PREM Center for Energy and Biomaterials

PREM 能源和生物材料中心

• 批准号: 1827745
• 负责人: Ramana Chintalapalle
• 金额: $ 387万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827745&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PREM; Center; Energy; Biomaterials

Non-technical Summary:The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a major research university located in the Southwest region of United States and is composed of nearly 83% Hispanic-American student population. The proposed Partnership in Research and Educations for Materials (PREM) project between UTEP and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will have a significant impact on students and local communities. The UTEP PREM center will promote and enhance the participation and advanced degree attainment of underrepresented minority (URM) students in materials science and engineering. The PREM projects will have broader impact on the production of doctorates that come from URM groups and will enhance major advancements in two important disciplines of materials science - energy and biomaterials. The UTEP PREM center will provide excellent education, training and research opportunities to students from historically URM groups by providing a number of new opportunities for hands-on laboratory experience, research mentoring, professional development, research seminars, joint UTEP/UCSB workshops, and student exchanges. In addition to accelerating scientific excellence, the PREM Center will also foster mentoring of junior and mid-career faculty. Expanding into a PREM Center and forming strong UTEP-UCSB connections, the UTEP PREM will not only impact within the region but will strengthen education in the study and research of advanced materials and contribute to the workforce development in materials science and engineering. Technical Summary:A synergistic, multidisciplinary research approach is proposed to advance the basic understanding of the interfacial structure, physics, and chemistry and to study defects and dopants in order to improve the materials' performance in energy and biomaterials. The PREM center is comprised of two primary Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) and topics in order to foster a diverse, innovative, and multifaceted research center that addresses a range of outstanding challenges in materials science. The PREM center will focus on two main areas: a) IRG1-Energy, and b) IRG2-Biomaterials. Prof. Ramana from UTEP and Prof. Seshadri from UCSB will lead this institutional partnership in which nine UTEP and eight UCSB scientists and engineers (chemistry, materials, physics, and electrical and mechanical engineering) form collaborative IRGs. The specific research topics in IRG1-Energy include: i) Multilayered, Transparent Electrodes, ii) Uranium-Based Compounds, and (iii) Multifunctional Oxides. Within IRG1, the overarching objectives include investigating the science and engineering of high quality multifunctional oxides, oxide/metal/oxide multilayered films, and actinide oxide semiconductors. In the context of IRG2-Biomaterials, the focus will be on: i) Development of Biomimetic Scaffolds for 3D Tissue, and ii) Photothermal Nanomaterials for High-Efficiency Biomass Conversion. The objectives of IRG2 include understanding the interplay between synthesis, surface/interface chemistry, and photothermal effects of nano- and biomaterials. Housing these IRGs under a PREM center umbrella unifies the cutting-edge material science research programs at UTEP and nurtures true interdisciplinary interactions. The formation of a PREM center also streamlines input and collaborative contributions from UCSB, thus adjoining two productive materials science research centers. Also, the world-class instrument facilities at UCSB will enable and catalyze the exploration of the basic science of functional inorganic and biomaterials and provide unique opportunities for cross-fertilization of ideas, mentoring, and multidisciplinary training.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术概要：德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）是一所位于美国西南部地区的主要研究型大学，由近 83% 的西班牙裔美国学生组成。 UTEP 和加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 (UCSB) 拟议的材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系 (PREM) 项目将对学生和当地社区产生重大影响。 UTEP PREM 中心将促进和加强材料科学与工程领域代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生的参与和高级学位的获得。 PREM项目将对URM小组的博士学位产生产生更广泛的影响，并将促进材料科学两个重要学科——能源和生物材料的重大进步。 UTEP PREM 中心将为历史悠久的 URM 团体的学生提供优质的教育、培训和研究机会，提供大量新的实验室实践经验、研究指导、专业发展、研究研讨会、UTEP/UCSB 联合研讨会和学生交流的新机会。除了加速科学卓越之外，PREM 中心还将促进对初级和中期职业教师的指导。 UTEP PREM 扩展为 PREM 中心并形成强大的 UTEP-UCSB 联系，不仅将在该地区产生影响，还将加强先进材料学习和研究的教育，并为材料科学和工程领域的劳动力发展做出贡献。技术摘要：提出了一种协同、多学科的研究方法，以增进对界面结构、物理和化学的基本理解，并研究缺陷和掺杂剂，以提高材料在能源和生物材料方面的性能。 PREM 中心由两个主要的跨学科研究小组 (IRG) 和主题组成，旨在培育一个多元化、创新和多方面的研究中心，解决材料科学领域的一系列突出挑战。 PREM 中心将重点关注两个主要领域：a) IRG1-能源，b) IRG2-生物材料。 UTEP 的 Ramana 教授和 UCSB 的 Seshadri 教授将领导这一机构合作伙伴关系，其中 9 名 UTEP 和 8 名 UCSB 科学家和工程师（化学、材料、物理以及电气和机械工程）组成合作 IRG。 IRG1-Energy 的具体研究主题包括：i) 多层透明电极，ii) 铀基化合物，以及 (iii) 多功能氧化物。 IRG1 的首要目标包括研究高质量多功能氧化物、氧化物/金属/氧化物多层薄膜和锕系氧化物半导体的科学和工程。在 IRG2-Biomaterials 的背景下，重点将放在：i) 3D 组织仿生支架的开发，以及 ii) 用于高效生物质转化的光热纳米材料。 IRG2 的目标包括了解纳米材料和生物材料的合成、表面/界面化学以及光热效应之间的相互作用。将这些 IRG 置于 PREM 中心的保护之下，统一了 UTEP 的尖端材料科学研究项目，并培育了真正的跨学科互动。 PREM 中心的成立还简化了 UCSB 的投入和协作贡献，从而毗邻两个生产材料科学研究中心。此外，UCSB 的世界一流仪器设施将促进和促进功能性无机和生物材料基础科学的探索，并为思想交叉、指导和多学科培训提供独特的机会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Enhanced electrochemical performance of 3‐D microporous nickel/nickel oxide nanoflakes for application in supercapacitors

• DOI: 10.1002/nano.202200180
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 期刊: Nano Select
• 作者: B. Singh;Debabrata Das;N. Attarzadeh;Srija N. Chintalapalle;C. Ramana

A Comparative Study in the Printability of a Bioink and 3D Models Across Two Bioprinting Platforms.

两个生物打印平台的生物墨水和 3D 模型的可打印性比较研究。

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127382
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Materials letters
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Alonzo,Matthew;Dominguez,Erick;Alvarez-Primo,Fabian;Quinonez,Amado;Munoz,Erik;Puebla,Jazmin;Barron,Antonio;Aguirre,Luis;Vargas,Ana;Ramirez,JeanM;Joddar,Binata
• 通讯作者: Joddar,Binata

DrugCentral 2021 supports drug discovery and repositioning.

• DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa997
• 发表时间: 2021-01-08
• 期刊: Nucleic acids research
• 影响因子: 14.9
• 作者: Avram S;Bologa CG;Holmes J;Bocci G;Wilson TB;Nguyen DT;Curpan R;Halip L;Bora A;Yang JJ;Knockel J;Sirimulla S;Ursu O;Oprea TI
• 通讯作者: Oprea TI

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Quality Epitaxial Nanocolumnar Niobium Films with Abrupt Interfaces on YSZ(001)

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08738
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 作者: C. Ramana;Nanthakishore Makeswaran;Vishal Zade;Debabrata Das;Susheng Tan;Shuozhi Xu;I. Beyerlein

Realization and Optimization of Enhanced and Spectral Selective Photoluminescence in Size and Phase Controlled Nanocrystalline Ga2O3 Films Made by Pulsed Laser Deposition

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2022.139425
• 发表时间: 2022-08
• 期刊: Thin Solid Films
• 影响因子: 2.1
• 作者: Debabrata Das;Nanthakishore Makeswaran;Francelia Sanchez Escobar;Susheng Tan;C. Ramana