Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials

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The Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) will fostermultidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fundamental research discoveries, innovation, and education in therapidly developing and important field of nanotechnology. The Center's research projects will encompassthe Preparation and the Photocatalytic Reactivities of Nanostructured TiO2/Al2O3 Composites; theSyntheses and Studies of the Properties of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, NanoporousMultifunctionalized Organosilicates, and Biofunctional Nanoscale Materials. The Center willsignificantly enhance the research capacity in nanotechnology at CAU by providing support for students,technical and administrative support for faculty, and upgrades to equipment for carrying out the researchand education enterprise. CAU will provide salary support for a new faculty position in the area ofnanotechnology. The Center will increase the number of talented minority students staying the course inthe science and technology pipeline by providing scholarships for promising high school students to enterthe program as Nano-scholars and by providing competitive stipend and tuition support for graduatestudents. The Center will allow CAU to leverage its participation in other NSF STC programs and extendopportunities for research in nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students.