Acquisition of Equipment for Polymeric Electroactive Materials Research and Education

该奖项来自材料研究计划仪器，允许特拉华州大学建立一个最先进的实验室，用于制备和表征聚合物发光二极管（LED）和聚合物薄膜晶体管（TFT）。LED和TFT在显示器行业的应用中具有巨大的商业潜力。然而，在这一领域取得的迅速进展留下了许多尚未解决的基本问题。我们的目标是研究聚合物LED和TFT的电活性聚合物的结构/性能关系。该仪器将支持NSF资助的项目，以研究LED和TFT中使用的聚合物的结构特性关系以及聚合物器件的优化。获奖者与杜邦公司研究电活性聚合物的科学家密切互动。然而，目前的进展由于缺乏生产聚合物TPT和TFT所需的最先进的设备而受到阻碍。具体而言，将购买手套箱系统，用于在惰性气氛条件下生产和测试聚合物器械。该设备将由两位教授的研究小组、杜邦公司的科学家和其他教职员工使用。这些仪器将由物理化学、材料科学和电气工程系的学生、教师和博士后使用。该奖项来自材料研究仪器项目，允许特拉华州大学建立一个最先进的实验室，用于聚合物发光二极管（LED）和聚合物薄膜晶体管（TFT）的制备和表征。LED和TFT在显示器行业的应用中具有巨大的商业潜力。然而，在这一领域取得的迅速进展留下了许多尚未解决的基本问题。然而，目前的进展由于缺乏生产聚合物TPT和TFT所需的最先进的设备而受到阻碍。具体而言，将购买手套箱系统，用于在惰性气氛条件下生产和测试聚合物器械。该设备将由两位教授的研究小组、杜邦公司的科学家和其他教职员工使用。这些仪器将由物理化学、材料科学和电气工程系的学生、教师和博士后使用。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program allows the University of Delaware to establish a state-of-the-art laboratory for the preparation and characterization of polymeric light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and polymeric thin film transistors (TFTs). Both LEDs and TFTs have tremendous commercial potential for applications in the display industry. However, the rapid progress that has occurred in this field, has left many fundamental questions unanswered. The goal is to investigate the structure/property relationships in electroactive polymers for polymer LEDs and TFTs. The instrument will support an NSF funded project to investigate structural property relationships in polymers used in LEDs and TFTs as well as the optimization of polymeric devices. The awardees interact closely with scientists who are researching electroactive polymers at the DuPont Company. Progress is at present, however, hampered by a lack of state-of-the-art equipment necessary for the production of polymeric TPT's and TFTs. Specifically, glovebox systems will be purchased for the manufacture and testing of polymeric devices under inert atmosphere conditions. The equipment will be utilized by the research groups of the two Pls, scientists from DuPont and other faculty. The instruments will be used by students faculty and postdocs from physics chemistry, materials science and electrical engineering departments.This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program allows the University of Delaware to establish a state-of-the-art laboratory for the preparation and characterization of polymeric light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and polymeric thin film transistors (TFTs). Both LEDs and TFTs have tremendous commercial potential for applications in the display industry. However, the rapid progress that has occurred in this field, has left many fundamental questions unanswered. Progress is at present, however, hampered by a lack of state-of-the-art equipment necessary for the production of polymeric TPT's and TFTs. Specifically, glovebox systems will be purchased for the manufacture and testing of polymeric devices under inert atmosphere conditions. The equipment will be utilized by the research groups of the two Pls, scientists from DuPont and other faculty. The instruments will be used by students faculty and postdocs from physics chemistry, materials science and electrical engineering departments.