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换系统相关领域的研究专业知识，以便在这些关键领域作为国家资源中心，并与各种潜在的合作伙伴在研究和开发工作中进行合作。提出了三个研究分项目。分项目1侧重于传感器应用的纳米材料和纳米结构，其中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;单壁碳纳米管的化学和生物传感器;以及用于毒素检测的具有纳米颗粒标记物的脂质体阵列。子项目2利用能源系统中的纳米材料和纳米结构，有4个组成项目涉及电池电极纳米材料;燃料电池应用中电催化剂附着的单壁碳纳米管;混合II-VI和III-V多量子阱/量子点高性能太阳能电池;以及水合物基气体储存材料。子项目3侧重于新兴技术和新的表征技术，有4个组成项目，涉及生物启发的自组装纳米结构;钴氧化物基热电材料和器件;应用于研究有机-无机混合纳米材料的表面增强拉曼光谱（Sers）;和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我国和当今世界在开发以可再生资源为重点的可持续能源技术以及监测健康、环境和国家安全威胁方面面临的重大挑战将是非常宝贵的。这个CREST中心项目的影响不仅包括一个多元化的招聘&保留计划，以继续从事研究生从代表性不足的群体和研究经验的本科生风格的充实计划，面向主要是少数民族人口的转学生，但它也包含一个专业发展计划，以增加代表性不足的个人人数，深入的研究知识和技能，在纳米技术领域谁可以加入教师和博士后队伍的城市学院和其他地方。

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.