Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

芝加哥大学的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）专注于两个首要的、相互交织的问题：通过长度尺度的层次结构连接的结构特性的操纵，以及结构特性和动态响应之间的反馈。对这些问题的理解和控制为下一代功能材料的设计提供了基础，从协同自旋系统，自组装纳米结构，或微流体系统，到生物无机杂化材料。中心的研究分为四个跨学科小组（irg）。IRG1研究了液体和弹性固体中结构的动态形成，这些结构遵循粗糙的宏观特征到越来越细的长度尺度，包括液滴破裂、皱缩和中尺度流动等现象。IRG2旨在设计和实现由表达新功能的表面分子组件组成的分层组装分子材料。IRG3，远离平衡的材料中的干扰和慢弛豫，开发了一个统一的框架来理解大类别材料的复杂行为，从自旋系统到过冷液体再到颗粒物质，这些材料被困在远离平衡的状态，无法用传统的统计力学来描述。IRG4，生物界面科学，开发设计和控制生物实体与人造材料之间界面的新途径，包括开发用于生物活性定量表征的生物芯片和用于新型纳米结构材料的蛋白质单元组装。中心的研究受益于广泛的共享实验设施，为学生提供研究支持和培训。MRSEC运营着一个综合项目，将研究与教育结合起来，包括一个研讨会和研讨会系列，一个共享的学生和博士后合作项目，一个长期访问项目，以及一些拓展项目，如本科生的暑期研究经历，以及与K-12水平的联系，强调吸引和留住女性和少数民族从事科学研究。该中心还有一个工业伙伴计划，包括研究合作、联合研讨会、联合学生培训活动，以及与阿贡国家实验室的研究人员密切合作。中心现有高级研究员27人，博士后9人，研究生29人，技术人员及其他支持人员9人。海因里希·耶格教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Chicago focuses on two overarching, intertwined issues: the manipulation of structural properties connected through hierarchies of length scales, and the feedback between structural properties and dynamical response. The understanding and control of these issues provides a foundation for the design of the next generation of functional materials, from cooperative spin systems, self-assembled nanostructures, or microfluidic systems, to bio-inorganic hybrid materials. The Center's research is organized into four interdisciplinary groups (IRGs). IRG1 investigates the Dynamical Formation of Structures in Liquids and Elastic Solids that emerge as one follows coarse, macroscopic features to finer and finer length scales, including phenomena such as droplet break-up, crumpling and mesoscale flows. IRG2 aims to design and implement Hierarchically Assembled Molecular Materials composed of molecular assemblies on surfaces that express novel function. IRG3, Jamming and Slow Relaxation in Materials Far from Equilibrium, develops a unifying framework to understand the complex behavior of large classes of materials, from spin systems to supercooled liquids to granular matter, that become stuck in states far from equilibrium and defy description by conventional statistical mechanics. IRG4, Bio-Interfacial Science, develops new routes for designing and controlling the interface between biological entities and man-made materials, including development of biochips for quantitative characterization of biological activities and the assembly of protein units for novel nanostructured materials.The Center's research benefits from extensive shared experimental facilities that provide research support and training of students. The MRSEC operates a comprehensive program that integrates research with education that includes a seminar and workshop series, a shared student and postdoctoral associates program, a long-term visitors program, as well as outreach programs such as summer research experiences for undergraduates and links with the K-12 level that emphasize attracting and keeping women and minorities in science. The Center also has an industrial partnership program that includes research collaborations, joint workshops, and joint student training activities, as well as a close collaboration with researchers at Argonne National Laboratory.Participants in the Center currently include 27 senior investigators, 9 postdoctoral associates, 29 graduate students, and 9 technicians and other support personnel. Professor Heinrich Jaeger directs the MRSEC.