MRI: Acquisition of a transmission electron microscope for multi-disciplinary research and training.

MRI：购买透射电子显微镜用于多学科研究和培训。

• 批准号: 1531277
• 负责人: Jennifer Schisa
• 金额: $ 49.23万
• 依托单位: Central Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1531277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; transmission; electron; microscope

An award is made to Central Michigan University to acquire a Hitachi high-contrast/high-resolution digital transmission electron microscope (TEM). The new microscope will enable the training of the next generation of scientists in modern methods using TEM for analysis of biological and materials science samples. Undergraduate and graduate students will be exposed to the new TEM in courses that are required for the Biology/microscopy majors and that serve the doctoral students in the interdisciplinary Science of Advanced Materials Ph.D. program. The interdisciplinary team of faculty will attract underrepresented students to their research teams, and introduce high school students to cutting edge methods in STEM research, by participating in campus-wide programs that serve underrepresented students. The new TEM will also be incorporated into outreach activities for K-12 students, including "Grandparents University", a program to bring grandparent/grandchild pairs to campus for educational experiences in a university setting.The acquisition of the new Hitachi TEM will enable biology researchers to continue a long history of performing research using TEM, and at the same time, provide a new capability for materials science researchers at CMU. The new TEM has state-of-the-art imaging technology that will allow biology researchers to substantially increase the quality and quantity of images of low-contrast biological samples. The biology research projects that will benefit from the new TEM span a broad range and include the analysis of membrane remodeling that occurs in eggs in response to stress and aging, and the characterization of a novel cell type in corn endosperm. The new TEM will be configured to allow faculty and student researchers working with nanomaterials and polymers to collect data on campus instead of traveling to outside institutions. The materials science research projects include the characterization of the superlattice structure of ferroelectric nanoparticles that can be used in exciting applications such as energy conversion and data storage, and characterization of edge-defined graphene nanoribbons that have applications for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The new TEM will enhance the growing research capabilities at CMU, serve students in many programs, and attract new researchers to CMU.

中央密歇根大学获得了一台日立高对比度/高分辨率数字透射电子显微镜 (TEM) 的奖励。新型显微镜将能够对下一代科学家进行使用 TEM 分析生物和材料科学样品的现代方法的培训。本科生和研究生将在生物学/显微镜专业所需的课程中接触新的 TEM，并为先进材料科学博士的跨学科博士生提供服务。程序。跨学科的教师团队将吸引代表性不足的学生加入他们的研究团队，并通过参与为代表性不足的学生服务的校园范围内的项目，向高中生介绍 STEM 研究的前沿方法。新的 TEM 还将被纳入 K-12 学生的外展活动中，包括“祖父母大学”，这是一个将祖父母/孙子女带到校园，在大学环境中获得教育体验的计划。收购新的日立 TEM 将使生物学研究人员能够继续使用 TEM 进行研究的悠久历史，同时为卡耐基梅隆大学的材料科学研究人员提供新的能力。新型 TEM 拥有最先进的成像技术，使生物学研究人员能够大幅提高低对比度生物样本图像的质量和数量。受益于新 TEM 的生物学研究项目涉及范围广泛，包括分析鸡蛋中响应压力和衰老而发生的膜重塑，以及玉米胚乳中新型细胞类型的表征。新的 TEM 将允许从事纳米材料和聚合物研究的教师和学生研究人员在校园内收集数据，而无需前往外部机构。材料科学研究项目包括铁电纳米颗粒超晶格结构的表征（可用于能量转换和数据存储等令人兴奋的应用），以及可用于锂离子电池电极的边缘定义的石墨烯纳米带的表征。新的 TEM 将增强卡耐基梅隆大学不断增长的研究能力，为许多项目的学生提供服务，并吸引新的研究人员来到卡耐基梅隆大学。