Optical, Structural, and Dynamic Properties of Viscous Liquids, Glasses, and Crystalline Materials Under Extremes of Pressure and Temperature

w：\awards\awards96\career\0formca.doc 9624833奥利弗 一个学术研究计划，旨在探索新的和有趣的重要凝聚态系统的基本性质， 热力学机制将 被 发达 并融入大学研究生和本科生的教育经验。 粘性液体玻璃形成的状态方程、光学性质、脆性和快、慢弛豫过程的基础研究 系统;玻璃、晶体和聚合物材料的光学、机械和动态特性将使用高压和强大的光学和光散射技术来进行。 该计划的学生将有机会通过访问埃克森美孚研究和工程实验室进行高压粘度实验。 与这项研究计划密切相关的是开发一款独特的鞋面 光学材料的生长和表征的一级本科实验室（这是在NSF-ILI奖号：DUE 9452409下部分开发的）。 该计划将有两个整体相关的组成部分：（i）旨在探索液体和固体在极高压力下的基本性质的学术研究计划的发展，以及（ii）为光学材料的生长和表征开发一个独特的上层本科实验室。两个组件的共同主题是使用现代激光和光学技术。第一部分侧重于粘性液体和熔融聚合物的基础研究，以及它们在低温或高压下固化成具有有序分子排列的结晶材料或玻璃状材料的方式， 是 随机 第二个 组件 将 给本科 科学与工程 学生 “动手”的经验，使用现代化的设备，与材料研究的几个方面。 本实验室课程将 重点 作为教育工具的重要半导体和光学材料 为 培养种植材料的技能 并确定它们的物理、电学和光学性质。 本科生将参与这两个组成部分和研究生 将 在现有的合作下，有机会在埃克森研究和工程实验室进行高压粘度测量。 ***

w:\awards\awards96\career\0formca.doc 9624833 Oliver An academic research program aimed at exploring fundamental properties of important condensed matter systems in new and interesting thermodynamic regimes will be developed and integrated into the educational experiences of both graduate and undergraduate students at the University. Fundamental studies of the equations of state, optical properties, fragilities, and both fast and slow relaxation processes of viscous liquid glass- forming systems; and the optical, mechanical, and dynamic properties of glassy, crystalline, and polymeric materials will be conducted using both high-pressure and powerful optical and light scattering techniques. Students in this program will have an opportunity to conduct high-pressure viscosity experiments by visiting the Exxon Research and Engineering Laboratory under an existing collaboration. Integrally related to this research program will be the development of a unique upper level undergraduate laboratory for the Growth and Characterization of Optical Materials (which is being developed in part under NSF-ILI award number: DUE 9452409). %%% This program will have two integrally related components: (i) the development of an academic research program aimed at exploring fundamental properties of liquids and solids under extremely high pressure, and (ii) the development of a unique upper level undergraduate laboratory for the Growth and Characterization of Optical Materials. A common theme to both components is the use of modern laser and optical techniques. The first component focuses on fundamental studies of viscous liquids and melted polymers and the ways in which they solidify at low temperature or high pressure into either a crystalline material with an ordered arrangement of molecules or a glassy material where the arrangement is random. The s econd component will give undergraduate science and engineering students "hands-on" experiences, using modern equipment, with several aspects of materials research. This laboratory course will focus on important semiconducting and optical materials as educational vehicles for developing skills in growing materials and determining their physical, electrical, and optical properties. Undergraduates will be involved in both components and graduate students will have opportunities to conduct high-pressure viscosity measurements at the Exxon Research and Engineering Laboratory under an existing collaboration. ***