CAREER: Electronic, Chemical, and Mechanical Interactions at the Nanometer and Single - Molecule Scale

该学院早期职业发展（CAREER）项目旨在为对纳米级材料和电子感兴趣的学生提供教育和研究机会。 该项目的研究目标是更好地了解由纳米材料制成的电子设备。 由于这些器件中的电活性元件可以包含非常少量的原子或导电通道，因此这些器件对静电，化学和机械扰动非常敏感，并且是这些特性之间相互作用的优秀探针。 该研究计划将开发识别和控制这种相互作用的技术，例如通过识别吸附物分子和纳米线导体之间化学相互作用的电子签名。 除了研究目标，该项目将开发一个暑期实验室课程，学生可以观察和参与正在进行的纳米科学研究。 利用积极的学习环境，学生将探索纳米科学的跨学科性质，以及电子，化学和机械性能变化的各种方式，并在纳米尺度上变得更加紧密地相互依赖。 这种教育和研究的整合将使学生在一个快速发展的新领域体验科学发现的动态。这个教师早期职业发展（CAREER）项目旨在为对纳米尺度材料和电子感兴趣的学生提供教育和研究机会。 该项目的研究目标是更好地了解由新型纳米线材料制成的超小型电子产品，这些材料具有各种不寻常的特性。 例如，纳米线电子器件对微小的变化非常敏感，比如当空气中的单个分子落在器件上时。 有必要进行进一步调查，以了解这种敏感性背后的科学。 这项研究目前正在开发新型探测器，能够检测超低浓度的有害化学物质。 除了研究目标，该项目将开发一个暑期实验室课程，学生可以观察和参与正在进行的纳米科学研究。 利用积极的学习环境，学生将探索纳米科学的跨学科性质，以及电子，化学和机械性能变化的各种方式，并在纳米尺度上变得更加紧密地相互依赖。 这种教育和研究的整合将使学生在一个快速发展的新领域体验科学发现的动态。

This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project aims to provide educational and research opportunities for students interested in nanometer-scale materials and electronics. The research goals of the project are to build a better understanding of electronic devices made from nanoscale materials. Because the electrically active components in these devices can incorporate very small numbers of atoms or conduction channels, the devices are exquisitely sensitive to electrostatic, chemical and mechanical perturbations and are excellent probes of the interactions between these properties. The research program will develop techniques for identifying and controlling such interactions, for example by identifying the electronic signatures of chemical interactions between adsorbate molecules and nanowire conductors. In addition to the research goals, this project will develop a summer laboratory course where students can observe and participate in ongoing nanoscience research. Using an active learning environment, students will explore the interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience and the various ways that electronic, chemical, and mechanical properties vary and become more closely interdependent at the nanometer scale. This integration of education and research will allow students to experience the dynamics of scientific discovery in a rapidly developing new field.This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project aims to provide educational and research opportunities for students interested in nanometer-scale materials and electronics. The research goals of the project are to build a better understanding of ultrasmall electronics made from novel nanowire materials, which have a variety of unusual properties. For example, nanowire electronics are exquisitely sensitive to tiny changes, such as when a single molecule from the air lands on the device. Further investigation is necessary to understand the science behind this sensitivity. The research is currently leading to new types of detectors able to sense ultralow concentrations of harmful chemicals. In addition to the research goals, this project will develop a summer laboratory course where students can observe and participate in ongoing nanoscience research. Using an active learning environment, students will explore the interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience and the various ways that electronic, chemical, and mechanical properties vary and become more closely interdependent at the nanometer scale. This integration of education and research will allow students to experience the dynamics of scientific discovery in a rapidly developing new field.