MIT Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

麻省理工学院材料研究科学与工程中心 (MRSEC)

• 批准号: 0819762
• 负责人: Michael Rubner
• 金额: $ 1520万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0819762&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MIT; Materials; Research; Science; Engineering

The underlying mission of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will enable - through interdisciplinary fundamental research, innovative educational outreach programs, and directed knowledge transfer - the development and understanding of new materials, structures, and theories that can impact the current and future needs of society. The Center supports a broad-based interdisciplinary research program. The research is conducted in three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). These include Design of Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion (IRG I), which seeks to accurately model, predict, and determine how thermodynamics, phase behavior, and kinetics are modified at the nanoscale, and will use the resultant knowledge to design materials with energy and power-delivery capabilities far superior to those currently available. IRG II on Mechanomutable Heteronanomaterials aims to develop multicomponent polymeric systems with mechanical properties that can be changed on-demand for possible use in sensors and biological applications. Multimaterial Multifunctional Nano-Structured Fibers (IRG III) explores the design, fabrication, characterization, and physical phenomena of a new class of multicomponent nanoscale fiber materials containing conductors, semiconductors (glassy and crystalline) and insulators. In addition there are two Initiative Projects: Engineering Living Cells via Nanomaterials (Initiative I) and New States of Frustrated and Correlated Materials (Initiative II). The first initiative seeks to develop a fundamental understanding of how functionalized polymer multilayers can be integrated with living cells in a manner that preserves cell viability, and allows for new synthetically engineered functionality, whereas the second seeks to synthesize, characterize and examine the fundamental spin physics of new, single crystal materials based on a two-dimensional triangular and kagomé lattice. The Center has a strong, wide-ranging education program directed toward graduate students, undergraduates, middle and high school students and K-12 teachers. Emphasis is placed on including underrepresented minorities in these programs. The education activities enjoy the broad participation of MIT students and faculty and are closely linked to complementary programs in other MIT administrative units. The Center operates shared facilities, including 1) a Materials Analysis Facility, 2) a Crystal Growth and Preparation Facility, 3) an Electron Microscopy Facility, and 4) an X-ray Diffraction Facility. The Center has an effective industrial outreach program, facilitated by a relationship with MIT's Industrial Liaison Program and Materials Processing Center.

麻省理工学院材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)的基本使命将通过跨学科的基础研究、创新的教育推广计划和定向的知识转移，使能够影响社会当前和未来需求的新材料、结构和理论的开发和理解成为可能。该中心支持基础广泛的跨学科研究计划。这项研究是在三个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)中进行的。其中包括用于电化学能量存储和转换的纳米材料设计(IRG I)，它寻求准确地模拟、预测和确定热力学、相行为和动力学在纳米尺度上是如何被修改的，并将使用所产生的知识来设计具有远远优于现有材料的能量和功率输送能力的材料。关于机械可替代异质材料的IRG II旨在开发具有机械性能的多组分聚合物系统，这些系统可以根据需要进行改变，以可能用于传感器和生物应用。多材料多功能纳米结构纤维(IRG III)探索了一类新型多组分纳米纤维材料的设计、制备、表征和物理现象，这些材料包括导体、半导体(玻璃和晶体)和绝缘体。此外，还有两个倡议项目：通过纳米材料设计活细胞(倡议一)和受挫和相关材料的新状态(倡议二)。第一项举措寻求发展对功能化聚合物多层膜如何以保持细胞活力的方式与活细胞相结合的基本理解，并允许新的合成工程功能，而第二项举措寻求合成、表征和研究基于二维三角形和Kagomé晶格的新的单晶材料的基本自旋物理。该中心有一个强大的、广泛的教育计划，面向研究生、本科生、初中生和K-12教师。重点是将代表人数不足的少数族裔纳入这些方案。教育活动得到了麻省理工学院学生和教职员工的广泛参与，并与麻省理工学院其他行政单位的补充计划密切相关。该中心运营共享设施，包括1)材料分析设施，2)晶体生长和制备设施，3)电子显微镜设施，以及4)X射线衍射设施。该中心通过与麻省理工学院工业联络计划和材料处理中心的关系，建立了一个有效的工业外展计划。