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

****非技术摘要****历史悠久的黑人大学北卡罗来纳中央大学（NCCU）和宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU） MRSEC之间的纳米材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系旨在大力增加代表性不足的少数民族学生在材料科学方面的参与和成功。为了招募和培养有能力应对这一新兴领域未来挑战的学生，这一合作伙伴关系将整合a)通过突出材料科学学科在21世纪的核心作用，提高材料科学职业的意识和吸引力的招聘策略；b)创新的同侪辅导“宾大伙伴”计划，将MRSEC计划的少数族裔参与者与参与PREM计划的中大学生配对；c)学生在材料科学前沿领域有丰富的研究经验，并受到中大和MRSEC教师的密切指导；(d)为参与的学生提供必要的教育技能，以提高他们在与研究生课程相关的材料方面的竞争力和持续的成功。与PSU的合作研究将有助于NCCU开发可持续的，有竞争力的材料科学研究项目，以继续学生的培训。****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重点是：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器件；2)用于光学滤波器和传感器应用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二维材料。这一合作伙伴关系还通过种子项目的发展，支持北卡罗来纳理工大学在新方向上的研究扩展，重点是纳米级图案铁和钙钛矿基多铁材料的开发。上面列出的三个主要重点和种子项目中的每一个都与研究小组和PSU的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颗粒和纳米结构薄膜，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材料。这些项目将成为中大可持续材料科学研究项目的基础。ncccu和PSU纳米科学中心的联合资源将通过一个全面的、连续的项目来充分利用ncccu的学生为材料科学的职业生涯做好准备，该项目将扩大对材料科学感兴趣的学生群体，并从中招募有才华的学生；将学生融入紧密结合的多学科材料科学社区，为所有学术水平量身定制教室和实验室组件；让学生在PSU进行密切指导，富有成效的研究经验。

****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.