REU SITE: Undergraduate Research on Complex Materials

佛蒙特大学的本科生研究体验（REU）站点为本科生提供了在复杂材料新兴领域工作的独特体验，包括与纳米技术应用相关的研究。在三年的时间里，共有27名本科生参加了为期10周的暑期研究项目，通过研究自组装盘状有机半导体，金属纳米柱和石墨烯的电子和磁性能之间的关系来研究集体现象。REU的参与者还将探索新颖的沉积方法如何推动自组装过程朝着具有完全不同性质的不同顺序发展，了解生物分子中短距离和长距离相互作用的作用，或对用于生物医学应用的聚合物、陶瓷和纳米多孔构建块的新化学进行实验。该校招收了来自全国各地的多元化学生。REU参与者将获得识别研究问题、搜索文献、进行研究和交流研究结果的经验。对复杂材料的研究，除了提供基础知识外，还应用于纳米技术和生物技术等重要领域，在这些领域发现了许多最具挑战性的当前问题和问题。这项研究影响了新兴的大规模生产有机技术、空气污染监测和缓解、新型节能消费产品和医疗技术等领域的潜在解决方案。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Vermont offers undergraduates a unique experience working in the emerging area of complex materials, including research related to nanotechnology applications. Over a three year period a total of 27 undergraduates participate in 10-week summer research projects on collective phenomena through studies of self-assembled discotic organic semiconductors, metallic nanopillars and relationships between electronic and magnetic properties of graphene. REU participants also explore how novel deposition methods can drive the self-assembly process towards different ordering with radically different properties, understand the role of short and long range interactions in biological molecules or experiment with new chemistry of polymers, ceramics and nanoporous building blocks for biomedical applications.A diverse group of students is recruited from across the nation. REU participants gain experience identifying research problems, searching the literature, conducting research, and communicating their findings. Research on complex materials, in addition to contributing fundamental knowledge, has applications in the important areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology, where many of most challenging current problems and issues are found. The research impacts potential solutions in areas such as emerging mass-production organic technologies, air pollution monitoring and mitigation, new energy-efficient consumer products, and technology for medical treatment.