US-Turkey Cooperative Research: Study of Micropatterning of Ferroelectric Thin Films and Size Effects

描述：该奖项是为了支持普林斯顿大学化学工程教授Ilhan Aksay博士和土耳其安卡拉中东技术大学冶金工程教授Macit Ozenbas博士之间的合作研究项目。这些科学家计划研究用于集成到微电子机械系统（MEMS）中的铁电薄膜的加工和表征。两位科学家已经证明，Whitesides和他的同事开创的一种新的微成型方法是一种快速而廉价的方法，可以制造具有微米尺度图案的铁电薄膜。拟议的项目将使他们能够开发这种使用铁电薄膜制造MEMS器件的方法。这种装置在生物医学、工业加工、汽车系统、航空电子设备和环境监测方面有许多潜在的应用。该项目旨在实现两个目标：通过微成型方法开发制造具有中尺度集成的铁电/压电薄膜的合成和加工方法，并表征这些薄膜的结构-性能关系。范围：本项目将支持两位具有互补资质和机构设施的科学家之间的合作。土耳其小组精通材料科学的基本知识，但由于缺乏一些必要的设施，他们的工作受到了阻碍。美国团队将提供这项合作工作所需的最先进的设施。这项合作将涉及普林斯顿的一名科学家和土耳其一所顶尖技术大学的一名科学家。该项目完全符合国际项目司的目标。

Description: This award is for the support of a collaborative research project between Dr. Ilhan Aksay, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University, and Dr. Macit Ozenbas, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. These scientists plan to study the processing and characterization of ferroelectric thin films for integration into Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS). The two scientists have shown that a novel micromolding method pioneered by Whitesides and his colleagues is a quick and inexpensive approach to fabricate ferroelectric thin films with micron scale patterns. The proposed project would enable them to develop this method for the manufacture of MEMS devices using ferroelectric films. Such devices have many potential applications in biomedicine, industrial processing, automotive systems, avionics, and environmental monitoring. The project seeks to accomplish two goals: to develop synthesis and processing methodologies for the fabrication of ferroelectric/piezoelectric thin films with mesoscale integration through micromolding methods, and to characterize the structure-property relations of these films. Scope: This project will support collaboration between two scientists with complementary qualifications and institutional facilities. The Turkish team is well versed in the fundamentals of materials science but is otherwise hindered in their work by the lack of some needed facilities. The US team will provide access to the state-of-the-art facilities needed for this collaborative work. This collaboration will involve a sciencetist at Princeton with a scientist at one of the top technical universities in Turkey. The project fits well within the objectives of the Division of International Programs.