Development of a Regional Materials Research Facility at Towson University

凭借材料研究计划仪器的这一奖项，陶森大学将能够获得脉冲激光沉积系统的设备。脉冲激光沉积系统将主要用于制造几种技术上有用的新型多组分钙钛矿金属氧化物和相关材料的薄膜。这些材料包括超导体、巨磁阻锰氧化物和其他磁性氧化物，以及适用于传感器应用的其他钙钛矿氧化物。 薄膜研究计划将解决与传感器应用相关的材料物理问题，以及那些具有根本意义的问题。 该计划的初始阶段将专注于开发用于非制冷红外成像和磁传感器应用的巨磁阻锰氧化物薄膜。 拟议的研究将为陶森大学区域材料研究实验室的发展提供一个强大而多功能的合成材料基础。脉冲激光沉积系统与现有的表面表征设备将在这方面发挥至关重要的作用。该设施将对陶森大学本科生和弱势群体学生的教育和培训产生积极影响。凭借材料研究计划仪器的这一奖项，陶森大学将能够获得脉冲激光沉积系统的设备。陶森大学已经开始开发一个材料研究实验室，该实验室将作为研究和教育的区域设施。脉冲激光沉积（PLD）系统将成为这个多学科设施的基石，并将为陶森大学、当地学院和大学、政府实验室和工业界的研究人员提供服务。 材料研究设施将支持教师和学生的调查，以表征天然和合成材料的物理和化学性质。 最初的PLD项目将专注于巨大的磁阻材料薄膜，高温超导体，铁电体和其他感兴趣的钙钛矿氧化物，用于各种传感器应用或作为金属电极。在这些调查中开发的分析方法和技术将被分享并整合到其他项目中，并将有助于促进地球科学，物理学和天文学项目之间已经存在的合作气氛。该设施将对陶森大学本科生和代表性不足群体的学生的教育和培训产生积极影响。

With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program Towson University will be able to acquire equipment for a pulsed laser deposition system. The pulsed laser deposition system will be primarily used to fabricate thin films of several technologically useful and novel multi-component perovskite metal oxides and related materials. These materials include superconductors, colossal magnetoresistive manganites and other magnetic oxides, as well as other perovskite oxides suitable for sensor applications. The thin film research program will address materials physics issues that are pertinent to sensor applications as well as those of fundamental interest. The initial stage of the program will focus on the development colossal magnetoresistive manganite thin films for uncooled infrared imaging and magnetic sensor applications. The proposed research will provide a strong and versatile synthetic materials base for the development of a Regional Materials Research Laboratory at Towson University. The pulsed laser deposition system, in conjunction with the existing surface characterization facility will play a vital role in this effort. The facility will have positive impact on the education and training of undergraduates and students from underrepresented groups at Towson University.With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research Program Towson University will be able to acquire equipment for a pulsed laser deposition system. Towson University has initiated the development of a Materials Research Laboratory, which will act as a regional facility for research and education. A Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) system will be the cornerstone of this multidisciplinary facility and will service researchers at Towson University, local colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry. The materials research facility will support investigations by the faculty and their students that seek to characterize the physical and chemical properties of both natural and synthetic materials. Initial PLD projects will focus on thin films of colossal magnetoresistive materials, High Temperature Superconductors, Ferroelectrics and other perovskite oxides of interest for various sensor applications or as metallic electrodes. The analytical methods and techniques developed during these investigations will be shared and integrated into other projects and will serve to foster the collaborative atmosphere that already exists between the geoscience, physics, and astronomy programs. The facility will have positive impact on the education and training of undergraduates and students from underrepresented groups at Towson University.