NCCU-PSU Partnership for Research and Education in Nanoscale Materials

NCCU-PSU 纳米材料研究与教育合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 2122044
• 负责人: Marvin Wu
• 金额: $ 382.5万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Central University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122044&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NCCU; PSU; Partnership; Research; Education

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a historically black, primarily undergraduate institution with a 70% female and 80% underrepresented minority student population. This Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) between NCCU and Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) seeks to advance materials research and strengthen the pipeline for the advancement of women and underrepresented minorities in materials science and related disciplines at NCCU by leveraging expertise and resources available through the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science. This project will engage 10 undergraduate and 5 graduate students per year in highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary research on advanced nanoscale materials. Selected students will also participate in a summer research experience at Penn State with combined peer mentoring focused on overcoming barriers to graduate study encountered by minority students. Increased recruitment, curricular enhancement, peer tutoring, career guidance and professional development activities with extensive Penn State contributions will be offered to expand the pool of students engaged in materials research at NCCU and provide them with the academic, research and professional skills required for success in post-NCCU careers. A broad range of outreach activities, including summer research experiences for students and teachers, and development of home-based science activities in collaboration with science museums will be established to impact the local K-12 community. This project is partially supported with co-funding from the HBCU-UP program in the Division of Human Resource Development of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. The goal of this project is to increase understanding of the fundamental principles underlying the properties of heterogeneous nanoscale systems, and to engineer new materials with novel functionalities based on these insights. The partnership is organized around two research thrusts that leverage the resources at both institutions to extend the scope and depth of research beyond those accessible at either individual institution. Thrust 1 focuses on the synthesis of mixed-dimensional heterostructures integrating zero- and one-dimensional materials with two-dimensional (2D) materials, and characterization of charge transfer and enhanced chemical reactivity at the nanoscale interfaces in these systems. This research thrust addresses key scientific challenges including control of the physical and chemical properties of the constituent materials by tuning compositions and dimensionalities of component nanostructures, and large-area growth of novel 2D materials. Thrust 2 encompasses research into hybrid nanocomposites combining different classes of materials. This research thrust focuses on engineering strong light-matter coupling in semiconductor-metal systems to control carrier dynamics and long-range transport, the effects of compositional heterogeneities in organic-inorganic perovskite on charge transport, and control of the multiferroic properties of polymer-ceramic nanocomposites through matrix-nanoparticle interactions. Research from the two thrusts will broadly benefit the fields of optoelectronics, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and sensors.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.

北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU）是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，主要是本科生，70%的女性和80%的少数民族学生人数不足。NCCU和宾夕法尼亚州立大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）之间的材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系（PREM）旨在通过利用宾夕法尼亚州立大学纳米科学中心提供的专业知识和资源，推进材料研究并加强NCCU材料科学和相关学科中妇女和代表性不足的少数民族的进步管道。该项目每年将吸引10名本科生和5名研究生参与先进纳米材料的高度协作，多学科研究。被选中的学生还将参加宾夕法尼亚州立大学的夏季研究体验，并结合同侪指导，重点是克服少数民族学生在研究生学习中遇到的障碍。将提供更多的招聘，课程改进，同侪辅导，职业指导和专业发展活动，并提供广泛的宾夕法尼亚州立大学的贡献，以扩大在NCCU从事材料研究的学生人数，并为他们提供在NCCU后的职业生涯中取得成功所需的学术，研究和专业技能。将开展广泛的外展活动，包括为学生和教师提供夏季研究体验，以及与科学博物馆合作开展家庭科学活动，以影响当地的K-12社区。该项目得到教育和人力资源局人力资源开发司HBCU-UP方案共同资助的部分支持。 该项目的目标是增加对异质纳米级系统特性基本原理的理解，并基于这些见解设计具有新功能的新材料。该伙伴关系围绕两个研究重点组织，利用两个机构的资源，将研究的范围和深度扩展到两个机构之外。推力1的重点是混合维异质结构的合成集成零和一维材料与二维（2D）材料，并在这些系统中的纳米级界面的电荷转移和增强的化学反应性的表征。该研究重点解决了关键的科学挑战，包括通过调整组分纳米结构的组成和尺寸来控制组成材料的物理和化学性质，以及新型2D材料的大面积生长。第二个重点是研究结合不同种类材料的混合纳米复合材料。该研究重点是在超导体-金属系统中工程化强轻物质耦合，以控制载流子动力学和长程输运，有机-无机钙钛矿中成分不均匀性对电荷输运的影响，以及通过基质-纳米颗粒相互作用控制聚合物-陶瓷纳米复合材料的多铁性。这两个方向的研究将广泛地惠及光电子学、光电子学、光电转换器和传感器领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识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

Probing charge transfer in 2D MoS2/tellurene type-II p–n heterojunctions

• DOI: 10.1557/s43579-021-00117-w
• 发表时间: 2021-11
• 期刊: MRS Communications
• 影响因子: 1.9
• 作者: Basant Chitara;Kunyan Zhang;Martha Y. Garcia Cervantes;T. B. Limbu;Bikram Adhikari-;Shengxi Huang;Fei Yan-Fe

Near-Infrared Photodetectors Based on 2D Bi2S3

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139876
• 发表时间: 2022-07
• 期刊: Chemical Physics Letters
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Basant Chitara;Fei Yan

Rose bengal-integrated electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers for photodynamic inactivation of bacteria

玫瑰红集成电纺聚丙烯腈纳米纤维用于光动力灭活细菌

• DOI: 10.1039/d2va00166g
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Environmental Science: Advances
• 作者: Dong, Xiuli;Mitchell, Dionne G.;Garcia Cervantes, Martha Y.;Chitara, Basant;Yang, Liju;Yan, Fei
• 通讯作者: Yan, Fei

Quantitative modeling of near-field interactions incorporating polaritonic and electrostatic effects

结合极化子效应和静电效应的近场相互作用的定量建模

• DOI: 10.1364/oe.442305
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Optics Express
• 影响因子: 3.8
• 作者: Conrad, G.;Casper, C. B.;Ritchie, E. T.;Atkin, J. M.
• 通讯作者: Atkin, J. M.

Optimizing the synergistic effect of CuWO 4 /CuS hybrid composites for photocatalytic inactivation of pathogenic bacteria

优化CuWO 4 /CuS杂化复合材料光催化灭活病原菌的协同效应

• DOI: 10.1039/d2en00361a
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Environmental Science: Nano
• 作者: Dong, Xiuli;Katzbaer, Rowan R.;Chitara, Basant;Han, Li;Yang, Liju;Schaak, Raymond E.;Yan, Fei
• 通讯作者: Yan, Fei