MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Nanoscale Science and Technology Research, Training and Teaching

将在得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）安装一台JEOL型JSM-7000 F热场发射扫描电子显微镜，以进行研究、研究培训和教学。SEM将提供来自不同数量的材料和纳米结构的中程有序（10至100 nm尺度）信息，这对于理解它们的性质以及形成的物理和化学基础至关重要。该项目将加强国家重要领域的基础研究，如半导体，金属，介电和有机纳米结构的合成，并应用于纳米电子学，可再生能源，健康，国家安全和环境修复。SEM将用于资助的研究项目，包括：纳米异质结构的有序纳米级成核和晶体生长，碳纳米管的健康影响，摩擦搅拌焊接的分析，植物组织的纳米颗粒合成，以及表面化合物的合成和分析。教育部还将用于研究培训和教育UTEP的学生，这是一个位于地理上孤立和经济欠发达地区的少数民族服务机构。SEM将用于一门课程，以教授和培训大量的学生和研究人员。SEM将加强UTEP在材料研究方面的优势及其战略目标，以显着改善和增加研究活动。该项目将在一个代表性不足的地区创造一种独特的、具有战略重要性的能力，并将予以宣传，以鼓励UTEP和其他区域学术和工业机构的研究人员使用该工具。UTEP计划长期运行和维护SEM。一台高性能电子显微镜（SEM）将安装在德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP），用于教学和研究活动。这款功能强大的显微镜可以将图像放大高达500，000倍，使研究人员能够看到十亿分之一米（纳米）量级的非常小的特征。学生和研究人员将使用它来成像非常小的材料和设备结构。应用包括催化剂，半导体和许多其他材料，其表现非常不同的颗粒大小的变化。该项目将加强国家重要材料的基础研究，这些材料在电子，可再生能源，健康，国家安全和环境修复方面具有应用。SEM将用于高效太阳能电池、碳纳米管健康效应、新型焊接技术、利用植物进行环境修复以及合成稳定颜料等领域的资助研究项目。教育部还将用于培训和教育UTEP的学生，UTEP是一所位于地理上孤立和经济欠发达地区的少数民族服务机构。SEM将用于一门课程，以教授和培训大量的学生和研究人员。SEM将加强UTEP在材料研究方面的优势及其战略目标，以显着改善和增加研究活动。该项目将在一个代表性不足的地区创造一种独特的、具有战略重要性的能力，并将予以宣传，以鼓励UTEP和其他区域学术和工业机构的研究人员使用该工具。UTEP有长期运营和维护SEM的计划。

A JEOL, model, JSM-7000F thermal field emission scanning electron microscope will be installed at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to perform research, research training and instruction. The SEM will provide intermediate range order (10 to 100 nm scale) information from a diverse number of materials and nanostructures, which is crucial to understanding their properties and, physical and chemical basis of the formation. This project will enhance fundamental research in nationally important areas such as synthesis of semiconductor, metallic, dielectric, and organic nanostructures with applications in nanoelectronics, renewable energy, health, national security, and environmental remediation. The SEM will be used in funded research projects including; ordered nanoscale nucleation and crystal growth of nanoheterostructures, health effects of carbon nanotubes, analysis of friction stir welding, nanoparticle synthesis by plant tissues, and synthesis and analysis of surface compounds. The SEM will also be used for research training and education of students at UTEP, which is a minority serving institution located in a geographically isolated and economically underdeveloped region. The SEM will be used in a course to teach and train a large number of students and researchers. The SEM will fortify the strengths of UTEP in materials research and its strategic goals to dramatically improve and increase research activity. This project will create a unique and strategically important capability in an underrepresented region and will be publicized to encourage researchers from UTEP and other regional academic and industrial institutions to use the instrument. UTEP has plans for the long-term operation and maintenance of the SEM.A high-performance electron microscope (SEM) will installed at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for teaching and research activities. This powerful microscope can magnify an image up to 500,000 times, allowing researchers to see very small features on the order of one-billionth of a meter (nanometer). Students and researchers will use it to image very small material and device structures. Applications include catalysts, semiconductors and many other materials which behave very differently as the particle size changes. This project will enhance fundamental research in nationally important materials, which have applications in electronics, renewable energy, health, national security, and environmental remediation. The SEM will be used in funded research projects in the areas of high-efficiency solar cells, carbon nanotube health effects, novel welding techniques, environmental remediation using plants, and synthesis of stable pigments. The SEM will also be used for training and education of students at UTEP, which is a minority serving institution located in a geographically isolated and economically underdeveloped region. The SEM will be used in a course to teach and train a large number of students and researchers. The SEM will fortify the strengths of UTEP in materials research and its strategic goals to dramatically improve and increase research activity. This project will create a unique and strategically important capability in an underrepresented region and will be publicized to encourage researchers from UTEP and other regional academic and industrial institutions to use the instrument. UTEP has plans for the long-term operation and maintenance of the SEM.