Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP)

1238086北卡罗来纳州立大学；伊丽莎白·迪基1238334宾夕法尼亚州立大学；克莱夫·兰德尔拟建的电介电学和压电学中心旨在发展支撑介电和压电材料的基础材料科学和工程方面的国际领先地位。这项研究工作将由北卡罗来纳州立大学(NCSU)作为牵头机构，与宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PSU)合作。该中心将专注于介电和压电材料的新功能，这些功能可能使新的和潜在的颠覆性存储和传感技术能够推动经济中的能源、电子、医疗和通信部门。拟议的I/UCRC将通过开发新材料、工艺策略、电气测试和纳米结构表征方法，支持以电容器和压电材料和器件为基础的主要行业。该中心将努力预测、定义和满足低功率、可兼容的移动设备以及高脉冲电力设备的关键材料需求。拟建的中心还旨在确定和招募供应链上的公司，即生产介电和压电材料的公司、零部件制造商和最终用户，这些公司将为CDP研究活动提供技术拉动。该中心将支持从原子到器件层面的材料开发、器件集成中各种材料的协同处理以及高场和循环条件下电容式器件的可靠性方面的培训和研究。该中心将作为这些材料的主要教育资源，从本科生水平到工业科学家的继续教育。CDP将为从事开发和利用电介质集成到系统中的其他大学、研究机构、国家实验室和商业公司提供资源。该中心计划通过在中心会议上邀请客座教员作为向中心成员介绍教员专业知识的一种手段，持续和积极地在这两个机构发展更广泛的参与。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP) 1238086 North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Dickey 1238334 Pennsylvania State University; Clive Randall The proposed Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP) aims to develop an international leadership position in the fundamental material science and engineering that underpins dielectric and piezoelectric materials. The research efforts will be anchored by North Carolina State University (NCSU) as the lead institution, partnered with the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). The Center will focus on new functionalities in dielectric and piezoelectric materials that could enable new and potentially disruptive storage and sensing technologies to drive the energy, electronics, medical, and communications sectors of the economy. The proposed I/UCRC will support major industries based on capacitor and piezoelectric materials and devices, through the development of new materials, processing strategies, electrical testing, and nanoscale structural characterization methodologies. The Center will strive to anticipate, define, and address critical material needs for low-power, conformable, mobile devices, as well as for high pulse electrical power. The proposed center also aims to identify and recruit companies across the supply chain, i.e. ones that manufacture dielectric and piezoelectric materials, component manufacturers, and end users, who will provide the technological pull for CDP research activities. The Center will support training and research in materials development from the atomic to device levels, co-processing of various materials in device integration, and reliability of capacitive devices under high field and cycling conditions. The center will serve as a primary educational resource in these materials from the undergraduate student level through the continuing education of industrial scientists. The CDP will be a resource to other universities, research institutes, national laboratories, and commercial companies engaged in developing and utilizing dielectrics for integration into systems. The center plans to continuously and proactively develop broader participation at both institutions by having guest faculty at center meetings as a means to introduce faculty expertise to the center membership.