CREST: Center for Exploitation of Nanostructures in Sensors and Energy Systems

CENSES寻求CREST的资源，以加强和发展与传感器和能量转导系统相关领域的研究专业知识，以便作为这些关键领域的国家资源中心，并可与各种潜在合作伙伴在研究和开发工作中进行合作。提出了三个研究子课题。子项目-1主要研究传感器应用的纳米材料和纳米结构，包括3个组成项目，涉及基于宽带隙II-VI半导体器件的中红外传感器；单壁碳纳米管化学和生物传感器；以及用于毒素检测的基于脂质体的纳米颗粒标记阵列。子项目2研究纳米材料和纳米结构在能源系统中的应用，下设电池电极纳米材料4个组成项目；在单壁碳纳米管上附着电催化剂，用于燃料电池；混合型II-VI型和III-V型多量子阱/量子点高性能太阳能电池；以及基于水合物的储气材料。子项目-3关注新兴技术和新型表征技术，有4个组成项目涉及生物启发的自组装纳米结构；钴基热电材料及器件；表面增强拉曼光谱（SERS）在有机-无机杂化纳米材料研究中的应用飞秒时间分辨扫描隧道显微镜。上述研究工作的成果对于解决当今我国和世界在发展可持续能源技术方面面临的主要挑战将是无价的，这些技术以可再生资源为重点，并监测健康、环境和国家安全威胁。CREST中心项目的影响不仅包括多元化的招聘和保留计划，以继续吸引来自代表性不足的群体的研究生，以及面向主要少数民族转校生的本科生式充实项目的研究经验，但它也包含了一个专业发展计划，以增加在纳米技术领域拥有深入研究知识和技能的未被充分代表的个人的数量，他们可以加入城市学院和其他地方的教师和博士后队伍。

CENSES seeks resources from CREST to enhance as well as develop research expertise in areas associated with sensors and energy transduction systems in order to serve as a national resource center in these critical areas, and to be available for collaboration in research and development efforts with a variety of potential partners. Three research subprojects are proposed. Subproject-1 focuses on nanomaterials and nanostructures for sensor applications, with 3 constituent projects dealing with mid-IR sensors based on wide bandgap II-VI semiconductor devices; chemical and biological sensors from single-walled carbon nanotubes; and liposome-based arrays with nanoparticle markers for toxin detection. Subproject-2 exploits nanomaterials and nanostructures in energy systems, and has 4 constituent projects concerned with battery electrode nanomaterials; single-walled carbon nanotubes onto which electrocatalysts are attached for fuel cell applications; hybrid II-VI and III-V multiple quantum well/quantum dot high-performance solar cells; and hydrate-based gas storage materials. Subproject-3 focuses on emerging technologies and novel characterization techniques, and has 4 constituent projects dealing with biologically inspired self-assembled nanostructures; cobalt-oxide-based thermoelectric materials and devices; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applied to the study organicinorganic hybrid nanomaterials; and femtosecond time-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy. The results of the above aforementioned research efforts will be invaluable in addressing the major challenges facing our nation and the world today in the development of sustainable energy technologies that focus on renewable resources, and the monitoring of health, the environment and national security threats. The impact of this CREST center project not only includes a diversity recruitment & retention plan to continue engaging graduate students from underrepresented groups and a research experience for undergraduate students-style enrichment program geared towards the largely minority population of transfer students, but it also contains a professional development plan to increase the number of underrepresented individuals with in-depth research knowledge and skills in the nanotechnology fields who can join the faculty and postdoctoral ranks of City College and elsewhere.