IUCRC Phase II Rice University: Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)

这项二期计划旨在继续并扩大原子薄型多功能涂料中心(ATOM)，该中心致力于设计和开发基于二维(2D)材料的先进涂料。原子二期将协同整合宾夕法尼亚州立大学、莱斯大学和博伊西州立大学的学生、教职员工，以促进涂层科学在多个技术准备水平上的进步。在莱斯进行的研究将集中在多功能六方氮化硼(HBN)涂层、光催化涂层、印刷纳米天线以及2D材料的先进显微表征方面。由于学术界、政府和工业界之间的联合伙伴关系，原子第二阶段将寻求影响学生的教育和培训，特别是那些代表性不足的少数族裔。为了鼓励年轻人攻读科学技术研究学位，该中心将联合开展外展活动，并利用正在进行的NSF工程研究中心(REU)、本科生研究经验(REU)和莱斯教师研究经验(RET)计划。Atom将利用赖斯技术和创业联盟来促进学术和行业关系，并加强从大学到市场的知识转移。二维(2D)材料表现出不同于块体相的各种独特的性质，这将增强现有涂层技术的性能。原子的第一阶段为展示这些超薄材料在耐腐蚀性、极端环境耐受性、能量收集/存储、生物兼容性和增强的分子灵敏度方面的性能奠定了基础。原子第二阶段计划在宾夕法尼亚州立大学和赖斯大学2D材料科学创新的基础上，通过博伊西州立大学的加入，将其扩展到可扩展的2D材料打印。宾夕法尼亚州立大学和莱斯大学成功地应用了新型2D材料的基础研究计划，如石墨烯、hBN、MoS2和WS2；博伊西州立大学加入了纳米材料墨水开发和受控精密打印方面的经验，如喷墨、等离子喷墨、气雾剂喷注和微型点胶。Atom选择和设计的联合研究工作将专注于解决美国国家利益领域的关键社会和工业问题，这些问题可以通过先进的多功能涂层来缓解，如基础设施保护、物联网(IoT)传感、电子、能源收集/存储、自主系统和生物威胁减少。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Phase II proposal seeks to continue and expand the Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC), devoted to the design and development of advanced coatings based on two-dimensional (2D) materials. ATOMIC Phase II will synergistically integrate students, faculty, and staff from Pennsylvania State University, Rice University, and Boise State University to advance coating science across multiple technology readiness levels. Research performed at Rice will focus on multifunctional hexagonal boron nitride(hBN) coatings, photocatalytic coatings, printed nano-antennas, and advanced microscopy characterization of 2D materials. Because of the aligned partnership among academia, government, and industry, ATOMIC phase II will seeks to impact the education and training of students, particularly those who are underrepresented minorities. To encourage young people to pursue science-technology research degrees, the center will jointly conduct outreach activities and leverage ongoing NSF Engineering Research Centers (REU), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) programs at Rice. ATOMIC will leverage the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship to foster academic-industry relationships and enhance the transfer of knowledge from the Universities to the marketplace. Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit a variety of unique properties, different from bulk phases, that will enhance the performance of existing coating technologies. Phase I of ATOMIC laid the foundation for demonstrating these ultrathin materials with improved performance in corrosion resistance, extreme environmental tolerance, energy harvesting/storage, biocompatibility, and enhanced molecular sensitivity. ATOMIC Phase II plans to build on the foundation of scientific innovation in 2D materials at Penn State and Rice University and expand it into scalable 2D materials printing enabled by the addition of Boise State University. Penn State and Rice have successfully employed fundamental research programs in novel 2D materials, such as graphene, hBN, MoS2, and WS2; and Boise State has joined with experience in nanomaterial ink development and controlled precision printing such as inkjet, plasma jet, aerosol jet, and micro-dispensing. The joint research efforts chosen and designed by ATOMIC will concentrate on addressing key societal and industrial problems in areas of U.S. national interest that can be mitigated through advanced multifunctional coatings, such as infrastructure protection, internet of things (IoT) sensing, electronics, energy harvesting/storage, autonomous systems, and biological threat reduction.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.