MRI: Acquisition of an XPS system for Interdisciplinary Research and Education

非技术摘要这项由爱达荷州博伊西州立大学和西北拿撒勒大学联合提交的NSR-MRI提案是为了获得一个多用户X射线光电子能谱(XPS)装置，供两所大学的研究人员和学生共享。XPS是一种高度灵敏的工具，可以识别样品中存在的不同元素并确定它们的浓度。一些将从XPS的可用性中显著受益的研究项目包括：努力在硅等半导体中产生磁性行为，开发新材料来解决生物和生物医学研究问题，材料内部原子在高温下的相对运动，有毒和可燃气体的检测，表面的腐蚀，用良性分子覆盖有毒材料，以及磁性材料。来自物理、化学、材料科学、生物、电气工程和地球科学的16名教职员工、15名博士后研究员/科学家、32名研究生和80名本科生的拟议研究活动将直接受益于XPS系统的可用性。作为一种在工业中广泛使用的表征技术，XPS培训将为学生进入行业职位做好准备。XPS系统的提供将支持最近开始的地球科学和电气工程博士项目的研究生的研究活动，以及博伊西州立大学正在开发的材料科学和生物分子科学领域的新博士项目。技术摘要这项由爱达荷州博伊西州立大学和西北拿撒勒大学联合提交的NSR-MRI提案是为了获得一个多用户X射线光电子能谱(XPS)装置，供两所大学的研究人员和学生共享。XPS是一种高度灵敏的元素分析工具，能够确定元素的氧化状态、化学键以及原子和离子的扩散。一些关键的研究项目将从XPS的可用性中受益，包括用于自旋电子应用的半导体铁磁性的开发，氧化和腐蚀过程中的界面反应，新型磁性气体传感，聚合物-生物分子界面的研究，纳米传感器，抗菌剂和使用纳米颗粒的纳米医学应用，生物分子纳米线传感器，染料敏化太阳能电池和聚合物化学传感器。来自物理、化学、材料科学、生物、电气工程和地球科学的16名教职员工、15名博士后研究员/科学家、32名研究生和80名本科生的拟议研究活动将直接受益于XPS系统的可用性。作为一种在工业中广泛使用的表征技术，XPS培训将为学生进入行业职位做好准备。XPS系统的提供将支持最近开始的地球科学和电气工程博士项目的研究生的研究活动，以及博伊西州立大学正在开发的材料科学和生物分子科学领域的新博士项目。

Non-technical AbstractThis NSR-MRI proposal submitted jointly by Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho is to acquire a multi-user x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) unit for shared use by researchers and students at both universities. XPS is a highly sensitive tool that can identify different elements present in a sample and determine their concentrations. Some of the research projects that will significantly benefit from the availability of XPS include efforts to produce magnetic behavior in semiconductors such as silicon, development of new materials to solve biological and biomedical research problems, relative movement of atoms inside a material when subjected to high temperatures, toxic and flammable gas detection, corrosion of surfaces, coating toxic materials with benign molecules, and magnetic materials. The proposed research activities of more than 16 faculty members, 15 postdoctoral fellows/scientists, 32 graduate students, and 80 undergraduate students from physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, electrical engineering, and geosciences will directly benefit from the availability of the XPS system. Being a widely used characterization technique in industry, XPS training will prepare students for industry positions. Availability of the XPS system will support the research activities of the graduate students in the recently started PhD programs in geosciences and electrical engineering, as well as new PhD programs being developed in the areas of materials science and biomolecular sciences at Boise State University. Technical AbstractThis NSR-MRI proposal submitted jointly by Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho is to acquire a multi-user x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) unit for shared use by researchers and students at both universities. XPS is a highly sensitive elemental analysis tool along with capabilities to determine the oxidation states of the elements, chemical bonding, and diffusion of atoms and ions. Some of the crucial research projects that would benefit from the availability of XPS include development of ferromagnetism in semiconductors for spintronics applications, interfacial reactions during oxidation and corrosion, novel magnetic gas sensing, studies of polymer-biomolecule interface, nanosensors, antibacterial agents and nanomedicinal applications using nanoparticles, biomolecular nanowire-based sensors, dye-sensitized solar cells and polymer-based chemical sensors. The proposed research activities of more than 16 faculty members, 15 postdoctoral fellows/scientists, 32 graduate students, and 80 undergraduate students from physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, electrical engineering, and geosciences will directly benefit from the availability of the XPS system. Being a widely used characterization technique in industry, XPS training will prepare students for industry positions. Availability of the XPS system will support the research activities of the graduate students in the recently started PhD programs in geosciences and electrical engineering, as well as new PhD programs being developed in the areas of materials science and biomolecular sciences at Boise State University.