Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

哈佛大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)支持四个主要小组的互动研究，涵盖凝聚态物质和材料科学的广泛领域。该小组专注于新材料的研究人员关注超导体和超硬碳基材料的合成、表征和理论研究。在关注界面的小组中，研究人员专注于界面科学的合作方面，包括有机单分子膜和薄膜、润湿和成核、非晶态材料中界面运动的机制，以及半导体表面的表征。研究电子和光子纳米结构的小组研究各种材料中的尺寸效应和新的电子和光子现象。参与设计和制造问题的研究人员小组旨在开发一种新的范例，以选择制造部件所需的最佳材料和工艺。MRSEC还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，有少数人奖学金计划，并培养本科生参与研究。MRSEC管理着一个工业外展计划，该计划可能会因设计和制造方面的活动而得到加强。MRSEC目前支持23名高级调查人员、12名博士后研究助理、9名技术人员、16名研究生和8名本科生。哈佛大学的MRSEC由Frans Spaepen教授指导。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Harvard University supports interactive research in four major groups covering a broad area of condensed matter and materials science. Researchers in the group focused on new materials are concerned with synthesis, characterization, and theoretical studies of superconductors and superhard carbon-based materials. Investigators in the group concerned with interfaces focus on collaborative aspects of interface science including organic monolayers and thin films, wetting and nucleation, mechanisms of interface motion in amorphous materials, and characterization of semiconductor surfaces. The group investigating electronic and photonic nanostructures addresses size effects and new electronic and photonic phenomena in a variety of materials. The group of researchers involved with design and manufacturing issues aims to develop a new paradigm for choosing the optimum materials and processes necessary to manufacture a component. The MRSEC also supports the development, operation and maintenance of shared experimental facilities for materials research. It provides seed funding for exploratory research, has a minority fellowship program, and fosters research participation by undergraduates. The MRSEC administers an industrial outreach program which is likely to be enhanced by the activities in design and manufacturing. The MRSEC currently supports 23 senior investigators, 12 postdoctoral research associates, 9 technical staff members, 16 graduate students, and 8 undergraduates. The Harvard MRSEC is directed by Professor Frans Spaepen.