University of Minnesota-Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

明尼苏达大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）支持一个跨学科研究项目，有来自化学工程和材料科学、电气和计算机工程、物理和化学等部门的20多名教师参与。中心的研究分为三个跨学科研究小组（irg）。IRG1，微结构聚合物，研究使用嵌段共聚物来指导微结构分子材料的结构和功能。晶体有机半导体是一项新的努力，其目标是阐明结构-性能关系，并将这些知识应用于合成具有增强场效应晶体管性能的新型有机半导体。IRG3，磁性异质结构，旨在了解具有良好表征界面的磁性异质结构中的界面自旋输运，磁化动力学和交换耦合。该中心的研究得益于广泛的材料合成和表征设施，包括显微镜、x射线散射、聚合物合成、流变学、分子表征和组织力学。MRSEC运作着一个广泛的教育和推广项目，包括为四年制大学的师生团队提供暑期研究奖学金，为美洲原住民学生个人提供奖学金，为本科生和教师提供研究经验。该中心还拥有广泛的工业合作伙伴计划，通过该计划，成员公司可以与MRSEC教师参与者一起参与合作研究和教育工作。中心现有高级研究员23人，博士后6人，研究生27人，技术人员及其他支持人员2人。Michael D. Ward教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Minnesota supports an interdisciplinary research program with over twenty faculty participants from the departments of chemical engineering and materials science, electrical and computer engineering, physics, and chemistry. TheCenter's research is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). IRG1, Microstructured Polymers, investigates the use of block copolymers to direct the structure and function of microstructured molecular materials. IRG 2, Crystalline Organic Semiconductors, is a new effort whose goals are to elucidate structure-property relationships and to apply that knowledge to the synthesis of new organic semiconductors with enhanced performance in field-effect transistors. IRG3, Magnetic Heterostructures, aims to understand interfacial spin transport, magnetization dynamics, and exchange coupling in magnetic heterostructures with well characterized interfaces.The Center's research benefits from extensive materials synthesis and characterization facilities that include microscopy, X-ray scattering, polymer synthesis, rheology, molecular characterization and tissue mechanics. The MRSEC operates a broad education and outreach program that includes summer research fellowships for faculty-student teams from four-year colleges, fellowships for individual Native American students, research experiences for undergraduates and for teachers. The Center also has an extensive industrial partnership program by which member companies participate in collaborative research and education efforts with MRSEC faculty participants.Participants in the Center currently include 23 senior investigators, 6 postdoctoral associates, 27 graduate students, and 2 technicians and other support personnel. Professor Michael D. Ward directs the MRSEC.