Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

阿拉巴马大学的材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)研究可能导致未来信息技术的新材料。该中心涉及来自物理、化学、材料和冶金工程、化学工程以及电气和计算机工程系的教职员工进行的跨学科研究。MRSEC的研究分为两个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)。IRG1，纳米结构磁性材料中的动力学和传输，专注于有序、自组装、单分散的磁性纳米颗粒薄膜的合成、表征、建模和优化，这些纳米颗粒可能成为未来极高密度的磁记录介质。IRG2是基于树枝状大分子的信息技术材料，研究用于信息技术的新型树枝状大分子材料，由一个种子项目演变而来，该项目展示了特殊的氧化还原梯度树枝状大分子分子的长期电荷存储。中心维护共享的实验设施，以支持其研究和学生培训。MRSEC还支持教育和推广工作，包括由教师和MRSEC教职员工为中学生开发教学材料，为教师和本科生提供暑期研究体验，以及为来自历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的教职员工和学生提供暑期研究计划。该中心与磁记录行业有很强的互动，为MRSEC参与者所做的“真实世界”约束和需求的基础研究提供信息。该中心的参与者目前包括16名高级调查人员、5名博士后助理、13名研究生、1名本科生和1名支持人员。威廉·H·巴特勒教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Alabama investigates new materials that may lead to future information technologies. The Center involves interdisciplinary research by faculty participants from the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The MRSEC research is organized into two interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). IRG1, Dynamics and Transport in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials, focuses on the synthesis, characterization, modeling and optimization of films of ordered, self-assembled, monodisperse, magnetic nanoparticles that may serve as future extremely high density magnetic recording media. IRG2, Dendrimer-Based Materials for Information Technology, investigates new dendrimer-based materials for information technology and evolves from a seed project that demonstrated long-term charge storage in special redox gradient dendrimer molecules.The Center maintains shared experimental facilities in support of its research and for student training. The MRSEC also supports education and outreach efforts that include development of instructional materials for middle school students by teachers and MRSEC faculty, a summer research experience for teachers and undergraduates, and a summer research program for faculty and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Center has strong interactions with the magnetic recording industry that inform the fundamental research done by the MRSEC participants of 'real wotld' contraints and needs.Participants in the Center currently include 16 senior investigators, 5 postdoctoral associates, 13 graduate students, 1 undergraduate student and 1 support personnel. Professor William H. Butler directs the MRSEC.