Acquisition of a High Resolution X-ray Diffractometer for Research and Education

9975600费尔南德斯这笔赠款将部分支持购买高分辨率三轴X射线衍射仪系统。该仪器的配备将满足波多黎各大学制造薄膜和多层结构的材料科学研究人员的当前和预期需求，以及通过外部合作研究样品的需求。它将允许对结晶或高度织构的薄膜和外延多层结构进行高精度测量。所要求的特殊仪器具有很强的适应性，使其适用于许多特定应用，包括在几乎整个衍射空间内的精确测量，以及掠入射反射法。该仪器不会复制波多黎各现有的X射线衍射仪。相反，它将补充和完善现有的资源，使目前正在生产的材料以及未来将开发的先进材料的基本结构表征成为可能。为了能够接触到最多的研究人员，将为合格用户建立一个自助服务设施。普遍定期审议马亚圭兹校区和里约皮德拉斯校区的大量研究人员及其研究生将立即或在不久的将来受益于使用这一设施。预计材料科学研究基础设施的这一重大改进将有助于提高所生产的晶体材料和结构的质量，并将在未来几年刺激这一领域的额外工作，并丰富对学生的教育和培训。这一设备将使教师能够扩大他们在多个领域的研究活动，并显著改善基础设施和将研究与教育相结合的能力。*

9975600FernandezThis grant will support in part the acquisition of a high-resolution triple axis x-ray diffractometer system. The instrument will be equipped to satisfy the needs, current and foreseen, of Materials Science researchers fabricating thin films and multilayer structures at the University of Puerto Rico, and those studying samples through external collaborations. It will allow high precision measurements on crystalline or highly textured films and epitaxial multilayered structures. The particular instrument requested is of a very adaptable nature, making it suitable for many specific applications, including precision measurements in nearly the full diffraction space, as well as grazing-incidence reflectometry. This instrument will not duplicate existing XRD instrumentation in Puerto Rico. Instead, it will complement and complete current resources, enabling fundamental structural characterization of materials now being produced, as well as advanced materials which will be developed in the future. In order to provide access to the greatest number of researchers, a self-serve facility for qualified users will be established. A significant number of researchers at the Mayaguez and Rio Piedras campuses of UPR, along with their graduate students, will benefit immediately or in the near future from access to this facility. It is expected that this substantial improvement of the infrastructure for Materials Science research will be conducive to improved quality of the crystalline materials and structures produced and will stimulate additional work in this area for years to come, and enrich the education and training of students%%%.This equipment will enable the faculty to expand their research activities in several areas, and significantly improve the infrastructure and capability to integrate research and education.***