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

涂层通常根据其应用或功能进行表征/分类，涂层技术的经济影响是惊人的，估计有数万亿美元。因此，即使涂层性能的逐步改善也会产生影响，涂层的革命性改进可能会导致依赖这些涂层的技术的巨大飞跃。在这种情况下，原子薄层，通常被称为“二维材料”，表现出高度可调的特性，可以被设计成解决涂料领域的基本科学和技术挑战。这个工业/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(原子薄型多功能涂层中心-ATOM)的先进涂层。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)。原子是一种独特的协同努力，它利用了2D纳米材料前所未有的特性，并为革命性的多功能涂层奠定了基础。该中心的活动以学生为中心，专注于开展变革性和应用研究、开发知识产权、提供学生指导、实习和承担技术转让。ATOMIC将来自宾夕法尼亚州立大学和赖斯大学的世界领先的教职员工和行业和国家实验室协同整合。原子在关键战略领域推进涂层科学和技术，包括：腐蚀、氧化和耐磨、摩擦和磨损、能量储存/收集、大规模合成和沉积多功能涂层等。原子目标是：1)证明基础研究和竞争前研究对经济增长的重要性；2)建立一个创新的科学和技术平台，以开发基于2D系统的新型涂层；2)在行业需求的驱动下，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，以作为涂层性能的基准；4)与业界建立和保持牢固的关系，以促进原子研究，并促进向原子成员转让知识；5)培养本科生、研究生和博士后学者，他们将成为这一跨学科领域研究领域的有效成员；6)通过针对各级教育、种族和少数群体的强有力的外联计划，扩大对STEM的参与。

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.