Development of a Soft Lithography and Printing Facility for Research and Education in Electronically-Active Organic Materials

这笔赠款为德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校开发软光刻和印刷设施提供支持，用于电子活性有机材料的研究和教育。该设施是校园内第一个指定用于有机材料研究和有机电子开发的洁净室。它将完全补充目前可用的最先进的纳米级制造和表征工具。有机电子器件和塑料电路的最新进展重新点燃了对有机半导体和导电材料的研究。德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校在这一领域的努力主要集中在材料设计以及器件制造和工艺开发的基本方面。该设施将向大学社区的研究人员和学生开放，并将极大地加强学生在材料研究方面的教育和培训。它还将加强与德克萨斯大学其他校区的联系，并促进与现有和新的行业合作伙伴的科学互动。该设施将向客座研究人员开放，包括本科生机构的讲师。作为大学提高本科生纳米技术意识的努力的一部分，该设施还将支持两个以实验室为基础的课程的团队研究项目。

This grant provides support to develop a soft lithography and printing facility for research and education in electronically-active organic materials at the University of Texas at Austin. The facility represents the first cleanroom designated for organic materials research and organic electronics development on campus. It will be fully complementary to the state-of-the-art nanoscale fabrication and characterization tools currently available. Recent advances in organic electronic devices and plastic circuits have rekindled research organic semiconducting and conducting materials. Efforts in this area at the University of Texas at Austin have largely focused on the fundamental aspects of materials design as well as device fabrication and processing development. The facility will be open to researchers and students in the University community and will greatly enhance the education and training of students in materials research. It will also strengthen ties with other UT campuses and foster scientific interactions with current and new industrial partners. The facility will be open to guest researchers, including lecturers from undergraduate institutions. As part of the University's effort to increase awareness in nanotechnology among undergraduates, the facility will also support team research projects in two laboratory-based courses.