US-India Cooperative Research: Novel Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Nanomagnetic Materials for High Frequency Applications

该奖项支持一项名为“新型微波辅助合成和烧结用于高频应用的纳米磁性材料”的美印合作研究项目。美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学的PI Sridhar komareni和Osmania大学的S.R. Murthy将研究在电源应用中有用的磁性材料的特性。komareni教授是一位合成材料化学家，也是通过常规和微波辅助反应合成纳米铁氧体磁性材料的先驱。他将通过微波辅助工艺合成不同设计成分的纳米级磁性材料，然后用x射线衍射和电子显微镜对其进行表征。在这些材料被加工成固体形式后，合作科学家S.R. Murthy将研究它们的磁性。这次合作将使他们能够通过调整磁性来开发更好的电力应用材料。微波辅助法制备化学均匀的纳米磁性材料是一种新颖、环保的方法。研究范围：这一研究领域对电子设备持续小型化所需的低损耗高频开关电源技术非常重要。调查人员都是合格的，并在该领域有显著的成就记录。研究人员的技能和经验是非常值得称赞的，所设想的研究将对各自的院校和学生有益。该项目由美国国家科学基金会材料研究部和印度政府科学技术部（DST）根据国家科学基金会/DST联合计划共同资助。

Description: This award supports a US-India cooperative research project entitled Novel Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Nanomagnetic Materials for High Frequency Applications. US PI Sridhar Komarneni, Pennsylvania State University and S.R. Murthy, Osmania University will study properties of magnetic materials, which are useful in power supply applications. Professor Komarneni is a synthetic materials chemist and pioneer in the synthesis of nano-sized ferrite magnetic materials by conventional and microwave assisted reactions. He will synthesize nano-sized magnetic materials of differently designed composition by a microwave-assisted process and then characterize them with X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. After these materials are processed to solid form, collaborating scientist S.R. Murthy will investigate their magnetic properties. The collaboration will enable them to develop better materials for power applications through the tailoring of magnetic properties. The synthesis of chemically uniform nano-sized magnetic materials by microwave-assisted process is novel and environmentally benign. Scope: This area of research is very important to the technology of low loss high frequency switch mode power supplies which are required for continuing miniaturization of electronic devices. The investigators are both well qualified and have significant records of achievement in the field. The skills and experience of the researchers are highly complimentary and the research envisioned will be beneficial to the respective institutions and students. This project is jointly funded by NSF's Division of Materials Research and the Government of India's Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the NSF/DST joint program.