I/UCRC Phase I: Collaborative Research: I/UCRC Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)

涂料通常按其应用或功能进行表征/分类，涂料技术的经济影响令人震惊，估计达数万亿美元。因此，即使是涂层性能的增量改进也会产生影响，涂层的革命性改进可能会导致依赖这些涂层的技术的飞跃。在这种情况下，原子薄层，通常称为？二维材料表现出高度可调的性能，可以被设计来解决涂层竞技场中的基本科学和技术挑战。该工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）致力于设计和开发基于二维（2D）和分层材料的先进涂层（原子薄多功能涂层中心-ATOMIC）。该中心的关键是一系列不同的工业合作伙伴（玻璃，聚合物，涂料制造商，电子和汽车公司，设备/工具制造商，国家实验室和小企业）。ATOMIC是一项独特的协同努力，利用2D纳米材料前所未有的特性，为多功能涂料的革命奠定基础。该中心的活动是以学生为中心，重点是开展转型和应用研究，开发知识产权，提供学生辅导，实习，并进行技术转让。ATOMIC协同整合来自宾夕法尼亚州立大学和莱斯大学的世界领先的教师，研究人员，学生和工作人员与行业和国家实验室。ATOMIC在关键战略领域推进涂层科学和技术，包括：耐腐蚀性，抗氧化性和耐磨性，摩擦和磨损，能量储存/收集，多功能涂层的大规模合成和沉积等。ATOMIC的目标是：1）证明基础和竞争前研究对经济增长的重要性; 2）建立创新的科学和技术平台，以开发基于2D系统的新型涂层; 2）根据行业需求开发2D材料的基本工艺/性能关系; 3）标准化测量，表征和建模技术，以基准涂层性能; 4）建立并保持与行业的牢固关系，以推进ATOMIC研究，并促进知识转移到ATOMIC成员; 5）教育本科生和研究生，以及博士后学者，他们将成为这一跨学科领域研究界的有效成员，6）通过针对各级教育、种族和少数民族的强有力的外展计划，广泛参与STEM。

Coatings are often characterized/classified by their application or functionality, and the economic impact of coating technologies is staggering and estimated to be in the trillions. Therefore, even incremental improvements in coating properties have an impact, and revolutionary improvements in the coatings could lead to quantum leaps in the technologies that rely on these coatings. In this context, atomically thin layers, commonly known as ?two dimensional materials?, exhibiting highly tunable properties, can be engineered to solve fundamental scientific and technological challenges in the coating arena. This Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) is devoted to the design and development of advanced coatings based on two-dimensional (2D) and layered materials (Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings -ATOMIC). Key to the center is a diverse set of industrial partners (glass, polymer, coating manufacturers, electronics and automobile companies, equipment/tools manufacturers, national labs, and small businesses). ATOMIC is a unique synergistic effort that exploits the unprecedented properties of 2D nanomaterials and establishes the foundations to revolutionize multifunctional coatings. The center activities are student-centric, focused on carrying out transformational and applied research, developing intellectual property, providing student mentorship, internships, and undertaking technology transfer.ATOMIC synergistically integrates world-leading faculty, researchers, students and staff from The Pennsylvania State University and Rice University with industry and national laboratories. ATOMIC advances coating science and technology in key strategic areas including: corrosion, oxidation and abrasion resistance, friction and wear, energy storage/harvesting, large-scale synthesis and deposition of multifunctional coatings, and others. The ATOMIC goals are: 1) Demonstrate the importance of fundamental and pre-competitive research for economic growth; 2) Establish an innovative scientific and technological platform to develop novel coatings based on 2D systems; 2) Develop fundamental process/property relationships in 2D materials driven by industry needs; 3) Standardizing measurement, characterization, and modeling techniques for benchmarking coating performances; 4) Build and maintain strong relationships with industry to advance ATOMIC research and to facilitate knowledge transfer to ATOMIC members; 5) Educate undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars, who will become effective members of the research community in this interdisciplinary area, and 6) Broaden participation in STEM through a strong outreach program aimed at all levels of education, ethnicities and minorities.