PREM: Cal. State Univ. Long Beach and Ohio State University Partnership for Education and Research in Hard and Soft Materials

普雷姆：卡尔。

• 批准号: 2122199
• 负责人: Michael Peterson
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: California State University-Long Beach Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PREM; Cal.; State; Univ.; Long

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Non-Technical SummaryCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is a comprehensive urban university with various terminal Master’s (MS) degrees in STEM fields and a Hispanic-serving institution with underrepresented minority students making up 47% of the student body. CSULB Physics & Astronomy is one of the largest terminal MS granting departments nationally with about 50 active MS students. The PREM partnership with Ohio State University (OSU) and OSU’s NSF MRSEC: Center for Emergent Materials will impact the matriculation of these students into PhD programs at OSU, and elsewhere, by providing structured and sustained research, mentoring, and professional development opportunities. PREM students will participate in frontier areas of materials research in magnetic, thin film, and biomaterials—the research will form the basis for MS and undergraduate thesis work. During the award period, up to 4 CSULB students (MS and undergraduate) will be directly funded per year, with another 6-10 students at CSULB and OSU impacted indirectly through increased research and collaborative activity. Building on the track records of post-baccalaureate Bridge programs at both partner institutions, there are several pathways for CSULB PREM students to transition to graduate studies depending on their preparation and research interests. The CSULB-OSU PREM will also provide professional development opportunities for CSULB and OSU junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers, including networking, seminar/colloquia and instructional development. The results of the PREM partnership will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and to the general public via a dedicated web portal and outreach presentations to local K-12 students. Technical SummaryCollaborative and interdisciplinary PREM research is organized around three Partnership Research Groups (PRGs) focused on cooperative phenomena in solid state, organic/inorganic, and biomaterials, with strong interdisciplinary cross-over between materials science, chemistry, mathematics, physics and aspects of biophysics in living systems. PRG-1 is focused on topological aspects of magnetism where the interplay between magnetism and geometric properties of materials supports non-trivial magnetic phases. PRG-2 is focused on tuning magnetic properties in thin film magnetic heterostructures, comprising 2D materials with intrinsic magnetic order and molecular magnets. PRG-3 is focused on aspects of topology in biomaterials with a focus on translating mathematical theories on, e.g., knot formation to molecular structures realized utilizing DNA origami techniques. OSU’s NSF MRSEC: Center for Emergent Materials will enhance PRG activities by directly supporting student exchange and subsidizing access to state-of-the-art OSU research facilities. PREM efforts will be guided by formative evaluation providing feedback on project implementation, and summative evaluation to assess the overall impact of the project on PREM participants. In this way the PREM will provide, and continuously strengthen, a scaffold for students from diverse backgrounds to contribute to STEM fields of national priority and take leadership roles in the sciences.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.

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。非技术摘要加州州立大学长滩（CSULB）是一所综合性城市大学，拥有STEM领域的各种终端硕士（MS）学位和西班牙裔服务机构，少数民族学生占学生总数的47%。CSULB物理天文学是全国最大的终端MS授予部门之一，约有50名活跃的MS学生。PREM与俄亥俄州州立大学（OSU）和OSU的NSF MRSEC合作伙伴关系：紧急材料中心将通过提供结构化和持续的研究，指导和专业发展机会，影响这些学生进入OSU和其他地方的博士课程。PREM学生将参与磁性，薄膜和生物材料材料研究的前沿领域-该研究将成为MS和本科论文工作的基础。在奖励期间，每年将直接资助多达4名CSULB学生（MS和本科生），另外6-10名CSULB和OSU的学生通过增加研究和合作活动间接受到影响。建立在两个合作机构的学士学位后桥梁课程的跟踪记录，有几个途径CSULB PREM学生过渡到研究生学习取决于他们的准备和研究兴趣。CSULB-OSU PREM还将为CSULB和OSU初级教师和博士后研究人员提供专业发展机会，包括网络，研讨会/座谈会和教学发展。PREM伙伴关系的成果将在同行评审的期刊和会议上传播，并通过专门的门户网站和向当地K-12学生的外联介绍向公众传播。合作和跨学科的PREM研究围绕三个合作研究小组（PRG）组织，专注于固态，有机/无机和生物材料的合作现象，在材料科学，化学，数学，物理学和生物物理学方面之间具有很强的跨学科交叉。PRG-1专注于磁性的拓扑方面，其中材料的磁性和几何特性之间的相互作用支持非平凡的磁性相位。PRG-2专注于调整薄膜磁性异质结构中的磁性，包括具有内在磁序和分子磁体的2D材料。PRG-3专注于生物材料中拓扑结构的各个方面，重点是翻译数学理论，例如，结形成到分子结构，这是利用DNA折纸技术实现的。OSU的NSF MRSEC：紧急材料中心将通过直接支持学生交流和资助获得最先进的俄勒冈州立大学研究设施来加强PRG活动。PREM工作将以提供项目执行反馈的形成性评价和评估项目对PREM参与者的总体影响的总结性评价为指导。通过这种方式，PREM将为来自不同背景的学生提供并不断加强一个脚手架，为国家优先的STEM领域做出贡献，并在科学领域发挥领导作用。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

Electronic transport mechanisms in a thin crystal of the Kitaev candidate α -RuCl3 probed through guarded high impedance measurements

通过受保护的高阻抗测量探测 Kitaev 候选 α -RuCl3 薄晶体中的电子传输机制

• DOI: 10.1063/5.0146141
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Applied Physics Letters
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: Barfield, Patrick;Tran, Vinh;Nagarajan, Vikram;Martinez, Maya;Diego, Amirari;Bergner, Derek;Lanzara, Alessandra;Analytis, James G.;Ojeda-Aristizabal, Claudia
• 通讯作者: Ojeda-Aristizabal, Claudia