Acquisition of Scanning Electron Microscopy for Nanoscience and Biotechnology

这项行动支持超高分辨率扫描电子显微镜（SEM）用于纳米科学和生物技术的研究、教育和培训。来自物理、化学、生物、制药、电子与计算机工程、机械、制造与机械工程等学科的20名教师将使用该仪器开展若干项目的研究。研究领域包括细菌生物膜、海洋环境中的微生物多样性、原生动物生物化学和代谢、自旋电子材料中的纳米结构、纳米结构氧化物和硼化物的集体电动力学、二维半导体中的金属-绝缘体跃迁、导电聚合物合成的新型绿色途径、金属的化学气相沉积以及电子应用薄膜的结构-性能关系。SEM将促进由几个联邦机构支持的研究项目：NSF， AFOSR， ONR， DOE， NIH，以及工业公司和私人基金会。该仪器将促进纳米科学和生物技术领域新的跨学科合作。SEM将被整合到由几个系提供的纳米技术和生物技术的跨学科研究生课程中。它将用于本科实验课程，本科项目和合作实习。SEM将整合到面向初高中学生的“搭建桥梁”和ACS项目SEED外展计划以及连接中。为妇女和弱势群体提供的项目。

This action supports an ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) for research, education, and training in nanoscience and biotechnology. Twenty faculty from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering will use the instrument to carry out research on several projects. Research areas include bacterial biofilms, microbial diversity in marine environments, protozoan biochemistry and metabolism, nanostructures in spintronic materials, collective electrodynamics of nanostructured oxides and borides, metal-insulator transition in two-dimensional semiconductors, novel green routes to the synthesis of conducting polymers, chemical vapor deposition of metals, and structure-property relations of thin films for electronic applications. The SEM will facilitate research programs that are supported by awards from several Federal agencies: NSF, AFOSR, ONR, DOE, NIH, as well as from industrial companies and private foundations. The instrument will catalyze new interdisciplinary collaborations in nanoscience and biotechnology. The SEM will be integrated into interdisciplinary graduate courses in nanotechnology and biotechnology offered by several departments. It will be used in undergraduate laboratory courses, undergraduate projects and co-op internships. The SEM will be integrated into the "Building Bridges" and the ACS Project SEED outreach programs for middle and high school students, and the Connections. Program for women and underrepresented populations.