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

材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项将使罗格斯大学能够获得一种具有光谱能力的可变温度扫描探针显微镜(扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜，或STM/AFM)，供罗格斯大学表面改性实验室(LSM)共享使用。LSM是一个多学科的实验室，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。这些包括高相关材料中的电荷条纹相的成像和表征，微电子应用的超薄栅氧化物的粗化、结构和电学性质，以及金属表面和超薄金属膜的空位扩散、量子尺寸效应和纳米刻面。罗格斯大学还将把SPM纳入材料教育和外联计划，包括开发一些基于网络的课堂培训模块。后一项活动将把积极从事研究的博士后和研究生与初中生和他们的老师以及本科生联系起来。*材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项将使罗格斯大学能够获得具有光谱能力的可变温度扫描探针显微镜(扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜，或STM/AFM)，供罗格斯大学表面改性实验室(LSM)共享使用。LSM是一个多学科的实验室，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令人信服的。扫描隧道显微镜和其他扫描探针技术已经使表面科学发生了革命性的变化，并被广泛地应用于与界面有关的一系列问题。SPM将被纳入材料教育和外联方案，包括开发一些基于网络的课堂培训模块。后一项活动将把积极从事研究的博士后和研究生与初中生和他们的老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.%%%