石化和微电子行业的公司将从这些研究中受益。项目经理建议继续奖励50,000美元，为期五年。每12个月接近结束时，项目经理和/或工程中心部主任将根据一系列标准审查中心的进展情况，包括：1)大学与行业的互动和合作发展到什么程度；2)支持基础扩大到什么程度；3)一个强有力的研究计划发展到什么程度。如果审查结果令人满意，项目经理将建议支持下一阶段的持续奖励。

This proposal is for the establishment of an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Polymer Interfaces at Lehigh University. The focus of the Center is on developing a molecular level understanding of the structural, dynamic, kinetic, and energetic characteristics of the interphase region between a polymer and substrate. This will be accomplished through detailed characterization of industrially relevant model/polymer substrate systems using laser light scattering, inverse gas chromotography, impedance specroscopy, XPS, Raman, NMR, FTIR etc. Companies from the aerospace, petrochemical and microelectronic industries will profit from these studies. The Program Manager recommends a continuing award for $50,000 for a five-year period. Near the end of each 12 month period the Program Manager and/or the Director of the Engineering Centers Division will review the progress of the Center on a number of criteria, including the following: 1) the extent to which the university-industry interaction and collaboration is developing; 2) the extent to which the support base is expanding; 3) the extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing award.