MRI: Acquisition of Atomic Force Microscopes for Cross-Disciplinary Materials Research and Education

0923474沃尔特斯“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。“需要为两种定制配置的多功能原子力显微镜（AFM）仪器提供资金，例如Veeco BioScope II和MultiMode，它们可以执行所有主要的扫描探针和力测量技术，沿着结合AFM和生物相关的光学表征，机械性能/结构表征以及温度控制气体和液体介质中的电化学分析。这两种仪器将被安置在密歇根州立大学的电子显微镜中心（EMC），这是一个大学范围的中心，旨在培养一个独特的研究密集型学习环境。这个多用户设施可供博士后研究人员和研究生和本科生从所有的学院，部门和研究中心在密歇根州立大学。AFM用户团队（由大量使用仪器的PI和访问将为其研究增加维度的SI和次要用户组成）对AFM表征有着关键的需求。许多外包成像，这引起了对样品完整性和时间延迟的担忧。开放获取AFM将为MSU校园带来新的材料表征能力，这是当前研究活动扩展和新研究活动和合作发展所必需的。一个专门的博士后助理将确保这些仪器被充分利用，AFM知识的主体随着时间的推移而增长。此外，学生研究人员将获得直接学习表征样品所提供的教育深度。

0923474Walters"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."Funding is requested for two custom configured, versatile Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) instruments such as the Veeco BioScope II and MultiMode, which can perform all major scanning probe and force measurement techniques along with combined AFM and biologically-relevant optical characterization, mechanical property/structural characterization, and electrochemical analysis in temperature-controlled gas and liquid media. Both instruments will be housed in the Electron Microscope Center (EMC) at MSU, a university-wide center that fosters a unique research-intensive learning environment. This multi-user facility is available to post-doctoral researchers and graduate and undergraduate students from all of the colleges, departments, and research centers at MSU. The AFM User Team (comprised of PIs who will heavily utilize the instrument and SIs and Minor Users for whom access will add dimensionality to their research) has a critical need for AFM characterizations. Many outsource imaging which raises concerns of sample integrity and time delays. Open access AFM will bring new materials characterization capabilities to the MSU campus, which are necessary for current research activities to expand and new research activities and collaborations to develop. A dedicated postdoctoral associate will ensure that the instruments are used to their fullest capacity and the body of AFM knowledge grows with time. Further, student researchers will gain the educational depth afforded by directly learning to characterize samples.