MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UCSB

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校(UCSB)的材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)致力于解决材料科学和工程中的基本问题，这些问题对美国科学界、社会和未来的经济增长至关重要。目前感兴趣的领域包括在用于微电子的新型半导体、用于高速通信设备的新型纳米结构和先进的聚合物材料等领域支持最高质量的跨学科和多学科材料研究和教育。UCSB MRSEC研究活动背后的一个主要驱动力是解决范围和复杂性的问题，这些问题需要规模和跨学科的优势，而这些优势只能由校园研究中心提供。在UCSB校园的教育外展计划以及工业和国际合作的发展中，MRSEC发挥着领导作用。它提供本科生研究机会，研究生培训，与K-12学生和教师的接触，以及社区接触。杰出的中央设施项目在所有MRSEC项目的研究中发挥着根本性的重要作用，此外还对UCSB的材料研究社区、地方和国家公司以及政府实验室产生了广泛的影响。MRSEC由以下IRG组成：IRG-1：超分子和高分子材料中的特定、可逆和可编程键合确定基于定向和可逆相互作用精确控制材料结构和性能的新实验和计算方法。IRG-2：氧化物作为半导体的重点是超纯半导体氧化物的理论、生长和应用。IRG-3：软质细胞材料寻求使用量身定做的/功能化纳米粒子和嵌段共聚物，与聚合物共混，开发具有精确控制细胞结构的新型软材料。IRG-4：分子束外延纳米结构材料将研究在高速和太赫兹技术中潜在应用的全外延金属/半导体纳米复合系统的开发。该中心目前的参与者包括30名高级研究员、7名博士后助理和来自7个系的24名研究生。克雷格·霍克教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) addresses fundamental problems in materials science and engineering that are important to the scientific community, society and the future economic growth of the United States. Current areas of interest include the support of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research and education of the highest quality in the areas of new semiconductors for microelectronics, novel nanostructures for high speed communication devices and advanced polymeric materials. A prime driver behind the research activities of the UCSB MRSEC is to address problems of a scope and complexity requiring the advantages of scale and interdisciplinarity that can only be provided by a campus-based research center. The MRSEC has a leadership role in Educational Outreach programs and in the development of Industrial and International Collaborations on the UCSB campus. It provides undergraduate research opportunities, graduate student training, outreach to K-12 students and teachers, and community outreach. The outstanding Central Facilities program plays a fundamentally important role in the research of all MRSEC programs and additionally has a broad impact on the materials research community at UCSB, local and national companies, and government laboratories. The MRSEC consists of the following IRGs: IRG-1: Specific, Reversible and Programmable Bonding in Supra- and Macromolecular Materials identifies new experimental and computational methods for precisely controlling the structure and properties of materials based on directed and reversible interactions.. IRG-2: Oxides as Semiconductors focuses on the theory, growth, and application of ultra-pure semiconducting oxides. IRG-3: Soft Cellular Materials seeks to use tailor made/functionalized nanoparticles and block copolymers, in association with polymer blends, to develop new soft materials with precisely controlled cellular structures. IRG-4: Nanostructured Materials by Molecular Beam Epitaxy will examine the development of all-epitaxial metal/semiconductor nanocomposite systems for potential applications in high speed and Terahertz technology. Participants in the Center currently include 30 senior investigators, 7 postdoctoral associates, and 24 graduate students from seven departments. Professor Craig Hawker directs the MRSEC.