MRI: Acquisition of an Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope

该奖项来自主要研究仪器项目，将支持老道明大学购买超高真空扫描隧道显微镜（STM）。STM将提供单原子分辨率，并允许激光表面相互作用。负载锁将允许样品从生长室转移到STM。该STM将进行的多学科研究包括：(a)电子诱导表面结构修饰；(b)超快表面相变；(c)氢原子表面蚀刻；(d)飞秒脉冲激光沉积薄膜、纳米晶体和量子点的生长；(e)用于电子和/或光子器件的有机电活性聚合物研究；(f)结构相关纳米粒子光学；(g)碳纳米管合成的形貌研究；(h)微波放电表面改性。研究生和本科生将在STM进行研究，并获得薄膜生长，表面和纳米晶体表征以及超高真空技术方面的培训。该主要研究仪器奖支持老道明大学获得单原子分辨率的超高真空扫描隧道显微镜（STM）。该STM将用于研究电子和光学材料、薄膜和纳米颗粒。研究生和本科生将使用STM进行他们的研究，并获得薄膜生长，表面改性，表面和纳米晶体表征以及超高真空技术的培训。该STM的使用将为我们的学生提供跨学科（例如化学，电气工程，材料科学和物理）的教育环境，并将整合到目前提供的工程和科学研究生和本科课程中。该仪器将用于向学生强调原子尺度材料特性与宏观特性之间关系的重要性，以及表面特性如何影响电子材料、聚合物和纳米技术。

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation program will support Old Dominion University with the acquisition of an ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The STM will provide single atom resolution and allow for laser-surface interaction. A load-lock will allow the transfer of samples from a growth chamber to the STM. Multi-disciplinary reseach to be performed with this STM include: (a) electronic-induced surface structural modification; (b) ultrafast surface phase transitions; (c) surface etching by atomic hydrogen; (d) growth of thin films, nanocrystals and quantum dots by femtosecond pulsed laser depostion; (e) studies of organic electroactive polymers for electronic and/or photonic devices; (f) structural-dependent nanoparticle optics; (g) morphology studies for synthesis of carbon nanotubes; and (h) surface modifications with microwave discharges. Graduate and undergraduate students will perform research with the STM and gain training in thin film growth, surface and nanocrystal characterization, and ultrahigh vacuum technology.This Major Research Instrumentation award supports Old Dominion University with the acquisition of an ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with single atom resolution. This STM will be used to study electronic and optical materials, thin films, and nanoparticles. Graduate and undergraduate students will be using the STM to perform their research and gain training in thin film growth, surface modification, surface and nanocrystal characterization, and ultrahigh vacuum technology. The use of this STM will enhance the interdisciplinary (e.g. chemistry, electrical engineering, material science, and physics) educational environment for our students and will be integrated in graduate and undergraduate courses presently offered in engineering and sciences. This instrument will be used to highlight to the students the importance of relating atomic scale materials characteristics to macroscopic properties, and how surface properties affect electronic materials, polymers, and nanotechnology.