Acquisition of a Variable Temperature Scanning Probe Microscope for Research and Education

材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项将使罗格斯大学获得一台具有光谱功能的变温扫描探针显微镜（扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜，或STM/AFM），用于罗格斯大学表面改性实验室（LSM）的共享使用。LSM是一个多学科实验室，在表面和薄膜的科学和工程的许多领域进行研究。该仪器将与其他技术一起用于几个不同的项目。这些包括成像和表征高度相关材料中的电荷条纹相，用于微电子应用的超薄栅极氧化物的粗糙化、结构和电学特性，以及空位扩散、量子尺寸效应和金属表面和金属薄膜的纳米刻面。罗格斯大学还将把SPM纳入材料教育和推广计划，包括开发一些基于网络的课堂培训模块。后一项活动将把从事研究的博士后和研究生与初中和高中学生及其教师以及本科生联系起来。材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项将使罗格斯大学获得一台具有光谱功能的变温扫描探针显微镜（扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜，或STM/AFM），用于罗格斯大学表面改性实验室（LSM）的共享使用。LSM是一个多学科实验室，在表面和薄膜的科学和工程的许多领域进行研究。该仪器将与其他技术一起用于几个不同的研究项目，这些项目需要在原子尺度上对表面进行最先进的成像。今天，对表面的真正原子级成像的需求是迫切的。扫描隧道显微镜和其他扫描探针技术已经彻底改变了表面科学，并被应用于与界面相关的广泛问题。战略政策手册将被纳入教材教育和外联方案，包括开发一些基于网络的课堂培训模块。后一项活动将把研究活跃的博士后和研究生与初中和高中学生及其教师以及本科生联系起来。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program will enable Rutgers University to acquire a variable temperature scanning probe microscope (scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope, or STM/AFM) with spectroscopic capabilities for shared use in the Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) at Rutgers University. The LSM is a multidisciplinary laboratory with research in many areas in the science and engineering of surfaces and thin films. The instrument will be used, in conjunction with other techniques, for several different projects. These include imaging and characterizing charge stripe phases in highly correlated materials, roughening, structural and electrical properties of ultra thin gate oxides for microelectronic applications, and vacancy diffusion, quantum size effects and nano-faceting of metal surfaces and ultrathin metal films. Rutgers will also integrate the SPM into materials education and outreach programs, including developing some web-based classroom training modules. The latter activity will link research-active postdocs and graduate students with middle and high school students and their teachers, and with undergraduates.***This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program will enable Rutgers University to acquire a variable temperature scanning probe microscope (scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope, or STM/AFM) with spectroscopic capabilities for shared use in the Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) at Rutgers University. The LSM is a multidisciplinary laboratory with research in many areas in the science and engineering of surfaces and thin films. The instrument will be used, in conjunction with other techniques, for several different research projects that require state of the art imaging of surfaces at the atomic scale. Today, the need for truly atomic level imaging of surfaces is compelling. Scanning tunneling microscopy and other scanning probe techniques have revolutionized surface science and been applied to a wide range of problems related to interfaces. The SPM will be integrated into materials education and outreach programs, including developing some web-based classroom training modules. The latter activity will link research-active postdocs and graduate students with middle and high school students and their teachers, and with undergraduates.%%%