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，与南密西西比大学和里昂大学的研究人员就原位分子聚合物复合材料进行新的国际合作研究。这项研究将在格勒诺布尔(里昂附近)的欧洲同步辐射设施中联合进行，为研究生和本科生提供机会，通过国际合作活动丰富他们的研究和教育。这项研究的独特之处在于利用分散的磷酸盐玻璃相的流动和变形诱导取向来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选择。这项研究将受益于美国和法国合作者机构的个人专业知识和可用的设施，为学生提供一套关键和独特的互补研究能力。这项研究具有深远的社会效益，可能创造出一种新的先进材料类别，可能会在许多高端应用中找到用途，包括生物医学部件(例如，重建牙齿和骨骼)、光电子元件和汽车部件。国际合作研究的更广泛的教育影响是通过交流基础广泛的研究知识，并让研究生和本科生有机会在侧重于每个专业领域的高度先进的设施中体验合作研究来实现的。国际经验将通过由参与者主导的演讲扩展到各个机构的学生，它将通过加强研究和教育基础设施以及国际学生交流来整合研究和教育，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.