Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UCSB

非技术性：加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的材料研究科学和工程中心开发和支持必要的人力和物质基础设施，以综合方式推进材料研究、教育和培训。该项目涉及一个由来自六个不同部门的研究人员组成的充满活力的团队，他们的跨学科研究有助于推动三个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)内三个不同的主题领域的发展。IRG-1的研究重点是了解新型磁性材料之间的相互作用，以促进包括制冷和精细运动控制在内的大量应用。IRG-2的研究推进了塑料材料的发展，对化学分离和能量储存具有潜在影响。受自然的启发，IRG-3为创造用于自我修复材料和生物组织替代材料等应用的材料建立了基本的设计规则。对不同IRGS的研究将新材料的制备与前沿理论的发展相结合，以了解它们，并开发先进的工具来测量材料的性能。同时，种子项目允许新的研究人员在激动人心的研究方向上冒险，加入该中心。利用共享的实验设施来支持该项目并加强与行业的互动。通过初创企业创造就业机会，并通过加强教育和外联影响劳动力准备是该中心贯穿所有活动的目标。技术：加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的材料研究科学和工程中心包括三个IRG。这三个IRGS解决了材料研究中的基本问题，如果没有一个跨学科和协作领域的专家团队的贡献，这些问题是不可能推进的。每个IRG的研究将合成与表征和性能测量相结合，并伴随着理论和计算努力，以促进基本理解并为一系列应用开发有前途的材料类别。IRG-1旨在了解并开发对单相和多相金属间化合物中应变、磁化和温度之间的耦合进行前所未有的控制，以促进包括驱动和固态制冷在内的技术。IRG-2计划开发新型聚合物离子液体化学，了解这些材料中的自组装和离子传输，并开发结合多价离子导电性、光驱动适应机制、可切换氧化还原活性和磁响应等新特性的应用。受天然海洋材料的启发，IRG-3旨在发现材料组装和创新加工如何帮助建立基本的设计规则，以创建最终用于高级织物、包装、添加剂制造和组织替换等应用的多功能、分级、多相软材料，以及自我成型、自我修复和可重新配置的材料平台。除了这项研究，MRSEC的科学家和教育人员致力于改善获取科学的机会，并建立一支充满活力和包容性的科学家和工程师队伍。教育项目的核心重点是本科生的研究机会。外展活动还包括K-12学生，支持教师创建相关课程，以及更广泛的公众，分享当前材料研究方面的兴奋。

NON-TECHNICAL: The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara develops and sustains the necessary human and physical infrastructure to advance materials research, education, and training in an integrative manner. The project involves a dynamic team of investigators from six different departments whose interdisciplinary research contributes to advancing three different topical areas within the three Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs). Research in IRG-1 focuses on understanding interactions within novel magnetic materials to advance a plethora of applications including refrigeration and fine-scale motion control. Research in IRG-2 advances plastic materials with potential impact on chemical separations and energy storage. Inspired by nature, IRG-3 establishes the foundational design rules for creating materials for applications such as self-healing materials and materials for biological tissue replacement. The research in the different IRGs integrates the preparation of new materials with the development of forefront theories to understand them, and advanced tools to measure materials properties. In parallel, seed projects allow new researchers, venturing in exciting research directions, to join the Center. Shared experimental facilities are leveraged to support the project and strengthen interactions with industry. Developing job creation through start-ups and impacting work-force preparedness through enhancing education and outreach is a goal that threads through all of the activities of the Center.TECHNICAL: The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara includes three IRGs. The three IRGs address fundamental problems in materials research that cannot be advanced without contributions from a team of interdisciplinary and collaborative-domain experts. The research in each IRG integrates synthesis with characterization and property measurement, accompanied by theoretical and computational efforts, to advance fundamental understanding and develop promising materials classes for a range of applications. IRG-1 aims to understand and develop unprecedented control over the couplings between strain, magnetization, and temperature in single- and multiphase intermetallic compounds to advance technologies including actuation and solid-state refrigeration. IRG-2 plans to develop novel polymeric ionic liquid chemistries, understand self-assembly and ion transport in these materials, and develop applications that incorporate the emergent properties of multi-valent ion conductivity, light-driven adaptive mechanics, switchable redox activity, and magnetic response. Inspired by natural marine materials, IRG-3 aims to discover how material assembly and innovative processing can help establish the foundational design rules for creating versatile, graded, multiphase soft materials for eventual use in applications such as advanced fabrics, packaging, additive manufacturing, and tissue replacements, as well as self-shaping, self-healing, and reconfigurable materials platforms. Alongside the research, MRSEC scientists and education staff are dedicated to improving access to science and to building a dynamic and inclusive workforce of scientists and engineers. The portfolio of education programs has a core focus on undergraduate research opportunities. Outreach activities also involve K-12 students, support of teachers to create relevant curricula, and the broader lay public, to share current excitement in materials research.