FRG-Quantum Engineering of Metallic and Magnetic Nanostructures

这个重点研究小组（FRG）项目的主题是纳米科学和技术中的长度尺度和维度交叉。该项目旨在通过将量子增长与更传统的增长概念相结合，解决凝聚态物质和材料科学中的一系列基本问题，弥合纳米级原子世界与介观材料和设备世界之间的差距。该项目致力于（i）超导体中库珀对形成和序参数的尺寸效应;（ii）磁性量子点中的磁各向异性和有序温度;以及（iii）人工结构稀磁半导体中自由载流子和磁矩之间的相互作用。FRG涉及具有互补专业知识和能力的研究人员，包括金属纳米结构的量子生长和操纵方案，界面工程，表面系统和薄膜的传输测量，以及成核和生长理论，介观物理学，传输和磁学。该项目包括大学研究人员和橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）纳米材料科学中心（CNMS）之间的合作伙伴关系。%%% 该项目涉及材料科学领域的基础研究问题，具有重要的技术相关性，并强调研究和教育的整合。拟议的计划体现了橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）的纳米相材料科学中心（CNMS）与本提案所代表的学术机构之间的新伙伴关系的发展。拟议的科学和配套基础设施为具有国际竞争力的学生和博士后的教育和培训提供了良好的环境。他们可以访问UT-奥斯汀，UT-诺克斯维尔和ORNL的一些世界上最先进的纳米科学和超快计算设施。教育推广工作的重点将是与德克萨斯大学纳米和分子科学与技术中心合作，为纳米级科学和技术开发新的课程。该课程将旨在弥合部门界限和传统的研究学科，预计将促进兴奋和发现的协作氛围。该研究将材料合成和表征结合起来，展示了理论和实验如何携手推动纳米科学和技术的前沿。该项目将扩大年轻科学家的人才库，他们具有合作研究经验，并将准备好在继续推动当今高科技社会的高技能劳动力中占据一席之地。***

This Focused Research Group (FRG) project the topic of length scales and dimensionality cross-over in nanoscience and technology. The project aims to bridge the gap between the nanoscopic world of atoms and the mesoscopic world of materials and devices, by integrating quantum growth with more traditional growth concepts, addressing a spectrum of fundamental issues in condensed matter- and materials sciences. The project addresses the size effect on (i) Cooper pair formation and order parameter in superconductivity; (ii) magnetic anisotropy and ordering tem-peratures in magnetic quantum dots; and (iii) the interplay between free carriers and magnetic moments in artificially-structured dilute magnetic semiconductors. The FRG involves researchers with complementary expertise and capabilities in quantum growth and manipulation schemes for metallic nanostructures, interface engineering, transport measurements on surface systems and ultrathin films, and theory of nucleation and growth, mesoscopic physics, transport, and magnet-ism. The project includes collaborative partnerships between the university investigators and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). %%% This project addresses basic research issues in a topical area of materials science with significant technological relevance, and places emphasis on the integration of research and education. The proposed program embodies development for a new partnership between the Center for Nano-phase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the academic institutions represented in this proposal. The proposed science and supporting infrastructure pro-vide an excellent setting for the education and training of internationally competitive students and postdocs. They can access some of the world's most advanced facilities for nanoscale sci-ence and ultrafast computing at UT-Austin, UT-Knoxville, and ORNL. The educational outreach effort will focus on the development of a new curriculum for nanoscale science and technology, in partnership with the Center of Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Texas. The curriculum will be aimed at bridging the departmental boundaries and traditional research disciplines, which is expected to foster a collaborative atmosphere of excitement and discovery. The research integrates materials synthesis and characterization, and shows how the-ory and experiment can work hand-in-hand to push the frontier of nanoscale science and technol-ogy. The project will enlarge the pool of young scientists who have collaborative research ex-perience and who will be ready to take their place in the highly-skilled workforce that continues to drive today's high-tech society. ***