IRES: Track II: Advanced Study Institute: Using Nanotechnology for Fabricating New Biomaterials and Next-Generation Electrodes

IRES：轨道 II：高级研究所：利用纳米技术制造新型生物材料和下一代电极

• 批准号: 1854528
• 负责人: Katerina Aifantis
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1854528&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; II; Advanced; Study

Energy storage and biomedical engineering are two areas in the forefront of scientific research that require the use of nanofabrication. The three advanced study institutes, ASIs, (one each year) that will take place during this project are to introduce graduate students to new fabrication processes for nanomaterials, and also to exemplify how important it is to collaborate efficiently with researchers from other fields. Each year, ten advanced US graduate students will spend sixteen days at the University of Cambridge (UC) and the Alexander-Friedrich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), attending lectures/labs on electrode fabrication in the former and biomedical implants in the latter. In addition to being exposed to academia, the students will also visit battery companies and medical schools. Interacting with leading scientists in two distinctly different areas, the students will identify how the fields of materials science and bioengineering can be bridged, and how a strong background in fabrication results into interdisciplinary research. This will be a unique experience for graduate students, allowing them to expand their horizons. The most promising next-generation electrodes for Li-ion batteries are comprised of nanostructured composites, while the most promising scaffolds for tissue engineering also have a nanostructure. However, the energy storage and biomaterials communities are not in close contact despite the ability to use the similar materials for both applications. The novelty of the present Advanced Study Institute is that instead of exposing the students to a particular engineering field, it will show them how they can obtain insight from one field in order to advance another. Although numerous fabrication techniques will be described focus will be given on fabricating new nanocomposite materials. After fabricating such materials, the students will examine their ability to induce bone-regeneration (at FAU), as well as their use as anodes in Li-ion batteries (at UC). The students will therefore obtain new results in energy storage and tissue engineering by collaborating with world-known institutions. The impact of this project will be significant in the miniaturization of Li-ion batteries, and increase in biocompatibility of medical devices, but also in the graduate education system of the US. Numerous outreach activities will be performed in elementary and high schools throughout FloridaThis 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.

能源存储和生物医学工程是需要使用纳米制造的两个前沿科学研究领域。该项目期间将举办三个高级研究机构 ASI（每年一个），旨在向研究生介绍纳米材料的新制造工艺，并举例说明与其他领域的研究人员高效合作的重要性。每年，十名美国高级研究生将在剑桥大学 (UC) 和埃尔兰根-纽伦堡亚历山大-弗里德里希大学 (FAU) 度过十六天，参加前者的电极制造和后者的生物医学植入讲座/实验室。除了接触学术界之外，学生们还将参观电池公司和医学院。通过与两个截然不同领域的顶尖科学家互动，学生们将了解如何在材料科学和生物工程领域之间建立桥梁，以及强大的制造背景如何促成跨学科研究。这对于研究生来说将是一次独特的经历，让他们能够拓展视野。最有前途的下一代锂离子电池电极由纳米结构复合材料组成，而最有前途的组织工程支架也具有纳米结构。然而，尽管能够在这两种应用中使用类似的材料，但能源存储和生物材料领域并没有密切联系。目前高等研究院的新颖之处在于，它不是让学生接触特定的工程领域，而是向他们展示如何从一个领域获得洞察力，以推进另一个领域的发展。尽管将描述多种制造技术，但重点将放在制造新的纳米复合材料上。制造出此类材料后，学生们将检查它们诱导骨骼再生的能力（在 FAU），以及它们作为锂离子电池阳极的用途（在 UC）。因此，学生们将通过与世界知名机构的合作，在能量存储和组织工程方面获得新的成果。该项目将对锂离子电池的小型化、医疗设备生物相容性的提高以及美国的研究生教育体系产生重大影响。佛罗里达州各地的小学和高中将开展大量的外展活动。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。