Catalyzing new international research collaboration in molecular polymer composites reinforced with in situ low-Tg phosphate glass fibers

该奖项将促进协同国际合作，使新的国际合作研究原位分子聚合物复合材料的研究人员从南密西西比大学和里昂大学。该研究将在格勒诺布尔（靠近里昂）的欧洲同步辐射设施联合进行，为研究生和本科生提供通过国际合作活动丰富他们的研究和教育的机会。该研究的独特性在于利用分散磷酸盐玻璃相的流动和变形诱导取向原位构建分子聚合物复合材料的潜在能力，这为传统复合材料的加工和使用提供了一种独特的变革性替代方案。该研究将受益于美国和法国合作机构的个人专业知识和设施，为学生提供一套重要而独特的互补研究能力。该研究具有深远的社会效益，可能创造出一种新的先进材料，可用于许多高端应用，包括生物医学部件（例如，重建牙齿和骨骼）、光电元件和汽车零件。国际合作研究的教育更广泛的影响是通过广泛的研究知识的交流和机会，为学生在研究生和本科生水平体验合作研究在高度先进的设施集中在每个专业领域。国际经验将通过参与者领导的演讲扩展到各个机构的学生，并将通过加强研究教育和国际学生交流的基础设施来整合研究和教育，为学生提供未来国际合作成功的能力。

This award will catalyze a synergistic international collaboration to enable new international cooperative research on in situ molecular polymer composites with researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi and University of Lyon. The research will be jointly conducted in the European Synchrotron Radiation Facilities in Grenoble (near Lyon), providing opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to enrich their research and education with international collaborative activities. The uniqueness of the research lies in the potential ability to structure the molecular polymer composites in situ using flow and deformation-induced orientation of the dispersed phosphate glass phase which offers a distinctive transformative alternative to conventional composites materials processing and use. The research will benefit from the individual expertise and the facilities available at the U.S. and the French collaborators' institutions, providing students with a critical and unique suite of complementary research capabilities.The research has far reaching societal benefits, potentially creating a new class of advanced materials that may find uses in a number of high-end applications including biomedical parts (e.g., rebuilding teeth and bones), optoelectronic components, and automotive parts. The educational broader impact of the international collaborative research is achieved via an exchange of broad-based research knowledge and opportunities for students at the graduate and undergraduate levels to experience collaborative research in highly advanced facilities focused on each area of expertise. The international experience will be extended to students at the individual institutions through presentations led by the participants and it will integrate research and education through enhancement of infrastructure for research & education, and international student exchanges, providing students with the capabilities for future international collaborative success.