Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers

****非技术摘要****芝加哥大学的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）支持创新研究，以产生下一代材料的设计原则。研究重点是研究远离平衡状态形成的材料，探索材料制造和响应的新范式，以及利用结构和动力学之间的反馈。高级调查人员来自11个大学院系和研究所，以及邻近的阿贡国家实验室和PREM合作伙伴纽约城市学院。中心的共享设施为其研究提供了至关重要的支持，并通过授予外部用户访问权限进一步支持更广泛的材料研究界。中心与工业界、国家实验室和国际合作伙伴的合作有助于使这些实体与中心一起进行研究，并扩大MRSEC学生的机会。与芝加哥布斯商学院合作的管理实验室和工业实习为MRSEC学生提供了专业发展机会。除了培养多样化的学生群体外，芝加哥MRSEC还为芝加哥南区邻近社区服务不足的学生带来科学探究体验，包括学生和教师以及课后科学俱乐部的项目。MRSEC为来自美国各地的本科生和芝加哥南部的高中生提供暑期研究机会。作为其向公众推广的一部分，MRSEC与芝加哥科学与工业博物馆和旧金山探索博物馆合作开发材料科学展览。MRSEC致力于增加中心的多样性，这反映在女性在中心调查员和领导中的重要参与上。****技术摘要****研究由三个跨学科研究小组（IRG）组织：(i)软界面动力学IRG侧重于控制和操纵软界面形成或变形的多少或多快所产生的科学挑战和技术机会。该研究努力建立界面动力学与材料整体性能之间的联系，这为设计特定材料响应开辟了机会，并为创新应用提供了途径。（ii）活性材料时空控制IRG旨在理解、设计和合成含有将化学能转化为机械能的分布式分子元素的材料。其目标是实现活性材料的控制，并最终创造出新的分子组件，以实现稳健的可调形状变化。（iii）工程量子材料和相互作用IRG旨在阐明个体和集体模式量子系统中的控制和相干性的关键问题，目的是在大范围长度尺度上操纵和利用材料中的量子相干性。目标包括推进量子传感的应用，为量子信息制造材料，以及为传统材料创造下一代表征工具。与芝加哥布斯商学院合作的管理实验室和工业实习为MRSEC学生提供了专业发展机会。除了培养多样化的学生群体外，芝加哥MRSEC还为芝加哥南区邻近社区服务不足的学生带来科学探究体验，包括学生和教师以及课后科学俱乐部的项目。MRSEC为来自美国各地的本科生和芝加哥南部的高中生提供暑期研究机会。作为其向公众推广的一部分，MRSEC与芝加哥科学与工业博物馆和旧金山探索博物馆合作开发材料科学展览。MRSEC致力于增加中心的多样性，这反映在女性在中心调查员和领导中的重要参与上。

****Nontechnical abstract****The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Chicago supports innovative research to produce the design principles for the next generation of materials. The research is focused on investigating materials formed far from equilibrium, exploring new paradigms for material fabrication and response, and exploiting feedback between structure and dynamics. Senior investigators come from eleven University Departments and Institutes, as well as neighboring Argonne National Laboratory and PREM partner, the City College of New York. The Center's shared facilities provide vital support for its research and further support the broader materials research community by granting access to external users. The Center's collaborations with industry, national laboratories and international partners serve to engage those entities in research with the Center, and expand opportunities for MRSEC students. The Management Laboratory, run with the Chicago Booth School of Business, and industrial internships provide professional development opportunities for MRSEC students. In addition to training a diverse group of students, the Chicago MRSEC brings science inquiry experiences to underserved students in neighboring communities on Chicago's South Side including programs for students and teachers and after-school Science Clubs. The MRSEC provides summer research opportunities to undergraduates from all over the US and high school students from the South Side of Chicago. As part of its outreach to the general public, the MRSEC collaborates with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and the Exploratorium in San Francisco to develop materials science exhibits. The MRSEC is committed to increasing the Center diversity as reflected in the significant participation by women in the Center's investigators and leadership.****Technical abstract****Research is organized in three Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs): (i) The IRG on Dynamics at Soft Interfaces focus on both scientific challenges and technological opportunities that arise from controlling and manipulating how much or how fast a soft interface forms or deforms. The research endeavors to establish the link between the interface dynamics and the properties of the material as a whole, which opens up opportunities for designing specific material responses and provides a pathway towards innovative applications. (ii) The IRG on Spatiotemporal Control of Active Materials aims to understand, design, and synthesize materials containing distributed molecular elements that convert chemical energy into mechanical work. Its goal is to achieve control of active materials and ultimately to create novel molecular assemblies for robust tunable shape change. (iii) The IRG on Engineering Quantum Materials and Interactions seeks to elucidate the critical issues of control and coherence in both individual and in collective-mode quantum systems, with the intention of manipulating and exploiting quantum coherence in materials over a large range of length scales. Goals include advancing applications in quantum sensing, fabricating materials for quantum information as well as creating the next generation of characterization tools for traditional materials.The Management Laboratory, run with the Chicago Booth School of Business, and industrial internships provide professional development opportunities for MRSEC students. In addition to training a diverse group of students, the Chicago MRSEC brings science inquiry experiences to underserved students in neighboring communities on Chicago's South Side including programs for students and teachers and after-school Science Clubs. The MRSEC provides summer research opportunities to undergraduates from all over the US and high school students from the South Side of Chicago. As part of its outreach to the general public, the MRSEC collaborates with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and the Exploratorium in San Francisco to develop materials science exhibits. The MRSEC is committed to increasing the Center diversity as reflected in the significant participation by women in the Center's investigators and leadership.