Acquisition of Variable-Temperature Scanning Probe Microscope for Nanostructured Materials Research and Education

获得材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项后，哈佛大学化学和化学生物系将从奥米克龙仪器公司获得一个变温扫描探针显微镜插接模块。该仪器将促进若干领域的研究，包括a)单个纳米晶体的相变，b)通过单个分子、纳米晶体及其阵列的电子传输，以及c)通过单个碳纳米管和纳米棒的电子传输。VT-SPM系统将成为哈佛大学研究纳米结构和材料的当前和未来努力的主要基础设施，它将成为新的合作努力的场所，以制造和操纵纳米级材料，并以前所未有的详细程度研究其物理化学性质。扫描探针显微镜(SPM)与变温工作台相结合，可以在受控样品温度下对导电和非导电表面以及各种化学衍生纳米结构进行原子分辨率成像。扫描探针显微镜能够将纳米尺度的结构作为温度的函数来成像和操纵，这在化学、物理和相关的交叉科学领域开辟了许多新的研究前沿，因为它允许作为最重要的热力学变量温度的函数对纳米材料进行物理和化学研究。使用SPM将使学生接触到表面科学、材料科学和新兴纳米科学领域的核心工具。*获得材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项后，哈佛大学化学和化学生物学系将从奥米克龙仪器公司获得变温扫描探针显微镜插件模块。该仪器将促进若干领域的研究，包括a)单个纳米晶体的相变，b)通过单个分子、纳米晶体及其阵列的电子传输，以及c)通过单个碳纳米管和纳米棒的电子传输。VT-SPM系统将作为哈佛大学研究纳米结构和材料的当前和未来努力的主要基础设施，它将成为新的合作努力的场所，以制造和操纵纳米级材料，并以前所未有的细节研究它们的物理和化学性质。使用SPM将使学生接触到表面科学、材料科学和新兴纳米科学领域的中心工具。%

With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program, the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University will acquire a Variable-Temperature Scanning Probe Microscope bolt-on module from Omicron Instruments. This instrument will facilitate research in a number of areas, including a) the phase transitions of individual nanocrystals, b) the electron transport through individual molecules, nanocrystals and their arrays and c) the electron transport through individual carbon nanotubes and nanorods. The VT-SPM system will serve as a major piece of infrastructure for building present and future efforts in investigating nanostructures and materials at Harvard University and it will serve as a locus for new collaborative efforts to fabricate and manipulate nanometer-scale materials and to investigate their physical and chemical properties in unprecedented detail.A scanning probe microscope (SPM) coupled with a variable-temperature stage allows atomic-resolution imaging of both conductive and nonconductive surfaces as well as a variety of chemically derived nanostructures at controlled sample temperature. This ability of SPM to image and manipulate nanometer-scale structures as a function of temperature opens up many new research fronts in chemistry, physics and related interdisciplinary areas of science since it allows physical and chemical investigations of nanometer-sized materials as a function of the most important thermodynamic variable, temperature. Using the SPM will expose students to a central tool for surface science, materials science and the emerging field of nanoscience.***With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program, the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University will acquire a Variable-Temperature Scanning Probe Microscope bolt-on module from Omicron Instruments. This instrument will facilitate research in a number of areas, including a) the phase transitions of individual nanocrystals, b) the electron transport through individual molecules, nanocrystals and their arrays and c) the electron transport through individual carbon nanotubes and nanorods. The VT-SPM system will serve as a major piece of infrastructure for building present and future efforts in investigating nanostructures and materials at Harvard University and it will serve as a locus for new collaborative efforts to fabricate and manipulate nanometer-scale materials and to investigate their physical and chemical properties in unprecedented detail. Using the SPM will expose students to a central tool for surface science, materials science and the emerging field of nanoscience.%%%