Catalyzing New International Collaborations: A Proposal to Study the Interaction Between Liquid Crystal Polymers and Nanoparticles(rods) Between Chile and the USA

促进新的国际合作：智利和美国之间研究液晶聚合物和纳米粒子（棒）之间相互作用的提案

• 批准号: 1157589
• 负责人: Luz Martinez-Miranda
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1157589&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyzing; New; International; Collaborations; Proposal

This award supports a new international collaboration between Prof. Eduardo Soto-Bustamante at the University of Chile and the Principal Investigator at the University of Maryland, College Park. The project is focused on studying the interactions of nanoparticles or nanorods with polymer liquid crystals. Specifically it will address the question on whether the ordering of the liquid crystals depends on how the liquid crystal polymer is formed and whether it can be independent of the nanoparticle arrangement. Possible applications of the products are in various technologies, including photovoltaics electro-optics, and in medicine. The project aims to combine the strengths of the participating researchers. The principal investigator and her group are experienced in studying the interaction of liquid crystals and nanoparticles, measurements of their electrical and magnetic properties, and structural characterization of these composites. Prof. Eduardo Soto-Bustamante, from the University of Chile, is a chemist who specializes in the synthesis of ferroelectric liquid crystals and polymeric liquid crystals, and is interested in including nanoparticles into polymeric liquid crystals to investigate their applications. This project will expose the participating students to part of the larger international community involved in liquid crystal research. The students will learn how to communicate between different disciplines, including materials science, physics, and chemistry. The collaboration will expand the reach of the PI?s international collaborations, and will increase the diversity in her group.

该奖项支持智利大学Eduardo Soto-Bustamante教授与马里兰大学大学公园大学的主要研究员之间的新国际合作。该项目的重点是研究纳米颗粒或纳米棒与聚合物液晶的相互作用。具体而言，它将解决液体晶体的排序是否取决于液晶聚合物的形成以及它是否可以独立于纳米颗粒排列的问题。产品的可能应用包括各种技术，包括光伏电机和医学。该项目旨在结合参与研究人员的优势。 主要研究者及其小组在研究液晶和纳米颗粒的相互作用，其电气和磁性特性的测量以及这些复合材料的结构表征。来自智利大学的Eduardo Soto-Bustamante教授是一位化学家，专门研究铁电液晶和聚合物液晶的合成，并且有兴趣将纳米颗粒包括到聚合物液晶中以研究其应用。 该项目将使参与的学生接触参与液晶研究的大型国际社会的一部分。学生将学习如何在包括材料科学，物理和化学在内的不同学科之间进行交流。合作将扩大PI的国际合作范围，并会增加其小组的多样性。