Materials Research Science and Engineering Center: Polymers at Engineered Interfaces

纽约州立大学石溪分校的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）名为“聚合物工程界面上的加西亚MRSEC”，是纽约州立大学石溪分校、纽约城市大学皇后学院、斯塔顿岛理工大学和北卡罗莱纳州立大学之间的合作项目。该中心通过对界面结构的精确控制，专注于宏观和微观长度尺度上聚合物性能的设计。工程界面弥合了表面和体属性之间的差距。其目的是通过化学手段控制表面能，从而设计出性能更好的新材料。研究的具体问题包括增容剂在粘土/聚合物共混物中的作用，增强聚合物的微乳化，晶体聚合物成核的控制，化学处理表面上DNA的分离，以及建模和理论分析。该中心支持维护良好的共享实验设施，也支持与工业和其他部门的互动努力。该中心在高中阶段有大量有效的教育推广工作，以及相当规模的本科生研究经验（REU）和教师研究经验（RET）项目。每年12月，加西亚MRSEC开放日在皇后学院举行。该活动吸引了来自纽约地区10所高中的约400名学生。中心现有高级研究员12人，博士后3人，研究生8人，本科生10人，辅助人员1人。Miriam Rafailovich教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the State University of New York Stony Brook entitled "Garcia MRSEC on Polymers at Engineered Interfaces" is a collaboration between SUNY Stony Brook, the City University of New York at Queens College and at Staton Island, the Polytechnic University, and North Carolina State University. The Center has its focus the design of polymer properties on macroscopic and microscopic length scales through the precise control of interfacial structure. The engineered interfaces bridge the gap between surface and bulk properties. The goal is to control the surface energies via chemical means with the purpose to design new materials with improved performance. Specific problems that are investigated include role of compatibilizers in clay/polymer blends, enhanced mircro-emulsification of polymers, control of nucleation in crystalline polymers, fractionation of DNA on chemically treated surfaces, as well as modeling and theoretical analyze.The Center supports well maintained shared experimental facilities and also supports interactive efforts with industry and other sectors. The Center has a large and effective educational outreach effort at the high school level, and sizeable Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs. An annual event, the Garcia MRSEC Open House is held each December at Queens College. The event attracts approximately 400 students from 10 New York area high schools. Participants in the Center currently include 12 senior investigators, 3 postdoctoral associates, 8 graduate students, 10 undergraduate students and 1 support person. Professor Miriam Rafailovich directs the MRSEC.