MRSEC: The Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design

0080016船体弗吉尼亚大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)支持一项关于纳米材料设计的跨学科研究计划。该小组的研究探索了外延半导体表面的引导生长，将短程自组装现象与长程图案定义技术相结合。所采用的技术包括聚焦离子束表面改性、纳米级电化学刻蚀和应变场工程。这将导致定义任意长度、尺度和复杂性的纳米级半导体表面结构的能力，并应用于量子器件结构、生物模板和纳米级电化学过程。该中心的研究得到了与其他大学、政府和工业实验室的广泛合作的帮助。该中心还为相关领域的新兴研究机会提供种子支持。该中心支持维护良好的共享实验设施，并支持与行业和其他部门的互动努力。教育推广工作的重点是发展与弗吉尼亚州两年制和四年制大学的合作，包括与朗伍德学院、北弗吉尼亚社区学院和汉普顿大学的联合课程开发工作。该中心的参与者目前包括21名高级调查人员、2名博士后助理、11名研究生、6名本科生和2名技术人员和其他支持人员。罗伯特·赫尔教授是MRSEC的负责人。

0080016 Hull The Materials Research Science and Egineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Virginia supports an interdisciplinary research program on nanoscopic materials design. The group research explores the guided growth of epitaxial semiconductor sufaces, combining short-range self-assembly phenomena with long-range pattern definition techniques. Techniques utilized include focused ion beam surface modification, nano-scaled electrochemical etching and strain field engineering. This will lead to the capability for definition of nanoscale semiconductor surface structures of arbitrary length scales and complexity, with applications to quantum device structures, biological templating and nanoscale electrochemical processes. The Center's research is aided by extensive collaborations with other universities, government and industrial laboratories. The Center also provides seed support for emerging research opportunities in related areas.The Center supports well maintained shared experimental facilities and also supports interactive efforts with industry and other sectors. Education outreach efforts focus on developing collaborations with two- and four-year colleges in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and include a joint curriculum development effort with Longwood College, Northern Virginia Community College and Hampton University.Participants in the Center currently include 21 senior investigators, 2 postdoctoral associates, 11 graduate students, 6 undergraduate students and 2 technicians and other support personnel. Professor Robert Hull directs the MRSEC.