MRI: Acquisition of a Multipurpose Plasma-Enhanced CVD Reactor for Nanostructure Fabrication

MRI：购买用于纳米结构制造的多用途等离子体增强 CVD 反应器

• 批准号: 0420604
• 负责人: Jaime Ramirez-Vick
• 金额: $ 31.79万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0420604&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Multipurpose; Plasma; Enhanced

A state-of-the-art multipurpose plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) reactor will be acquired that will enable the synthesis of highly aligned nanomaterials. This equipment will form the basis of a nanostructured materials fabrication (NMF) facility to expand the scope of current research efforts in nanoscience and engineering at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez (UPRM). The proposed NMF will be part of the new Materials Characterization Center (MCC) at UPRM and will provide new and essential capabilities, in addition to dramatically increasing research productivity. The new instrument will give researchers the capability to study nanomaterials from their synthesis process using experimental and modeling tools to their use in innovative applications, including: (1) the use of nanotubes for the electrochemical detection of biomolecules, (2) production of nanotubes with tailored properties for hydrogen storage, (3) modeling of nanotubes-polymer matrix composites structural and mechanical properties, and (4) the synthesis of nanonitrides (whiskers and wires) via the VLS mechanisms.The General Engineering Department will use this instrument in the education and training of undergraduate students registered in the undergraduate research courses offered by the principal investigators, as well as a workshop tool for the graduate students involved in the projects. It will also become part of the new graduate courses being offered in coming semesters. This equipment will be a valuable addition to the existing Materials Science & Engineering infrastructure at UPRM and it will clearly improve the research and education capabilities of faculty members in the departments of General, Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical Engineering and of Chemistry and Physics. This multi-departmental interest will turn the NMF facility into a setting for the development of interdisciplinary projects. Hispanic students constitute over 95% of the Engineering students at UPRM (40% of them female). Therefore, the NMF facility will have a significant impact on the education of minority engineering students.

一个国家的最先进的多用途等离子体增强化学气相沉积（PECVD）反应器将获得，这将使高度对齐的纳米材料的合成。 该设备将构成纳米结构材料制造（NMF）设施的基础，以扩大波多黎各大学-马亚圭斯（UPRM）纳米科学和工程的现有研究工作范围。 拟议中的NMF将成为UPRM新材料表征中心（MCC）的一部分，并将提供新的基本功能，此外还将大大提高研究生产力。 新仪器将使研究人员能够使用实验和建模工具研究纳米材料的合成过程，并将其用于创新应用，包括：（1）纳米管用于生物分子的电化学检测的用途，（2）具有用于储氢的定制性质的纳米管的生产，（3）纳米管-聚合物基质复合物的结构和机械性质的建模，以及（4）通过VLS机制合成纳米氮化物（晶须和线）。一般工程部门将使用该仪器对注册在主要研究者提供的本科研究课程中的本科生进行教育和培训，以及为参与项目的研究生提供研讨会工具。它也将成为未来学期提供的新研究生课程的一部分。这些设备将是UPRM现有材料科学工程基础设施的宝贵补充，它将明显提高普通，机械，化学和电气工程以及化学和物理系教师的研究和教育能力。这种多部门的兴趣将使NMF设施成为跨学科项目开发的环境。西班牙裔学生占UPRM工程专业学生的95%以上（其中40%为女性）。因此，NMF设施将对少数民族工程专业学生的教育产生重大影响。