Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanomechanical Mapping Platform for Soft Materials

软材料原子力显微镜和纳米力学绘图平台

• 批准号: RTI-2021-00267
• 负责人: RondeauGagné, Simon
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=718824
• 关键词: Atomic; Force; Microscopy; Nanomechanical; Mapping

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a crucial and essential characterization tool used in polymer and materials chemistry, and materials science and engineering to characterize the nanoscale morphology and properties of materials in the solid-state. Materials ranging from ultrasolft polymers to hard coatings can be analyzed through AFM. Modern AFM not only provide important information on materials solid-state morphology, but also enable an in-depth evaluation of properties such as stiffness, Young's moduli, conductivity and phase separation. Without this essential information, the development of new materials for emerging applications and new structure-property relationships in polymer/materials chemistry is almost impossible. This application request support for a critical and urgent upgrade of our current outdated AFM, so that this instrument can become again a workhorse to support and move forward our research programs, which cover cutting-edge research in wearable electronics, conjugated polymers, soft organic electronics, liquid crystalline materials, printed electronics, functional nanoparticles, and more. This critical piece of equipment will be used by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from 11 research groups with expertise ranging across materials chemistry, materials and mechanical engineering, experimental biochemistry, and electrical engineering. The new upgraded AFM and nanomechanical platform for soft materials will be housed in the University of Windsor's Essex Centre of Research (CORe), a collaborative shared research space, allowing for HQP to receive a hands-on experience on this advanced characterization tool. The requested instrument will further support current and future industrial collaboration funded-projects by the applicants and frequent users, who all have a recognized track-record of excellence in their respective field. This new state-of-the-art instrument will provide for new interdisciplinary collaborations and expansions of the team's research programs, ultimately resulting in the training of next-generation Canadian materials chemists and engineers.

原子力显微镜（AFM）是高分子和材料化学以及材料科学和工程中用于表征固态材料的纳米级形态和性质的重要和必不可少的表征工具。从超软聚合物到硬涂层等材料都可以通过原子力显微镜进行分析。现代原子力显微镜不仅提供了材料固态形态的重要信息，而且还可以深入评估材料的刚度，杨氏模量，电导率和相分离等性能。没有这些基本信息，开发新材料用于新兴应用和聚合物/材料化学中的新结构-性能关系几乎是不可能的。该应用程序要求支持我们目前过时的AFM的关键和紧急升级，以便该仪器可以再次成为支持和推进我们的研究计划的主力，这些研究计划涵盖可穿戴电子产品，共轭聚合物，软有机电子，液晶材料，印刷电子，功能纳米粒子等前沿研究。 这一关键设备将由来自11个研究小组的多学科研究人员使用，他们的专业知识涉及材料化学，材料和机械工程，实验生物化学和电气工程。新升级的AFM和软材料纳米机械平台将被安置在温莎大学的埃塞克斯研究中心（CORe），这是一个合作共享的研究空间，允许HQP获得这种先进表征工具的实践经验。所要求的仪器将进一步支持申请人和经常使用者目前和未来的工业合作资助项目，他们都在各自的领域拥有公认的卓越记录。这种新的最先进的仪器将提供新的跨学科合作和扩展团队的研究计划，最终导致下一代加拿大材料化学家和工程师的培训。