Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

麻省理工学院的材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)支持五个跨学科小组的互动研究，这些小组横跨材料研究的广泛领域。研究微光子材料和结构的小组旨在探索光子带隙材料的基本性质、合成和性质，并利用这些性质设计和制造用于产生和控制电磁辐射的新型结构和器件。分子和超分子工程小组正在开发所需的化学和分子水平的处理，以控制和操纵具有新的电子和光学特性的大分子系统的组织。研究存在猝灭随机性的相行为的小组正在对无序系统中的相变进行实验和理论研究。这些变化可能是生命科学基本机制的基础，也可能在信息科学中得到应用。研究晶间界面的结构、化学和输运性质的小组试图统一和全面地理解原子级结构、化学和局部电子结构在决定晶体之间界面的物理性质中的作用。第五个小组正在研究过渡金属氧化物的性质，以指导相关系统理论的发展，并最终解释高温超导的机制。MRSEC支持材料研究共享实验设施的开发、运营和维护。它为探索性研究提供种子资金，并促进本科生参与研究。该中心与一个教育推广计划有关，重点是吸引和留住材料科学领域的女性和代表性不足的少数群体。它还支持科学和工程日间夏令营，该夏令营面向代表人数较少的少数民族的七年级和八年级学生。该中心管理着一个工业推广计划该中心目前支持37名高级研究员、13名博士后研究助理、10名技术人员、39名研究生和13名本科生作为暑期实习生进行研究。MRSEC由马克·A·卡斯特纳教授领导。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy supports interactive research in five interdisciplinary groups spanning a wide area of materials research.. The group investigating microphotonic materials and structures aims to explore the fundamental nature, synthesis and properties of photonic bandgap materials, and to exploit these properties for the design and fabrication of novel structures and devices for the creation and control of electromagnetic radiation. The molecular and supermolecular engineering group is developing the chemistry and molecular level processing needed to control and manipulate the organization of macromolecular systems with novel electronic and optical properties. The group investigating phase behavior in the presence of quenched randomness is carrying out experimental and theoretical studies of phase changes in disordered systems. Such changes may underlie fundamental mechanisms in the life sciences, and may have application in the information sciences. The group studying the structure, chemistry and transport properties of intercrystalline interfaces seeks a unified and comprehensive understanding of the role of atomic-level structure, chemistry, and local electronic structure in determining the physical properties of interfaces between crystals. The fifth group is investigating the properties of transition metal oxides in order to guide the development of a theory of correlated systems and ultimately explain the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity. The MRSEC supports the development, operation and maintenance of shared experimental facilities for materials research. It provides seed funding for exploratory research, and fosters research participation by undergraduates. The center is associated with an educational outreach program with emphasis on attracting and retaining women and underrepresented minorities in materials science. It also supports a science and engineering day camp which is directed toward seventh and eighth grade students from underrepresented minorities. The center administers an industrial outreach program The center currently supports 37 senior investigators, 13 postdoctoral research associates, 10 technicians, 39 graduate students, and 13 undergraduates who perform research as summer interns. The MRSEC is directed by Professor Marc A. Kastner.