MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoimprintor for Nanotechnology, Energy and Bioengineering Research, Education and Training

MRI：收购纳米压印机用于纳米技术、能源和生物工程研究、教育和培训

• 批准号: 1040215
• 负责人: Cherie Kagan
• 金额: $ 32万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1040215&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Nanoimprintor; Nanotechnology; Energy

The objective of this research is to develop innovative methods to assemble and manufacture nanoscale materials and devices for applications in photonics, phononics, electronics, and chemical and biological sensing. The approach is to use the advanced lithographic methods of the proposed nanoimprintor to define and probe structures with desired complexity and with nanometer scale features that will transform our fundamental understanding of physical phenomena and biological processes and open doors to new devices for a wide-range of applications.The intellectual merit of the research, utilizing the proposed nanoimprintor, is to pattern molecular, carbon-based, and inorganic nanocrystalline materials into functional architectures, to explore fundamental phenomena, and to exploit these materials in optical, electrical, energy, mechanical, and sensing devices. Mechanical systems show unique properties at the nanometer scale that can be probed in fabricated structures and harnessed in ultrafast, low-power nanoelectromechanical devices. Surfaces patterned at nanometer and micron scales mimic the extraordinary chemical and mechanical properties of biological systems and are being engineered to influence cell function and tissue regeneration and enabling model organs to be constructed.The broader impact of the proposed tool is to the research and training of a diverse body of students, teachers, and researchers. The tool will be open to current and future users at Penn and regional academic and industrial institutions. It will be used by undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs from a wide-range of academic disciplines in new course curricula and research, as well being used in demonstrations to K-12 students and teachers.

这项研究的目的是开发创新的方法来组装和制造纳米材料和器件，用于光子学，声子学，电子学以及化学和生物传感。该方法是使用所提出的纳米压印器的先进光刻方法来定义和探测具有所需复杂性和纳米尺度特征的结构，这将改变我们对物理现象和生物过程的基本理解，并为广泛应用的新设备打开大门。和无机纳米晶体材料的功能结构，探索基本现象，并利用这些材料在光学，电气，能源，机械和传感设备。 机械系统在纳米尺度上显示出独特的性质，可以在制造结构中进行探测，并在超快，低功率的纳米机电设备中进行利用。在纳米和微米尺度上形成图案的表面模仿生物系统的非凡化学和机械特性，并且正在被工程化以影响细胞功能和组织再生，并且使模型器官能够被构建。所提出的工具的更广泛的影响是对学生、教师和研究人员的多样化的研究和培训。该工具将向宾夕法尼亚大学和区域学术和工业机构的当前和未来用户开放。它将被用于本科生和研究生以及博士后从广泛的学科在新课程的课程和研究，以及被用于演示K-12学生和教师。