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Partnership for Research and Education in Nanomaterials between Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and North Carolina Central University (NCCU)

宾夕法尼亚州立大学 (PSU) 与北卡罗来纳中央大学 (NCCU) 建立纳米材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系

基本信息

批准号：
1523617
负责人：
Kizhanipuram Vinodgopal
金额：
$ 330万
依托单位：
North Carolina Central University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-09-01 至 2021-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1523617&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Partnership Research Education Nanomaterials between

项目摘要

****Non-Technical Abstract****This Partnership for Research and Education in Nanomaterials between North Carolina Central University (NCCU), a historically black university, and the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) MRSEC seeks to robustly increase the participation and success of underrepresented minority students in material science. To recruit and train students well equipped to address future challenges in this emerging field, this partnership will integrate a) recruiting strategies that increase the awareness and appeal of material science careers by highlighting the central role of the discipline in the 21st century; b) an innovative peer mentoring "Penn Pal" program which will pair minority participants in the MRSEC program with NCCU student participants in PREM; c) productive student research experiences at the frontiers of material science closely mentored by both NCCU and MRSEC faculty; and (d) providing participating students with the educational skills necessary to enhance their competitiveness and continued success in materials related graduate programs. Collaborative research with PSU will help NCCU develop sustainable, competitive materials science research programs to continue student training beyond this grant. ****Technical Abstract****The three research thrusts at the core of this partnership between NCCU and the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science are: 1) charge transport in individual and coupled semiconductor nanostructures, with the goal of developing advanced optoelectronic devices, 2) new plasmonic materials for optical filter and sensor applications, 3) functionalized 2D materials for spintronic and electronic applications. This partnership also supports expansion of research at NCCU in new directions through seed projects focused on development of nanoscale patterned ferroics and perovskite based multiferroic materials. Each of the three major thrusts and the seed projects listed above have established partnerships with IRGs and seed projects at PSU. Potential outcomes of this research include: uncovering new phenomena in coupled nanoscale semiconductor and metal oxide systems, development of novel nanoparticles and nanostructured thin films for optical applications, creating a new generation of carbon based electronic and spintronic devices, and developing nanostructured ferroic materials with tunable coercivities. These projects will form the foundation of a sustainable materials science research program at NCCU. The combined resources of NCCU and the PSU Center for Nanoscale Science will be leveraged to fully prepare NCCU students for careers in material science through a comprehensive, sequential program that will expand the pool of students interested in materials science and recruit talented students from this pool; integrate students into a tightly knit, multidisciplinary materials science community with classroom and laboratory components tailored for all academic levels; engage students in closely mentored, productive research experiences at PSU.

*非技术摘要*北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，与宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PSU)MRSEC建立了纳米材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系，旨在大力增加未被充分代表的少数族裔学生在材料科学领域的参与和成功。为了招收和培养有能力应对这个新兴领域未来挑战的学生，这一合作伙伴关系将包括a)招聘战略，通过突出该学科在21世纪的核心作用来提高材料科学职业的意识和吸引力；b)创新的同行指导“Penn Pal”计划，将MRSEC项目的少数族裔参与者与NCCU PREM的学生参与者配对；c)在NCCU和MRSEC教员的密切指导下，在材料科学前沿获得富有成效的学生研究经验；以及(D)为参与计划的学生提供必要的教育技能，以增强他们的竞争力，并在材料相关研究生课程中继续取得成功。与巴黎州立大学的合作研究将帮助NCCU开发可持续的、有竞争力的材料科学研究计划，以在这笔拨款之外继续培训学生。*技术摘要*NCCU和宾夕法尼亚州立大学纳米科学中心合作的三个核心研究项目是：1)单个和耦合半导体纳米结构中的电荷传输，目标是开发先进的光电子器件；2)用于滤光器和传感器的新型等离子体材料；3)用于自旋电子和电子应用的功能化2D材料。这一伙伴关系还支持NCCU通过种子项目在新的方向上扩大研究，重点是开发纳米级花纹铁氧体和钙钛矿型多铁材料。上文所列的三个重大项目和种子项目都与巴黎圣迭戈大学的区域研究中心和种子项目建立了伙伴关系。这项研究的潜在成果包括：揭示纳米级半导体和金属氧化物耦合系统中的新现象，开发用于光学应用的新型纳米粒子和纳米结构薄膜，创造新一代碳基电子和自旋电子器件，以及开发具有可调矫顽力的纳米结构铁性材料。这些项目将构成NCCU可持续材料科学研究计划的基础。NCCU和PSU纳米科学中心的联合资源将通过一个全面的、顺序的计划，使NCCU的学生为材料科学的职业生涯做好充分的准备，该计划将扩大对材料科学感兴趣的学生池，并从这个池中招收有才华的学生；将学生整合到一个紧密结合的多学科材料科学社区，其教室和实验室部分为所有学术水平量身定制；让学生在PSU参与密切指导的、富有成效的研究体验。