Acquisition of Rheometer for Information Storage (Materials Research and Education)

这是一项授予阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校的奖项，用于获得Rheometrics ARES流变仪。该仪器将由阿拉巴马大学信息技术材料中心的四名研究人员及其学生组成的跨学科小组用于与信息存储技术相关的先进材料开发和加工的一般领域的各种研究项目。这些项目包括：(1)研究磁分散体的微观结构和微观结构演变，从而实现信息存储容量逐步增加所必需的革命性进展；(2)探索和表征磁分散体的本构行为，从而为下一代涂层工艺的开发提供支持科学；(3)开发无溶剂、电子束固化配方，将消除挥发性有机化合物的大量释放，通常与磁性介质制造有关。了解所涉及的材料的流变特性对每个项目都至关重要。此外，流变仪将与实验室演示模块和数值分析项目一起用于本科化学工程课程，以教育本科工程师在流体处理操作中非牛顿行为的重要性。这是一项授予阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校的奖项，用于获得Rheometrics ARES流变仪。该仪器将由阿拉巴马大学信息技术材料中心的四名研究人员及其学生组成的跨学科小组用于与信息存储技术相关的先进材料开发和加工的一般领域的各种研究项目。此外，流变仪将与实验室演示模块和数值分析项目一起用于本科化学工程课程，以教育本科工程师在流体处理操作中非牛顿行为的重要性。

This is an award to the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa for the acquisition of a Rheometrics ARES Rheometer. This instrument will be used by an interdisciplinary group of four investigators and their students in the Materials for Information Technology Center at the University of Alabama for a variety of research projects in the general area of advanced materials development and processing as related to information storage technology. The projects include (1) investigation of the microstructure and microstructure evolution of magnetic dispersions, so as to enable the revolutionary advances necessary for step increases in information storage capacity (2) exploration and characterization of the constitutive behavior of magnetic dispersions, so as to provide the enabling science for development of next generation coating processes, and (3) development of solventless, electron- beam-cured formulations that will eliminate the large release of volatile organic compounds typically associated with magnetic media manufacture. Knowledge of the rheological properties of the materials involved is critical to each of these projects. In addition, the rheometer will be used in an undergraduate chemical engineering course in conjunction with a laboratory demonstration module and a numerical analysis project to educate undergraduate engineers on the importance of non-Newtonian behavior in fluid processing operations.This is an award to the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa for the acquisition of a Rheometrics ARES rheometer. This instrument will be used by an interdisciplinary group of four investigators and their students in the Materials for Information Technology Center at the University of Alabama for a variety of research projects in the general area of advanced materials development and processing as related to information storage technology. In addition, the rheometer will be used in an undergraduate chemical engineering course in conjunction with a laboratory demonstration module and a numerical analysis project to educate undergraduate engineers on the importance of non-Newtonian behavior in fluid processing operations.