US-India Cooperative Research: H2 Solubility as a Probe for Pd/Oxide Composites Prepared by Internal Oxidation of Pd Alloys

9905929 Flanagan描述：该奖项支持题为“美国-印度合作研究：氢气溶解度作为钯合金内氧化制备的钯/氧化物复合材料的探针”的材料科学研究。“合作者是特德B。Flanagan，佛蒙特大学化学系和R。Balasubramaniam，材料和冶金工程系，印度理工学院，坎普尔。 该研究的目的是了解材料的微观结构与其性质（如H2溶解度）之间的关系。 该项目将通过将美国PI在物理化学方面的专业知识与印度PI在物理冶金方面的专业知识相结合来探索这种关系，以便使用H溶解度作为探针来了解复合材料的特性，并将其与微观结构相关联。适用范围：基于过去的成功合作，已经产生了三个联合出版物，有充分的期望，这些研究人员将继续富有成效的工作。 Flanagan和他的学生将在美国进行热力学研究，Balasubramaniam和他的学生将在坎普尔的高级材料科学中心进行微观结构表征研究。 这种合作将有利于两个教育机构，并为PI学生提供一个机会，以获得一个独特的研究视角。 这一联合努力在技术上是平衡的，应该会带来互利。

9905929Flanagan Description: This award supports the material sciences research entitled "US-India Cooperative Research: H2 Solubility as a Probe for Pd/Oxide Composites Prepared by Internal Oxidation of Pd Alloys." The collaborators are Ted B. Flanagan, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont and R. Balasubramaniam, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The goal of the research is to understand the relationship between the microstructure of materials and their properties such as H2 solubilities. This project will explore the relationship by combining the expertise of the US PI in physical chemistry with that of the Indian PI in physical metallurgy in order to understand the characteristics of composite materials using H solubility as a probe and relating these to the microstructure. Scope: Based on past successful collaboration that has produced three joint publications, there is every expectation that these researchers will continue to work fruitfully. Flanagan with his students will carry out thermodynamic studies in the US and Balasubramaniam with his students will perform the microstructural characterization studies at the Advanced Centre for Materials Science at Kanpur. This collaboration will benefit both educational institutions and provide an opportunity for the PIs students to gain a unique research perspective. This joint effort is well balanced technically and should result in mutual benefits.