International Dissertation Enhancement Research in Glosses and Ceramic Oxides

0226020卡特美国-英国新型材料的论文增强研究涉及明尼苏达大学材料科学研究生Shelley Gilliss女士和本科生Nicole Munoz女士。 两名学生将前往牛津大学，在美国研究员C。巴里卡特和他的英国。作者John L.哈奇森 Gilliss女士将研究材料系统中的相互作用，氧化铈和硅酸盐玻璃，氧化铈和玻璃陶瓷。玻璃/氧化物相互作用在从玻璃的液相烧结到化学机械抛光的各种工艺中起着关键作用。 她将使用扫描电子显微镜，原子力显微镜和透射电子显微镜来阐明这些材料的化学，结构，尺寸和形态。该项目利用了英国在显微镜方面的一般专长，特别是在氧化物和玻璃的高分辨率显微镜方面。

0226020CarterThis one-year award for U.S.-U.K. dissertation enhancement research in novel materials involves Ms. Shelley Gilliss, a graduate student and Ms. Nicole Munoz, an undergraduate student in materials science at the University of Minnesota. Both students will travel to University of Oxford to participate in research in glasses and ceramic oxides under the guidance of the US investigator, Dr. C. Barry Carter and his U.K. counterpart, John L. Hutchison. Ms. Gilliss will iinvestigate interactions in the materials system, cerium oxide and silicate glass, cerium oxide and glass-ceramics. Glass/oxide interactions play a critical role in a variety of processes, from liquid-phase sintering to chemical-mechanical polishing of glass. She will use scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and transmission electronic microscopy to elucidate the chemistry, structure, dimensions and morphology of these materials. The project takes advantage of British expertise in microscopy in general and specifically in high-resolution microscopy of oxides and glasses.