NSEC: Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale

纳米科学与工程中心模板合成和组装在纳米尺度在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校地址的复杂材料和构建块在纳米级的自组装，包括开发一个独特的计划，以探索其社会影响。 该中心包括来自10个部门的27名教师参与者。 拟议的NSEC的研究使命分为四个跨学科的研究方向。定向自组装和注册的纳米化学结构的推力解决了组装纳米结构的对象到功能的纳米尺度系统的问题。它探讨了嵌段共聚物在纳米图案基底上的自组装，预制纳米尺度元件在纳米图案上的会聚组装，以及纳米线和纳米棒的生物定向组装，用于开发创新的生物传感器。另一个推力是题为模板化学合成的序列特异性异质纳米结构。 它探讨了原子尺度上的化学合成和组装的指导过程。驱动纳米流体自组装胶体和大分子的推力探索使用非平衡过程，如使用流量和其他领域，用于纳米级组装和操纵纳米粒子和大分子，包括DNA，在严格的限制。 最后，在纳米尺度的模板合成和组装的社会影响研究的推力使用与霍尔茨科学技术研究中心和公共事务的威斯康星州大学拉福莱特学院的伙伴关系，以开发一个综合的，多学科的理解纳米科学和工程，因为它走出实验室，进入社会，并建立一个公共对话，社会、伦理、法律的和政策影响。除了这些推力，该中心使用种子基金，以支持有前途的个人或团体的个人在新兴领域的纳米科学和工程及其社会影响。该中心的教育和推广计划建立在华盛顿大学在科学教育方面的经验基础上，并受益于化学教育研究所，化学教育杂志和国家科学数字图书馆提供的基础设施。与华盛顿大学商学院的另一个合作伙伴关系将评估NSEC正在开发的技术的商业潜力和商业化的可能途径。NSEC的活动包括建立研究生奖学金计划，以招募最有才华的年轻科学家和工程师到纳米科学和工程的跨学科领域，并培养一个多元化的社区。与三大洲的国际实验室的联系使学生能够参与实质性的合作共同监督的研究项目。 拟议的NSEC的共享实验设施包括材料的纳米图案化和表面敏感表征，并利用NSF赞助的同步辐射中心（SRC），NSF赞助的MRSEC和纳米技术中心（CNTech）的现有最先进的仪器和基础设施。支持基础设施也将由威斯康星州中心应用微电子（WCAM）和华盛顿大学材料科学中心（MSC）提供。

The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center on Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale at the University of Wisconsin-Madison addresses the self-assembly of complex materials and building blocks at the nanoscale, including development of a unique program to explore their societal implications. The Center includes 27 faculty participants from 10 departments. The research mission of the proposed NSEC is organized into four interdisciplinary research thrusts.The thrust on the Directed Self-Assembly and Registration of Nanoscale Chemical Architectures addresses the question of assembling nano-structured objects into functional nanoscale systems. It explores the self-assembly of block copolymers on nanopatterned substrates, the convergent assembly of pre-fabricated nanoscale elements on nanoscale patterns, and the biologically-directed assembly of nanowires and nanorods for development of innovative biosensors. Another thrust is entitled Templated Chemical Synthesis of Sequence Specific Heteropolymeric Nanostructures. It explores guided processes of chemical synthesis and assembly on the on the scale of atomic dimensions. The thrust on Driven Nano-Fluidic Self Assembly of Colloids and Macromolecules explores the use of non-equilibrium processes, such as the use of flow and other fields, for nanoscale assembly and manipulation of nanoparticles and macromolecules, including DNA, under severe confinement. Finally, the thrust on the Research in the Societal Implications of Template Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale uses a partnership with the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin to develop an integrated, multidisciplinary understanding of nanoscale science and engineering as it moves out of the laboratory and into society and to build a public dialog about its societal, ethical, legal, and policy implications. In addition to these thrusts, the center uses seed funds to support promising individuals or groups of individuals in emerging areas of nanoscale science and engineering and its societal implications. The education and outreach program of the Center builds on the UW's experience in scientific education and benefit from infrastructure provided by the Institute for Chemical Education, the Journal of Chemical Education, and the National Science Digital Library. An additional partnership with the UW's Business School will assess the commercial potential and possible pathways to commercialization of technologies under development in the NSEC.The NSEC activities include the establishment of a Graduate Fellowship Program to recruit the most talented young scientists and engineers to the interdisciplinary field of nanoscale science and engineering and to foster a community of diversity. Links to international laboratories on three continents allow students to participate in substantive collaborative co-supervised research projects. The shared experimental facilities of the proposed NSEC include nanopatterning and surface sensitive characterization of materials, and leverage existing state-of-the-art instrumentation and infrastructure at the NSF sponsored Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), the NSF sponsored MRSEC, and the Center for NanoTechnology (CNTech). Supporting infrastructure will also be provided by the Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics (WCAM) and the UW Materials Science Center (MSC).