MRI: Acquisition of an Advanced X-ray Diffraction System for the Brown University X-Ray Facility

技术摘要本重大研究仪器项目申请资金用于购买Bruker D8 Discover X-Ray衍射系统，该系统将满足Brown研究界的晶体表征需求。该仪器将用于物相鉴定、单晶取向、掠入射衍射和反射测量，并将使正在进行的各种研究工作在工程、物理、化学、地质、生物和医学以及Joukowsky考古和古代世界研究所进行。相关项目组合包括导电氧化物、无铅焊料、高强度钢、磁性材料、复合材料、锂离子电池阳极、天然岩石结构、新的石墨化碳结构、考古样品，以及样本量有限且需要高X射线衍射灵敏度的新合成纳米材料。该仪器还将被整合到结晶学实验室练习中，用于本科教学，并将用于现有的K-12推广计划，这些计划涉及来自当地紧张的城市地区的学生群体，学生参与适合年龄的学习模块。该仪器将被安置在布朗大学X射线设施中，该设施将作为布朗分子和纳米级创新研究所内的一个成本中心进行运营和行政管理，该研究所在布朗校园内促进纳米科学和材料科学研究和教育，并协调与当地工业、政府和教育机构的联系。非技术摘要这项主要研究仪器的提案要求资金购买一台X射线衍射仪，以研究固体材料的原子结构和性质。这项技术是开发新材料的重要工具，应用范围从轻型汽车到可再生能源存储电池，再到无毒无铅焊料，再到磁性硬盘驱动器和存储器。新仪器还将在布朗大学用于地质和行星研究中的天然岩石结构研究，考古样品的检查和分析，以及利用纳米技术工具开发新的超细材料。X射线衍射仪将使布朗大学正在进行的各种研究工作成为可能，这些项目包括工程、物理、化学、地质学、生物学和医学，以及Joukowsky考古和古代世界研究所。该仪器还将被整合到本科教学的实验室练习中，并将用于现有的K-12推广计划，这些计划涉及来自当地紧张的城市地区的学生群体，在这些计划中，学生参与适合年龄的学习模块。该仪器将作为布朗分子和纳米级创新研究所内的一个成本中心进行操作和行政管理，该研究所在整个布朗园区促进纳米科学和材料科学研究和教育，并协调与当地工业、政府和教育机构的联系。

Technical Abstract This Major Research Instrumentation proposal requests funds to acquire a Bruker D8 Discover X-Ray Diffraction system that will serve the crystallographic characterization needs of the Brown research community. The instrument will be used for phase identification, single crystal orientation, grazing incidence diffraction, and reflectometry, and will enable a variety of ongoing research efforts in engineering, physics, chemistry, geology, biology and medicine, and the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. The relevant project portfolio includes work on conducting oxides, Pb-free solders, high-strength steels, magnetic materials, composites, Li-ion battery anodes, natural rock textures, new graphenic carbon structures, archeological samples, and newly synthesized nanomaterials for which sample volumes are limited and high XRD sensitivity is needed. The instrument will be also integrated into crystallography laboratory exercises for undergraduate instruction, and will be used in existing K-12 outreach programs that involve student groups from local stressed urban districts, in which students participate in age-appropriate learning modules. The instrument will be housed in the Brown University X-ray Facility, which will be operated and administratively managed as a cost-center within the Brown Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, which promotes nanoscience and materials science research and education across the Brown campus and also coordinates outreach to local industry, government, and educational institutions. Non-technical Abstract This Major Research Instrumentation proposal requests funds to acquire an X-Ray Diffractometer to study the atomic structure and properties of solid materials. This technique is an essential work-horse tool in the development of new materials for applications that range from lightweight vehicles, to batteries for renewable energy storage, to non-toxic lead-free solders, to magnetic hard drives and memories. The new instrument will also be employed at Brown for the study of natural rock textures in geological and planetary studies, for the examination and analysis of archeological samples, and for the development of new ultrafine materials made using the tools of nanotechnology. The XRD instrument will enable a wide variety of ongoing research efforts at Brown in programs that include engineering, physics, chemistry, geology, biology and medicine, and the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. The instrument will also be integrated into laboratory exercises for undergraduate instruction, and will be used in existing K-12 outreach programs that involve student groups from local stressed urban districts, in which students participate in age-appropriate learning modules. The instrument will be operated and administratively managed as a cost-center within the Brown Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, which promotes nanoscience and materials science research and education across the Brown campus and also coordinates outreach to local industry, government, and educational institutions.