BRIGE: Scalable Bottom-up Synthesis of Well-defined Diamond Nanowire/Nanotube Arrays

BRIGE：可扩展的自下而上合成明确的金刚石纳米线/纳米管阵列

• 批准号: 1228127
• 负责人: Jingjing Qiu
• 金额: $ 17.5万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 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: 2012-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1228127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BRIGE; Scalable; Bottom; up; Synthesis

This Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grant in Engineering (BRIGE) grant provides funding to develop a novel bottom-up nanofabrication method to synthesize semiconducting diamond nanowires. Vertically aligned diamond nanowire arrays will be fabricated with well-defined nanostructures and high aspect ratios by the proposed bottom-up nanofabrication method. The processing parameters will be optimized to control the size and shape of diamond nanowires. Theoretical work will be carried out to achieve a physical understanding of the diamond crystal growth to provide more insights for the nanofabrication process. Synthesized diamond nanowires will be experimentally characterized in order to reveal their structure-property and size-property relationships. Both experimental and theoretical efforts will be implemented to achieve a simple and cost-effective technique for large-scale fabrication of well-defined diamond nanowire arrays.If successful, this research will lead to a novel manufacturing process for diamond nanowires. The technology developed in this work will contribute to wider applications of nanodiamond in various fields, such as chemical sensors, biological assays, optoelectronics, and supercapacitors. In addition, this research will be closely integrated with educational activities to broaden participation of undergraduate and graduate students who are members of minority groups in engineering research so that they may choose an engineering career in the future. Through collaboration with a campus outreach program, the proposed interactive two-day summer workshop will provide K-12 students unique hands-on-experience opportunities on cutting-edge engineering technologies, and stimulate their interests in science and engineering. The results of this project will be integrated into curriculum and broadly disseminated through NSF annual reports, conference presentations, and journal publications.

这种扩展的参与研究启动赠款（BRIGE）赠款提供了资金，以开发一种新颖的自下而上的纳米制作方法，以合成半导体的钻石纳米线。垂直对齐的钻石纳米线阵列将通过拟议的自下而上的纳米制作方法制造出明确的纳米结构和高纵横比。将优化处理参数以控制钻石纳米线的大小和形状。将进行理论工作，以实现对钻石晶体生长的物理理解，以提供更多的纳米制作过程见解。合成的钻石纳米线将进行实验表征，以揭示其结构质量和尺寸质量关系。实验和理论工作都将被实施，以实现一种简单且具有成本效益的技术，用于大规模制造明确定义的钻石纳米线阵列。如果成功，这项研究将导致钻石纳米线的新型制造过程。这项工作中开发的技术将有助于纳米木德在各个领域的更广泛应用，例如化学传感器，生物测定，光电子和超级电容器。此外，这项研究将与教育活动紧密融合，以扩大本科生和研究生的参与，这些本科生和研究生是少数群体在工程研究中的参与，以便他们将来可以选择工程职业。通过与校园外展计划的合作，拟议的互动为期两天的夏季研讨会将为K-12学生提供独特的动手体验机会，以实现尖端的工程技术，并激发他们对科学和工程学的兴趣。该项目的结果将整合到课程中，并通过NSF年度报告，会议演讲和期刊出版物大致传播。