REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Nanohybrid Functional Materials

REU网站：纳米杂化功能材料本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1559987
• 负责人: Natale Ianno
• 金额: $ 30.6万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559987&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The REU site, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Nanohybrid Functional Materials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will bring together students within multidisciplinary teams from electrical and environmental engineering, chemistry, and cell biology. These teams will perform research on fabricated surfaces/structures whose feature size is on the order of tens of nanometers (nm). It is expected that these activities will achieve several key outcomes, including: (1) increased interest in research and development careers in fields such as engineering, physics, biology, and chemistry; (2) increased understanding of the role of interdisciplinary teams in solving complex problems and unique preparation for pursuing graduate studies within an interdisciplinary research environment; (3) increased understanding of the role of research and development in the commercial sector and its relation to national interests; (4) publications with the REU participant as the lead or co-author; and (5) the presentation of REU participants' research results at conferences. The overall objective of the site activities is to develop a pipeline, to train a diverse cadre of future researchers and faculty to continue innovative research ,and to address predicted shortages in the appropriate engineering disciplines. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Underpinning the REU site is the Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials (CNFM) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Research within the CNFM is organized around three complementary and mutually supporting research themes, as well as the development of research infrastructure through acquisition of specialized instrumentation within a core facility. The first research theme, Nanohybrid Fabrication, focuses on the preparation of highly ordered and spatially coherent 3D nanostructures, their hybridization with chemical or biological sensing elements, and their immobilization or inclusion within polymer matrices. In addition, this theme is also expanding to include preparation of 1- and 2-dimensional semiconductor materials decorated with organic materials. The second research theme, Nanohybrid Characterization and New Sensing Principles, focuses on new characterization and sensing principles based on unique properties of the nanohybrids, including techniques based upon Terahertz to UV ellipsometry. The third research theme, Nanohybrid-based Devices, focuses on potential sensing and separation applications based on molecular interactions within nanohybrid-based devices and 1-D and 2-D semiconductor/organic electronic devices. Students will be introduced into this environment with the primary goal to help the participants develop into effective, independent researchers in an interdisciplinary environment. The research activities are designed not only to develop skills germane to the student's field of study, but also to demonstrate how one project fits into a larger, more complex system. The REU participant will not simply be a "lab helper" who assists graduate students or postdoctoral researchers with laboratory chores, but will have significant and independent responsibilities in the research project.

非技术描述：REU网站，研究经验的本科生在Nanohybrid功能材料在内布拉斯加州林肯大学，将汇集来自电气和环境工程，化学和细胞生物学的多学科团队的学生。这些团队将对特征尺寸为数十纳米（nm）量级的制造表面/结构进行研究。预计这些活动将取得几个关键成果，包括：（1）提高对工程、物理、生物和化学等领域的研究和发展事业的兴趣;（2）提高对跨学科团队在解决复杂问题方面的作用的理解，并为在跨学科研究环境中攻读研究生课程做好独特的准备;（3）增进对研究和开发在商业部门的作用及其与国家利益的关系的了解;（4）以REU参与者为主要作者或合著者的出版物;（5）在会议上介绍REU参与者的研究成果。网站活动的总体目标是开发一个管道，培养未来的研究人员和教师的多样化干部，继续创新研究，并解决相应的工程学科的预测短缺。 技术描述：支撑REU网站的是内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）的纳米混合功能材料中心（CNFM）。CNFM内的研究围绕三个互补和相互支持的研究主题，以及通过在核心设施内购买专业仪器来发展研究基础设施。第一个研究主题，纳米混合制造，侧重于高度有序和空间相干的3D纳米结构的制备，它们与化学或生物传感元件的杂交，以及它们在聚合物基质中的固定或包含。此外，这一主题也正在扩展到包括用有机材料装饰的1维和2维半导体材料的制备。第二个研究主题，纳米混合表征和新的传感原理，侧重于新的表征和传感原理的基础上的纳米混合的独特属性，包括基于太赫兹到紫外椭圆偏振技术。第三个研究主题是基于纳米混合的器件，重点关注基于纳米混合器件和1-D和2-D半导体/有机电子器件内分子相互作用的潜在传感和分离应用。学生将被引入到这个环境中，主要目标是帮助参与者在跨学科环境中发展成为有效的独立研究人员。研究活动的目的不仅是发展技能密切相关的学生的研究领域，但也展示了一个项目如何融入一个更大，更复杂的系统。REU参与者将不仅仅是一个“实验室助手”，帮助研究生或博士后研究人员进行实验室工作，而是在研究项目中承担重要和独立的责任。